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Regulatory discrimination of mRNAs by FMRP controls SEE COMMENTARY mouse adult neural stem cell differentiation Botao Liua,1, Yue Lib,c,d,1, Emily E. Stackpolea, Annie Novakb,c, Yu Gaob,c, Yinghua Zhaob,c, Xinyu Zhaob,c,2, and Joel D. Richtera,2 aProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605; bWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53705; cDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53705; and dInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China Edited by Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and approved October 4, 2018 (received for review June 5, 2018) Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by the loss of fragile X mental learning deficits in FMRP-deficient mice (10). FMRP deficiency retardation protein (FMRP), an RNA binding protein whose de- in mouse aNSCs leads not only to aberrant activation and in- ficiency impacts many brain functions, including differentiation of creased proliferation of aNSCs, but also to reduced neural dif- adult neural stem cells (aNSCs). However, the mechanism by which ferentiation (11, 12). Although several FMRP-regulated genes FMRP influences these processes remains unclear. Here, we per- and pathways have been identified in aNSCs, genome-wide gene formed ribosome profiling and transcriptomic analysis of aNSCs in expression changes resulting from FMRP deficiency remain parallel from wild-type and Fmr1 knockout mice. Our data revealed unknown. Moreover, how gene expression programs are com- diverse gene expression changes at both mRNA and translation promised in FMRP-deficient aNSCs remains elusive. levels. Many mitosis and neurogenesis genes were dysregulated Several studies using high-throughput technologies, such as cross- primarily at the mRNA level, while numerous synaptic genes were linking immunoprecipitation (CLIP) coupled with sequencing (13– mostly dysregulated at the translation level. Translational “buffer- 15), have identified partially overlapping lists of FMRP target ing”, whereby changes in ribosome association with mRNA are com- mRNAs. However, those approaches suffer from the heterogeneity pensated by alterations in RNA abundance, was also evident. of brain tissue, the lack of sufficient sensitivity, and the inability of Knockdown of NECDIN, an FMRP-repressed transcriptional factor, capturing simultaneous changes in mRNA and translation. rescued neuronal differentiation. In addition, we discovered To obtain an in-depth understanding of gene regulation by NEUROSCIENCE that FMRP regulates mitochondrial mRNA expression and energy FMRP, we performed simultaneous ribosome profiling and homeostasis. Thus, FMRP controls diverse transcriptional and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) on Fmr1 KO aNSCs. Our data posttranscriptional gene expression programs critical for neural revealed six distinct forms of FMRP regulation at mRNA and differentiation. translation levels that are involved in mitosis, neurogenesis, synaptic, and mitochondrial function. Interestingly, many mitosis fragile X syndrome | neural stem cells | translation | ribosome profiling | and neurogenesis genes were dysregulated primarily at the neural differentiation mRNA level, whereas numerous synaptic genes were mostly ragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of Significance Finherited intellectual disability, which occurs in about 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 6,000 females. FXS patients display a wide Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited spectrum of autistic features, including cognitive, behavioral, and intellectual disability and autism. FXS results from the loss of social deficits (1). Nearly all FXS cases are caused by a CGG functional fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), an RNA trinucleotide repeat expansion in the 5′ UTR of the fragile X binding protein involved in translational regulation. However, mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene, which leads to hyper- the impact of FMRP on gene expression has not been evaluated methylation of the promoter region (2) and consequent tran- comprehensively. Here, we present simultaneous high-resolution scriptional silencing and loss of the encoded protein, fragile X ribosome profiling and RNA-sequencing data from the same wild- mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is an RNA binding type and FMRP-deficient adult neural stem cells. We find re- protein that is highly expressed in the brain and largely functions markable and heretofore unknown forms of regulation by FMRP as a translational repressor (3). In addition to FMR1, other critical for neural differentiation. Importantly, our data also show mutations underlying autism spectrum disorders occur in genes that FMRP controls RNA expression in six distinct ways. Thus, we that signal to the translational apparatus, such as TSC complex have uncovered a molecular foundation for pathophysiologies subunit 2 (TSC2) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) associated with FXS. (4, 5). It is therefore apparent that maintenance of translational homeostasis is essential for proper neural functions such as Author contributions: X.Z. and J.D.R. designed research; B.L., Y.L., and E.E.S. performed research; Y.G. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; B.L., Y.L., A.N., and Y.Z. analyzed synaptic efficacy (6). Indeed, a number of phenotypes of the data; and B.L., Y.L., X.Z., and J.D.R. wrote the paper. Fmr1 knockout (KO) mouse are rescued by depleting a variety of The authors declare no conflict of interest. translational activators, likely through rebalancing the trans- This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. lational homeostasis (7, 8). Published under the PNAS license. Neurogenesis persists throughout life in two germinal zones: Data deposition: The data reported in this paper have been deposited in the Gene Ex- the subgranular zone in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippo- pression Omnibus (GEO) database, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo (accession no. campus and the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricles (9). GSE112502). The newborn neurons in the DG integrate into the existing cir- See Commentary on page 12086. cuitry of the hippocampus, which is crucial for cognitive function 1B.L. and Y.L. contributed equally to this work. and implicated in both neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiat- 2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected] or joel. ric disorders (9). We have shown that selective deletion of [email protected]. FMRP from adult neural stem cells (aNSCs) leads to impaired This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10. performance on hippocampus-dependent learning tasks; con- 1073/pnas.1809588115/-/DCSupplemental. versely, restoration of FMRP specifically in aNSCs rescues these Published online October 29, 2018. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1809588115 PNAS | vol. 115 | no. 48 | E11397–E11405 Downloaded by guest on October 1, 2021 A AAAA B Translation up Translation down AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA RNase RNA extraction Buffering up Buffering down AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA Purification Fragmentation AAAA AAAA AAAA mRNA up mRNA down Ribo-seq RNA-seq AAAA AAAA RPF AAAA AAAA mRNA AAAA AAAA Reference C E nuclear division 8 mitotic cell cycle 6 cell migration FDR 4 10 cell adhesion 2 neurogenesis -log 0 neuron projection development chemical synaptic transmission regulation of synapse activity wn wn o ring up fe mRNA up fering down mRNABuf d anslation up Tr Buf anslation do Tr 12 F chromosome extracellular region 8 cell junction FDR 10 synapse 4 neuron projection -log 0 mitochondrial ribosome wn wn wn o ing up ring do mRNA up e mRNABuffer d TranslationBuff anslation up do Tr D mRNA RPF TE ns **** ns **** **** **** **** *** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Gene group 1 1 1 All FC 2 Translation up Buffering up 0 0 0 Translation down Buffering down KO/WT log KO/WT −1 −1 −1 mRNA up mRNA down Fig. 1. Ribosome profiling reveals diverse changes of gene expression in Fmr1 KO aNSCs. (A) Schematic diagram of the experimental procedures for ribosome profiling. (B) Schematic diagram of six regulatory groups captured by ribosome profiling. (C) Scatter plot of expression changes of mRNA levels and RPFs. Dysregulated mRNAs in the absence of FMRP are classified into six regulatory groups as shown in B; 12,502 genes past filtering are used for the scatter plot. Absolute fold change (FC) > 1.2, nominal P < 0.05, and false discovery rate (FDR) = 0.042 by permutation test. (D) Box plots of expression changes at different levels across six regulatory groups that visualize the medians. The lower and upper hinges correspond to the first and third quartiles. The whiskers extend from the hinges to the largest and smallest values no further than 1.5-fold of interquartile range. Outliers are not shown. Gene expression changes of each regulatory group were compared with those of all genes used for differentially expressed gene analysis (ns, not significant; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001; Wilcoxon rank sum test after multiple test correction with the Bonferroni method). (E) Top GO terms of biological process enriched in each regulatory group. The enrichment significance (−log10 FDR) is color coded. (F) Top GO terms of cellular component enriched in each regulatory group. See also SI Appendix, Figs. S1 and S2 and Datasets S1–S3. E11398 | www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1809588115 Liu et al. Downloaded by guest on October 1, 2021 dysregulated at the translation level. We discovered