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Nuclear-import receptors remodel the dilute phase to suppress phase transitions of RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains.

Miriam Linsenmeier, Min Kyung Shinn, Thomas R Mumford, Vicky Liu, Lukasz J Bugaj, Rohit V Pappu, James Shorter

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Miriam LinsenmeierDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-9795-9012
Min Kyung ShinnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-2713-5602
Thomas R MumfordDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-7755-9131
Vicky LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Lukasz J BugajDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-0749-2912
Rohit V PappuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-2568-1378
James ShorterDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-5269-8533

Funding

Understanding the Sequence and Structural Determinants of Phase Behavior of ALS-Causing ProteinsR01NS121114 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Tanja Mittag, ROHIT V PAPPU · 2021 to 2026
$3.8M
Harnessing protein clustering to understand, identify, and manipulate cellular systemsR35GM138211 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Lukasz Bugaj · 2020 to 2026
$3.3M
Nuclear import receptors as modifiers of TDP-43 phase transition and toxicity in FTD/ALSR01AG077771 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI Wilfried Rossoll, James Shorter · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Uncovering the Molecular Principles for Microphase Separation by Nuclear Speckle Proteins and RNA TranscriptsK99GM152778 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHINN, MIN KYUNG · 2024 to 2025
$153k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG077771NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM152778NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138211NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) with prion-like domains, including FUS, hnRNPA1, and hnRNPA2, assemble into functional, metastable condensates that organize ribostasis, but can also transition into self-templating fibrils implicated in neurodegenerative proteinopathies such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). How nuclear-import receptors (NIRs) antagonize this pathological transition has remained unresolved. Here, we establish that NIRs regulate the phase behavior of prion-like cargos by remodeling the dilute phase. Quantitative analyses across length scales reveal that Karyopherin-β2 (Kapβ2) preferentially binds cargo in the dilute phase to lower the effective concentration of free RBPs thereby elevating the saturation concentration for phase separation and suppressing mesoscale clustering. ALS-linked FUS

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