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ArticleNature communications2025

Phosphorylation of a nuclear condensate regulates cohesion and mRNA retention.

Alexa B R McIntyre, Adrian Beat Tschan, Katrina Meyer, Severin Walser, Arpan Kumar Rai, Keisuke Fujita, Lucas Pelkmans

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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7 authors.

Alexa B R McIntyre *Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. abmcintyre@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6965-6292
Adrian Beat Tschan *Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0007-0609-1619
Katrina MeyerDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8244-6887
Severin WalserDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0005-3165-1441
Arpan Kumar RaiDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Keisuke FujitaDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1900-5325
Lucas PelkmansDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. lucas.pelkmans@mls.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-6754-9730

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020 Excellent Science - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) 101029269European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) ALTF 978-2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear speckles are membraneless organelles that associate with active transcription sites and participate in post-transcriptional mRNA processing. During the cell cycle, nuclear speckles dissolve following phosphorylation of their protein components. Here, we identify the PP1 family as the phosphatases that counteract kinase-mediated dissolution. PP1 overexpression increases speckle cohesion and leads to retention of mRNA within speckles and the nucleus. Using APEX2 proximity labeling combined with RNA-sequencing, we characterize the recruitment of specific RNAs. We find that many transcripts are preferentially enriched within nuclear speckles compared to the nucleoplasm, particularly chromatin- and nucleus-associated transcripts. While total polyadenylated RNA retention increases with nuclear speckle cohesion, the ratios of most mRNA species to each other are constant, indicating non-selective retention. We further find that cellular responses to heat shock, oxidative stress, and hypoxia include changes to the phosphorylation and cohesion of nuclear speckles and to mRNA retention. Our results demonstrate that tuning the material properties of nuclear speckles provides a mechanism for the acute control of mRNA localization.

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Cell NucleusRNA, MessengerChromatinHeLa CellsHumansOxidative StressPhosphorylationProtein Phosphatase 1ChromatinProtein Phosphatase 1RNA, Messenger

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PMID39755675
PMCPMC11700124

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