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Originally published as MBC in Press, 10.1091/mbc.E06-12-1120 on February 7, 2007

Vol. 18, Issue 4, 1385-1396, April 2007

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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

Submitted December 15, 2006; Revised January 10, 2007; Accepted January 29, 2007
Monitoring Editor: Jonathan Weissman

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.

This was published online ahead of print in MBC in Press (http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1091/mbc.E06-12-1120) on February 7, 2007.

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






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