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  • 标题:Nuclear bodies formed by polyQ-ataxin-1 protein are liquid RNA/protein droplets with tunable dynamics
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  • 作者:Sunyuan Zhang ; Elizabeth Hinde ; Molly Parkyn Schneider
  • 期刊名称:Scientific Reports
  • 电子版ISSN:2045-2322
  • 出版年度:2020
  • 卷号:10
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:1-18
  • DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-57994-9
  • 出版社:Springer Nature
  • 摘要:A mutant form of the ataxin-1 protein with an expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tract is the underlying cause of the inherited neurodegenerative disease spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1). In probing the biophysical features of the nuclear bodies (NBs) formed by polyQ-ataxin-1, we defined ataxin-1 NBs as spherical liquid protein/RNA droplets capable of rapid fusion. We observed dynamic exchange of the ataxin-1 protein into these NBs; notably, cell exposure to a pro-oxidant stress could trigger a transition to slower ataxin-1 exchange, typical of a hydrogel state, which no longer showed the same dependence on RNA or sensitivity to 1,6-hexanediol. Furthermore, we could alter ataxin-1 exchange dynamics either through modulating intracellular ATP levels, RNA helicase inhibition, or siRNA-mediated depletion of select RNA helicases. Collectively, these findings reveal the tunable dynamics of the liquid RNA/protein droplets formed by polyQ-ataxin-1.
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