A Family of Argonaute-Interacting Proteins Gates Nuclear RNAi.

Lewis, Alexandra; Berkyurek, Ahmet C; Greiner, Andre; Sawh, Ahilya N; Vashisht, Ajay A; Merrett, Stephanie; Flamand, Mathieu N; Wohlschlegel, James; Sarov, Mihail; Miska, Eric A; Duchaine, Thomas F

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2020.04.007

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A Family of Argonaute-Interacting Proteins Gates Nuclear RNAi.

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Sarov, Mihail
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Lewis, A., Berkyurek, A. C., Greiner, A., Sawh, A. N., Vashisht, A. A., Merrett, S., et al. (2020). A Family of Argonaute-Interacting Proteins Gates Nuclear RNAi. Molecular cell, 78(5), 862-875. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2020.04.007.

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Nuclear RNA interference (RNAi) pathways work together with histone modifications to regulate gene expression and enact an adaptive response to transposable RNA elements. In the germline, nuclear RNAi can lead to trans-generational epigenetic inheritance (TEI) of gene silencing. We identified and characterized a family of nuclear Argonaute-interacting proteins (ENRIs) that control the strength and target specificity of nuclear RNAi in C. elegans, ensuring faithful inheritance of epigenetic memories. ENRI-1/2 prevent misloading of the nuclear Argonaute NRDE-3 with small RNAs that normally effect maternal piRNAs, which prevents precocious nuclear translocation of NRDE-3 in the early embryo. Additionally, they are negative regulators of nuclear RNAi triggered from exogenous sources. Loss of ENRI-3, an unstable protein expressed mostly in the male germline, misdirects the RNAi response to transposable elements and impairs TEI. The ENRIs determine the potency and specificity of nuclear RNAi responses by gating small RNAs into specific nuclear Argonautes.