Abstract
Opitz BBB/G syndrome (OS) is a heterogenous malformation syndrome mainly characterised by hypertelorism and hypospadias. In addition, patients may present with several other defects of the ventral midline such as cleft lip and palate and congenital heart defects. The syndrome-causing gene encodes the X-linked E3 ubiquitin ligase MID1 that mediates ubiquitin-specific modification and degradation of the catalytic subunit of the translation regulator protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). Here, we show that the MID1 protein also associates with elongation factor 1α (EF-1α) and several other proteins involved in mRNA transport and translation, including RACK1, Annexin A2, Nucleophosmin and proteins of the small ribosomal subunits. Mutant MID1 proteins as found in OS patients lose the ability to interact with EF-1α. The composition of the MID1 protein complex was determined by several independent methods: (1) yeast two-hybrid screening and (2) immunofluorescence, (3) a biochemical approach involving affinity purification of the complex, (4) co-fractionation in a microtubule assembly assay and (5) immunoprecipitation. Moreover, we show that the cytoskeleton-bound MID1/translation factor complex specifically associates with G- and U-rich RNAs and incorporates MID1 mRNA, thus forming a microtubule-associated ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. Our data suggest a novel function of the OS gene product in directing translational control to the cytoskeleton. The dysfunction of this mechanism would lead to malfunction of microtubule-associated protein translation and to the development of OS.
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Introduction
Opitz BBB/G syndrome (OS) is a heterogeneous malformation syndrome resulting from defective development of the ventral midline and is characterised by hypertelorism, hypospadias, cleft lip and palate, tracheo-esophageal malformations and congenital heart defects (Opitz et al. 1969a, b). Mutations in the RING finger protein MID1 cause the X-linked form of the syndrome (Quaderi et al. 1997). MID1 associates with microtubules and its ubiquitin ligase activity regulates the ubiquitin-specific modification and degradation of the microtubule-associated catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2Ac (PP2Ac; Trockenbacher et al. 2001). PP2A is an important player in the mTOR pathway: opposing mTOR kinase, PP2A dephosphorylates 4E-BP1 and S6K1, and thereby down-regulates translation of mRNAs containing oligopyrimidine tracts at their 5′ transcription start site, so-called 5′TOP sequences (reviewed in Jacinto and Hall 2003). In OS patients, MID1-mediated regulation of PP2Ac turnover is disrupted, which leads to hypophosphorylation of PP2A targets (Short et al. 2002; Trockenbacher et al. 2001).
Proper ventral midline development requires the establishment of cellular asymmetry and cell polarity, which, in turn, requires the targeting of mRNAs to specific cellular regions (Bashirullah et al. 1998; Dreyfuss et al. 2002; Lasko 1999; Mohr and Richter 2001). While several mechanisms have been proposed for the achievement of region-specific clustering of proteins, both the active transport of mRNAs along the cytoskeleton and compartmentalised protein translation in mRNA-containing protein complexes (mRNP complexes) appear to be essential (reviewed in Bassell and Singer 2001; Condeelis and Singer 2005; Pokrywka and Stephenson 1995). In addition, mRNPs are involved in suppressing premature translation of localised mRNAs, and only when the transcripts have reached their proper destinations, a switch takes place and the mRNPs induce translation of their mRNA cargoes (Nakamura et al. 2004; Webster et al. 1997; Zalfa and Bagni 2005). In this way, mRNPs help to keep separate the processes of mRNA transport and translation.
Here, we demonstrate that the PP2Ac regulator MID1 interacts with elongation factor 1α (EF-1α), another important regulatory factor of protein translation. Mutant MID1 proteins as found in OS patients cannot bind EF-1α, suggesting an important role of this interaction in the development of the ventral midline. Furthermore, MID1, the regulatory PP2A subunit α4 and EF-1α seem to be at the core of a large microtubule-bound multiprotein complex that associates with RNA and with several other factors involved in mRNA transport and translational control, thus forming a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. Our data supports a novel function of MID1 in directing mRNP complex-associated protein translation regulation to the cytoskeleton, malfunction of which would explain the observed developmental malformations in OS.
Materials and methods
Antibodies
Anti-MID1 and anti-α4 antibodies have been described previously (Schweiger et al. 1999; Trockenbacher et al. 2001). Antibodies against ribosomal proteins were prepared as described (Lutsch et al. 1990). Commercially available antibodies were used for the detection of Hsc70 and Hsp90 (both from Stressgene), EF-1α (Upstate), NPM (Zymed), RACK1, ANXA2 (both from BD Biosciences), Tubulin α/β (Serotec), anti-HuR (Santa Cruz Biotechnologies), monoclonal anti-FLAG (Stratagene) and anti-hnRNPA1 (Sigma).
Constructs
The sequence encoding a 44 amino acid peptide (aa236-aa280) of the α4 protein was cloned between the BglII and BamHI sites of the PinPointTM Xa vector (Promega). Subsequently, an oligonucleotide coding for a 6x His-RGS-TAG was added between the BamHII and HindIII sites. The MID1 open reading frame was cloned between the EcoRI and HindIII sites of the multiple cloning site of the pCMVTag2a-Vector (Stratagene).
Full length MID1 cDNA (NM_000381) was cloned in frame in pECFP-C1 (Clontech) using XhoI–SalI sites translating in an MID1 protein expressed as fusion to the C-terminus of ECFP. Full length EF-1α (NM_001402) was cloned into pBudCE4.1 (Invitrogen) using SalI–BamHI sites translating in an EF-1α protein expressed as fusion to the N-terminus of myc-tag.
Yeast two-hybrid analysis
Screening was performed according to the manufacturer´s protocol (Stratagene Cytotrap-System). For mapping the protein interaction sites on MID1, we also used the yeast two-hybrid CytoTrap system from Stratagene. Full length and truncated MID1 cDNA were cloned into the pSOS vector and full-length EF-1α cDNA into the pMYR vector. Both vectors were then co-transfected into the cdc25H yeast strain and the transformants were plated on synthetic medium lacking leucine and uracil (leu- ura-) containing dextrose and incubated at 24°C for 4–5 days. To test whether the two proteins interact, positive colonies were replica plated on SD (leu- ura-) plates containing dextrose and galactose, respectively, and incubated at 37°C for 6–10 days. Growth at 37°C on galactose plates indicated protein interaction, while plates containing dextrose served as control for temperature revertants.
Immunofluorescence and image acquisition
COS-7 were transfected with pECFP-MID1 and pBud-EF-1α-myc on coverslips. At 24 h after transfection, the cells were fixed in ice cold methanol (20 min, at −20°C), pre-incubated for 30 min in 5% normal goat serum (Invitrogen), and incubated overnight with primary rabbit polyclonal to myc-tag antibody (Abcam ab106–100; dilution 1:400) in PBS containing 0.2% BSA. The cells were washed five times in the same buffer and incubated for 1 h with Alexa Fluor 595 goat anti-rabbit (Molecular Probes, 1:4000) as secondary antibody. After washing, the cells were mounted on glass slides with Mowiol and visualised with an Olympus BX50 microscope equipped with filter cubes (Chroma) optimised for ECFP and Alexa Fluor 595. Images were captured in black and white, colourised, and merged to show the relative distribution of both stains.
Tissue culture and immunoprecipitation
HeLa cells were transfected with lipofectamine following the manufacturer´s (Invitrogen) protocol. After 48 h, the cells were homogenised by sonication in Hepes-Sucrose buffer (HS, 4 mM Hepes, 0.32 M sucrose), containing 150 mM NaCl and a cocktail of proteinase inhibitors (complete mini, Roche), and centrifuged for 15 min at 12,000g at 4°C. Cytosolic extract, 1 mg, was immunoprecipitated with 40 μl anti-FLAG M2-coated beads (Sigma) in 1 ml HS buffer overnight. The beads were washed three times for 10 min at 4°C with HS buffer and eluted for 45 min with 3× FLAG peptide (Sigma). Co-immunoprecipitated proteins were analysed on 10% SDS-gels using the corresponding antibodies.
Endogenous immunoprecipitation with cytosolic cell lysates was performed overnight with 5 μg of EF-1α antibody or mouse IgG and 40 μl of protein-G slurry (Roche) in HSMN buffer (HS buffer supplemented with 5 mM MgCl2, 100 mM NaCl) containing 0.5% NP-40. After washing three times with HSMN buffer as above, bound proteins were boiled and analysed with the different antibodies on a Western blot.
Affinity chromatography
Recombinant 44 aa peptide was overexpressed in E.coli in the presence of 2 μM biotin, lysed in native conditions lysis buffer (50 mM NaH2PO4, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) with multiple thaw and freeze cycles and purified using Ni-NTA agarose according to the manufacturer’s protocol (QiaExpressionistTM, Qiagen). Biotinylated peptide, 50 μg, in binding buffer was incubated with 250 μl of streptavidin-coated agarose slurry (PIERCE, ProFoundTM Pull-Down kit) for 1 h at 4°C rotating in a 500 μl reaction, blocked with free biotin for 5 min, washed with HS buffer and blocked with 1 mg/ml BSA overnight at 4°C. After washing with 100 volumes of HS and 2 volumes of washing buffer (250 mM NaCl, 0.05% Tween), the column was incubated with cytoplasmic HeLa extract from 3 × 107 cells, previously subjected to α4 knockdown, at 4°C overnight, again washed with 100 volumes of HS and 2 volumes of washing buffer and eluted 3 × 15 min with excess of free, thrombin-digested 44 aa peptide produced with a pET32a system (Novagen). Elution fractions were dialysed against 20 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8.0, run on a 10% SDS gel and stained with colloidal Coomassie as previously described (Neuhoff et al. 1988). Specific bands were excised, trypsinised and analysed with mass spectrometry.
Mass spectrometry
The peptide mixture was identified by chromatographic separation on an LC Packings 75 μm PepMap C18 column (Dionex, Idstein, Germany) using a capillary liquid chromatography (CapLC) system delivering a gradient to formic acid (0.1%) and acetonitrile (80%). Eluted peptides were ionised by electrospray ionisation on a Q-TOF hybrid mass spectrometer (Micromass, Manchester, UK). The mass spectral data were processed into peak lists containing the m/z value, charge state of the parent ion, fragment ion masses and intensities, and correlated with the SwissProt database using Mascot software (Perkins et al. 1999).
In vitro assembly of microtubules
Microtubules were polymerised in vitro from 3 × 107 HeLa cells according to previously reported protocols (Kimble et al. 1992; Vallee 1982) at 37°C. As control, a sample was continuously maintained under cold-shock conditions. After purification, microtubule-associated proteins were analysed by Western blot with the corresponding panel of antibodies.
siRNA transfection
According to Invitrogen´s protocol, 4 × 105 HeLa cells/75 cm2 tissue culture were grown in DMEM medium with 10% foetal bovine serum and transfected with 40 μl of 20 μM α4 siRNA (sense: GUACCUUUUGGUGCCAGCG) or non-silencing oligonucleotides and 40 μl of OligofectamineTM (Invitrogen) in OptiMEM. After 48 h, the cells were harvested and the efficiency of the knockdown was tested by Western blotting with a specific antibody against α4.
RNA-protein binding assays
HeLa cells were homogenised in HSMN buffer with proteinase inhibitors (Roche) and Prime RNase inhibitor (Eppendorf) in a Potter-Elvehjem. Cytosolic fractions were cleared by centrifugation for 15 min at 12,000g. Protein binding assay with homoribopolymers was performed as described previously (Kiledjian and Dreyfuss 1992; Siomi et al. 1993).
MID1 complex immunoprecipitation, RNA extraction and RNA labeling
Cytosolic extracts, 4 mg, from HeLa cells overexpressing MID1-FLAG homogenised in TKM buffer (20 mM Tris, 150 mM KCl, 5 mM MgCl2) supplemented with proteinase inhibitors and 0.1% NP40 were precleared with 25 μl of protein-A/G agarose (Roche) and 10 μg of mouse IgG for 1.5 h at 4°C on a rocking platform. The beads were pelleted by centrifugation for 1 min at 3,000 rpm at 4°C and discarded. The supernatant was immunoprecipitated with 75 μl of anti-FLAG® M2 affinity gel (Sigma-Aldrich) overnight. Anti-FLAG® M2 agarose matrix had been previously equilibrated in TKM buffer, blocked with 1 mg/ml BSA for 30 min and washed again with TKM buffer. Immunoprecipitated complexes were washed three times with 500 μl TKM buffer supplemented with 0.2 % NP40 for 10 min at 4°C. Bound proteins were eluted for 45 min with 200 μl of 3× FLAG peptide and, after keeping an aliquot for Western blot, treated with 10 units of DNase I for 30 min at 37°C and subsequently, with 100 μg proteinase K for 20 min at 37°C. Bound RNA was isolated by phenol/chloroform extraction, followed by ethanol precipitation. For RNA-labeling, 8 μl of the extracted RNA were labelled using 2 μl of RNA ligase and 30 μCi of cytidine 3′,5′-bis(phosphate) (pCp; 5′-32P-labelled; PerkinElmer Life Sciences) in a final volume of 20 μl and incubated for 2 h at 37°C, as previously described (Filipenko et al. 2004). Labeled RNA was purified through a NucAway™ spin column (Ambion) and 2 μl was loaded on an 1% agarose gel for qualitative analysis. The gel was dried under vacuum, and the labelled RNA was visualised by autoradiography. In addition, incorporation of the pCp label was assessed quantitatively by scintillation counting. As control, the same procedure was performed with cell lysates overexpressing the empty FLAG vector. In addition to the labeling, cDNA was synthesised using random primers and this was subsequently used for RT-PCR with primers from the coding region of the MID1 gene (F: 5′-CAT GCG CGT TTC CTA CAG AC-3′; R: 5′-GCC TCT TAA TGT GCA CCA AG-3′; nested: F: 5′-TCG AAA ACT GAA GGT GTC CC-3′, R: 5′-TCA CGG CAG CTG CTC TG-3′) and as negative control PIP (NM_002652; F: 5′-CTC CTG GTT CTC TGC CTG-3′, R: 5′-GAC CAC AGC AGA AAT TCC AG-3′; nested: F: 5′-CAA CAA AGC TCA GGA CAA CAC-3′, R: 5′-GAG GAA ATC ACC TGG GTG TG-3′). This time as negative control for the immunoprecipitation, HeLa lysates containing overexpressed FLAG-MID1 were pulled down with mouse IgG.
mRNA in situ hybridisation
U373 cells grown on coverslips were washed with 1.2× PEM (120 mM Pipes, 6 mM EGTA, 2.4 mM MgCl2, pH 7.0) under microtubule-preserving conditions, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, washed with PBS and permeabilised in 70% EtOH overnight. After washing in 2× SSC, 50% formamide for 5 min, the coverslips were incubated overnight at 37°C with six different 5′-Dig labeled MID1 oligonucleotide probes (37.5 ng each; for sequences see Table S1) or a 5′-Dig labeled nonsense oligonucleotide (225 ng total) as a negative control in hybridisation buffer (2× SSC, 50% formamide, 0.02% BSA, 1 μg/μl yeast tRNA, 10% dextran sulphate). Subsequently, coverslips were washed twice in 2× SSC with 50% formamide for 30 min at 37°C and incubated with alkaline phosphatase coupled anti-Dig antibody (Roche) at a concentration of 1:500 overnight at 4°C. For co-staining of the centrosome, coverslips were incubated with a monoclonal antibody directed against γ-tubulin (1:1,000; Sigma-Aldrich) for 1 h at room temperature. On the next day, the coverslips were washed twice with 2× SSC, 8% formamide, once with alkaline phosphatase buffer (100 mM Tris pH 9.5, 50 mM MgCl2, 100 mM NaCl, 0.1% Tween20) and once with alkaline phosphatase buffer containing levamisole at room temperature. For detection, the coverslips were incubated with NBT/BCIP overnight at 4°C and mounted with Vecta-DAPI.
Results
MID1 directly interacts and colocalises with EF-1α
In order to identify novel protein interaction partners of the MID1 protein, we screened a CytoTrap®XR Human Prostate cDNA Library (MID1 is highly expressed in prostate tissue; http://symatlas.gnf.org/SymAtlas/) with a pSOS+MID1-Cterm construct using the CytoTrap yeast two-hybrid system. The pSOS+MID1-Cterm construct contained the C-terminus of MID1 from amino acid 309 to amino acid 667 and was chosen to avoid pick-up of proteins that are known to interact with the N-terminus of MID1 (Trockenbacher et al. 2001). Interestingly, this method identified two full-length EF-1α (NM_001402) clones that could be confirmed to show specific interaction with MID1. The interaction site on MID1 was mapped to the SPRY/PRY domain at the C-terminus of MID1, namely to amino acids 474–667, by yeast two-hybrid assays (Fig. 1a). Further corroboration for the interaction of MID1 with EF-1α was achieved by showing co-localisation of EF-1α with the microtubule-associated protein MID1 by immunofluorescence (Fig. 1c). While overexpression of EF-1α alone in COS-7 cells resulted in a mostly diffuse staining in the cytosol, co-expression with full-length MID1 in the same cells resulted in a marked shift of EF-1α to the cytoskeleton, clearly indicating a scavenging of EF-1α to the microtubules by its binding to MID1.
By contrast, two different mutant MID1 constructs failed to show interaction with EF-1α in a yeast two-hybrid experiment (Fig. 1b). Both clones contained the entire MID1 open reading frame, but carried point mutations, which have been previously identified in OS patients, and led to a C-terminal truncation of the protein [insertion of a G at nucleotide position 1558 (Quaderi et al. 1997) and a deletion of four nucleotides at position 1800 (Schweiger et al. 1999)]. This confirms that the EF-1α binding domain in MID1 is at its C-terminus and suggests an important role for this protein interaction in the pathogenesis of OS. Moreover, it gives further evidence of the specificity of the yeast two-hybrid experiments, since it was shown that a single point mutation in MID1 inhibits yeast growth.
Identification of components of the MID1/α4 protein complex
Interaction of the MID1 protein with α4 has previously been demonstrated (Trockenbacher et al. 2001). Using deletion analysis guided by domain prediction (Schneider 1992), we narrowed the MID1 protein-binding region of α4 to a 44 amino acid (aa) peptide between aa 236 and 280. To identify proteins able to interact with the MID1/α4 complex, this peptide was immobilised to a column, and affinity chromatography was performed using HeLa cell lysates. To avoid competition between endogenous α4 and the immobilised peptide, α4 was down-regulated by RNA interference (RNAi) in the cells prior to lysate production (Fig. 2a). After extensive washing, specifically bound proteins were eluted from the column with an excess of free 44 aa peptide, separated on an SDS gel and stained with colloidal Coomassie. As control experiment, lysates of HeLa cells after α4 knockdown were passed through a column without peptide. Proteins specifically eluting from the peptide column were extracted from the gel and analysed by electrospray ionisation (ESI) mass spectrometry (Fig. 2b). Interestingly, in addition to the tubulin beta-5 chain, a known interaction partner of MID1 (Schweiger et al. 1999), EF-1α was purified on the affinity chromatography column and identified in the mass spectrophotometer, confirming the yeast two-hybrid and immunofluorescence results. Besides that, several 40S ribosomal proteins [S8, S3, 40S ribosomal protein SA (p40)], and ribosome- and translation-associated proteins [receptor of activated protein kinase C1 (RACK1), Nucleophosmin (NPM), heat shock cognate 71kDa protein (Hsc70), heat shock protein HSP90-beta (Hsp90β), heat shock protein 60 kDa, Q subcomponent binding protein (C1qBP)] were identified in approximately equimolar ratios (Fig. 2b, Table 1), suggesting a translation related function for this complex. This hypothesis is consistent with the additional presence of mRNA-binding proteins such as NPM and Annexin A2 (ANXA2) in the complex.
To confirm specific interactions of the identified proteins with MID1, we overexpressed FLAG-tagged MID1 (FLAG-MID1) in HeLa cells and performed co-immunoprecipitation (IP) experiments using agarose beads coated with anti-FLAG antibody. Immunoprecipitates were analysed on a Western blot using antibodies detecting the respective endogenous proteins. Immunoprecipitated cell lysates of HeLa cells containing the empty vector were used as a control for background. Specific co-precipitation of each of the identified proteins with FLAG-MID1 was observed (Fig. 2c). As a control for the specificity of the immunoprecipitation, we used an antibody detecting hnRNPA1, which was not present in any of the pull downs (data not shown).
For further in vivo evidence, EF-1α was immunoprecipitated using either a specific anti-EF-1α antibody or unspecific mouse immunoglobulins (IgGs) as negative control. Immunoprecipitates were analysed with specific anti-MID1, anti-α4, anti-Hsp90 and anti-Hsc70 antibodies detecting the endogenous proteins. All proteins analysed were enriched when the complex was immunoprecipitated with the anti-EF-1α antibody (Fig. 2d), therefore proving co-precipitation of these proteins.
Furthermore, in confirming our previous findings regarding MID1 (Schweiger et al. 1999), all investigated components of the complex, including EF-1α, were enriched in pelleted purified microtubules, corroborating association of the complex with microtubules (Fig. 2e). After ultracentrifugation of HeLa cell lysates in order to remove insoluble proteins, we performed purification of microtubules at both 37 and 4°C. While examination at 37°C allows efficient repolymerisation of depolymerised microtubules as a basis for the enrichment of purified microtubules, cold-shock conditions at 4°C inhibit microtubule-polymerisation (Rubin and Weiss 1975). Bands detected with all relevant antibodies were exclusively present or much stronger in the fraction containing purified microtubules as compared to the cold-shocked fraction (Fig. 2E, right lane).
The MID1/α4 complex associates with RNA
EF-1α association with MID1 and integration of RNA-binding proteins such as NPM, RACK1 and ANXA2 in the complex suggested that RNA might also be present. To find out whether the MID1 complex associates with RNA in vivo, FLAG-MID1 from cytosolic fractions of FLAG-MID1 overexpressing and, as control, non-overexpressing HeLa cells were immunoprecipitated using an anti-FLAG antibody. After protein and DNA digestion, RNA was extracted from the eluted fractions, labelled with [5′-32P]pCp, and analysed in a scintillation counter and by agarose gel electrophoresis. As expected, this experiment revealed a marked enrichment of RNA in the specific immunoprecipitate in comparison to the control (Fig. 3).
The MID1/α4 complex associates preferentially with poly-rG homoribopolymers
To analyse if the RNA-binding activity of the identified complex shows some sequence specificity, cytosolic fractions from FLAG-MID1 overexpressing HeLa cells were incubated with agarose immobilised RNA homoribopolymers (poly-rA, -rU, -rC and -rG). Similar assays have been previously used for the characterisation of RNA-binding properties of many RNA-binding proteins (Filipenko et al. 2004; Siomi et al. 1993). After extensive washing, the bound proteins were eluted and analysed by Western blot. Using the respective antibody panel, specific bands corresponding to FLAG-MID1, Hsp90, Hsc70, EF-1α, α4 and RACK1 could be detected in the poly-rG sample, again confirming co-fractionation of these proteins. Fainter bands were seen in the poly-rU sample, while almost no bands appeared in the poly-rA or poly-rC sample, proving the specificity of the reaction (Fig. 4a). To discard the possibility that the enrichment in the poly-rG and poly-rU fractions were unspecific or an artefact, we tested the same blot with an antibody detecting the well-known poly-rU binding HuR protein (Lopez de Silanes et al. 2004). As expected, HuR was found to predominantly associate with poly-rU and faintly with poly-rG homoribopolymers. Increasing concentrations of free poly-rG (bound:free, 1:1 and 1:10) as well as of salt (250 and 500 mM NaCl) and heparin (1 and 2 mg/ml) significantly reduced the binding of FLAG-MID1 protein to poly-rG coated beads (Fig. 4b), additionally proving specificity of the binding.
The MID1 protein complex assembles its own mRNA
Association of mRNPs with mRNAs coding for proteins that are components of the respective complexes is a widely observed phenomenon. Knowing that mRNA localisation to the cytoskeleton is often driven by sequences found in the 3´UTR (Lopez de Heredia and Jansen 2004), we screened the 3′UTR of the MID1 gene for G-rich and U/T-rich regions and interspecies conservation of those. Interestingly, we could detect six different regions that were both G- and/or U/T rich, and also highly conserved between human, dog and rat (Fig. 5a), which make them putative candidates responsible for the binding to the MID1/PP2A mRNP complex.
Consequently, in order to check if MID1 mRNA is incorporated into the MID1 mRNP complex, we overexpressed FLAG-MID1 in HeLa cells and immunoprecipitated the protein with an anti-FLAG antibody. RNA was extracted from the immunoprecipitate, and cDNA was synthesised and used for RT-PCR using MID1 specific primers. A specific band covering from exon 4 to the 3′UTR of the MID1 gene could be amplified in the anti-FLAG containing sample, while no band was detected in the negative control, reactions of which were performed with unspecific immunoglobulins instead of with a specific anti-FLAG antibody. Also, no specific band was detected after amplification with primers specific for PIP, which was randomly chosen and did not associate with the MID1 mRNP complex (Fig. 5b).
Binding of endogenous MID1 mRNA to the MID1 protein complex would imply that it is located at the microtubules. To determine MID1 mRNA localisation, we performed an RNA in-situ hybridisation using digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotides complementary to specific MID1 sequences. Interestingly, we could show clear co-localisation of the MID1 mRNA with the centrosome as confirmed by a γ-tubulin stain. As a control, we used an antisense probe, which showed no defined localisation, confirming the specific association of the MID1 mRNA with the microtubule-organising centre (Fig. 5c).
Discussion
The MID1/α4 complex associates with several factors involved in translation regulation
We have identified several new members of the MID1/α4 complex, dysfunction of which underlies the pathogenesis of OS. In addition to its previously characterised association with tubulin (Schweiger et al. 1999), we have shown here that the MID1/α4 complex also interacts with EF-1α as well as with the 40S ribosomal proteins S3 and S8. Moreover, NPM, RACK1 and p40 (precursor molecule of the laminin receptor), all of which have previously been found to associate with the 40S ribosomal subunit and/or to have a central role in translational control (Ford et al. 1999; Nilsson et al. 2004; Okuwaki et al. 2002), co-purified with this protein complex. Of note, EF1-α, a well-known and essential player in protein translation and an important polysomal component with RNA-binding properties, was independently identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen with MID1 as bait and showed perfect co-localisation with MID1 at the microtubules. Interaction of MID1 and EF-1α in the yeast two-hybrid system was abolished by a single point mutation. Furthermore, co-precipitation of both proteins was demonstrated (1) after overexpression and immunoprecipitation of FLAG-MID1, (2) after immunoprecipitation of endogenous EF-1α and (3) in a microtubule-assembly assay. While EF-1α is one of the most abundant proteins in the cell and is known to artificially show up in large-scale screens searching for protein–protein interaction, our data as a total gave very strong evidence for a specific and biologically relevant interaction between MID1 and EF-1α.
In this study, we could narrow the domain that is responsible for the interaction between MID1 and EF-1α to the SRPY/PRY domain in the C-terminus of the MID1 protein. Regarding the numerous cellular functions that proteins with SRPY/PRY domains perform (Meroni and Diez-Roux 2005; Rhodes et al. 2005), it would be interesting to see if EF-1α also interacts with others of these proteins.
We also showed that the MID1/α4 complex associates with RNA, particularly with poly-rG and poly-rU sequences, suggesting a specific association of the complex with a subset of RNAs. Further IP experiments, sequential microtubule preparations and immunofluorescence collectively establish that the MID1/α4/PP2A complex forms part of the core of a microtubule-associated multiprotein complex including several translation factors and RNA, suggesting that it might influence the protein synthesis of associated mRNAs. Interestingly, neither the MID1 protein itself nor the α4 protein or PP2A contain one of the known RNA-binding domains (according to the program RNABindR: http://bindr.gdcb.iastate.edu/RNABindR), which suggests that other interaction partners with RNA-binding properties, like EF-1α (Lamberti et al. 2004), NPM (Yang et al. 2002), RACK1 (Angenstein et al. 2002) and/or ANXA2 (Filipenko et al. 2004) are the RNA-binding components in the complex and interactions between FLAG-MID1 and rG and rU homoribopolymers or the MID1 mRNA are indirect associations.
The fact that MID1 and its protein complex partners interact with the MID1 mRNA points at a putative feedback regulatory role MID1 has on its own synthesis. In an RNA in-situ hybridisation experiment, we saw that the endogenous MID1 mRNA localises to the microtubule-assembly centre. This suggests association of higher concentrations of the lowly expressed MID1 mRNA (and also possibly of the MID1 mRNP) to polymerising tubulin and to the minus end of microtubules rather than to the rest of the microtubules or a random distribution along the microtubules at equal concentrations. Similar to what is known of other mRNAs encoding embryonic patterning proteins that associate with centrosomes, it could further mean that the centromere is used to ensure asymmetric sorting of the MID1 mRNA subsequent to cell division (Lopez de Heredia and Jansen 2004).
mRNA localisation is mainly mediated by specific sequences in 3′UTRs (Lopez de Heredia and Jansen 2004). The MID1 mRNP complex has been seen to bind rG- and rU-rich sequences. Several rG- and rU-rich sequences within the MID1 3′UTR could be responsible for the binding of the mRNA to the MID1/α4/PP2A mRNP complex (Fig. 5a). RNA-protein pull-down assays with in vitro transcribed sequence motifs and/or an mRNA visualisation assay based on GFP-MS2 fusion protein and mRNA fused to MS2-binding sites, as developed by Singer et al. (Bertrand et al. 1998), could be used to identify the responsible sequence motif in the future.
Translational control unit at the microtubules
The protein composition of the MID1/α4 complex identified by mass spectrometry points to a newly found microtubule-associated process that links the control of the translation of specific, microtubule-associated mRNAs with elements of the mTOR / PP2A signalling cascade. Several of the identified components of the MID1 mRNP complex have been brought into context with microtubules and microtubule-associated translation regulation previously. Thus, the cytoskeleton-associated pool of EF-1α is involved in bundling, stabilising and promoting the assembly of microtubules (Kumagai et al. 1999; Moore and Cyr 2000; Moore et al. 1998; Ohta et al. 1990; Shiina et al. 1994). Interactions with polo domain-containing kinases at the mitotic spindle and centrosomes have been demonstrated for Hsp90 (de Carcer et al. 2001) and NPM (Zhang et al. 2004), and close cooperation between NPM and CDK2/cyclin E in centrosome duplication has been observed (Okuda 2002; Okuda et al. 2000). In addition, in fractionated protein preparations, most RACK1 molecules co-purify with the cytoskeleton (Hermanto et al. 2002), and ANXA2 is one of the most abundant proteins in cytoskeleton-bound polyribosome fractions (Vedeler and Hollas 2000).
The MID1 translation control unit and development of the ventral midline
Dysfunction of the MID1/α4 complex results in numerous fusion defects of the ventral midline, which is normally established through migrating and polarising cells that rely heavily on protein gradients (Schweiger and Schneider 2003). Therefore, we hypothesise that MID1-containing mRNP complexes are involved in the regulation of localised synthesis of proteins needed in asymmetric concentrations at the poles of these cells. Interestingly, MID1 mutant proteins, such as those that have been identified in patients with OS, lose the ability to interact with EF-1α, strongly supporting a role for the complex in protein translation. Consequently, defective regulation of translation of the associated mRNAs could result in a phenotype reminiscent of OS.
Interestingly, several of the proteins identified as interaction partners of the microtubule-associated MID1/α4 complex have been involved in cell polarisation and cell migration. For example, RACK1 has been found both in cell-spreading centres in attached cells (de Hoog et al. 2004) and acting as a central switch in growth factor-induced cell migration (Cox et al. 2003; Kiely et al. 2005). Furthermore, like C1qBP, which is another member of the MID1 protein complex, RACK1 interacts with activated protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes, which are also central players in the regulation of cell spreading and focal adhesion assembly (Disatnik et al. 2002; Nance 2005; Storz et al. 2000). ANXA2 was found to rapidly localise to developing cell–cell contacts and to be essential for the formation of filopodia at the leading edges of both migrating fibroblasts and epithelial cells (Hansen et al. 2002; Nobes and Hall 1995). Finally, p40SA is the precursor of the Mr 67,000 laminin receptor that has been classified as the prototypic cellular adhesion molecule for connecting cells and basement membranes (Liotta 1986).
Our results also imply a close interaction of a microtubule-associated translation control unit with PP2A and its negative regulators α4 and MID1, all essential players of mTOR signalling. The mTOR/PP2A pathway is known to regulate the translation of 5′TOP-marked mRNAs via phosphorylation of several important translation cofactors such as 4E-BP1 and S6K1 (Duvel and Broach 2004; Fingar and Blenis 2004; Peterson et al. 1999), and is also involved in developmental processes.
In summary, in addition to its role in the ubiquitin-specific regulation of microtubule-associated PP2Ac, we now find that the MID1/α4 complex is the core of a microtubule-associated mRNP complex that links cytoskeleton-associated mRNA transport and translation control factors with members of the mTOR/PP2A signalling cascade: a perfect scenario for the orchestration of complex gradient-controlled processes. Identification of RNAs binding to the MID1/α4/PP2A mRNP will shed further light into these processes that take place during the development of the ventral midline.
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We thank Joyce So for editing this manuscript, and Susanne Freier and Hannelore Madle for tissue culturing. This work was sponsored by grants from the Volkswagen Stiftung (Lichtenberg professorship to SS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 577, project A6 to SS) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF:SFB021/3 to RS).
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Aranda-Orgillés, B., Trockenbacher, A., Winter, J. et al. The Opitz syndrome gene product MID1 assembles a microtubule-associated ribonucleoprotein complex. Hum Genet 123, 163–176 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-007-0456-6
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