发布: 2019年06月05日第9卷第11期 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3255 浏览次数: 5030
评审: Vishal S ParekhAnonymous reviewer(s)
Abstract
Cytosolic rRNAs are highly dynamic and can be degraded under conditions such as apoptosis, starvation and magnesium depletion. The degradation is also related to their specific localization, as fractions of cytosolic ribosomes are localized on the surfaces of intracellular organelles, such as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria. Such localized translation facilitates translocation of nascent proteins into these organelles co-translationally, contributing to fast responses to cellular stresses and precise regulations of the organelle. Here, we describe a protocol to establish the in organello system to investigate rRNA degradation on mitochondrial outer membrane or ER. The protocol consists of organelle isolation, rRNA degradation on organelles and agarose gel electrophoresis to examine the remaining rRNAs.
Keywords: In organello (In organello)Background
Cytosolic ribosomes, where protein translation takes place, have been shown to be localized to specific membranes within the cells, such as ER (Reid and Nicchitta, 2012) and mitochondrial outer membrane (Kellems and Butow, 1972), which couples protein synthesis to protein targeting and translocation (Mukhopadhyay et al., 2004). Such localized translation reduces the protein transportation cost and avoids mistargeting (Lesnik et al., 2015). In addition, localized translation contributes to fast responses to unfolded protein stress on ER (Reid et al., 2014) and modulates protein translation within mitochondria (Dennerlein et al., 2017; Richter-Dennerlein et al., 2016). The binding between cytosolic ribosomes and mitochondrial outer membrane have been previously investigated, and GTP, specific targeting sequences (Crowley and Payne, 1998) and MDI (Zhang et al., 2016) are all shown to be involved. However, how the mitochondrial outer membrane-associated cytosolic rRNAs are regulated by different conditions or mitochondrial proteins remains unclear, and how the ER-associated ribosomes differ from other pools of cytosolic ribosomes is not well studied. To gain a better understanding of these processes and their regulations in mammals, in organello systems are needed. However, no such systems have been established. Here, we describe a protocol to study in organello rRNA degradation on mitochondria or ER. The sample preparation procedures are minimized to reduce the operational errors. However, since this is an in organello system, the rRNA degradation observed may not reflect the real complexity in the cell. Particular caution needs to be taken in interpreting the results.
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分子生物学 > RNA > RNA 降解
细胞生物学 > 细胞器分离 > 线粒体
细胞生物学 > 细胞器分离 > 内质网
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