Oct 29, 2014
HSP90α plays an important role in piRNA biogenesis and retrotransposon repression in mouse
Nucleic Acids Research
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- Volume
- 42
- Number
- 19
- First page
- 11903
- Last page
- 11911
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1093/nar/gku881
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
HSP90, found in all kingdoms of life, is a major chaperone protein regulating many client proteins. We demonstrated that HSP90α, one of two paralogs duplicated in vertebrates, plays an important role in the biogenesis of fetal PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNA), which act against the transposon activities, in mouse male germ cells. The knockout mutation of Hsp90α resulted in a large reduction in the expression of primary and secondary piRNAs and mislocalization of MIWI2, a PIWI homolog. Whereas the mutation in Fkbp6 encoding a co-chaperone reduced piRNAs of 28-32 nucleotides in length, the Hsp90α mutation reduced piRNAs of 24-32 nucleotides, suggesting the presence of both FKBP6-dependent and -independent actions of HSP90α. Although DNA methylation and mRNA levels of L1 retrotransposon were largely unchanged in the Hsp90α mutant testes, the L1-encoded protein was increased, suggesting the presence of post-transcriptional regulation. This study revealed the specialized function of the HSP90α isofom in the piRNA biogenesis and repression of retrotransposons during the development of male germ cells in mammals.
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- DOI : 10.1093/nar/gku881
- ISSN : 0305-1048
- eISSN : 1362-4962
- Pubmed ID : 25262350
- Pubmed Central ID : PMC4231750