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Mol. Biol. Cell 10.1091/mbc.E06-12-1120

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Submitted on December 15, 2006
Revised on January 10, 2007
Accepted on January 29, 2007

Ataxin-2 Interacts with the DEAD/H-Box RNA Helicase DDX6 and Interferes with P-Bodies and Stress Granules

Ute Nonhoff, Markus Ralser, Franziska Welzel, Ilaria Piccini, Daniela Balzereit, Marie-Laure Yaspo, Hans Lehrach, and Sylvia Krobitsch

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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Tight control of translation is fundamental for eukaryotic cells and deregulation of proteins implicated contributes to numerous human diseases. The neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 is caused by a trinucleotide expansion in the SCA2 gene encoding a lengthened polyglutamine stretch in the gene product ataxin-2, which seems to be implicated in cellular RNA-processing pathways and translational regulation. Here, we substantiate a function of ataxin-2 in such pathways by demonstrating that ataxin-2 interacts with the DEAD/H-box RNA helicase DDX6, a component of P-bodies and stress granules, representing cellular structures of mRNA triage. We discovered that altered ataxin-2 levels interfere with the assembly of stress granules and cellular P-body structures. Moreover, ataxin-2 regulates the intracellular concentration of its interaction partner, the poly(A)-binding protein, another stress granule component and a key factor for translational control. Thus, our data imply that the cellular ataxin-2 concentration is important for the assembly of stress granules and P-bodies, which are main compartments for regulating and controlling mRNA degradation, stability and translation.

Address correspondence to: Sylvia Krobitsch (krobitsc{at}molgen.mpg.de)




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