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Srivastava LK, Ehrlicher AJ. Sensing the squeeze: nuclear mechanotransduction in health and disease. Nucleus 2024; 15:2374854. [PMID: 38951951 PMCID: PMC11221475 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2024.2374854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024] Open
Abstract
The nucleus not only is a repository for DNA but also a center of cellular and nuclear mechanotransduction. From nuclear deformation to the interplay between mechanosensing components and genetic control, the nucleus is poised at the nexus of mechanical forces and cellular function. Understanding the stresses acting on the nucleus, its mechanical properties, and their effects on gene expression is therefore crucial to appreciate its mechanosensitive function. In this review, we examine many elements of nuclear mechanotransduction, and discuss the repercussions on the health of cells and states of illness. By describing the processes that underlie nuclear mechanosensation and analyzing its effects on gene regulation, the review endeavors to open new avenues for studying nuclear mechanics in physiology and diseases.
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Ogorodnikov A, Kargapolova Y, Danckwardt S. Processing and transcriptome expansion at the mRNA 3' end in health and disease: finding the right end. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:993-1012. [PMID: 27220521 PMCID: PMC4893057 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1828-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The human transcriptome is highly dynamic, with each cell type, tissue, and organ system expressing an ensemble of transcript isoforms that give rise to considerable diversity. Apart from alternative splicing affecting the "body" of the transcripts, extensive transcriptome diversification occurs at the 3' end. Transcripts differing at the 3' end can have profound physiological effects by encoding proteins with distinct functions or regulatory properties or by affecting the mRNA fate via the inclusion or exclusion of regulatory elements (such as miRNA or protein binding sites). Importantly, the dynamic regulation at the 3' end is associated with various (patho)physiological processes, including the immune regulation but also tumorigenesis. Here, we recapitulate the mechanisms of constitutive mRNA 3' end processing and review the current understanding of the dynamically regulated diversity at the transcriptome 3' end. We illustrate the medical importance by presenting examples that are associated with perturbations of this process and indicate resulting implications for molecular diagnostics as well as potentially arising novel therapeutic strategies.
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- Anton Ogorodnikov
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Langenbeckstr 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
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Zhang B, Gunawardane L, Niazi F, Jahanbani F, Chen X, Valadkhan S. A novel RNA motif mediates the strict nuclear localization of a long noncoding RNA. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:2318-29. [PMID: 24732794 PMCID: PMC4054287 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01673-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous presence of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in eukaryotes points to the importance of understanding how their sequences impact function. As many lncRNAs regulate nuclear events and thus must localize to nuclei, we analyzed the sequence requirements for nuclear localization in an intergenic lncRNA named BORG (BMP2-OP1-responsive gene), which is both spliced and polyadenylated but is strictly localized in nuclei. Subcellular localization of BORG was not dependent on the context or level of its expression or decay but rather depended on the sequence of the mature, spliced transcript. Mutational analyses indicated that nuclear localization of BORG was mediated through a novel RNA motif consisting of the pentamer sequence AGCCC with sequence restrictions at positions -8 (T or A) and -3 (G or C) relative to the first nucleotide of the pentamer. Mutation of the motif to a scrambled sequence resulted in complete loss of nuclear localization, while addition of even a single copy of the motif to a cytoplasmically localized RNA was sufficient to impart nuclear localization. Further, the presence of this motif in other cellular RNAs showed a direct correlation with nuclear localization, suggesting that the motif may act as a general nuclear localization signal for cellular RNAs.
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- Bing Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Eto K, Iwama T, Tajima T, Abe SI. The RNA-binding protein xCIRP2 is involved in apoptotic tail regression during metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 179:14-21. [PMID: 22850217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Frog metamorphosis induced by thyroid hormone (TH) involves not only cell proliferation and differentiation in reconstituted organs such as limbs, but also apoptotic cell death in degenerated organs such as tails. However, the molecular mechanisms directing the TH-dependent cell fate determination remain unclear. We have previously identified from newts an RNA-binding protein (nRBP) acting as the regulator governing survival and death in germ cells during spermatogenesis. To investigate the molecular events leading the tail resorption during metamorphosis, we analyzed the expression, the functional role in apoptosis, and the regulation of xCIRP2, a frog homolog of nRBP, in tails of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. At the prometamorphic stage, xCIRP2 protein is expressed in fibroblast, epidermal, nerve, and muscular cells and localized in their cytoplasm. When spontaneous metamorphosis progressed, the level of xCIRP2 mRNA remained unchanged but the amount of the protein decreased. In organ cultures of tails at the prometamorphic stage, xCIRP2 protein decreased before their lengths shortened during TH-dependent metamorphosis. The inhibition of calpain or proteasome attenuated the TH-induced decrease of xCIRP2 protein in tails, impairing their regression. These results suggest that xCIRP2 protein is downregulated through calpain- and proteasome-mediated proteolysis in response to TH at the onset of metamorphosis, inducing apoptosis in tails and thereby degenerating them.
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- Ko Eto
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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Kato SEM, Huang W, Flint SJ. Role of the RNA recognition motif of the E1B 55 kDa protein in the adenovirus type 5 infectious cycle. Virology 2011; 417:9-17. [PMID: 21605885 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Revised: 04/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although the adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) E1B 55 kDa protein can bind to RNA in vitro, no UV-light-induced crosslinking of this E1B protein to RNA could be detected in infected cells, under conditions in which RNA binding by a known viral RNA-binding protein (the L4 100 kDa protein) was observed readily. Substitution mutations, including substitutions reported to inhibit RNA binding in vitro, did not impair synthesis of viral early or late proteins or alter significantly the efficiency of viral replication in transformed or normal human cells. However, substitutions of conserved residues in the C-terminal segment of an RNA recognition motif specifically inhibited degradation of Mre11. We conclude that, if the E1B 55 kDa protein binds to RNA in infected cells in the same manner as in in vitro assays, this activity is not required for such well established functions as induction of selective export of viral late mRNAs.
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- Sayuri E M Kato
- Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Bell CE, Calder MD, Watson AJ. Genomic RNA profiling and the programme controlling preimplantation mammalian development. Mol Hum Reprod 2008; 14:691-701. [PMID: 19043080 PMCID: PMC2639449 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Revised: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 10/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Preimplantation development shifts from a maternal to embryonic programme rapidly after fertilization. Although the majority of oogenetic products are lost during the maternal to embryonic transition (MET), several do survive this interval to contribute directly to supporting preimplantation development. Embryonic genome activation (EGA) is characterized by the transient expression of several genes that are necessary for MET, and while EGA represents the first major wave of gene expression, a second mid-preimplantation wave of transcription that supports development to the blastocyst stage has been discovered. The application of genomic approaches has greatly assisted in the discovery of stage specific gene expression patterns and the challenge now is to largely define gene function and regulation during preimplantation development. The basic mechanisms controlling compaction, lineage specification and blastocyst formation are defined. The requirement for embryo culture has revealed plasticity in the developmental programme that may exceed the adaptive capacity of the embryo and has fostered important research directions aimed at alleviating culture-induced changes in embryonic programming. New levels of regulation are emerging and greater insight into the roles played by RNA-binding proteins and miRNAs is required. All of this research is relevant due to the necessity to produce healthy preimplantation embryos for embryo transfer, to ensure that assisted reproductive technologies are applied in the most efficient and safest way possible.
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- Christine E. Bell
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Children's Health Research Institute-Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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3' end mRNA processing: molecular mechanisms and implications for health and disease. EMBO J 2008; 27:482-98. [PMID: 18256699 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanism of mRNA 3' end processing have uncovered a previously unanticipated integrated network of transcriptional and RNA-processing mechanisms. A variety of human diseases impressively reflect the importance of the precision of the complex 3' end-processing machinery and gene specific deregulation of 3' end processing can result from mutations of RNA sequence elements that bind key specific processing factors. Interestingly, more general deregulation of 3' end processing can be caused either by mutations of these processing factors or by the disturbance of the well-coordinated equilibrium between these factors. From a medical perspective, both loss of function and gain of function can be functionally relevant, and an increasing number of different disease entities exemplifies that inappropriate 3' end formation of human mRNAs can have a tremendous impact on health and disease. Here, we review the mechanistic hallmarks of mRNA 3' end processing, highlight the medical relevance of deregulation of this important step of mRNA maturation and illustrate the implications for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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Rastogi S, Joshi B, Fusaro G, Chellappan S. Camptothecin induces nuclear export of prohibitin preferentially in transformed cells through a CRM-1-dependent mechanism. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:2951-9. [PMID: 16319068 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508669200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Prohibitin is a growth-suppressive protein that has multiple functions in the nucleus and the mitochondria. Our earlier studies had shown that prohibitin represses the activity of E2F transcription factors while enhancing p53-mediated transcription. At the same time, prohibitin has been implicated in mediating the proper folding of mitochondrial proteins. We had found that treatment of cells with camptothecin, a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor, led to the export of prohibitin and p53 from the nucleus to the mitochondria. Here we show that the camptothecin-induced export of prohibitin occurs preferentially in transformed cell lines, but not in untransformed or primary cells. Cells that did not display the translocation of prohibitin were refractive to the apoptotic effects of camptothecin. The translocation was mediated by a putative nuclear export signal at the C-terminal region of prohibitin; fusion of the nuclear export signal (NES) of prohibitin to green fluorescence protein led to its export from the nucleus. Leptomycin B could inhibit the nuclear export of prohibitin showing that it was a CRM-1-dependent event driven by Ran GTPase. Confirming this, prohibitin was found to physically interact with CRM-1, and this interaction was significantly higher in transformed cells. Delivery of a peptide corresponding to the NES of prohibitin prevented the export of prohibitin to cytoplasm and protected cells from apoptosis. These results suggest that the regulated translocation of prohibitin from the nucleus to the mitochondria facilitates its pleiotropic functions and might contribute to its anti-proliferative and tumor suppressive properties.
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- Shipra Rastogi
- Drug Discovery Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
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Meier KD, Deloche O, Kajiwara K, Funato K, Riezman H. Sphingoid base is required for translation initiation during heat stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 17:1164-75. [PMID: 16381812 PMCID: PMC1382306 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-11-1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Sphingolipids are required for many cellular functions including response to heat shock. We analyzed the yeast lcb1-100 mutant, which is conditionally impaired in the first step of sphingolipid biosynthesis and shows a strong decrease in heat shock protein synthesis and viability. Transcription and nuclear export of heat shock protein mRNAs is not affected. However, lcb1-100 cells exhibited a strong decrease in protein synthesis caused by a defect in translation initiation under heat stress conditions. The essential lipid is sphingoid base, not ceramide or sphingoid base phosphates. Deletion of the eIF4E-binding protein Eap1p in lcb-100 cells restored translation of heat shock proteins and increased viability. The translation defect during heat stress in lcb1-100 was due at least partially to a reduced function of the sphingoid base-activated PKH1/2 protein kinases. In addition, depletion of the translation initiation factor eIF4G was observed in lcb1-100 cells and ubiquitin overexpression allowed partial recovery of translation after heat stress. Taken together, we have shown a requirement for sphingoid bases during the recovery from heat shock and suggest that this reflects a direct lipid-dependent signal to the cap-dependent translation initiation apparatus.
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- Karsten D Meier
- Department of Biochemistry, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Ellison KS, Maranchuk RA, Mottet KL, Smiley JR. Control of VP16 translation by the herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate-early protein ICP27. J Virol 2005; 79:4120-31. [PMID: 15767413 PMCID: PMC1061579 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.7.4120-4131.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) ICP27 is an essential and multifunctional regulator of gene expression that modulates the synthesis and maturation of viral and cellular mRNAs. Processes that are affected by ICP27 include transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, polyadenylation, and nuclear RNA export. We have examined how ICP27 influences the expression of the essential HSV tegument protein and transactivator of immediate-early gene expression VP16. We monitored the effects of ICP27 on the levels, nuclear export, and polyribosomal association of VP16 mRNA and on the amount and stability of VP16 protein. Deletion of ICP27 reduced the levels of VP16 mRNA without altering its nuclear export or the stability of the encoded protein. However, the translational yield of the VP16 mRNA produced in the absence of ICP27 was reduced 9- to 80-fold relative to that for wild-type infection, suggesting a defect in translation. In the absence of ICP27, the majority of cytoplasmic VP16 mRNA was not associated with actively translating polyribosomes but instead cosedimented with 40S ribosomal subunits, indicating that the translational defect is likely at the level of initiation. These effects were mRNA specific, as polyribosomal analysis of two cellular transcripts (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and beta-actin) and two early HSV transcripts (thymidine kinase and ICP8) indicated that ICP27 is not required for efficient translation of these mRNAs. Thus, we have uncovered a novel mRNA-specific translational regulatory function of ICP27.
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- Kimberly S Ellison
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Kim Guisbert K, Duncan K, Li H, Guthrie C. Functional specificity of shuttling hnRNPs revealed by genome-wide analysis of their RNA binding profiles. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:383-93. [PMID: 15703440 PMCID: PMC1370728 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7234205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Accepted: 12/21/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nab2, Npl3, and Nab4/Hrp1 are essential RNA binding proteins of the shuttling hnRNP class that are required for the efficient export of mRNA. To characterize the in vivo transcript specificity of these proteins, we identified their mRNA binding partners using a microarray-based assay. Each of the three proteins was coimmunoprecipitated with many different mRNA transcripts. Interestingly, each protein exhibits preferential associations with a distinct set of mRNAs. Notably, some of these appear to denote specific functional classes. For example, the ribosomal protein mRNAs and other highly expressed transcripts significantly favor association with Npl3 over Nab2, and Nab4/Hrp1 is strongly enriched with transcripts required for amino acid metabolism. Significantly, nab4 mutants showed a striking, desensitized growth phenotype when exposed to amino acid stress conditions suggesting a biological consequence to the associations we observed. Supporting the hypothesis that these proteins display transcript specificity, we identified a unique 7-nucleotide sequence overrepresented in the transcripts highly associated with Nab2 and Nab4/Hrp1 using the REDUCE algorithm. Validating our approach, our bioinformatics analysis correctly identified the known binding site for Nab4/Hrp1. These specialized associations of the hnRNP proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae suggest the opportunity to regulate the processing of particular transcripts between transcription and translation.
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- Karen Kim Guisbert
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 600 16th Street, Genentech Hall, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Harrison BC, Roberts CR, Hood DB, Sweeney M, Gould JM, Bush EW, McKinsey TA. The CRM1 nuclear export receptor controls pathological cardiac gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:10636-49. [PMID: 15572669 PMCID: PMC533968 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.24.10636-10649.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Revised: 07/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Diverse pathological insults trigger a cardiac remodeling process during which myocytes undergo hypertrophy, with consequent decline in cardiac function and eventual heart failure. Multiple transcriptional regulators of pathological cardiac hypertrophy are controlled at the level of subcellular distribution. For example, prohypertrophic transcription factors belonging to the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and GATA families are subject to CRM1-dependent nuclear export but are rapidly relocalized to the nucleus in response to cues for hypertrophic growth. Here, we demonstrate that the antihypertrophic chromatin-modifying enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) is shuttled out of the cardiomyocyte nucleus via a CRM1-mediated pathway in response to diverse signals for hypertrophy. CRM1 antagonists block the agonist-mediated nuclear export of HDAC 5 and repress pathological gene expression and associated hypertrophy of cultured cardiomyocytes. Conversely, CRM1 activity is dispensable for nonpathological cardiac gene activation mediated by thyroid hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1, agonists that fail to trigger the nuclear export of HDAC5. These results suggest a selective role for CRM1 in derepression of pathological cardiac genes via its neutralizing effects on antihypertrophic factors such as HDAC5. Pharmacological approaches targeting CRM1-dependent nuclear export in heart muscle may have salutary effects on cardiac function by suppressing maladaptive changes in gene expression evoked by stress signals.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Adenylate Kinase/analysis
- Adenylate Kinase/metabolism
- Adhesins, Bacterial/metabolism
- Adhesins, Bacterial/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/analysis
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/physiology
- Cardiomegaly/genetics
- Cardiomegaly/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cell Size
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Fluoresceins
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Heart Ventricles/cytology
- Histone Deacetylases/metabolism
- Immunoblotting
- Karyopherins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Karyopherins/metabolism
- Karyopherins/pharmacology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Precipitin Tests
- RNA/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Transcriptional Activation
- Exportin 1 Protein
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Dower K, Kuperwasser N, Merrikh H, Rosbash M. A synthetic A tail rescues yeast nuclear accumulation of a ribozyme-terminated transcript. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2004; 10:1888-99. [PMID: 15547135 PMCID: PMC1370677 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7166704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To investigate the role of 3' end formation in yeast mRNA export, we replaced the mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation signal with a self-cleaving hammerhead ribozyme element. The resulting RNA is unadenylated and accumulates near its site of synthesis. Nonetheless, a significant fraction of this RNA reaches the cytoplasm. Nuclear accumulation was relieved by insertion of a stretch of DNA-encoded adenosine residues immediately upstream of the ribozyme element (a synthetic A tail). This indicates that a 3' stretch of adenosines can promote export, independently of cleavage and polyadenylation. We further show that a synthetic A tail-containing RNA is unaffected in 3' end formation mutant strains, in which a normally cleaved and polyadenylated RNA accumulates within nuclei. Our results support a model in which a polyA tail contributes to efficient mRNA progression away from the gene, most likely through the action of the yeast polyA-tail binding protein Pab1p.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Poly A/chemistry
- Poly A/genetics
- Poly A/metabolism
- Poly(A)-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Poly(A)-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Fungal/chemistry
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- Ken Dower
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Murphy MW, Olson BL, Siliciano PG. The yeast splicing factor Prp40p contains functional leucine-rich nuclear export signals that are essential for splicing. Genetics 2004; 166:53-65. [PMID: 15020406 PMCID: PMC1470677 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.166.1.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
To investigate the function of the essential U1 snRNP protein Prp40p, we performed a synthetic lethal screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using an allele of PRP40 that deletes 47 internal residues and causes only a slight growth defect, we identified aphenotypic mutations in three distinct complementation groups that conferred synthetic lethality. The synthetic phenotypes caused by these mutations were suppressed by wild-type copies of CRM1 (XPO1), YNL187w, and SME1, respectively. The strains whose synthetic phenotypes were suppressed by CRM1 contained no mutations in the CRM1 coding sequence or promoter. This indicates that overexpression of CRM1 confers dosage suppression of the synthetic lethality. Interestingly, PRP40 and YNL187w encode proteins with putative leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES) sequences that fit the consensus sequence recognized by Crm1p. One of Prp40p's two NESs lies within the internal deletion. We demonstrate here that the NES sequences of Prp40p are functional for nuclear export in a leptomycin B-sensitive manner. Furthermore, mutation of these NES sequences confers temperature-sensitive growth and a pre-mRNA splicing defect. Although we do not expect that yeast snRNPs undergo compartmentalized biogenesis like their metazoan counterparts, our results suggest that Prp40p and Ynl187wp contain redundant NESs that aid in an important, Crm1p-mediated nuclear export event.
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- Mark W Murphy
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Kaplan MH, Wang XP, Xu HP, Dosik MH. Partially unspliced and fully spliced ELF3 mRNA, including a new Alu element in human breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2004; 83:171-87. [PMID: 14997048 DOI: 10.1023/b:brea.0000010710.51614.2d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Using modified representational difference analysis, a DNA fragment (GC3) was isolated as a difference between a breast cancer and a normal cell line from the same patient. GC3 proved to be a fragment of intron 7 of the ELF3 gene, an ets family transcription factor, amplified in the breast cancer cell line. Using genomic walking technology, a new Alu (Alu(kwd)) was found downstream of GC3 in an antisense position between nt 8762 and nt 8763 within intron 8 of the ELF3 gene. This ELF3 intron fragment(GC3) was expressed in human breast cancer cell lines and four of six breast cancer tissues, but not in matched normal cell lines and tissues. Similarly, Alu(kwd) was also found in the same breast cancer cell lines and five of eight other breast cancer tissues, but not in matched normal cell lines and tissue. This was confirmed by RNase and DNase digestion analysis. Moreover, GC3 and Alu(kwd) were detected in both the nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA fractions of breast cancer cell lines. The finding of cytoplasmic intron retention was verified with northern blotting and the 5' and 3' rapid amplification cDNA ends procedure (5' and 3'RACE) to search for cDNA sequences in RNA from these cancer cell lines. Partially unspliced ELF3 mRNA and fully spliced ELF3 mRNA was found in the same breast cancer cell line. Partially unspliced ELF3 mRNA contained introns 4-7 without any nucleotide mutation at intron/exon splice junction borders. Fully spliced 1959 bp ELF3 mRNA showed a different 5'UTR from the published ELF3 mRNA, and was predicted to encode a 371 amino acid protein sharing 98% homology with the ELF3 protein sequence. This is the first report of intron retention of ELF3 as well as the pathological appearance of both spliced and unspliced cytoplasmic ELF3 mRNA in human breast cancer cells.
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- Mark H Kaplan
- Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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Thakurta AG, Gopal G, Yoon JH, Saha T, Dhar R. Conserved Nuclear Export Sequences in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mex67 and Human TAP Function in mRNA Export by Direct Nuclear Pore Interactions. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17434-42. [PMID: 14963046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309731200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mex67, the homolog of human TAP, is not an essential mRNA export factor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here we show that S. pombe encodes a homolog of the TAP cofactor that we have also named p15, whose function in mRNA export is not essential. We have identified and characterized two distinct nuclear export activities, nuclear export signal (NES) I and NES II, within the region of amino acids 434-509 of Mex67. These residues map within the known NTF2-like fold of TAP (amino acids 371-551). We show that the homologs of these two NESs are present and are functionally conserved in TAP. The NES I, NES II, and NES I + II of TAP and Mex67 directly bind with -phenylalanine-glycine (-FG)-containing sequences of S. pombe Nup159 and Nup98 but not with human p62. Mutants of NES I or NES II of Mex67/TAP that do not bind -FG Nup159 and Nup98 in vitro are unable to mediate nuclear export of a heterologous protein in S. pombe and in HeLa cells. Fused with the RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) of Crp79 and green fluorescent protein (GFP) (RRM-NES-GFP), the NES I and NES II of Mex67 or TAP can suppress the mRNA export defect of the Deltap15 rae1-167 synthetic lethal S. pombe strain, suggesting that the NESs can function in the absence of p15. These novel nuclear export sequences may provide additional routes for delivering Mex67/TAP to the nuclear pore complex.
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- Anjan G Thakurta
- Center for Cancer Research, NCI and NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Zhao J, Jin SB, Wieslander L. CRM1 and Ran are present but a NES-CRM1-RanGTP complex is not required in Balbiani ring mRNP particles from the gene to the cytoplasm. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:1553-66. [PMID: 15020682 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Messenger RNA is formed from precursors known as pre-mRNA. These precursors associate with proteins to form pre-mRNA-protein (pre-mRNP) complexes. Processing machines cap, splice and polyadenylate the pre-mRNP and in this way build the mRNP. These processing machines also affect the export of the mRNP complexes from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Export to the cytoplasm takes place through a structure in the nuclear membrane called the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Export involves adapter proteins in the mRNP and receptor proteins that bind to the adapter proteins and to components of the NPC. We show that the export receptor chromosomal region maintenance protein 1 (CRM1), belonging to a family of proteins known as importin-beta-like proteins, binds to gene-specific Balbiani ring (BR) pre-mRNP while transcription takes place. We also show that the GTPase known as Ran binds to BR pre-mRNP, and that it binds mainly in the interchromatin. However, we also show using leptomycin B treatment that a NES-CRM1-RanGTP complex is not essential for export, even though both CRM1 and Ran accompany the BR mRNP through the NPC. Our results therefore suggest that several export receptors associate with BR mRNP and that these receptors have redundant functions in the nuclear export of BR mRNP.
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- Jian Zhao
- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Longman D, Johnstone IL, Cáceres JF. The Ref/Aly proteins are dispensable for mRNA export and development in Caenorhabditis elegans. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2003; 9:881-891. [PMID: 12810921 PMCID: PMC1370454 DOI: 10.1261/rna.5420503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2003] [Accepted: 04/14/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The mRNA export pathway is highly conserved throughout evolution. We have used RNA interference (RNAi) to functionally characterize bona fide RNA export factors and components of the exon-exon junction complex (EJC) in Caenorhabditis elegans. RNAi of CeNXT1/p15, the binding partner of CeNXF1/TAP, caused early embryonic lethality, demonstrating an essential function of this gene during C. elegans development. Moreover, depletion of this protein resulted in nuclear accumulation of poly(A)(+) RNAs, supporting a direct role of NXT1/p15 in mRNA export in C. elegans. Previously, we have shown that RNAi of CeSRm160, a protein of the EJC complex, resulted in wild-type phenotype; in the present study, we demonstrate that RNAi of CeY14, another component of this complex, results in embryonic lethality. In contrast, depletion of the EJC component CeRNPS1 results in no discernible phenotype. Proteins of the REF/Aly family act as adaptor proteins mediating the recruitment of the mRNA export factor, NXF1/TAP, to mRNAs. The C. elegans genome encodes three members of the REF/Aly family. RNAi of individual Ref genes, or codepletion of two Ref genes in different combinations, resulted in wild-type phenotype. Simultaneous suppression of all three Ref genes did not compromise viability or progression through developmental stages in the affected progeny, and only caused a minor defect in larval mobility. Furthermore, no defects in mRNA export were observed upon simultaneous depletion of all three REF proteins. These results suggest the existence of multiple adaptor proteins that mediate mRNA export in C. elegans.
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- Dasa Longman
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK
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Flint SJ, Gonzalez RA. Regulation of mRNA production by the adenoviral E1B 55-kDa and E4 Orf6 proteins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2003; 272:287-330. [PMID: 12747554 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05597-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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The E1B 55-kDa and E4 Orf6 proteins of human subgroup C adenoviruses both counter host cell defenses mediated by the cellular p53 protein and regulate viral late gene expression. A complex containing the two proteins has been implicated in induction of selective export of viral late mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, with concomitant inhibition of export of the majority of newly synthesized cellular mRNAs. The molecular mechanisms by which these viral proteins subvert cellular pathways of nuclear export are not yet clear. Here, we review recent efforts to identify molecular and biochemical functions of the E1B 55-kDa and E4 Orf6 proteins required for regulation of mRNA export, the several difficulties and discrepancies that have been encountered in studies of these viral proteins, and evidence indicating that the reorganization of the infected cell nucleus and production of viral late mRNA at specific intra-nuclear sites are important determinants of selective mRNA export in infected cells. In our view, it is not yet possible to propose a coherent molecular model for regulation of mRNA export by the E1B 55-kDa and E4 Orf6 proteins. However, it should now be possible to address specific questions about the roles of potentially relevant properties of these viral proteins.
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- S J Flint
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08844, USA.
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Kendirgi F, Barry DM, Griffis ER, Powers MA, Wente SR. An essential role for hGle1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling in mRNA export. J Cell Biol 2003; 160:1029-40. [PMID: 12668658 PMCID: PMC2172758 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200211081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Gle1 is required for mRNA export in yeast and human cells. Here, we report that two human Gle1 (hGle1) isoforms are expressed in HeLa cells (hGle1A and B). The two encoded proteins are identical except for their COOH-terminal regions. hGle1A ends with a unique four-amino acid segment, whereas hGle1B has a COOH-terminal 43-amino acid span. Only hGle1B, the more abundant isoform, localizes to the nuclear envelope (NE) and pore complex. To test whether hGle1 is a dynamic shuttling transport factor, we microinjected HeLa cells with recombinant hGle1 and conducted photobleaching studies of live HeLa cells expressing EGFP-hGle1. Both strategies show that hGle1 shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm. An internal 39-amino acid domain is necessary and sufficient for mediating nucleocytoplasmic transport. Using a cell-permeable peptide strategy, we document a role for hGle1 shuttling in mRNA export. An hGle1 shuttling domain (SD) peptide impairs the export of both total poly(A)+ RNA and the specific dihydrofolate reductase mRNA. Coincidentally, SD peptide-treated cells show decreased endogenous hGle1 localization at the NE and reduced nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of microinjected, recombinant hGle1. These findings pinpoint the first functional motif in hGle1 and link hGle1 to the dynamic mRNA export mechanism.
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- Frederic Kendirgi
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-8240, USA
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Aoki K, Ishii Y, Matsumoto K, Tsujimoto M. Methylation of Xenopus CIRP2 regulates its arginine- and glycine-rich region-mediated nucleocytoplasmic distribution. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:5182-92. [PMID: 12466543 PMCID: PMC137953 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) was originally found in mammalian cells as a protein that is overexpressed upon a temperature downshift. Recently, we identified a Xenopus homolog of CIRP, termed xCIRP2, as a major cytoplasmic RNA-binding protein in oocytes. In this study we found by yeast two-hybrid screening that the Xenopus homolog of protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1 (xPRMT1) interacted with xCIRP2. We found that an arginine- and glycine-rich region of xCIRP2, termed the RG4 domain, was a target of xPRMT1 for methylation in vitro. xCIRP2 expressed in cultured cells accumulated in the nucleus as does mammalian CIRP. Interestingly, the RG4 domain was necessary for nuclear localization of xCIRP2. RG4-mediated nuclear accumulation of xCIRP2 was diminished in the presence of transcription inhibitors, suggesting that nuclear localization of xCIRP2 was dependent on ongoing transcription with RNA polymerase II. Analysis of interspecies heterokaryons revealed that xCIRP2 was capable of nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and the RG4 domain functioned as a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling signal. Methylation by overexpressed xPRMT1 caused cytoplasmic accumulation of xCIRP2. Possible implications of the relationship between regulation of intracellular localization and multiple functions of xCIRP2 will be discussed.
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- Kazuma Aoki
- Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Thakurta AG, Whalen WA, Yoon JH, Bharathi A, Kozak L, Whiteford C, Love DC, Hanover JA, Dhar R. Crp79p, like Mex67p, is an auxiliary mRNA export factor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:2571-84. [PMID: 12181330 PMCID: PMC117926 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e01-11-0133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm involves interactions of proteins with mRNA and the nuclear pore complex. We isolated Crp79p, a novel mRNA export factor from the same synthetic lethal screen that led to the identification of spMex67p in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Crp79p is a 710-amino-acid-long protein that contains three RNA recognition motif domains in tandem and a distinct C-terminus. Fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP), Crp79p localizes to the cytoplasm. Like Mex67p, Crp79-GFP binds poly(A)(+) RNA in vivo, shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm, and contains a nuclear export activity at the C-terminus that is Crm1p-independent. All of these properties are essential for Crp79p to promote mRNA export. Crp79p import into the nucleus depends on the Ran system. A domain of spMex67p previously identified as having a nuclear export activity can functionally substitute for the nuclear export activity at the C-terminus of Crp79p. Although both Crp79p and spMex67p function to export mRNA, Crp79p does not substitute for all of spMex67p functions and probably is not a functional homologue of spMex67p. We propose that Crp79p is a nonessential mRNA export carrier in S. pombe.
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- Anjan G Thakurta
- Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Popa I, Harris ME, Donello JE, Hope TJ. CRM1-dependent function of a cis-acting RNA export element. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:2057-67. [PMID: 11884594 PMCID: PMC133666 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.7.2057-2067.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2001] [Revised: 07/19/2001] [Accepted: 12/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Viruses often contain cis-acting RNA elements, which facilitate the posttranscriptional processing and export of their messages. These elements fall into two classes distinguished by the presence of either viral or cellular RNA binding proteins. To date, studies have indicated that the viral proteins utilize the CRM1-dependent export pathway, while the cellular factors generally function in a CRM1-independent manner. The cis-acting element found in the woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) (the WHV posttranscriptional regulatory element [WPRE]) has the ability to posttranscriptionally stimulate transgene expression and requires no viral proteins to function. Conventional wisdom suggests that the WPRE would function in a CRM1-independent manner. However, our studies on this element reveal that its efficient function is sensitive to the overexpression of the C terminus of CAN/Nup214 and treatment with the antimicrobial agent leptomycin B. Furthermore, the overexpression of CRM1 stimulates WPRE activity. These results suggest a direct role for CRM1 in the export function of the WPRE. This observation suggests that the WPRE is directing messages into a CRM1-dependent mRNA export pathway in somatic mammalian cells.
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- Ileana Popa
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Kraemer D, Dresbach T, Drenckhahn D. Mrnp41 (Rae 1p) associates with microtubules in HeLa cells and in neurons. Eur J Cell Biol 2001; 80:733-40. [PMID: 11831386 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mrnp41 (hRae1p) is an evolutionarily highly conserved protein, which is a potential component of mRNP particles and plays a role in nuclear mRNA export. The protein is mainly localized at the nuclear pore complex, but is also associated with distinct nuclear domains and with a meshwork of numerous small particles in the cytoplasm (Kraemer and Blobel (1997): Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 1519-1523). We show that the cytoplasmic pattern of mrnp41 is sensitive to treatment with the microtubule (MT)-depolymerizing drug nocodazole which causes disappearance of mrnp41 from the cell periphery and concentration around the nucleus. By immunofluorescence we demonstrate that mrnp41 colocalizes with MT in HeLa cells and displays an MT-like distribution in cultured neurons. Association of mrnp41 with MT is further demonstrated by copurification with MT from pig brain throughout several steps of polymerization and depolymerization. Separation of MT-associated proteins (MAPs) by phosphocellulose (PC) chromatography showed copurification of mrnp41 with MAPs. These data show an association of mrnp41 with MT and, moreover, demonstrate that an intact MT system is necessary for dispersion of mrnp41-containing particles to the cellular periphery. The essential role of mrnp41 in spindle pole separation and cell cycle progression may also be related to its ability to bind to MTs.
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- D Kraemer
- Medizinische Poliklinik, Julius-Maximilians Universität, Würzburg, Germany.
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The transport of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) from the nucleus to the cytoplasm involves adapter proteins that bind the mRNA as well as receptor proteins that interact with the nuclear pore complex. We demonstrate the utility of cell-permeable peptides designed to interfere with interactions between potential adapter and receptor proteins to define the pathways accessed by particular mRNAs. We show that HuR, a protein implicated in the stabilization of short-lived mRNAs containing AU-rich elements (AREs), serves as an adapter for c-fos mRNA export through two pathways. One involves the HuR shuttling domain, HNS, which exhibits a heat shock-sensitive interaction with transportin 2 (Trn2); the other involves two protein ligands of HuR-pp32 and APRIL-which contain leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NES) recognized by the export receptor CRM1. Heterokaryon and in situ hybridization experiments reveal that the peptides selectively block the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of their respective adapter proteins without perturbing the overall cellular distribution of polyadenylated mRNAs.
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- I E Gallouzi
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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Wodrich H, Bohne J, Gumz E, Welker R, Kräusslich HG. A new RNA element located in the coding region of a murine endogenous retrovirus can functionally replace the Rev/Rev-responsive element system in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag expression. J Virol 2001; 75:10670-82. [PMID: 11602709 PMCID: PMC114649 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.22.10670-10682.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear export of incompletely spliced RNAs is a prerequisite for retroviral replication. Complex retroviruses like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encode a viral transport factor (Rev), which binds to its target sequence on the RNA genome and directs it into the Crm-1-mediated export pathway. Other retroviruses, like Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, contain cis-acting constitutive RNA transport elements (CTE) which achieve nuclear export of intron-containing RNA via cellular transport factors. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a novel cis-acting orientation-dependent RNA expression element in the coding region of the murine intracisternal A-type particle (IAP) MIA14. This IAP expression element (IAPE) can functionally replace the Rev system in the expression of HIV-1 Gag proteins but functions independently of Crm-1. The presence of this element is needed for the expression of the IAP Gag proteins, indicating its biological significance. The IAPE can be functionally replaced by placing a CTE on the MIA14 RNA, further supporting its role in mRNA export. Northern blot analysis revealed that total RNA, as well as cytoplasmic RNA, was increased when the element was present. The element was mapped to a predicted stem-loop structure in the 3' part of the pol open reading frame. There was no overall homology between the IAPE and the CTE, but there was complete sequence identity between short putative single-stranded loops. Deletion of these loops from the IAPE severely reduced Rev-independent Gag expression.
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- H Wodrich
- Heinrich-Pette-Institut, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Retroviral replication is highly dependent on post-transcriptional regulation because a single primary transcript directs synthesis of many viral proteins. The identification and characterization of two post-transcriptional regulatory systems (Rev/RRE and CTE) revealed the efficient use of cellular transport pathways by retroviruses to achieve production of infectious progeny virus. The Rev/RRE system of HIV-1 consists of the viral Rev protein which binds to its target sequence on incompletely spliced RNAs and channels these into the CRM1-dependent export pathway, which is normally used for export of cellular proteins and RNAs (U snRNAs and 5 S rRNA). The CTE, on the other hand, directly recruits the cellular mRNA export receptor TAP to the viral RNA. Both systems have in common that they recruit a key player of a specific cellular export pathway and this recruitment appears to out-compete the respective cellular target molecules. The fact that CTE can functionally substitute for Rev/RRE, yielding a replication-competent virus, indicates that very short sequence elements are sufficient for post-transcriptional control. The presence of short dominant export signals could relieve the selective pressure on the remainder of the genome to maintain a sequence that is easily exported. The resultant increase in permitted sequence space may increase the potential for immune escape, thereby providing a selective advantage for the virus. Replication of the CTE-dependent HIV-1 variant is significantly impaired compared with the wild-type virus. Considering that post-transcriptional control in the case of HIV is also used to provide a temporal switch from the early phase of regulatory protein expression to the late phase of virion production, one may suggest that the CRM1 export pathway is advantageous for the rapid delivery of large amounts of cargo (i.e. HIV RNA). This would be in accordance with its normal function because CRM1 has been shown to direct the nuclear export of cellular regulatory proteins which must be accomplished rapidly as well. In summary, retroviruses have evolved fascinating ways to deal with their cellular environment and to make use of cellular transport pathways, allowing nuclear export of intron-containing RNAs which are normally restricted to the nucleus. Specific signals on the viral RNAs recruit key factors of cellular export, thus bypassing these restrictions and ensuring efficient viral replication.
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- H Wodrich
- Heinrich-Pette-Institut für experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie an der Universität Hamburg, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Y Huang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Paragas J, Talon J, O'Neill RE, Anderson DK, García-Sastre A, Palese P. Influenza B and C virus NEP (NS2) proteins possess nuclear export activities. J Virol 2001; 75:7375-83. [PMID: 11462009 PMCID: PMC114972 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.16.7375-7383.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2001] [Accepted: 05/16/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic transport of viral ribonucleoproteins (vRNPs) is an essential aspect of the replication cycle for influenza A, B, and C viruses. These viruses replicate and transcribe their genomes in the nuclei of infected cells. During the late stages of infection, vRNPs must be exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm prior to transport to viral assembly sites on the cellular plasma membrane. Previously, we demonstrated that the influenza A virus nuclear export protein (NEP, formerly referred to as the NS2 protein) mediates the export of vRNPs. In this report, we suggest that for influenza B and C viruses the nuclear export function is also performed by the orthologous NEP proteins (formerly referred to as the NS2 protein). The influenza virus B and C NEP proteins interact in the yeast two-hybrid assay with a subset of nucleoporins and with the Crm1 nuclear export factor and can functionally replace the effector domain from the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein. We established a plasmid transfection system for the generation of virus-like particles (VLPs) in which a functional viral RNA-like chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene is delivered to a new cell. VLPs generated in the absence of the influenza B virus NEP protein were unable to transfer the viral RNA-like CAT gene to a new cell. From these data, we suggest that the nuclear export of the influenza B and C vRNPs are mediated through interaction between NEP proteins and the cellular nucleocytoplasmic export machinery.
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- J Paragas
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Gwizdek C, Bertrand E, Dargemont C, Lefebvre JC, Blanchard JM, Singer RH, Doglio A. Terminal minihelix, a novel RNA motif that directs polymerase III transcripts to the cell cytoplasm. Terminal minihelix and RNA export. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:25910-8. [PMID: 11342536 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100493200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Determining the cis-acting elements controlling nuclear export of RNA is critical, because they specify which RNA will be selected for transport. We have characterized the nuclear export motif of the adenoviral VA1 RNA, a small cytoplasmic RNA transcribed by RNA polymerase III. Using a large panel of VA1 mutants in both transfected COS cells and injected Xenopus oocytes, we showed that the terminal stem of VA1 is necessary and sufficient for its export. Surprisingly, we found that the nucleotide sequence within the terminal stem is not important. Rather, the salient features of this motif are its length and its relative position within the RNA. Such stems thus define a novel and degenerate cytoplasmic localization motif that we termed the minihelix. This motif is found in a variety of polymerase III transcripts, and cross-competition analysis in Xenopus oocytes revealed that export of one such RNA, like hY1 RNA, is specifically competed by VA1 or artificial minihelix. Taken together these results show that the minihelix defines a new cis-acting export element and that this motif could be exported via a novel and specific nuclear export pathway.
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- C Gwizdek
- U526-Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine, Avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice cedex 2, France
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Hauber J. Nuclear export mediated by the Rev/Rex class of retroviral Trans-activator proteins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 259:55-76. [PMID: 11417127 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56597-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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- J Hauber
- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Fahrenkrog B, Stoffler D, Aebi U. Nuclear pore complex architecture and functional dynamics. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 259:95-117. [PMID: 11417129 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56597-7_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- B Fahrenkrog
- Biozentrum, M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- T Dobner
- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Zenklusen D, Vinciguerra P, Strahm Y, Stutz F. The yeast hnRNP-Like proteins Yra1p and Yra2p participate in mRNA export through interaction with Mex67p. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:4219-32. [PMID: 11390651 PMCID: PMC87083 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.13.4219-4232.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yra1p is an essential nuclear protein which belongs to the evolutionarily conserved REF (RNA and export factor binding proteins) family of hnRNP-like proteins. Yra1p contributes to mRNA export in vivo and directly interacts with RNA and the shuttling mRNP export receptor Mex67p in vitro. Here we describe a second nonessential Saccharomyces cerevisiae family member, called Yra2p, which is able to complement a YRA1 deletion when overexpressed. Like other REF proteins, Yra1p and Yra2p consist of two highly conserved N- and C-terminal boxes and a central RNP-like RNA-binding domain (RBD). These conserved regions are separated by two more variable regions, N-vr and C-vr. Surprisingly, the deletion of a single conserved box or the deletion of the RBD in Yra1p does not affect viability. Consistently, neither the conserved N and C boxes nor the RBD is required for Mex67p and RNA binding in vitro. Instead, the N-vr and C-vr regions both interact with Mex67p and RNA. We further show that Yra1 deletion mutants which poorly interact with Mex67p in vitro affect the association of Mex67p with mRNP complexes in vivo and are paralleled by poly(A)(+) RNA export defects. These observations support the idea that Yra1p promotes mRNA export by facilitating the recruitment of Mex67p to the mRNP.
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- D Zenklusen
- Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zolotukhin AS, Michalowski D, Smulevitch S, Felber BK. Retroviral constitutive transport element evolved from cellular TAP(NXF1)-binding sequences. J Virol 2001; 75:5567-75. [PMID: 11356964 PMCID: PMC114269 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.12.5567-5575.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The constitutive transport element (CTE) of type D retroviruses serves as a signal of nuclear export of unspliced viral RNAs. The human TAP(NXF1) protein, a cellular mRNA export factor, directly binds to CTE and mediates nuclear export of CTE-containing RNAs. Here, we use genomic SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment) to show that the human genome encodes a family of high-affinity TAP ligands. These TAP-binding elements (TBE) are 15-bp minisatellite repeats that are homologous to the core TAP-binding sites in CTE. The repeats are positioned similarly in the RNA secondary structures of CTE and TBE. Like CTE, TBE is an active nuclear export signal. CTE elements of different species share sequence similarities to TBE in the regions that are neutral for CTE function. This conservation points to a possible common ancestry of the two elements, and in fact, TBE has properties expected from a primordial CTE. Additionally, a molecular fossil of a TBE-like minisatellite is found in the genome of a modern retroelement. These findings constitute direct evidence of an evolutionary link between TBE-related minisatellites and CTE.
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- A S Zolotukhin
- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Section, Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Export of mRNA through nuclear pore complexes (NPC) is preceded by multiple and well coordinated processing steps, resulting in the formation of an export competent ribonucleoprotein complex (mRNP). Numerous factors involved in the translocation of the mRNP through the NPC and its release into the cytoplasm have been isolated mainly through genetic approaches in yeast, and putative functional homologues have been identified in metazoan systems. Understanding the mechanism of mRNA export relies, in part, on the functional characterization of these factors and the establishment of a complete network of molecular interactions. Here we summarize recent progress in the characterization of yeast and mammalian components implicated in the export of an mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.
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- D Zenklusen
- Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 44, rue du Bugnon, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wang X, Babu JR, Harden JM, Jablonski SA, Gazi MH, Lingle WL, de Groen PC, Yen TJ, van Deursen JM. The mitotic checkpoint protein hBUB3 and the mRNA export factor hRAE1 interact with GLE2p-binding sequence (GLEBS)-containing proteins. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:26559-67. [PMID: 11352911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101083200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mRNA export factor RAE1 (also called GLE2) and the mitotic checkpoint protein BUB3 share extensive sequence homology in yeast as well as higher eukaryotes, although the biological relevance of their similarity is unclear. Previous work in HeLa cells has shown that human (h)RAE1 binds the nuclear pore complex protein hNUP98 via a short NUP98 motif called GLEBS (for GLE2p-binding sequence). Here we report that the two known binding partners of hBUB3, the mitotic checkpoint proteins hBUB1 and hBUBR1, both carry a region with remarkable similarity to the GLEBS motif of hNUP98. We show that the GLEBS-like motifs of mouse (m)BUB1 and mBUBR1 are sufficient for mBUB3 binding. mBUB3 lacks affinity for the hNUP98 GLEBS, demonstrating its binding specificity for GLEBS motifs of mitotic checkpoint proteins. Interestingly, mRAE1 does not exclusively bind to the GLEBS motif of hNUP98 and can cross-interact with the mBUB1 GLEBS. We show that full-length RAE1 and BUB1 proteins interact in mammalian cells and accumulate both at the kinetochores of prometaphase chromosomes. Our findings demonstrate that GLEBS motifs reside in mammalian nucleoporins and mitotic checkpoint proteins and apparently serve as specific binding sites for either BUB3, RAE1, or both.
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- X Wang
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Nappi F, Schneider R, Zolotukhin A, Smulevitch S, Michalowski D, Bear J, Felber BK, Pavlakis GN. Identification of a novel posttranscriptional regulatory element by using a rev- and RRE-mutated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA proviral clone as a molecular trap. J Virol 2001; 75:4558-69. [PMID: 11312326 PMCID: PMC114209 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.10.4558-4569.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2000] [Accepted: 02/20/2001] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and all other lentiviruses utilize the essential viral protein Rev, which binds to RRE RNA, to export their unspliced and partially spliced mRNAs from the nucleus. We used a rev- and RRE-defective HIV type 1 (HIV-1) molecular clone in complementation experiments to establish a method for the rapid isolation of posttranscriptional regulatory elements from the mammalian genome by selecting for rescue of virus replication. Viruses rescued by this method contained a novel element with homology to rodent intracisternal A-particle (IAP) retroelements. A functional element was contained within a 247-nucleotide fragment named RNA transport element (RTE), which was able to promote replication of the Rev- and RRE-defective HIV-1 in both human lymphoid cell lines and primary lymphocytes, demonstrating its potent posttranscriptional function. RTE was functional in many cell types, indicating that the cellular factors that recognize RTE are widely expressed and evolutionarily conserved. RTE also promoted RNA export from Xenopus oocyte nuclei. RTE-mediated RNA transport was CRM1 independent, and RTE did not show high affinity for binding to mRNA export factor TAP/NXF1. Since CRM1 and TAP/NXF1 are critical export receptors associated with the two recognized mRNA export pathways, these results suggest that RTE functions via a distinct export mechanism. Taken together, our results identify a novel posttranscriptional control element that uses a conserved cellular export mechanism.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Products, rev/genetics
- Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle
- Genes, Regulator
- Genes, env/genetics
- HIV-1/genetics
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Karyopherins
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
- Proviruses/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Xenopus laevis
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Exportin 1 Protein
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- F Nappi
- Human Retrovirus Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Gama-Carvalho M, Carvalho MP, Kehlenbach A, Valcarcel J, Carmo-Fonseca M. Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:13104-12. [PMID: 11118443 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008759200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein auxiliary factor (U2AF) is a heterodimeric splicing factor composed of 65-kDa (U2AF(65)) and 35-kDa (U2AF(35)) subunits. The large subunit of U2AF recognizes the intronic polypyrimidine tract, a sequence located adjacent to the 3' splice site that serves as an important signal for both constitutive and regulated pre-mRNA splicing. The small subunit U2AF(35) interacts with the 3' splice site dinucleotide AG and is essential for regulated splicing. Like several other proteins involved in constitutive and regulated splicing, both U2AF(65) and U2AF(35) contain an arginine/serine-rich (RS) domain. In the present study we determined the role of RS domains in the subcellular localization of U2AF. Both U2AF(65) and U2AF(35) are shown to shuttle continuously between the nucleus and the cytoplasm by a mechanism that involves carrier receptors and is independent from binding to mRNA. The RS domain on either U2AF(65) or U2AF(35) acts as a nuclear localization signal and is sufficient to target a heterologous protein to the nuclear speckles. Furthermore, the results suggest that the presence of an RS domain in either U2AF subunit is sufficient to trigger the nucleocytoplasmic import of the heterodimeric complex. Shuttling of U2AF between nucleus and cytoplasm possibly represents a means to control the availability of this factor to initiate spliceosome assembly and therefore contribute to regulate splicing.
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- M Gama-Carvalho
- Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Vautier D, Chesné P, Cunha C, Calado A, Renard JP, Carmo-Fonseca M. Transcription-dependent nucleocytoplasmic distribution of hnRNP A1 protein in early mouse embryos. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:1521-31. [PMID: 11282028 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.8.1521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A unique feature of certain members of the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) family of proteins is that they shuttle continuously between nucleus and cytoplasm and their accumulation in the nucleus is transcription-dependent. An extensively characterised protein of this group is hnRNP A1. To date, most studies addressing the transcription-dependent transport of hnRNP A1 have been performed on cultured cell lines treated with transcription inhibitors. Here we have analysed the nucleocytoplasmic distribution of hnRNP A1 in early mouse embryos, where the haploid pronuclei remain transcriptionally inactive for a period of several hours. Consistent with its small molecular size (36 kDa), the hnRNP A1 protein diffuses passively through the nuclear pores and equilibrates between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of transcriptionally inactive embryos. In contrast, following transcriptional activation the A1 protein becomes accumulated in the nucleus. This accumulation of the A1 protein in the nucleus is blocked by the lectin wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), which binds to nuclear pore proteins and prevents translocation of receptor-cargo complexes through the pores. This indicates that a carrier-mediated transport pathway is required for the concentration of A1 in transcriptionally active nuclei. To further analyse how transcription is coupled to nucleocytoplasmic transport, we transplanted transcriptionally inactive pronuclei into the cytoplasm of transcriptionally active embryos. The results show that the presence of newly synthesised RNAs in the cytoplasm is not sufficient to induce the accumulation of hnRNP A1 in the nucleus. Rather, the appearance of nascent transcripts in the nucleus appears to be the crucial event. Since hnRNP A1 is a shuttling protein, an increase in its steady state nuclear concentration could be the result of either faster nuclear import or slower export to the cytoplasm. We propose that binding of A1 to nascent transcripts retards its export to the cytoplasm and therefore contributes to its concentration in the nucleus.
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- D Vautier
- Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Jensen TH, Patricio K, McCarthy T, Rosbash M. A block to mRNA nuclear export in S. cerevisiae leads to hyperadenylation of transcripts that accumulate at the site of transcription. Mol Cell 2001; 7:887-98. [PMID: 11336711 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00232-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Several factors contribute to nuclear mRNA export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, including Mex67p, Mtr2p, Gle1p, Nup159p, Dbp5p, and Rip1p. Strains carrying mutations in these factors show rapid and dramatic nuclear accumulation of poly(A)(+) RNA. We have characterized two heat shock mRNAs, SSA4 and HSP104, in these mutant backgrounds; each transcript concentrates in a single intranuclear focus. Evidence suggests that it coincides with the site of transcription. Interestingly, all detectable SSA4 transcripts have undergone 3'-end formation, indicating that RNAs in the foci are no longer nascent. Poly(A) tails of the transcripts are also dramatically longer in all of these export mutants. Based on all of the data, we suggest that very early mRNA maturation events determine transcript export competence.
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- T H Jensen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Hofmann W, Reichart B, Ewald A, Müller E, Schmitt I, Stauber RH, Lottspeich F, Jockusch BM, Scheer U, Hauber J, Dabauvalle MC. Cofactor requirements for nuclear export of Rev response element (RRE)- and constitutive transport element (CTE)-containing retroviral RNAs. An unexpected role for actin. J Cell Biol 2001; 152:895-910. [PMID: 11238447 PMCID: PMC2198816 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.152.5.895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2000] [Accepted: 01/16/2001] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nuclear export of proteins containing leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NESs) is mediated by the export receptor CRM1/exportin1. However, additional protein factors interacting with leucine-rich NESs have been described. Here, we investigate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev-mediated nuclear export and Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) constitutive transport element (CTE)-mediated nuclear export in microinjected Xenopus laevis oocytes. We show that eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is essential for Rev and Rev-mediated viral RNA export, but not for nuclear export of CTE RNA. In vitro binding studies demonstrate that eIF-5A is required for efficient interaction of Rev-NES with CRM1/exportin1 and that eIF-5A interacts with the nucleoporins CAN/nup214, nup153, nup98, and nup62. Quite unexpectedly, nuclear actin was also identified as an eIF-5A binding protein. We show that actin is associated with the nucleoplasmic filaments of nuclear pore complexes and is critically involved in export processes. Finally, actin- and energy-dependent nuclear export of HIV-1 Rev is reconstituted by using a novel in vitro egg extract system. In summary, our data provide evidence that actin plays an important functional role in nuclear export not only of retroviral RNAs but also of host proteins such as protein kinase inhibitor (PKI).
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- Wilma Hofmann
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Cell Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, D-38092 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Donnelly M, Elliott G. Nuclear localization and shuttling of herpes simplex virus tegument protein VP13/14. J Virol 2001; 75:2566-74. [PMID: 11222679 PMCID: PMC115879 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.6.2566-2574.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The herpes simplex virus type 1 gene UL47 encodes the tegument proteins referred to collectively as VP13/14, which are believed to be differentially modified forms of the same protein. Here we show that the major product of the UL47 gene during transient expression is VP14, suggesting that some feature of virus infection is required to produce VP13. We have tagged VP13/14 with green fluorescent protein and have demonstrated that the protein is targeted efficiently to the nucleus, where it often localizes in numerous punctate domains. Furthermore, we show that removal of the N-terminal 127 residues of the protein abrogates nuclear accumulation, and we have identified a 14-amino-acid peptide from this region that is sufficient to function as a nuclear targeting signal and transport a heterologous protein to the nucleus. This short peptide contains two runs of four arginine residues, suggesting that the VP13/14 nuclear localization signal may behave in a manner similar to that of the arginine-rich nuclear localization signals of the retrovirus transactivator proteins Tat, Rev, and Rex. In addition, by using heterokaryon assays, we show that VP13/14 is capable of shuttling between the nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell, a property that may be attributed to three leucine-rich stretches in the C-terminal half of the protein that again bear similarity to the nuclear export signals of Rev and Rex. This is the first demonstration of a tegument protein that is specifically targeted to the nucleus, a feature which may be relevant both during virus entry, when VP13/14 enters the cell as a component of the tegument, and at later times, when large amounts of newly synthesized VP13/14 are present within the cell.
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- M Donnelly
- Virus Assembly Group, Marie Curie Research Institute, The Chart, Oxted, Surrey RH8 0TL, United Kingdom
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Elton D, Simpson-Holley M, Archer K, Medcalf L, Hallam R, McCauley J, Digard P. Interaction of the influenza virus nucleoprotein with the cellular CRM1-mediated nuclear export pathway. J Virol 2001; 75:408-19. [PMID: 11119609 PMCID: PMC113933 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.1.408-419.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2000] [Accepted: 10/10/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Influenza virus transcription occurs in the nuclei of infected cells, where the viral genomic RNAs are complexed with a nucleoprotein (NP) to form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) structures. Prior to assembly into progeny virions, these RNPs exit the nucleus and accumulate in the cytoplasm. The mechanisms responsible for RNP export are only partially understood but have been proposed to involve the viral M1 and NS2 polypeptides. We found that the drug leptomycin B (LMB), which specifically inactivates the cellular CRM1 polypeptide, caused nuclear retention of NP in virus-infected cells, indicating a role for the CRM1 nuclear export pathway in RNP egress. However, no alteration was seen in the cellular distribution of M1 or NS2, even in the case of a mutant virus which synthesizes greatly reduced amounts of NS2. Furthermore, NP was distributed throughout the nuclei of infected cells at early times postinfection but, when retained in the nucleus at late times by LMB treatment, was redistributed to the periphery of the nucleoplasm. No such change was seen in the nuclear distribution of M1 or NS2 after drug treatment. Similar to the behavior of NP, M1 and NS2 in infected cells, LMB treatment of cells expressing each polypeptide in isolation caused nuclear retention of NP but not M1 or NS2. Conversely, overexpression of CRM1 caused increased cytoplasmic accumulation of NP but had little effect on M1 or NS2 distribution. Consistent with this, NP bound CRM1 in vitro. Overall, these data raise the possibility that RNP export is mediated by a direct interaction between NP and the cellular CRM1 export pathway.
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- D Elton
- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, United Kingdom
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All major nuclear export pathways so far examined follow a general paradigm. Specifically, a complex is formed in the nucleus, containing the export cargo, a member of the importin-beta family of transporters and RanGTP. This complex is translocated across the nuclear pore to the cytoplasm, where hydrolysis of the GTP on Ran is stimulated by the GTPase-activating protein RanGAP. The activity of RanGAP is increased by RanBP1, which also promotes disassembly of RanGTP-cargo-transporter complexes. Here we investigate the role of RanGTP in the export of mRNAs generated by splicing. We show that nuclear injection of a Ran mutant (RanT24N) or the normally cytoplasmic RanGAP potently inhibits the export of both tRNA and U1 snRNA, but not of spliced mRNAs. Moreover, nuclear injection of RanGAP together with RanBP1 blocks tRNA export but does not affect mRNA export. These and other data indicate that export of spliced mRNA is the first major cellular transport pathway that is independent of the export co-factor Ran.
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- K N Clouse
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Nuclear Export of Herpes Virus RNA. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56597-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yoon JH, Love DC, Guhathakurta A, Hanover JA, Dhar R. Mex67p of Schizosaccharomyces pombe interacts with Rae1p in mediating mRNA export. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:8767-82. [PMID: 11073978 PMCID: PMC86506 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.23.8767-8782.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We identified the Schizosaccharomyces pombe mex67 gene (spmex67) as a multicopy suppressor of rae1-167 nup184-1 synthetic lethality and the rae1-167 ts mutation. spMex67p, a 596-amino-acid-long protein, has considerable sequence similarity to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mex67p (scMex67p) and human Tap. In contrast to scMEX67, spmex67 is essential for neither growth nor nuclear export of mRNA. However, an spmex67 null mutation (Deltamex67) is synthetically lethal with the rae1-167 mutation and accumulates poly(A)(+) RNA in the nucleus. We identified a central region (149 to 505 amino acids) within spMex67p that associates with a complex containing Rae1p that complements growth and mRNA export defects of the rae1-167 Deltamex67 synthetic lethality. This region is devoid of RNA-binding, N-terminal nuclear localization, and the C-terminal nuclear pore complex-targeting regions. The (149-505)-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion is found diffused throughout the cell. Overexpression of spMex67p inhibits growth and mRNA export and results in the redistribution of the diffused localization of the (149-505)-GFP fusion to the nucleus and the nuclear periphery. These results suggest that spMex67p competes for essential mRNA export factor(s). Finally, we propose that the 149-505 region of spMex67p could act as an accessory factor in Rae1p-dependent transport and that spMex67p participates at various common steps with Rae1p export complexes in promoting the export of mRNA.
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- J H Yoon
- Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Mouw MB, Pintel DJ. Adeno-associated virus RNAs appear in a temporal order and their splicing is stimulated during coinfection with adenovirus. J Virol 2000; 74:9878-88. [PMID: 11024114 PMCID: PMC102024 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.21.9878-9888.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have used a quantitative RNase protection assay to characterize the relative accumulation and abundance of individual adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) RNAs throughout the course of AAV-adenovirus coinfections and preinfections. We have demonstrated that there is a previously unrecognized temporal order to the appearance of AAV RNAs. First, unspliced P5-generated transcripts, which encode Rep78, were detectable prior to the significant accumulation of other AAV RNAs. Ultimately, as previously demonstrated, P19-generated products accumulated to levels greater than those generated from P5, and P40-generated transcripts predominated in the total RNA pool. Second, the percentage of each class of AAV RNA that was spliced increased during infection, and the degree of this increase was different for the P5/P19 products than for those generated by P40. At late times postcoinfection, approximately 90% of P40 products, but only approximately 50% of RNAs generated by P5 and P19, were seen to be spliced; thus, the AAV intron was removed to different final levels from these different RNA species. We have shown that each of the AAV RNAs is quite stable; the majority of each RNA species persisted 6 h after treatment with actinomycin D. Quantification of the accumulation of individual AAV RNAs, over intervals during which degradation was negligible, allowed us to infer that at late times during infection the relative strength of P5, P19, and P40 was approximately 1:3:18, respectively, consistent with the steady-state accumulated levels of the RNAs generated by each promoter. All AAV RNAs exited to the cytoplasm with similar efficiencies in the presence or absence of adenovirus; however, adenovirus coinfection appeared to stimulate total splicing of AAV RNAs and the relative use of the downstream intron acceptor. Our results confirm and extend previous observations concerning the appearance and processing of AAV-generated RNAs.
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- M B Mouw
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
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Eperon IC, Makarova OV, Mayeda A, Munroe SH, Cáceres JF, Hayward DG, Krainer AR. Selection of alternative 5' splice sites: role of U1 snRNP and models for the antagonistic effects of SF2/ASF and hnRNP A1. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:8303-18. [PMID: 11046128 PMCID: PMC102138 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.22.8303-8318.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The first component known to recognize and discriminate among potential 5' splice sites (5'SSs) in pre-mRNA is the U1 snRNP. However, the relative levels of U1 snRNP binding to alternative 5'SSs do not necessarily determine the splicing outcome. Strikingly, SF2/ASF, one of the essential SR protein-splicing factors, causes a dose-dependent shift in splicing to a downstream (intron-proximal) site, and yet it increases U1 snRNP binding at upstream and downstream sites simultaneously. We show here that hnRNP A1, which shifts splicing towards an upstream 5'SS, causes reduced U1 snRNP binding at both sites. Nonetheless, the importance of U1 snRNP binding is shown by proportionality between the level of U1 snRNP binding to the downstream site and its use in splicing. With purified components, hnRNP A1 reduces U1 snRNP binding to 5'SSs by binding cooperatively and indiscriminately to the pre-mRNA. Mutations in hnRNP A1 and SF2/ASF show that the opposite effects of the proteins on 5'SS choice are correlated with their effects on U1 snRNP binding. Cross-linking experiments show that SF2/ASF and hnRNP A1 compete to bind pre-mRNA, and we conclude that this competition is the basis of their functional antagonism; SF2/ASF enhances U1 snRNP binding at all 5'SSs, the rise in simultaneous occupancy causing a shift in splicing towards the downstream site, whereas hnRNP A1 interferes with U1 snRNP binding such that 5'SS occupancy is lower and the affinities of U1 snRNP for the individual sites determine the site of splicing.
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- I C Eperon
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.
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Kataoka N, Yong J, Kim VN, Velazquez F, Perkinson RA, Wang F, Dreyfuss G. Pre-mRNA splicing imprints mRNA in the nucleus with a novel RNA-binding protein that persists in the cytoplasm. Mol Cell 2000; 6:673-82. [PMID: 11030346 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00065-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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We describe a novel RNA binding protein, Y14, a predominantly nuclear nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein. Interestingly, Y14 associates preferentially with mRNAs produced by splicing but not with pre-mRNAs, introns, or mRNAs produced from intronless cDNAs. Y14 associates with both nuclear mRNAs and newly exported cytoplasmic mRNAs. Splicing of a single intron is sufficient for Y14 association. Y14-containing nuclear complexes are different from general hnRNP complexes. They contain hnRNP proteins and several unique proteins including the mRNA export factor TAP. Thus, Y14 defines novel intermediates in the pathway of gene expression, postsplicing nuclear preexport mRNPs, and newly exported cytoplasmic mRNPs, whose composition is established by splicing. These findings suggest that pre-mRNA splicing imprints mRNA with a unique set of proteins that persists in the cytoplasm and thereby communicates the history of the transcript.
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- N Kataoka
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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