National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
GM128867
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
GM1295410
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
GM007185
United States
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)
DMR-1548924
United States
The Pew Charitable Trusts
JAR
United States
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
JAR
United States
Citation
Journal: Structure / Year: 2025 Title: Structural insights into functional regulation of the human CPEB3 prion by an amyloid-forming segment. Authors: Maria D Flores / Michael R Sawaya / David R Boyer / Samantha Zink / Susanna Tovmasyan / Adrian Saucedo / Logan S Richards / Chih-Te Zee / Jorge Cardenas / Luana Fioriti / Jose A Rodriguez / Abstract: The cytoplasmic polyadenylation-element-binding-protein-3 (CPEB3) is a functional prion thought to modulate protein synthesis and enable consolidation of long-term memory in neurons. We report a ...The cytoplasmic polyadenylation-element-binding-protein-3 (CPEB3) is a functional prion thought to modulate protein synthesis and enable consolidation of long-term memory in neurons. We report a cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of amyloid fibrils grown in vitro from the first prion-like domain of human CPEB3 (hCPEB3), revealing their ordered 49-residue core, spanning L103 to F151. CPEB3 lacking that segment coalesces into abnormal puncta in cells compared to wild-type CPEB3, localizes away from dormant p-bodies and toward stress granules, and lacks the ability to influence protein synthesis in neurons. Fluorescence-guided cryo-focused ion beam (cryo-FIB) milling and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) applied to neuronal cells expressing CPEB3 reveal CPEB3-GFP signal from lamellae enriched in multivesicular bodies (MVBs), cavernous multilamellar compartments, and bundled filaments, suggesting a state of induced cellular stress. Accordingly, cells expressing wild-type CPEB3 are less viable than those expressing CPEB3 without its amyloid core, suggesting human CPEB3 regulation may be required to overcome the liability associated with its self-assembly in cells.
UniProtKB: Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 3
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
helical reconstruction
Aggregation state
filament
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Sample preparation
Buffer
pH: 5 Component:
Concentration
Formula
Name
125.0 mM
NaCl
sodium chloride
50.0 mM
Tris-Base
10.0 mM
HK2PO4
dipotassium phosphate
5.0 mM
glutamic acid
Grid
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: CONTINUOUS / Support film - Film thickness: 200
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 4 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK I
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Specialist optics
Energy filter - Name: GIF Bioquantum / Energy filter - Slit width: 20 eV
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 1 / Average electron dose: 52.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Electron optics
Illumination mode: OTHER / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Cs: 2.7 mm / Nominal defocus max: 3.0 µm / Nominal defocus min: 1.0 µm
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