PMID- 35961752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220920 LR - 20221104 IS - 1469-9001 (Electronic) IS - 1355-8382 (Print) IS - 1355-8382 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 10 DP - 2022 Oct TI - DAP5 drives translation of specific mRNA targets with upstream ORFs in human embryonic stem cells. PG - 1325-1336 LID - 10.1261/rna.079194.122 [doi] AB - Death associated protein 5 (DAP5/eIF4G2/NAT1) is a member of the eIF4G translation initiation factors that has been shown to mediate noncanonical and/or cap-independent translation. It is essential for embryonic development and for differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), specifically its ability to drive translation of specific target mRNAs. In order to expand the repertoire of DAP5 target mRNAs, we compared ribosome profiles in control and DAP5 knockdown (KD) human ESCs (hESCs) to identify mRNAs with decreased ribosomal occupancy upon DAP5 silencing. A cohort of 68 genes showed decreased translation efficiency in DAP5 KD cells. Mass spectrometry confirmed decreased protein abundance of a significant portion of these targets. Among these was KMT2D, a histone methylase previously shown to be essential for ESC differentiation and embryonic development. We found that nearly half of the cohort of DAP5 target mRNAs displaying reduced translation efficiency of their main coding sequences upon DAP5 KD contained upstream open reading frames (uORFs) that are actively translated independently of DAP5. This is consistent with previously suggested mechanisms by which DAP5 mediates leaky scanning through uORFs and/or reinitiation at the main coding sequence. Crosslinking protein-RNA immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that a significant subset of DAP5 mRNA targets bound DAP5, indicating that direct binding between DAP5 protein and its target mRNAs is a frequent but not absolute requirement for DAP5-dependent translation of the main coding sequence. Thus, we have extended DAP5's function in translation of specific mRNAs in hESCs by a mechanism allowing translation of the main coding sequence following upstream translation of short ORFs. CI - (c) 2022 David et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the RNA Society. FAU - David, Maya AU - David M AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Olender, Tsviya AU - Olender T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4194-6420 AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Mizrahi, Orel AU - Mizrahi O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2189-5731 AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Weingarten-Gabbay, Shira AU - Weingarten-Gabbay S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7579-0236 AD - The Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141, USA. FAU - Friedlander, Gilgi AU - Friedlander G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8513-1998 AD - The Mantoux Bioinformatics Institute, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Meril, Sara AU - Meril S AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Goldberg, Nadav AU - Goldberg N AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Savidor, Alon AU - Savidor A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8884-6948 AD - The de Botton Institute for Protein Profiling of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (G-INCPM), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Levin, Yishai AU - Levin Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7279-0246 AD - The de Botton Institute for Protein Profiling of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (G-INCPM), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Salomon, Vered AU - Salomon V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0701-7521 AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Stern-Ginossar, Noam AU - Stern-Ginossar N AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Bialik, Shani AU - Bialik S AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. FAU - Kimchi, Adi AU - Kimchi A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8236-8989 AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220812 PL - United States TA - RNA JT - RNA (New York, N.Y.) JID - 9509184 RN - 0 (EIF4G2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (Histone Methyltransferases) SB - IM MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G/*metabolism MH - Histone Methyltransferases/genetics/metabolism MH - *Human Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Open Reading Frames/genetics MH - Protein Biosynthesis MH - Proteins/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC9479741 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DAP5 OT - RNA-seq OT - noncanonical protein translation OT - pluripotent embryonic stem cells OT - ribosome profiling OT - uORF EDAT- 2022/08/13 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/21 06:00 PMCR- 2022/10/01 CRDT- 2022/08/12 21:06 PHST- 2022/04/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/12 21:06 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - rna.079194.122 [pii] AID - RA [pii] AID - 10.1261/rna.079194.122 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - RNA. 2022 Oct;28(10):1325-1336. doi: 10.1261/rna.079194.122. Epub 2022 Aug 12.