title: CstF64: cell cycle regulation and functional role in 3' end processing of replication-dependent histone mRNAs.
abstract: The 3' end processing of animal replication-dependent histone mRNAs is activated during G1/S-phase transition. The processing site is recognized by stem-loop binding protein and the U7 snRNP, but cleavage additionally requires a heat-labile factor (HLF), composed of cleavage/polyadenylation specificity factor, symplekin, and cleavage stimulation factor 64 (CstF64). Although HLF has been shown to be cell cycle regulated, the mechanism of this regulation is unknown. Here we show that levels of CstF64 increase toward the S phase and its depletion affects histone RNA processing, S-phase progression, and cell proliferation. Moreover, analyses of the interactions between CstF64, symplekin, and the U7 snRNP-associated proteins FLASH and Lsm11 indicate that CstF64 is important for recruiting HLF to histone precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA)-resident proteins. Thus, CstF64 is central to the function of HLF and appears to be at least partly responsible for its cell cycle regulation. Additionally, we show that misprocessed histone transcripts generated upon CstF64 depletion mainly accumulate in the nucleus, where they are targets of the exosome machinery, while a small cytoplasmic fraction is partly associated with polysomes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griesbach
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland daniel.schuemperli@izb.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schümperli
mesh_terms: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D039223:Cleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D039241:Cleavage Stimulation Factor; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D026721:RNA 3' End Processing / Q000235:genetics*; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020885:Ribonucleoprotein, U7 Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics; D016196:S Phase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D039223:Cleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity Factor; D039241:Cleavage Stimulation Factor; D006657:Histones; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D020885:Ribonucleoprotein, U7 Small Nuclear; C485604:CASP8AP2 protein, human; C474466:CSTF2T protein, human; C506080:LSM11 protein, human; C101043:SYMPK protein, human