Epiblast morphogenesis is controlled by selective mRNA decay triggered by LIN28A relocation
Modic, M.; los Mozos, I. R. d.; Steinhauser, S.; van Genderen, E.; Schirge, S.; Bergant, V.; Ryan, J.; Mulholland, C. B.; Lee, F. C. Y.; Faraway, R.; Klobucar, T.; Merl-Pham, J.; Hauck, S. M.; Drukker, M.; Bultmann, S.; Leonhardt, H.; Lickert, H.; Luscombe, N. M.; ten Berge, D.; Ule, J.
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The embryonic progression from naive to primed pluripotency is accompanied by the rapid decay of pluripotency-associated mRNAs and a concomitant radical morphogenetic sequence of epiblast polarization, rosette formation and lumenogenesis. The mechanisms triggering and linking these events remain poorly understood. Guided by machine learning and metabolic RNA sequencing, we identified RNA binding proteins (RBPs), especially LIN28A, as primary mRNA decay factors. Using mRNA-RBP interactome capture, we revealed a dramatic increase in LIN28A mRNA binding during the naive-rosette-primed pluripotency transition, driven by its nucleolar-to-cytoplasmic translocation. Cytoplasmic LIN28A binds to 3UTRs of pluripotency-associated mRNAs to directly stimulate their decay and drive lumenogenesis. Accordingly, forced nuclear retention of LIN28A impeded lumenogenesis, impaired gastrulation, and caused an unforeseen embryonic multiplication. Selective mRNA decay, driven by nucleo-cytoplasmic RBP translocation, therefore acts as an intrinsic mechanism linking cell identity switches to the control of embryonic growth and morphogenesis.
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