Involvement of human ribosomal proteins in nucleolar structure and p53-dependent nucleolar stress

Emilien Nicolas, Pascaline Parisot, Celina Pinto-Monteiro, Roxane de Walque, Christophe De Vleeschouwer, Denis L J Lafontaine

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Résumé

The nucleolus is a potent disease biomarker and a target in cancer therapy. Ribosome biogenesis is initiated in the nucleolus where most ribosomal (r-) proteins assemble onto precursor rRNAs. Here we systematically investigate how depletion of each of the 80 human r-proteins affects nucleolar structure, pre-rRNA processing, mature rRNA accumulation and p53 steady-state level. We developed an image-processing programme for qualitative and quantitative discrimination of normal from altered nucleolar morphology. Remarkably, we find that uL5 (formerly RPL11) and uL18 (RPL5) are the strongest contributors to nucleolar integrity. Together with the 5S rRNA, they form the late-assembling central protuberance on mature 60S subunits, and act as an Hdm2 trap and p53 stabilizer. Other major contributors to p53 homeostasis are also strictly late-assembling large subunit r-proteins essential to nucleolar structure. The identification of the r-proteins that specifically contribute to maintaining nucleolar structure and p53 steady-state level provides insights into fundamental aspects of cell and cancer biology.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)11390
journalNature Communications
Volume7
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - 6 juin 2016
Modification externeOui

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