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AUF1 promotes rapid decay of mRNAs containing 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) AU-rich elements (AREs). AUF1 depletion in mice accelerates muscle loss and causes limb girdle muscular dystrophy. Here, we demonstrate that the selective, targeted degradation by AUF1 of key muscle stem cell fate-determining checkpoint mRNAs regulates each stage of muscle development and regeneration by reprogramming each myogenic stage. Skeletal muscle stem (satellite) cell explants show that Auf1 transcription is activated with satellite cell activation by stem cell regulatory factor CTCF. AUF1 then targets checkpoint ARE-mRNAs for degradation, progressively reprogramming the transcriptome through each stage of myogenesis. Transition steps in myogenesis, from stem cell proliferation to differentiation to muscle fiber development, are each controlled by fate-determining checkpoint mRNAs, which, surprisingly, were found to be controlled in their expression by AUF1-targeted mRNA decay. Checkpoint mRNAs targeted by AUF1 include Twist1 , decay of which promotes myoblast development; CyclinD1 , decay of which blocks myoblast proliferation and initiates differentiation; and RGS5 , decay of which activates Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway-mediated differentiation of mature myotubes. AUF1 therefore orchestrates muscle stem cell proliferation, self-renewal, myoblast differentiation, and ultimately formation of muscle fibers through targeted, staged mRNA decay.

Muscle development and regeneration controlled by AUF1-mediated stage-specific degradation of fate-determining checkpoint mRNAs