The EDC4-XRN1 interaction controls P-body dynamics to link mRNA decapping with decay.

Deadenylation-dependent mRNA decapping and decay is the major cytoplasmic mRNA turnover pathway in eukaryotes. Many mRNA decapping and decay factors are associated with each other via protein-protein interaction motifs. For example, the decapping enzyme DCP2 and the 5'-3' exonuclease XRN1 interact with the enhancer of mRNA-decapping protein 4 (EDC4), a large scaffold that has been reported to stimulate mRNA decapping. mRNA decapping and decay factors are also found in processing bodies (P-bodies), evolutionarily conserved ribonucleoprotein granules that are often enriched with mRNAs targeted for decay, yet paradoxically are not required for mRNA decay to occur. Here, we show that disrupting the EDC4-XRN1 interaction or altering their stoichiometry inhibits mRNA decapping, with microRNA-targeted mRNAs being stabilized in a translationally repressed state. Importantly, we demonstrate that this concomitantly leads to larger P-bodies that are responsible for preventing mRNA decapping. Finally, we demonstrate that P-bodies support cell viability and prevent stress granule formation when XRN1 is limiting. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the interaction between XRN1 and EDC4 regulates P-body dynamics to properly coordinate mRNA decapping with 5'-3' decay in human cells.

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