論文

査読有り
2016年6月

Endomembrane-associated RSD-3 is important for RNAi induced by extracellular silencing RNA in both somatic and germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • Rieko Imae
  • ,
  • Katsufumi Dejima
  • ,
  • Eriko Kage-Nakadai
  • ,
  • Hiroyuki Arai
  • ,
  • Shohei Mitani

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開始ページ
28198
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/srep28198
出版者・発行元
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

RNA silencing signals in C. elegans spread among cells, leading to RNAi throughout the body. During systemic spread of RNAi, membrane trafficking is thought to play important roles. Here, we show that RNAi Spreading Defective-3 (rsd-3), which encodes a homolog of epsinR, a conserved ENTH (epsin N-terminal homology) domain protein, generally participates in cellular uptake of silencing RNA. RSD-3 is previously thought to be involved in systemic RNAi only in germ cells, but we isolated several deletion alleles of rsd-3, and found that these mutants are defective in the spread of silencing RNA not only into germ cells but also into somatic cells. RSD-3 is ubiquitously expressed, and intracellularly localized to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomes. Tissue-specific rescue experiments indicate that RSD-3 is required for importing silencing RNA into cells rather than exporting from cells. Structure/function analysis showed that the ENTH domain alone is sufficient, and membrane association of the ENTH domain is required, for RSD-3 function in systemic RNAi. Our results suggest that endomembrane trafficking through the TGN and endosomes generally plays an important role in cellular uptake of silencing RNA.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28198
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306325
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000378107300002&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/srep28198
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • PubMed ID : 27306325
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000378107300002

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