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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2025

Impact of m6A modification and transcript quantity on mRNA composition in plant stress granules under hypoxia.

Dawid Jakub Kubiak, Michał Wojciech Szcześniak, Karolina Ostrowska, Dawid Bielewicz, Susheel Sagar Bhat, Katarzyna Niedojadło, Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska, Artur Jarmołowski, Rupert George Fray, Janusz Niedojadło

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Dawid Jakub KubiakDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Torun, Poland.
Michał Wojciech SzcześniakInstitute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6050-9525
Karolina OstrowskaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Torun, Poland.
Dawid BielewiczCentre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0488-7545
Susheel Sagar BhatDepartment of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland.
Katarzyna NiedojadłoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Torun, Poland.
Zofia Szweykowska-KulińskaDepartment of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland.
Artur JarmołowskiDepartment of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1073-146X
Rupert George FraySchool of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK.
Janusz NiedojadłoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Torun, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3550-9854

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Polish National Science Center 2022/45/N/NZ9/04015
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Abstract

Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic structures that appear in response to unfavorable environmental conditions. The mechanisms governing the accumulation of transcripts in SGs are only partially understood, and despite the recognized role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in plant transcriptome regulation, its impact on SG composition and assembly remains unknown. In Lupinus angustifolius, SGs display a distinctive bi-zonal structure comprising of a ring and a central area with differences in their ultrastructure and composition. Following a transcriptome analysis, specific mRNAs were chosen to investigate their localization within SGs and to assess m6A levels. Transcripts of hypoxia-responsive genes (ADH1 and HUP7) showed significantly lower levels of m6A compared to housekeeping genes, but only ADH1 was absent in SGs. HUP7 mRNA, characterized by a low quantity of m6A, was present both in the SGs and the cytoplasm, probably due to an extremely high expression level. The m6A modification was observed only during the assembly of SGs. In mutants of Arabidopsis with reduced levels of m6A, ECT2 (a reader of m6A) was not observed in SGs, and poly(A) RNA levels and the number of SGs were reduced. Our findings thus demonstrate a limited impact of m6A modification on SG assembly; however, the interplay between m6A modification and the overall transcript quantity in the cytoplasm appears to play a regulatory role in mRNA partitioning and assembly of SGs.

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AdenosineLupinusRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantStress GranulesArabidopsisGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsTranscriptomeAdenosineN-methyladenosinePlant ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantArabidopsis thalianahypoxiaLupinusm6A modificationstress granulestranscriptome

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