PMID- 36050755 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220908 LR - 20220916 IS - 1741-7007 (Electronic) IS - 1741-7007 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Sep 1 TI - NF90 interacts with components of RISC and modulates association of Ago2 with mRNA. PG - 194 LID - 10.1186/s12915-022-01384-2 [doi] LID - 194 AB - BACKGROUND: Nuclear factor 90 (NF90) is a double-stranded RNA-binding protein involved in a multitude of different cellular mechanisms such as transcription, translation, viral infection, and mRNA stability. Recent data suggest that NF90 might influence the abundance of target mRNAs in the cytoplasm through miRNA- and Argonaute 2 (Ago2)-dependent activity. RESULTS: Here, we identified the interactome of NF90 in the cytoplasm, which revealed several components of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and associated factors. Co-immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed the interaction of NF90 with the RISC-associated RNA helicase, Moloney leukemia virus 10 (MOV10), and other proteins involved in RISC-mediated silencing, including Ago2. Furthermore, NF90 association with MOV10 and Ago2 was found to be RNA-dependent. Glycerol gradient sedimentation of NF90 immune complexes indicates that these proteins occur in the same protein complex. At target RNAs predicted to bind both NF90 and MOV10 in their 3' UTRs, NF90 association was increased upon loss of MOV10 and vice versa. Interestingly, loss of NF90 led to an increase in association of Ago2 as well as a decrease in the abundance of the target mRNA. Similarly, during hypoxia, the binding of Ago2 to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA increased after loss of NF90, while the level of VEGF mRNA decreased. CONCLUSIONS: These findings reveal that, in the cytoplasm, NF90 can associate with components of RISC such as Ago2 and MOV10. In addition, the data indicate that NF90 and MOV10 may compete for the binding of common target mRNAs, suggesting a role for NF90 in the regulation of RISC-mediated silencing by stabilizing target mRNAs, such as VEGF, during cancer-induced hypoxia. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Grasso, Giuseppa AU - Grasso G AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Akkawi, Charbel AU - Akkawi C AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Franckhauser, Celine AU - Franckhauser C AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Nait-Saidi, Rima AU - Nait-Saidi R AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Bello, Maxime AU - Bello M AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Barbier, Jerome AU - Barbier J AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. FAU - Kiernan, Rosemary AU - Kiernan R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6645-0686 AD - UMR9002 CNRS-UM, Institut de Genetique Humaine-Universite de Montpellier, Gene Regulation lab, 34396, Montpellier, France. Rosemary.Kiernan@igh.cnrs.fr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220901 PL - England TA - BMC Biol JT - BMC biology JID - 101190720 RN - 0 (3' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (AGO2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Argonaute Proteins) RN - 0 (ILF3 protein, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA-Induced Silencing Complex) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (Mov10 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - 3' Untranslated Regions MH - Argonaute Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia/genetics MH - MicroRNAs/metabolism MH - Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA Helicases/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/*metabolism MH - *RNA-Induced Silencing Complex/genetics/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC9438302 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ago2 OT - NF90 OT - RIP OT - RISC OT - mRNA stability COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/09/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/09 06:00 PMCR- 2022/09/01 CRDT- 2022/09/01 23:48 PHST- 2021/09/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/01 23:48 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12915-022-01384-2 [pii] AID - 1384 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12915-022-01384-2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Biol. 2022 Sep 1;20(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01384-2.