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    Characterization of a novel IRE1 substrate pact and interacting miRNAS
    (2022-06) Doğan, Aslı Ekin
    The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase activator A (PACT) anchors the RNAinduced silencing complex (RISC) to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)’s membranous platform where RISC nucleation occurs and thus, PACT plays a key role in microRNA (miR)-mediated translational repression. Previous studies have shown that ER stress leads to PACT phosphorylation while simultaneously inducing changes in the expression of many miRs. Here, we demonstrate that PACT is phosphorylated by the ER-resident Inositol-requiring enzyme-1 (IRE1), a bifunctional kinase/endoribonuclease (RNase), both under ER stress and no stress conditions. While the role of IRE1 as a stress-induced RNase driving the unfolded protein response (UPR) is well understood, the function or the target(s) of its kinase activity have remained unexplored. Findings of this thesis show that IRE1- mediated phosphorylation of PACT regulates mature miR-181c levels, which suppresses the expression of key regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis (mitobiogenesis). Phosphorylation by IRE1 causes PACT-mediated suppression of mitobiogenesis and respiration. Partial PACT-deficiency in mice leads to enhanced mitobiogenesis during brown fat activation in cells and mice. Furthermore, cardiopulmonary bypass-induced ischemia/reperfusion injury downregulates PACT protein expression in human hearts while simultaneously inducing mitobiogenesis. Collectively, these findings demonstrate PACTmiR- 181c signaling axis is a key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and energetics.
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    PACT establishes a posttranscriptional brake on mitochondrial biogenesis by promoting the maturation of miR-181c
    (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc., 2022-07) Doğan, Aslı Ekin; Hamid, Syed M.; Yıldırım, Aslı Dilber; Yıldırım, Zehra; Sen, Ganes; Riera, Celine E.; Gottlieb, Roberta A.; Erbay, Ebru
    The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase activating protein (PACT), an RNA-binding protein that is part of the RNA-induced silencing complex, plays a key role in miR-mediated translational repression. Previous studies showed that PACT regulates the expression of various miRs, selects the miR strand to be loaded onto RNA-induced silencing complex, and determines proper miR length. Apart from PACT's role in mediating the antiviral response in immune cells, what PACT does in other cell types is unknown. Strikingly, it has also been shown that cold exposure leads to marked downregulation of PACT protein in mouse brown adipose tissue (BAT), where mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism play a central role. Here, we show that PACT establishes a posttranscriptional brake on mitochondrial biogenesis (mitobiogenesis) by promoting the maturation of miR-181c, a key suppressor of mitobiogenesis that has been shown to target mitochondrial complex IV subunit I (Mtco1) and sirtuin 1 (Sirt1). Consistently, we found that a partial reduction in PACT expression is sufficient to enhance mitobiogenesis in brown adipocytes in culture as well as during BAT activation in mice. In conclusion, we demonstrate an unexpected role for PACT in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and energetics in cells and BAT. © 2022 The Authors