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The nuclear PIWI-interacting protein Gtsf1 controls the selective degradation of small RNAs in Paramecium

Olivia Charmant
Julita Gruchota
Olivier Arnaiz
Coralie Zangarelli
Mireille Bétermier
Katarzyna Nowak
  • Fonction : Auteur
Véronique Legros
  • Fonction : Auteur
Guillaume Chevreux
Jacek Nowak
  • Fonction : Auteur
Sandra Duharcourt

Résumé

Abstract Ciliates undergo developmentally programmed genome elimination, in which small RNAs direct the removal of target DNA segments, including transposable elements. At each sexual generation, the development of the macronucleus (MAC) requires massive and reproducible elimination of a large proportion of the germline micronuclear (MIC) genome, leading to a highly streamlined somatic MAC genome. 25-nt long scnRNAs are produced from the entire germline MIC genome during meiosis, and this initial complex small RNA population is then transported to the maternal MAC, where selection of scnRNAs corresponding to germline (MIC)-specific sequences is thought to take place. Selected scnRNAs, loaded onto the PIWI protein Ptiwi09, guide the deposition of histone H3 post-translational modifications (H3K9me3 and H3K27me3) onto transposable elements in the developing macronucleus, ultimately triggering their specific elimination. How germline-specific MIC scnRNAs are selected remains to be determined. Here, we provide important mechanistic insights into the scnRNA selection pathway by identifying a Paramecium homolog of Gametocyte specific factor 1 (Gtsf1) as essential for the selective degradation of scnRNAs corresponding to retained somatic MAC sequences. Consistently, we also show that Gtsf1 is exclusively localized in the maternal macronucleus and associates with the scnRNA-binding protein Ptiwi09. Furthermore, Gtsf1 is necessary for DNA elimination and correct H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 localization in the new developing macronucleus, demonstrating that the scnRNA selection process is important for genome elimination. We propose that Gtsf1 is required for the coordinated degradation of Ptiwi09-scnRNA complexes that pair with nascent RNA transcribed from the maternal MAC genome, similarly to the mechanism suggested for microRNA target-directed degradation in metazoans.

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hal-04239563 , version 1 (12-10-2023)

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Olivia Charmant, Julita Gruchota, Olivier Arnaiz, Coralie Zangarelli, Mireille Bétermier, et al.. The nuclear PIWI-interacting protein Gtsf1 controls the selective degradation of small RNAs in Paramecium. 2023. ⟨hal-04239563⟩
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