Defining the RBPome of T helper cells to study higher order post-transcriptional gene regulation

Post-transcriptional gene regulation is complex, dynamic and ensures proper T cell function. The targeted transcripts can simultaneously respond to various factors as evident for Icos, an mRNA regulated by several RNA binding proteins (RBPs), including Roquin. However, fundamental information about the entire RBPome involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation in T cells is lacking. Here, we applied global RNA interactome capture (RNA-IC) and orthogonal organic phase separation (OOPS) to human and mouse primary T cells and identified the core T cell RBPome. This defined 798 mouse and 801 human proteins as RBPs, unexpectedly containing signaling proteins like Stat1, Stat4 and Vav1. Based on the vicinity to Roquin-1 in proximity labeling experiments, we selected ∼50 RBPs for testing coregulation of Roquin targets. Induced expression of these candidate RBPs in wildtype and Roquin-deficient T cells unraveled several Roquin-independent contributions, but also revealed Celf1 as a new Roquin-1-dependent and target-specific coregulator of Icos. One sentence statement We provide an atlas of RNA-binding proteins in human and mouse T helper cells as a resource for studying higher order post-transcriptional gene regulation.

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