Hypomodified tRNA in evolutionarily distant yeasts can trigger rapid tRNA decay to activate the general amino acid control response, but with different consequences
Hypomodified tRNA in evolutionarily distant yeasts can trigger rapid tRNA decay to activate the general amino acid control response, but with different consequences
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1008893
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2020-08-01
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4.5
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Phizicky, Eric M.
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De Zoysa, Thareendra;Phizicky, Eric M.
Author summary tRNA modifications are highly conserved and their lack frequently results in growth defects in the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiaeand neuorological disorders in humans.S.cerevsiaiehas two tRNA quality control decay pathways that sense tRNAs lacking modifications in the main tRNA body. One of these, the rapid tRNA decay (RTD) pathway, targets mature tRNAs for 5'-3' exonucleolytic decay by Rat1 and Xrn1. It is unknown if RTD is conserved in eukaryotes, and if it might explain phenotypes associated with body modification defects. Here we focus ontrm8 Delta mutants, lacking m(7)G(46), in the evolutionarily distant yeastSchizosaccharomyces pombe. Loss of m(7)G causes temperature sensitivity and RTD inS.cerevisiae, microcephalic primordial dwarfism in humans, and defective stem cell renewal in mice. We show thatS.pombe trm8 Delta mutants are temperature sensitive due to tY(GUA) decay by Rat1/Dhp1, implying conservation of RTD among divergent eukaryotes. We also show that the onset of RTD triggers activation of the general amino acid control (GAAC) pathway in bothS.pombeandS.cerevisiae, resulting in further tRNA loss inS.pombeand reduced tRNA loss inS.cerevisiae. We speculate that RTD and its GAAC regulation will be widely conserved in eukaryotes including humans.All tRNAs are extensively modified, and modification deficiency often results in growth defects in the budding yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiaeand neurological or other disorders in humans. InS.cerevisiae, lack of any of several tRNA body modifications results in rapid tRNA decay (RTD) of certain mature tRNAs by the 5'-3' exonucleases Rat1 and Xrn1. As tRNA quality control decay mechanisms are not extensively studied in other eukaryotes, we studiedtrm8 Delta mutants in the evolutionarily distant fission yeastSchizosaccharomyces pombe, which lack 7-methylguanosine at G(46)(m(7)G(46)) of their tRNAs. We report here thatS.pombe trm8 Delta mutants are temperature sensitive primarily due to decay of tRNA(Tyr(GUA))and that spontaneous mutations in theRAT1orthologdhp1(+)restored temperature resistance and prevented tRNA decay, demonstrating conservation of the RTD pathway. We also report for the first time evidence linking the RTD and the general amino acid control (GAAC) pathways, which we show in bothS.pombeandS.cerevisiae. InS.pombe trm8 Delta mutants, spontaneous GAAC mutations restored temperature resistance and tRNA levels, and thetrm8 Delta temperature sensitivity was precisely linked to GAAC activation due to tRNA(Tyr(GUA))decay. Similarly, in the well-studiedS.cerevisiae trm8 Delta trm4 Delta RTD mutant, temperature sensitivity was closely linked to GAAC activation due to tRNA(Val(AAC))decay; however, inS.cerevisiae, GAAC mutations increased tRNA loss and exacerbated temperature sensitivity. A similar exacerbated growth defect occurred upon GAAC mutation inS.cerevisiae trm8 Delta and other single modification mutants that triggered RTD. Thus, these results demonstrate a conserved GAAC activation coincident with RTD inS.pombeandS.cerevisiae, but an opposite impact of the GAAC response in the two organisms. We speculate that the RTD pathway and its regulation of the GAAC pathway is widely conserved in eukaryotes, extending to other mutants affecting tRNA body modifications.