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Heat stress promotes Arabidopsis AGO1 phase separation and association with stress granule components

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In Arabidopsis thaliana, ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) plays a central role in microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated silencing. AGO1 associates to the rough endoplasmic reticulum to conduct miRNA-mediated translational repression, mRNA cleavage, and biogenesis of phased siRNAs. Here, we show that a 37°C heat stress (HS) promotes AGO1 protein accumulation in cytosolic condensates where it colocalizes with components of siRNA bodies and of stress granules. AGO1 contains a prion-like domain in its poorly characterized N-terminal Poly-Q domain, which is sufficient to undergo phase separation independently of the presence of SGS3. HS only moderately affects the small RNA repertoire, the loading of AGO1 by miRNAs, and the signatures of target cleavage, suggesting that its localization in condensates protects AGO1 rather than promoting or impairing its activity in reprogramming gene expression during stress. Collectively, our work sheds new light on the impact of high temperature on a main effector of RNA silencing in plants.

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hal-04515695 , version 1 (21-03-2024)

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Aleksandar Blagojevic, Patricia Baldrich, Marlene Schiaffini, Esther Lechner, Nicolas Baumberger, et al.. Heat stress promotes Arabidopsis AGO1 phase separation and association with stress granule components. iScience, 2024, 27 (3), pp.109151. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2024.109151⟩. ⟨hal-04515695⟩
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