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RNA MODULATES AGGREGATION OF THE RECOMBINANT MAMMALIAN PRION PROTEIN BY DIRECT INTERACTION
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Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. Uppsala.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos (Bio-Manguinhos). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. National Institutes of Health. Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases. Rocky Mountain Laboratories. Hamilton, MT, United States of America.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis. Instituto Nacional de Ciência Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. Uppsala.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos (Bio-Manguinhos). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. National Institutes of Health. Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases. Rocky Mountain Laboratories. Hamilton, MT, United States of America.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Farmácia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis. Instituto Nacional de Ciência Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. Uppsala.
Abstract
Recent studies have proposed that nucleic acids act as potential cofactors for protein aggregation and prionogenesis. By means of sedimentation, transmission electron microscopy, circular dichroism, static and dynamic light scattering, we have studied how RNA can influence the aggregation of the murine recombinant prion protein (rPrP). We find that RNA, independent of its sequence, source and size, modulates rPrP aggregation in a bimodal fashion, affecting both the extent and the rate of rPrP aggregation in a concentration dependent manner. Analogous to RNA-induced liquid-liquid phase transitions observed for other proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, high protein to RNA ratios stimulate rPrP aggregation, while low ratios suppress it. However, the latter scenario also promotes formation of soluble oligomeric aggregates capable of seeding de novo rPrP aggregation. Furthermore, RNA co-aggregates with rPrP and thereby gains partial protection from RNase digestion. Our results also indicate that rPrP interacts with the RNAs with its N-terminus. In summary, this study elucidates the proposed adjuvant role of RNA in prion protein aggregation and propagation, and thus advocates an auxiliary role of the nucleic acids in protein aggregation in general.
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