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Preker PJ, Guthrie C. Autoregulation of the mRNA export factor Yra1p requires inefficient splicing of its pre-mRNA. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:994-1006. [PMID: 16618971 PMCID: PMC1464842 DOI: 10.1261/rna.6706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Yra1p is an essential RNA-binding protein that couples transcription to export. The YRA1 gene is one of only approximately 5% of genes that undergo splicing in budding yeast, and its intron is unusual in several respects, including its large size and anomalous branchpoint sequence. We showed previously that the intron is required for autogenous regulation of Yra1p levels, which cause a dominant negative growth phenotype when elevated. The mechanism of this regulation, however, remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that growth is inversely correlated with splicing efficiency. Substitution of a canonical branchpoint moderately improves splicing but compromises autoregulation. Shortening the intron from 766 to approximately 350 nt significantly improves splicing but abolishes autoregulation. Notably, proper regulation can be restored by insertion of unrelated sequences into the shortened intron. In that the current paradigm for regulated splicing involves the binding of protein factors to specific elements in the pre-mRNA, the regulation of YRA1 expression appears to occur by a novel mechanism. We propose that appropriate levels of Yra1p are maintained by inefficient cotranscriptional splicing.
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- Pascal J Preker
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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Auld KL, Brown CR, Casolari JM, Komili S, Silver PA. Genomic Association of the Proteasome Demonstrates Overlapping Gene Regulatory Activity with Transcription Factor Substrates. Mol Cell 2006; 21:861-71. [PMID: 16543154 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2005] [Revised: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The proteasome can regulate transcription through proteolytic processing of transcription factors and via gene locus binding, but few targets of proteasomal regulation have been identified. Using genome-wide location analysis and transcriptional profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we have established which genes are bound and regulated by the proteasome and by Spt23 and Mga2, transcription factors activated by the proteasome. We observed proteasome association with gene sets that are highly transcribed, controlled by the mating type loci, and involved in lipid metabolism. At ribosomal protein (RP) genes, proteasome and RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) binding was enriched in a proteasome mutant, indicating a role for the proteasome in dissociating elongation complexes. The genomic occupancies of Spt23 and Mga2 overlapped significantly with the genes bound by the proteasome. Finally, the proteasome acts in two distinct ways, one dependent and one independent of Spt23/Mga2 cleavage, providing evidence for cooperative gene regulation by the proteasome and its substrates.
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- Kathryn L Auld
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Chanfreau GF. CUTting genetic noise by polyadenylation-induced RNA degradation. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 15:635-7. [PMID: 16243527 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2005] [Revised: 09/14/2005] [Accepted: 10/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Silencing of genomic regions in eukaryotes is thought to be the result of transcriptional repression. Recent results show that nuclear RNA degradation plays a major role in discarding RNA molecules with no obvious roles that are produced by cryptic RNA polymerase II transcription throughout the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. These cryptic transcripts are polyadenylated at their 3'-end by a poly(A) polymerase complex distinct from that used by the mRNA factory, which serves to tag these aberrant transcripts for nuclear degradation.
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- Guillaume F Chanfreau
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
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Masuda S, Das R, Cheng H, Hurt E, Dorman N, Reed R. Recruitment of the human TREX complex to mRNA during splicing. Genes Dev 2005; 19:1512-7. [PMID: 15998806 PMCID: PMC1172058 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1302205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In yeast, the TREX complex contains the THO transcription elongation complex, which functions in direct cotranscriptional recruitment of the mRNA export proteins Sub2 and Yra1 to nascent transcripts. Here we report the identification of the human THO complex and show that it associates with spliced mRNA, but not with unspliced pre-mRNA in vitro. Transcription is not required for this recruitment. We also show that the human THO complex colocalizes with splicing factors in nuclear speckle domains in vivo. Considering that splicing occurs cotranscriptionally in humans, our data indicate that recruitment of the human TREX complex to spliced mRNA is not directly coupled to transcription, but is instead coupled to transcription indirectly through splicing.
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- Seiji Masuda
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Venkataraman K, Brown KM, Gilmartin GM. Analysis of a noncanonical poly(A) site reveals a tripartite mechanism for vertebrate poly(A) site recognition. Genes Dev 2005; 19:1315-27. [PMID: 15937220 PMCID: PMC1142555 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1298605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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At least half of all human pre-mRNAs are subject to alternative 3' processing that may modulate both the coding capacity of the message and the array of post-transcriptional regulatory elements embedded within the 3' UTR. Vertebrate poly(A) site selection appears to rely primarily on the binding of CPSF to an A(A/U)UAAA hexamer upstream of the cleavage site and CstF to a downstream GU-rich element. At least one-quarter of all human poly(A) sites, however, lack the A(A/U)UAAA motif. We report that sequence-specific RNA binding of the human 3' processing factor CFI(m) can function as a primary determinant of poly(A) site recognition in the absence of the A(A/U)UAAA motif. CFI(m) is sufficient to direct sequence-specific, A(A/U)UAAA-independent poly(A) addition in vitro through the recruitment of the CPSF subunit hFip1 and poly(A) polymerase to the RNA substrate. ChIP analysis indicates that CFI(m) is recruited to the transcription unit, along with CPSF and CstF, during the initial stages of transcription, supporting a direct role for CFI(m) in poly(A) site recognition. The recognition of three distinct sequence elements by CFI(m), CPSF, and CstF suggests that vertebrate poly(A) site definition is mechanistically more similar to that of yeast and plants than anticipated.
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- Krishnan Venkataraman
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405, USA
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Transcription is coupled with the concomitant assembly of RNA-binding proteins to the nascent mRNA to generate a stable and export-competent mRNP particle. RNA-binding factors recruited at active transcription sites specify the processing, nuclear export, subcellular localization, translation and stability of the mRNA. The assembly of the mRNP particle starts with the association of the cap-binding protein complex followed by the splicing-dependent assembly of the exon-junction complex in intron-containing genes and by the binding of RNA-export adaptor proteins. New findings suggest that mRNP assembly is a genetically controlled process that plays a key role in gene expression and other cellular processes, including the maintenance of genome integrity.
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- Andrés Aguilera
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avd. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Sommer P, Nehrbass U. Quality control of messenger ribonucleoprotein particles in the nucleus and at the pore. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2005; 17:294-301. [PMID: 15901500 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The spatial separation of nuclear transcription and cytoplasmic translation in eukaryotic cells implies that mRNAs have to travel. On their journey, proteins involved in the various steps of transcript formation, processing and transport dynamically interact with mRNAs to form diverse messenger ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs). Increasing evidence indicates that the protein complexes involved in distinct phases of manufacturing a bona fide mRNA in the nucleus are tightly coupled. Moreover, the recent demonstration that active genes migrate into preassembled, shared nuclear sub-compartments suggests that mRNAs are churned out in large 'transcription factories' with distinct but interconnected divisions. Nuclear factors have now been identified that specifically control the quality of mRNAs without affecting mRNP biogenesis or export.
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- Peter Sommer
- Unité de Biologie Cellulaire du Noyau, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Hiriart E, Gruffat H, Buisson M, Mikaelian I, Keppler S, Meresse P, Mercher T, Bernard OA, Sergeant A, Manet E. Interaction of the Epstein-Barr virus mRNA export factor EB2 with human Spen proteins SHARP, OTT1, and a novel member of the family, OTT3, links Spen proteins with splicing regulation and mRNA export. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:36935-45. [PMID: 16129689 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501725200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Epstein-Barr virus early protein EB2 (also called BMLF1, Mta, or SM), a protein absolutely required for the production of infectious virions, shares properties with mRNA export factors. By using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we have identified the human protein OTT3 as an EB2-interacting factor. OTT3 is a new member of the Spen (split end) family of proteins (huSHARP, huOTT1, DmSpen, and muMINT), which are characterized by several N-terminal RNA recognition motifs and a highly conserved C-terminal SPOC (Spen Paralog and Ortholog C-terminal) domain that, in the case of SHARP, has been shown to interact with SMRT/NCoR corepressors. OTT3 is ubiquitously expressed as a 120-kDa protein. Transfected OTT3 is a nonshuttling nuclear protein that co-localizes with co-transfected EB2. We also showed that EB2 interacts with the SPOC domains of both OTT1 and SHARP proteins. Although the OTT3 interaction domain maps within the 40 N-terminal amino acids of EB2, OTT1 and SHARP interact within the C-terminal half of the protein. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the capacity of the OTT3 and OTT1 SPOC domains to interact with SMRT and repress transcription is far weaker than that of SHARP. Thus there is no evidence for a role of OTT3 in transcriptional regulation. Most interestingly, however, we have found that OTT3 has a role in splicing regulation; OTT3 represses accumulation of the alternatively spliced beta-thalassemia mRNAs, but it has no effect on the beta-globin constitutively spliced mRNA. Thus our results suggested a new function for Spen proteins related to mRNA export and splicing.
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- Edwige Hiriart
- INSERM U412, ENS-Lyon, IFR 128 Biosciences Lyon Gerland, Laboratoire de Virologie Humaine, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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Lacadie SA, Rosbash M. Cotranscriptional spliceosome assembly dynamics and the role of U1 snRNA:5'ss base pairing in yeast. Mol Cell 2005; 19:65-75. [PMID: 15989965 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 05/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To investigate the mechanism of spliceosome assembly in vivo, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis of U1, U2, and U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) to intron-containing yeast (S. cerevisiae) genes. The snRNPs display patterns that indicate a cotranscriptional assembly model: U1 first, then U2, and the U4/U6*U5 tri-snRNP followed by U1 destabilization. cis-splicing mutations also support a role of U2 and/or the tri-snRNP in U1 destabilization. Moreover, they indicate that splicing efficiency has a major impact on cotranscriptional snRNP recruitment and suggest that cotranscriptional recruitment of U2 or the tri-snRNP is required to commit the pre-mRNA to splicing. Branchpoint (BP) mutations had a major effect on the U1 pattern, whereas 5' splice site (5'ss) mutations had a stronger effect on the U2 pattern. A 5'ss-U1 snRNA complementation experiment suggests that pairing between U1 and the 5'ss occurs after U1 recruitment and contributes to a specific U1:substrate conformation required for efficient U2 and tri-snRNP recruitment.
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- Scott A Lacadie
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biology Department MS008, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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Thakurta AG, Gopal G, Yoon JH, Kozak L, Dhar R. Homolog of BRCA2-interacting Dss1p and Uap56p link Mlo3p and Rae1p for mRNA export in fission yeast. EMBO J 2005; 24:2512-23. [PMID: 15990877 PMCID: PMC1176449 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 05/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The breast cancer tumor suppressor BRCA2-interacting protein, DSS1, and its homologs are critical for DNA recombination in eukaryotic cells. We found that Dss1p, along with Mlo3p and Uap56p, Schizosaccharomyces pombe homologs of two messenger RNA (mRNA) export factors of the NXF-NXT pathway, is required for mRNA export in S. pombe. Previously, we showed that the nuclear pore-associated Rae1p is an essential mRNA export factor in S. pombe. Here, we show that Dss1p and Uap56p function by linking mRNA adapter Mlo3p to Rae1p for targeting mRNA-protein complex (mRNP) to the proteins of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Dss1p preferentially recruits to genes in vivo and interacts with -FG (phenylalanine glycine) nucleoporins in vivo and in vitro. Thus, Dss1p may function at multiple steps of mRNA export, from mRNP biogenesis to their targeting and translocation through the NPC.
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- Anjan G Thakurta
- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Sungshin Women's University, South Korea
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- Center of Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Tel.: +1 301 496 0990; Fax: +1 301 480 5088; E-mail:
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Luna R, Jimeno S, Marín M, Huertas P, García-Rubio M, Aguilera A. Interdependence between Transcription and mRNP Processing and Export, and Its Impact on Genetic Stability. Mol Cell 2005; 18:711-22. [PMID: 15949445 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The conserved eukaryotic THO-TREX complex acts at the interface between transcription and mRNA export and affects transcription-associated recombination. To investigate the interdependence of nuclear mRNA processes and their impact on genomic integrity, we analyzed transcript accumulation and recombination of 40 selected mutants covering representative steps of the biogenesis and export of the messenger ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNP). None of the mutants analyzed shared the strong transcript-accumulation defect and hyperrecombination of THO mutants. Nevertheless, mutants in 3' end cleavage/polyadenylation, nuclear exosome, and mRNA export showed a weak but significant effect on recombination and transcript accumulation. Mutants of the nuclear exosome (rrp6) and 3' end processing factors (rna14 and rna15) showed inefficient transcription elongation and genetic interactions with THO. The results suggest a tight interdependence among mRNP biogenesis steps and transcription and an unexpected effect of the nuclear exosome and the cleavage/polyadenylation factors on transcription elongation and genetic integrity.
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- Rosa Luna
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Venkataraman K, Brown KM, Gilmartin GM. Analysis of a noncanonical poly(A) site reveals a tripartite mechanism for vertebrate poly(A) site recognition. Genes Dev 2005. [PMID: 15937220 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1298605.least] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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At least half of all human pre-mRNAs are subject to alternative 3' processing that may modulate both the coding capacity of the message and the array of post-transcriptional regulatory elements embedded within the 3' UTR. Vertebrate poly(A) site selection appears to rely primarily on the binding of CPSF to an A(A/U)UAAA hexamer upstream of the cleavage site and CstF to a downstream GU-rich element. At least one-quarter of all human poly(A) sites, however, lack the A(A/U)UAAA motif. We report that sequence-specific RNA binding of the human 3' processing factor CFI(m) can function as a primary determinant of poly(A) site recognition in the absence of the A(A/U)UAAA motif. CFI(m) is sufficient to direct sequence-specific, A(A/U)UAAA-independent poly(A) addition in vitro through the recruitment of the CPSF subunit hFip1 and poly(A) polymerase to the RNA substrate. ChIP analysis indicates that CFI(m) is recruited to the transcription unit, along with CPSF and CstF, during the initial stages of transcription, supporting a direct role for CFI(m) in poly(A) site recognition. The recognition of three distinct sequence elements by CFI(m), CPSF, and CstF suggests that vertebrate poly(A) site definition is mechanistically more similar to that of yeast and plants than anticipated.
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- Krishnan Venkataraman
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405, USA
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Bucheli ME, Buratowski S. Npl3 is an antagonist of mRNA 3' end formation by RNA polymerase II. EMBO J 2005; 24:2150-60. [PMID: 15902270 PMCID: PMC1150882 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 04/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Proper 3' end formation is critical for the production of functional mRNAs. Termination by RNA polymerase II is linked to mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation, but it is less clear whether earlier stages of mRNA production also contribute to transcription termination. We performed a genetic screen to identify mutations that decreased transcriptional readthrough of a defective GAL10 poly(A) terminator. A partial deletion of the GAL10 downstream region leads to transcription through the downstream GAL7 promoter, resulting in the inability of cells to grow on galactose. Mutations in elongation factors Spt4 and Spt6 suppress the readthrough phenotype, presumably by decreasing the amount of polymerase transcribing through the downstream GAL7 promoter. Interestingly, mutations in the mRNA-binding protein Npl3 improve transcription termination. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments suggest that Npl3 can antagonize 3' end formation by competing for RNA binding with polyadenylation/termination factors. These results suggest that elongation rate and mRNA packaging can influence polyadenylation and termination.
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- Miriam E Bucheli
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 617 432 0696; Fax: +1 617 738 0516; E-mail:
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Conrad NK, Steitz JA. A Kaposi's sarcoma virus RNA element that increases the nuclear abundance of intronless transcripts. EMBO J 2005; 24:1831-41. [PMID: 15861127 PMCID: PMC1142595 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus produces a 1077 nucleotide noncoding, polyadenylated, exclusively nuclear RNA called PAN that is highly expressed in lytically infected cells. We report that PAN contains a novel post-transcriptional element essential for its abundant accumulation. The element, PAN-ENE (PAN RNA expression and nuclear retention element), increases the efficiency of 3'-end formation in vivo and is sufficient to enhance RNA abundance from an otherwise inefficiently expressed intronless beta-globin construct. The PAN-ENE does not concomitantly increase the production of encoded protein. Rather, it retains the unspliced beta-globin mRNA in the nucleus. Tethering of export factors can override the nuclear retention of the PAN-ENE, supporting a mechanism whereby the PAN-ENE blocks assembly of an export-competent mRNP. The activities of the PAN-ENE are specific to intronless constructs, since inserting the PAN-ENE into a spliced beta-globin construct has no effect on mRNA abundance and does not affect localization. This is the first characterization of a cis-acting element that increases RNA abundance of intronless transcripts but inhibits assembly of an export-competent mRNP.
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- Nicholas K Conrad
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06536, USA. Tel.: +1 203 737 4418; Fax: +1 203 624 8213; E-mail:
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Williams B, Boyne J, Goodwin D, Roaden L, Hautbergue G, Wilson S, Whitehouse A. The prototype gamma-2 herpesvirus nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein, ORF 57, transports viral RNA through the cellular mRNA export pathway. Biochem J 2005; 387:295-308. [PMID: 15537388 PMCID: PMC1134957 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 10/27/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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HVS (herpesvirus saimiri) is the prototype gamma-2 herpesvirus. This is a subfamily of herpesviruses gaining importance since the identification of the first human gamma-2 herpesvirus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. The HVS ORF 57 (open reading frame 57) protein is a multifunctional transregulatory protein homologous with genes identified in all classes of herpesviruses. Recent work has demonstrated that ORF 57 has the ability to bind viral RNA, shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm and promotes the nuclear export of viral transcripts. In the present study, we show that ORF 57 shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm in a CRM-1 (chromosomal region maintenance 1)-independent manner. ORF 57 interacts with the mRNA export factor REF (RNA export factor) and two other components of the exon junction complex, Y14 and Magoh. The association of ORF 57 with REF stimulates recruitment of the cellular mRNA export factor TAP (Tip-associated protein), and HVS infection triggers the relocalization of REF and TAP from the nuclear speckles to several large clumps within the cell. Using a dominant-negative form of TAP and RNA interference to deplete TAP, we show that it is essential for bulk mRNA export in mammalian cells and is required for ORF 57-mediated viral RNA export. Furthermore, we show that the disruption of TAP reduces viral replication. These results indicate that HVS utilizes ORF 57 to recruit components of the exon junction complex and subsequently TAP to promote viral RNA export through the cellular mRNA export pathway.
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Key Words
- chromosomal region maintenance 1 (crm-1)
- exon junction complex
- herpesvirus
- mrna export
- open reading frame 57 (orf 57)
- tip-associated protein (tap)
- cmv, cytomegalovirus
- crm-1, chromosomal region maintenance 1
- cte, constitutive transport element
- ejc, exon junction complex
- fish, fluorescence in situ hybridization
- gb, glycoprotein b
- gfp, green fluorescent protein
- gst, glutathione s-transferase
- hek-293t cells, human embryonic kidney 293t cells
- hsv, herpes simplex virus
- hvs, herpesvirus saimiri
- kshv, kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus
- lmb, leptomycin b
- moi, multiplicity of infection
- ref, rna export factor
- mref2-1, murine ref2-1
- nes, nuclear export signal
- nmd, nonsense-mediated decay
- omk cells, owl monkey kidney cells
- orf 57, open reading frame 57
- rnai, rna interference
- rnps1, rna-binding protein prevalent during s phase
- rrm, rna recognition motif
- tap, tip-associated protein
- trex complex, transcription and export complex
- yfp, yellow fluorescent protein
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- Ben J. L. Williams
- *Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K
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- †School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- †School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- *Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K
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- *Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K
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- *Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K
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- †School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
- ‡Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Group, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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Dunn EF, Hammell CM, Hodge CA, Cole CN. Yeast poly(A)-binding protein, Pab1, and PAN, a poly(A) nuclease complex recruited by Pab1, connect mRNA biogenesis to export. Genes Dev 2005; 19:90-103. [PMID: 15630021 PMCID: PMC540228 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1267005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2004] [Accepted: 11/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, pre-mRNAs undergo extensive processing in the nucleus prior to export. Processing is subject to a quality-control mechanism that retains improperly processed transcripts at or near sites of transcription. A poly(A) tail added by the normal 3'-processing machinery is necessary but not sufficient for export. Retention depends on the exosome. In this study, we identify the poly(A)-binding protein, Pab1, and the poly(A) nuclease, PAN, as important factors that couple 3' processing to export. Pab1 contains a nonessential leucine-rich nuclear export signal and shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It can exit the nucleus either as cargo of exportin 1 or bound to mRNA. Pab1 is essential but several bypass suppressors have been identified. Deletion of PAB1 from these bypass suppressor strains results in exosome-dependent retention at sites of transcription. Retention is also seen in cells lacking PAN, which Pab1 is thought to recruit and which may be responsible for the final step of mRNA biogenesis, trimming of the poly(A) tail to the length found on newly exported mRNAs. The studies presented here suggest that proper loading of Pab1 onto mRNAs and final trimming of the tail allows release from transcription sites and couples pre-mRNA processing to export.
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- Ewan F Dunn
- Department of Biochemistry, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Kaplan CD, Holland MJ, Winston F. Interaction between Transcription Elongation Factors and mRNA 3′-End Formation at the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL10-GAL7 Locus. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:913-22. [PMID: 15531585 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411108200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Spt6 is a conserved transcription factor that associates with RNA polymerase II (pol II) during elongation. Spt6 is essential for viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and regulates chromatin structure during pol II transcription. Here we present evidence that mutations that impair Spt6, a second elongation factor, Spt4, and pol II can affect 3'-end formation at GAL10. Additional analysis suggests that Spt6 is required for cotranscriptional association of the factor Ctr9, a member of the Paf1 complex, with GAL10 and GAL7, and that Ctr9 association with chromatin 3' of GAL10 is regulated by the GAL10 polyadenylation signal. Overall, these results provide new evidence for a connection between the transcription elongation factor Spt6 and 3'-end formation in vivo.
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- Craig D Kaplan
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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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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- Ken Dower
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Molenaar C, Abdulle A, Gena A, Tanke HJ, Dirks RW. Poly(A)+ RNAs roam the cell nucleus and pass through speckle domains in transcriptionally active and inactive cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 165:191-202. [PMID: 15117966 PMCID: PMC2172041 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200310139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Many of the protein factors that play a role in nuclear export of mRNAs have been identified, but still little is known about how mRNAs are transported through the cell nucleus and which nuclear compartments are involved in mRNA transport. Using fluorescent 2'O-methyl oligoribonucleotide probes, we investigated the mobility of poly(A)+ RNA in the nucleoplasm and in nuclear speckles of U2OS cells. Quantitative analysis of diffusion using photobleaching techniques revealed that the majority of poly(A)+ RNA move throughout the nucleus, including in and out of speckles (also called SC-35 domains), which are enriched for splicing factors. Interestingly, in the presence of the transcription inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-β-d-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole, the association of poly(A)+ RNA with speckles remained dynamic. Our results show that RNA movement is energy dependent and that the proportion of nuclear poly(A)+ RNA that resides in speckles is a dynamic population that transiently interacts with speckles independent of the transcriptional status of the cell. Rather than the poly(A)+ RNA within speckles serving a stable structural role, our findings support the suggestion of a more active role of these regions in nuclear RNA metabolism and/or transport.
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- Chris Molenaar
- Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, Netherlands
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Yu MC, Bachand F, McBride AE, Komili S, Casolari JM, Silver PA. Arginine methyltransferase affects interactions and recruitment of mRNA processing and export factors. Genes Dev 2004; 18:2024-35. [PMID: 15314027 PMCID: PMC514182 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1223204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hmt1 is the major type I arginine methyltransferase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and facilitates the nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA-binding proteins through their methylation. Here we demonstrate that Hmt1 is recruited during the beginning of the transcriptional elongation process. Hmt1 methylates Yra1 and Hrp1, two mRNA-binding proteins important for mRNA processing and export. Moreover, loss of Hmt1 affects interactions between mRNA-binding proteins and Tho2, a component of the TREX (transcription/export) complex that is important for transcriptional elongation and recruitment of mRNA export factors. Furthermore, RNA in situ hybridization analysis demonstrates that loss of Hmt1 results in slowed release of HSP104 mRNA from the sites of transcription. Genome-wide location analysis shows that Hmt1 is bound to specific functional gene classes, many of which are also bound by Tho2 and other mRNA-processing factors. These data suggest a model whereby Hmt1 affects transcriptional elongation and, as a result, influences recruitment of RNA-processing factors.
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- Michael C Yu
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Takemura R, Inoue Y, Izawa S. Stress response in yeast mRNA export factor: reversible changes in Rat8p localization are caused by ethanol stress but not heat shock. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:4189-97. [PMID: 15280434 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ethanol stress (10% v/v) causes selective mRNA export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a similar manner to heat shock (42 degrees C). Bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA accumulates in the nucleus, whereas heat shock protein mRNA is exported under such conditions. Here we investigated the effects of stress on mRNA export factors. In cells treated with ethanol stress, the DEAD box protein Rat8p showed a rapid and reversible change in its localization, accumulating in the nucleus. This change correlated closely with the blocking of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA export caused by ethanol stress. We also found that the nuclear accumulation of Rat8p is caused by a defect in the Xpo1p/Crm1p exportin. Intriguingly, the localization of Rat8p did not change in heat shocked cells, suggesting that the mechanisms blocking bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA export differ for heat shock and ethanol stress. These results suggest that changes in the localization of Rat8p contribute to the selective export of mRNA in ethanol stressed cells, and also indicate differences in mRNA export between the heat shock response and ethanol stress response.
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- Reiko Takemura
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Abruzzi KC, Lacadie S, Rosbash M. Biochemical analysis of TREX complex recruitment to intronless and intron-containing yeast genes. EMBO J 2004; 23:2620-31. [PMID: 15192704 PMCID: PMC449771 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2004] [Accepted: 05/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The TREX complex is involved in both transcription elongation and mRNA export and is recruited to nascent transcription complexes. We have examined Yra1p, Sub2p and Hpr1p recruitment to nine genes of varying lengths and transcription frequencies. All three proteins increase from the 5' to the 3' ends of the four intronless genes examined. A modified chromatin immunoprecipitation assay that includes an RNase step indicates that Sub2p is bound to nascent RNA, Yra1p is associated with both RNA and DNA, and Hpr1p is associated with DNA. Although Hpr1p is recruited similarly to both intronless and intron-containing genes, low Yra1p and Sub2p levels are present on a subset of intron-containing genes. The residual Yra1p and Sub2p recruitment is less RNA-associated, and this correlates with high levels of U1 SnRNP on these genes. These experiments support a model in which TREX is recruited via the transcription machinery and then Yra1p and Sub2p are transferred to the nascent RNA. On some intron-containing genes, retention and/or transfer of Yra1p and Sub2p to nascent RNA are inhibited.
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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Izawa S, Takemura R, Inoue Y. Gle2p is essential to induce adaptation of the export of bulk poly(A)+ mRNA to heat shock in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:35469-78. [PMID: 15210706 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403692200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The export of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA is blocked under heat-shocked (42 degrees C) conditions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We found that an mRNA export factor Gle2p rapidly dissociated from the nuclear envelope and diffused into the cytoplasm at 42 degrees C. However, in exponential phase cells pretreated with mild heat stress (37 degrees C for 1 h), Gle2p did not dissociate at 42 degrees C, and the export of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA continued. Cells in stationary phase also continued with the export of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA at 42 degrees C without the dissociation of Gle2p from the nuclear envelope. The dissociation of Gle2p was caused by increased membrane fluidity and correlated closely with blocking of the export of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA. Furthermore, the mutants gle2Delta and rip1Delta could not induce such an adaptation of the export of bulk poly(A)(+) mRNA to heat shock. Our findings indicate that Gle2p plays a crucial role in mRNA export especially under heat-shocked conditions. Our findings also indicate that the nuclear pore complexes that Gle2p constitutes need to be stabilized for the adaptation and that the increased membrane integrity caused by treatment with mild heat stress or by survival in stationary phase is likely to contribute to the stabilization of the association between Gle2p and the nuclear pore complexes.
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- Shingo Izawa
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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- Rozanne M Sandri-Goldin
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4025, USA.
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Dimaano C, Ullman KS. Nucleocytoplasmic transport: integrating mRNA production and turnover with export through the nuclear pore. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:3069-76. [PMID: 15060131 PMCID: PMC381686 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.8.3069-3076.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Christian Dimaano
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Rehwinkel J, Herold A, Gari K, Köcher T, Rode M, Ciccarelli FL, Wilm M, Izaurralde E. Genome-wide analysis of mRNAs regulated by the THO complex in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:558-66. [PMID: 15133499 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2004] [Accepted: 03/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In yeast cells, the THO complex has been implicated in mitotic recombination, transcription elongation and mRNA nuclear export. The stable core of THO consists of Tho2p, Hpr1p, Mft1p and Thp2p. Whether a complex with similar functions assembles in metazoa has not yet been established. Here we report that Drosophila melanogaster THO consists of THO2, HPR1 and three proteins, THOC5-THOC7, which have no orthologs in budding yeast. Gene expression profiling in cells depleted of THO components revealed that <20% of the transcriptome was regulated by THO. Nonetheless, export of heat-shock mRNAs under heat stress was strictly dependent on THO function. Notably, 8% of upregulated genes encode proteins involved in DNA repair. Thus, although THO function seems to be conserved, the vast majority of mRNAs are transcribed and exported independently of THO in D. melanogaster.
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- Jan Rehwinkel
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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The production of a mature mRNA requires the assembly and cooperation of numerous complexes before nuclear export. The deleterious effects of intron-containing pre-mRNA leakage into the cytoplasm necessitate mechanisms to prevent premature export of partially processed or unprocessed messages. A new study demonstrates that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Mlp1 specifically retains intron-containing pre-mRNAs in the nucleus.
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- Jason M Casolari
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Custódio N, Carvalho C, Condado I, Antoniou M, Blencowe BJ, Carmo-Fonseca M. In vivo recruitment of exon junction complex proteins to transcription sites in mammalian cell nuclei. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2004; 10:622-33. [PMID: 15037772 PMCID: PMC1370553 DOI: 10.1261/rna.5258504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Studies over the past years indicate that there is extensive coupling between nuclear export of mRNA and pre-mRNA processing. Here, we visualized the distribution of exon junction complex (EJC) proteins and RNA export factors relative to sites of abundant pre-mRNA synthesis in the nucleus. We analyzed both HeLa cells infected with adenovirus and murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells stably transfected with the human beta-globin gene. Using in situ hybridization and confocal microscopy, we observe accumulation of EJC proteins (REF/Aly, Y14, SRm160, UAP56, RNPS1, and Magoh) and core spliceosome components (U snRNPs) at sites of transcription. This suggests that EJC proteins bind stably to pre-mRNA cotranscriptionally. No concentration of the export factors NXF1/TAP, p15, and Dbp5 was detected on nascent transcripts, arguing that in mammalian cells these proteins bind the mRNA shortly before or after release from the sites of transcription. These results also suggest that binding of EJC proteins to the mRNA is not sufficient to recruit TAP-p15, consistent with recent findings showing that the EJC does not play a crucial role in mRNA export. Contrasting to the results obtained in MEL cells expressing normal human beta-globin transcripts, mutant pre-mRNAs defective in splicing and 3'end processing do not colocalize with SRm160, REF, UAP56, or Sm proteins. This shows that the accumulation of EJC proteins at transcription sites requires efficient processing of the nascent pre-mRNAs, arguing that transcription per se is not sufficient for the stable assembly of the EJC.
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- Noélia Custódio
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon 1649-028, Portugal
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Krogan NJ, Peng WT, Cagney G, Robinson MD, Haw R, Zhong G, Guo X, Zhang X, Canadien V, Richards DP, Beattie BK, Lalev A, Zhang W, Davierwala AP, Mnaimneh S, Starostine A, Tikuisis AP, Grigull J, Datta N, Bray JE, Hughes TR, Emili A, Greenblatt JF. High-definition macromolecular composition of yeast RNA-processing complexes. Mol Cell 2004; 13:225-39. [PMID: 14759368 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00003-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2003] [Revised: 11/18/2003] [Accepted: 11/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A remarkably large collection of evolutionarily conserved proteins has been implicated in processing of noncoding RNAs and biogenesis of ribonucleoproteins. To better define the physical and functional relationships among these proteins and their cognate RNAs, we performed 165 highly stringent affinity purifications of known or predicted RNA-related proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We systematically identified and estimated the relative abundance of stably associated polypeptides and RNA species using a combination of gel densitometry, protein mass spectrometry, and oligonucleotide microarray hybridization. Ninety-two discrete proteins or protein complexes were identified comprising 489 different polypeptides, many associated with one or more specific RNA molecules. Some of the pre-rRNA-processing complexes that were obtained are discrete sub-complexes of those previously described. Among these, we identified the IPI complex required for proper processing of the ITS2 region of the ribosomal RNA primary transcript. This study provides a high-resolution overview of the modular topology of noncoding RNA-processing machinery.
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- Nevan J Krogan
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, 112 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada
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Rodríguez-Navarro S, Fischer T, Luo MJ, Antúnez O, Brettschneider S, Lechner J, Pérez-Ortín JE, Reed R, Hurt E. Sus1, a functional component of the SAGA histone acetylase complex and the nuclear pore-associated mRNA export machinery. Cell 2004; 116:75-86. [PMID: 14718168 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)01025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene expression is a coordinated multistep process that begins with transcription and RNA processing in the nucleus followed by mRNA export to the cytoplasm for translation. Here we report the identification of a protein, Sus1, which functions in both transcription and mRNA export. Sus1 is a nuclear protein with a concentration at the nuclear pores. Biochemical analyses show that Sus1 interacts with SAGA, a large intranuclear histone acetylase complex involved in transcription initiation, and with the Sac3-Thp1 complex, which functions in mRNA export with specific nuclear pore proteins at the nuclear basket. DNA macroarray analysis revealed that Sus1 is required for transcription regulation. Moreover, chromatin immunoprecipitation showed that Sus1 is associated with the promoter of a SAGA-dependent gene during transcription activation. Finally, mRNA export is impaired in sus1 mutants. These data provide an unexpected connection between the SAGA histone acetylase complex and the mRNA export machinery.
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- Susana Rodríguez-Navarro
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Kim M, Ahn SH, Krogan NJ, Greenblatt JF, Buratowski S. Transitions in RNA polymerase II elongation complexes at the 3' ends of genes. EMBO J 2004; 23:354-64. [PMID: 14739930 PMCID: PMC1271760 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Accepted: 12/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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To understand the factor interactions of transcribing RNA polymerase II (RNApII) in vivo, chromatin immunoprecipitations were used to map the crosslinking patterns of multiple elongation and polyadenylation factors across transcribed genes. Transcription through the polyadenylation site leads to a reduction in the levels of the Ctk1 kinase and its associated phosphorylation of the RNApII C-terminal domain. One group of elongation factors (Spt4/5, Spt6/Iws1, and Spt16/Pob3), thought to mediate transcription through chromatin, shows patterns matching that of RNApII. In contrast, the Paf and TREX/THO complexes partially overlap RNApII, but do not crosslink to transcribed regions downstream of polyadenylation sites. In a complementary pattern, polyadenylation factors crosslink strongly at the 3' ends of genes. Mutation of the 3' polyadenylation sequences or the Rna14 protein causes loss of polyadenylation factor crosslinking and read-through of termination sequences. Therefore, transcription termination and polyadenylation involve transitions at the 3' end of genes that may include an exchange of elongation and polyadenylation/termination factors.
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- Minkyu Kim
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Neumann S, Petfalski E, Brügger B, Großhans H, Wieland F, Tollervey D, Hurt E. Formation and nuclear export of tRNA, rRNA and mRNA is regulated by the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5p. EMBO Rep 2003; 4:1156-62. [PMID: 14608372 PMCID: PMC1326418 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2003] [Revised: 09/15/2003] [Accepted: 09/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The yeast ubiquitin-protein ligase Rsp5p regulates processes as diverse as polII transcription and endocytosis. Here, we identify Rsp5p in a screen for tRNA export (tex) mutants. The tex23-1/rsp5-3 mutant, which is complemented by RSP5, not only shows a strong nuclear accumulation of tRNAs at the restrictive temperature, but also is severely impaired in the nuclear export of mRNAs and 60S pre-ribosomal subunits. In contrast, nuclear localization sequence (NLS)-mediated nuclear protein import is unaffected in this mutant. Strikingly, the nuclear RNA export defects seen in the rsp5-3 strain are accompanied by a dramatic inhibition of both rRNA and tRNA processing, a combination of phenotypes that has not been reported for any previously characterized mutation in yeast. These data implicate ubiquitination as a mechanism coordinating the major nuclear RNA biogenesis pathways.
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- Silvia Neumann
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH),
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR,
UK
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH),
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH),
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH),
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR,
UK
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH),
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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Rds3p is a well-conserved 12-kDa protein with five CxxC zinc fingers that has been implicated in the activation of certain drug transport genes and in the pre-mRNA splicing pathway. Here we show that Rds3p resides in the yeast spliceosome and is essential for splicing in vitro. Rds3p purified from yeast stably associates with at least five U2 snRNP proteins, Cus1p, Hsh49p, Hsh155p, Rse1p, and Ist3p/Snu17p, and with the Yra1p RNA export factor. A mutation upstream of the first Rds3p zinc finger causes the conditional release of the putative branchpoint nucleotide binding protein, Ist3p/Snu17p, and weakens Rse1p interaction with the Rds3p complex. The resultant U2 snRNP particle migrates exceptionally slowly in polyacrylamide gels, suggestive of a disorganized structure. U2 snRNPs depleted of Rds3p fail to form stable prespliceosomes, although U2 snRNA stability is not affected. Metabolic depletion of Yra1p blocks cell growth but not splicing, suggesting that Yra1p association with Rds3p relates to Yra1p's role in RNA trafficking. Together these data establish Rds3p as an essential component of the U2 snRNP SF3b complex and suggest a new link between the nuclear processes of pre-mRNA splicing and RNA export.
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- Qiang Wang
- Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225, USA
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Roberts TM, Boris-Lawrie K. Primary sequence and secondary structure motifs in spleen necrosis virus RU5 confer translational utilization of unspliced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reporter RNA. J Virol 2003; 77:11973-84. [PMID: 14581534 PMCID: PMC254288 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.22.11973-11984.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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 5' long terminal repeat (LTR) of spleen necrosis virus (SNV) contains a unique posttranscriptional control element that facilitates Rev/Rev-responsive element-independent expression of unspliced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gag reporter RNA. HIV-1 Gag expression is eliminated when SNV LTR is repositioned to the 3' untranslated region or when the RU5 region is positioned in the antisense orientation. RU5 corresponds to the 5' RNA terminus, and results presented here indicate that Gag production is sustained upon introduction of transcribed spacers that reposition SNV RU5 35 to 200 nucleotides downstream. Concordant results of deletion and point mutagenesis identified two functionally redundant and synergistic motifs (designated A and C) that are necessary and sufficient for SNV RU5 activity. Enzymatic analysis of SNV RU5 RNA structure determined that A and C correspond to stem-loop structures. Quantitative RNA and protein analysis of A and C mutants revealed that the structural integrity of A and C is necessary for protein production, and loss of function correlates with little change in steady-state level, splicing efficiency, or cytoplasmic accumulation of HIV-1 gag reporter RNA. Instead, the structural mutations eliminate cytoplasmic utilization as an mRNA template for Gag protein production. Point mutations of unpaired loop-and-bulge nucleotides that maintain the structure of A eliminate activity. The results show that the unpaired UUGU loop and U-rich bulges function together and are candidate SNV RU5 binding sites for the host cell protein(s) that directs cytoplasmic utilization of unspliced HIV-1 reporter RNA.
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- Tiffiney M Roberts
- Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1093, USA
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Preiss T, Baron-Benhamou J, Ansorge W, Hentze MW. Homodirectional changes in transcriptome composition and mRNA translation induced by rapamycin and heat shock. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2003; 10:1039-47. [PMID: 14608375 DOI: 10.1038/nsb1015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2003] [Accepted: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transcription and mRNA turnover determine the quantitative composition of the cellular transcriptome. The transcriptome in turn serves as a template for the proteome via translation. Treatment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the TOR kinase inhibitor rapamycin causes increases and decreases in the mRNA levels of hundreds of genes. We used DNA microarray analysis to monitor simultaneously transcriptome and translational changes for all detectable yeast mRNAs. Notably, genes that are induced in the transcriptome correlate tightly with more efficiently translated mRNAs (based on their relative degree of polyribosome association); similarly, genes that show reduced mRNA levels after rapamycin treatment also show lower translational fitness. Microarray analyses on heat-shocked cells also reveal homodirectional co-regulatory responses. Thus, signal-induced changes in the transcriptome are amplified at the translational level. These results unveil a higher level of coordinated gene regulation that we refer to as 'potentiation.'
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- Thomas Preiss
- EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Jesper Svejstrup
- Mechanisms of Gene Transcription Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Herts EN6 3LD, United Kingdom
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Howe KJ, Kane CM, Ares M. Perturbation of transcription elongation influences the fidelity of internal exon inclusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2003; 9:993-1006. [PMID: 12869710 PMCID: PMC1370465 DOI: 10.1261/rna.5390803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2003] [Accepted: 05/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Unknown mechanisms exist to ensure that exons are not skipped during biogenesis of mRNA. Studies have connected transcription elongation with regulated alternative exon inclusion. To determine whether the relative rates of transcription elongation and spliceosome assembly might play a general role in enforcing constitutive exon inclusion, we measured exon skipping for a natural two-intron gene in which the internal exon is constitutively included in the mRNA. Mutations in this gene that subtly reduce recognition of the intron 1 branchpoint cause exon skipping, indicating that rapid recognition of the first intron is important for enforcing exon inclusion. To test the role of transcription elongation, we treated cells to increase or decrease the rate of transcription elongation. Consistent with the "first come, first served" model, we found that exon skipping in vivo is inhibited when transcription is slowed by RNAP II mutants or when cells are treated with inhibitors of elongation. Expression of the elongation factor TFIIS stimulates exon skipping, and this effect is eliminated when lac repressor is targeted to DNA encoding the second intron. A mutation in U2 snRNA promotes exon skipping, presumably because a delay in recognition of the first intron allows elongating RNA polymerase to transcribe the downstream intron. This indicates that the relative rates of elongation and splicing are tuned so that the fidelity of exon inclusion is enhanced. These findings support a general role for kinetic coordination of transcription elongation and splicing during the transcription-dependent control of splicing.
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- Kenneth James Howe
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Eukaryotic cells export several different classes of RNA molecule from the nucleus, where they are transcribed, to the cytoplasm, where the majority participate in different aspects of protein synthesis. It is now clear that these different classes of RNA, including rRNAs, tRNAs, mRNAs and snRNAs, are specifically directed into distinct but in some cases partially overlapping nuclear export pathways. All non-coding RNAs are now known to depend on members of the karyopherin family of Ran-dependent nucleocytoplasmic transport factors for their nuclear export. In contrast, mRNA export is generally mediated by a distinct, Ran-independent nuclear export pathway that is both complex and, as yet, incompletely understood. However, for all classes of RNA molecules, nuclear export is dependent on the assembly of the RNA into the appropriate ribonucleoprotein complex, and nuclear export therefore also appears to function as an important proofreading mechanism.
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- Bryan R Cullen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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