PMID- 37489754 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230807 LR - 20230809 IS - 2050-084X (Electronic) IS - 2050-084X (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2023 Jul 25 TI - Two RNA-binding proteins mediate the sorting of miR223 from mitochondria into exosomes. LID - 10.7554/eLife.85878 [doi] LID - e85878 AB - Fusion of multivesicular bodies (MVBs) with the plasma membrane results in the secretion of intraluminal vesicles (ILVs), or exosomes. The sorting of one exosomal cargo RNA, miR223, is facilitated by the RNA-binding protein, YBX1 (Shurtleff et al., 2016). We found that miR223 specifically binds a 'cold shock' domain (CSD) of YBX1 through a 5' proximal sequence motif UCAGU that may represent a binding site or structural feature required for sorting. Prior to sorting into exosomes, most of the cytoplasmic miR223 resides in mitochondria. An RNA-binding protein localized to the mitochondrial matrix, YBAP1, appears to serve as a negative regulator of miR223 enrichment into exosomes. miR223 levels decreased in the mitochondria and increased in exosomes after loss of YBAP1. We observed YBX1 shuttle between mitochondria and endosomes in live cells. YBX1 also partitions into P body granules in the cytoplasm (Liu et al., 2021). We propose a model in which miR223 and likely other miRNAs are stored in mitochondria and are then mobilized by YBX1 to cytoplasmic phase condensate granules for capture into invaginations in the endosome that give rise to exosomes. CI - (c) 2023, Ma et al. FAU - Ma, Liang AU - Ma L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3227-5917 AD - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States. FAU - Singh, Jasleen AU - Singh J AD - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States. FAU - Schekman, Randy AU - Schekman R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8615-6409 AD - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States. LA - eng GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230725 PL - England TA - Elife JT - eLife JID - 101579614 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) SB - IM UOF - doi: 10.1101/2023.01.11.523558 MH - *Exosomes/metabolism MH - Endosomes/metabolism MH - *MicroRNAs/genetics/metabolism MH - Multivesicular Bodies/metabolism MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC10403255 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RNA-binding proteins OT - cell biology OT - exosome OT - human OT - mitochondria COIS- LM, JS, RS No competing interests declared EDAT- 2023/07/25 13:09 MHDA- 2023/08/07 06:42 PMCR- 2023/07/25 CRDT- 2023/07/25 07:53 PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/07 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/25 13:09 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/25 07:53 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 85878 [pii] AID - 10.7554/eLife.85878 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Elife. 2023 Jul 25;12:e85878. doi: 10.7554/eLife.85878.