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Liu S, Cao Y, Zhang Y. Regulatory roles of RNA methylation in vascular lesions in ocular and cardiopulmonary diseases. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2024:1-15. [PMID: 38957015 DOI: 10.1080/10408363.2024.2370267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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RNA methylation is a widespread regulatory mechanism that controls gene expression in physiological processes. In recent years, the mechanisms and functions of RNA methylation under diseased conditions have been increasingly unveiled by RNA sequencing technologies with large scale and high resolution. In this review, the fundamental concept of RNA methylation is introduced, and the common types of transcript methylation and their machineries are described. Then, the regulatory roles of RNA methylation, particularly N6-methyladenosine and 5-methylcytosine, in the vascular lesions of ocular and cardiopulmonary diseases are discussed and compared. The ocular diseases include corneal neovascularization, retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, and pathologic myopia; whereas the cardiopulmonary ailments involve atherosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension. This review hopes to shed light on the common regulatory mechanisms underlying the vascular lesions in these ocular and cardiopulmonary diseases, which may be conducive to developing therapeutic strategies in clinical practice.
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- Siyi Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Khan D, Fox PL. Host-like RNA Elements Regulate Virus Translation. Viruses 2024; 16:468. [PMID: 38543832 PMCID: PMC10976276 DOI: 10.3390/v16030468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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Viruses are obligate, intracellular parasites that co-opt host cell machineries for propagation. Critical among these machineries are those that translate RNA into protein and their mechanisms of control. Most regulatory mechanisms effectuate their activity by targeting sequence or structural features at the RNA termini, i.e., at the 5' or 3' ends, including the untranslated regions (UTRs). Translation of most eukaryotic mRNAs is initiated by 5' cap-dependent scanning. In contrast, many viruses initiate translation at internal RNA regions at internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs). Eukaryotic mRNAs often contain upstream open reading frames (uORFs) that permit condition-dependent control of downstream major ORFs. To offset genome compression and increase coding capacity, some viruses take advantage of out-of-frame overlapping uORFs (oORFs). Lacking the essential machinery of protein synthesis, for example, ribosomes and other translation factors, all viruses utilize the host apparatus to generate virus protein. In addition, some viruses exhibit RNA elements that bind host regulatory factors that are not essential components of the translation machinery. SARS-CoV-2 is a paradigm example of a virus taking advantage of multiple features of eukaryotic host translation control: the virus mimics the established human GAIT regulatory element and co-opts four host aminoacyl tRNA synthetases to form a stimulatory binding complex. Utilizing discontinuous transcription, the elements are present and identical in all SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNAs (and the genomic RNA). Thus, the virus exhibits a post-transcriptional regulon that improves upon analogous eukaryotic regulons, in which a family of functionally related mRNA targets contain elements that are structurally similar but lacking sequence identity. This "thrifty" virus strategy can be exploited against the virus since targeting the element can suppress the expression of all subgenomic RNAs as well as the genomic RNA. Other 3' end viral elements include 3'-cap-independent translation elements (3'-CITEs) and 3'-tRNA-like structures. Elucidation of virus translation control elements, their binding proteins, and their mechanisms can lead to novel therapeutic approaches to reduce virus replication and pathogenicity.
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- Debjit Khan
- Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Tian WJ, Wang XJ. Broad-Spectrum Antivirals Derived from Natural Products. Viruses 2023; 15:v15051100. [PMID: 37243186 DOI: 10.3390/v15051100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Scientific advances have led to the development and production of numerous vaccines and antiviral drugs, but viruses, including re-emerging and emerging viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, remain a major threat to human health. Many antiviral agents are rarely used in clinical treatment, however, because of their inefficacy and resistance. The toxicity of natural products may be lower, and some natural products have multiple targets, which means less resistance. Therefore, natural products may be an effective means to solve virus infection in the future. New techniques and ideas are currently being developed for the design and screening of antiviral drugs thanks to recent revelations about virus replication mechanisms and the advancement of molecular docking technology. This review will summarize recently discovered antiviral drugs, mechanisms of action, and screening and design strategies for novel antiviral agents.
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- Wen-Jun Tian
- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Kong XM, Song D, Li J, Jiang Y, Zhang XY, Wu XJ, Ge MJ, Xu JJ, Gao XM, Zhao Q. Preliminary verification of the anti-hypoxia mechanism of Gentiana straminea maxim based on UPLC-triple TOF MS/MS and network pharmacology. BMC Complement Med Ther 2022; 22:310. [PMID: 36434600 PMCID: PMC9700950 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03773-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anoxia is characterized by changes in the morphology, metabolism, and function of tissues and organs due to insufficient oxygen supply or oxygen dysfunction. Gentiana straminea Maxim (G.s Maxim) is a traditional Tibetan medicine. Our previous work found that G.s Maxim mediates resistance to hypoxia, and we found that the ethyl acetate extract had the best effect. Nevertheless, the primary anti-hypoxia components and mechanisms of action remain unclear. METHODS Compounds from the ethyl acetate extraction of G.s Maxim were identified using UPLC-Triple TOF MS/MS. Then Traditional Chinese Medicine Systematic Pharmacology Database was used to filtrate them. Network pharmacology was used to forecast the mechanisms of these compounds. Male specific pathogen-free Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups: (1) Control; (2) Model; (3) 228 mg/kg body weight Rhodiola capsules; (4) 6.66 g/kg body weight the G.s Maxim's ethyl acetate extraction; (5) 3.33 g/kg body weight the G.s Maxim's ethyl acetate extraction; (6) 1.67 g/kg body weight the G.s Maxim's ethyl acetate extraction. After administering intragastric ally for 15 consecutive days, an anoxia model was established using a hypobaric oxygen chamber (7000 m, 24 h). Then Histology, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, and western blots were performed to determine these compounds' anti-hypoxic effects and mechanisms. Finally, we performed a molecular docking test to test these compounds using Auto Dock. RESULTS Eight drug-like compounds in G.s Maxim were confirmed using UPLC-Triple TOF MS/MS and Lipinski's rule. The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling pathway, the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) signaling pathway, and the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signaling pathway was signaling pathways that G.s Maxim mediated anti-anoxia effects. The critical targets were TNF, Jun proto-oncogene (JUN), tumor protein p53 (TP53), and threonine kinase 1 (AKT1). Animal experiments showed that the ethyl acetate extraction of G.s Maxim ameliorated the hypoxia-induced damage of hippocampal nerve cells in the CA1 region and reversed elevated serum expression of TNF-α, IL-6, and NF-κ B in hypoxic rats. The compound also reduced the expression of HIF-1α and p65 and increased the Bcl-2/Bax ratio in brain tissue. These findings suggest that G.s Maxim significantly protects against brain tissue damage in hypoxic rats by suppressing hypoxia-induced apoptosis and inflammation. Ccorosolic acid, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid had a strong affinity with core targets. CONCLUSIONS The ethyl acetate extraction of G.s Maxim mediates anti-hypoxic effects, possibly related to inhibiting apoptosis and inflammatory responses through the HIF-1/NF-κB pathway. The primary active components might be corosolic, oleanolic, and ursolic acids.
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- Xiu mei Kong
- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.440747.40000 0001 0473 0092Xianyang Hospital of Yan’an University, Xianyang, 712000 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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- grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Joint Laboratory for Research on Active Components and Pharmacological Mechanism of Tibetan Materia Medica of Tibetan Medical Research Center of Tibet, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China ,grid.460748.90000 0004 5346 0588Engineering Research Center of Tibetan Medicine Detection Technology, Ministry of Education, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, 712082 Shaanxi China
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Sharma S, Pisignano G, Merulla J, Catapano CV, Varani G. A functional SNP regulates E-cadherin expression by dynamically remodeling the 3D structure of a promoter-associated non-coding RNA transcript. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:11331-11343. [PMID: 36243981 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transcription of E-cadherin, a tumor suppressor that plays critical roles in cell adhesion and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, is regulated by a promoter-associated non-coding RNA (paRNA). The sense-oriented paRNA (S-paRNA) includes a functional C/A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP rs16260). The A-allele leads to decreased transcriptional activity and increased prostate cancer risk. The polymorphic site is known to affect binding of a microRNA-guided Argonaute 1 (AGO1) complex and recruitment of chromatin-modifying enzymes to silence the promoter. Yet the SNP is distant from the microRNA-AGO1 binding domain in both primary sequence and secondary structure, raising the question of how regulation occurs. Here we report the 3D NMR structure of the 104-nucleotide domain of the S-paRNA that encompasses the SNP and the microRNA-binding site. We show that the A to C change alters the locally dynamic and metastable structure of the S-paRNA, revealing how the single nucleotide mutation regulates the E-cadherin promoter through its effect on the non-coding RNA structure.
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- Shrikant Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA
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- Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA
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Sun YT, Varani G. Structure of the dengue virus RNA promoter. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 28:1210-1223. [PMID: 35750488 PMCID: PMC9380747 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079197.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Dengue virus, a single-stranded positive sense RNA virus, is the most prevalent mosquito-borne pathogen in the world. Like all RNA viruses, it uses conserved structural elements within its genome to control essential replicative steps. A 70 nt stem-loop RNA structure (called SLA), found at the 5'-end of the genome of all flaviviruses, functions as the promoter for viral replication. This highly conserved structure interacts with the viral polymerase NS5 to initiate RNA synthesis. Here, we report the NMR structure of a monomeric SLA from dengue virus serotype 1, assembled to high-resolution from independently folded structural elements. The DENV1 SLA has an L-shaped structure, where the top and side helices are coaxially stacked, and the bottom helix is roughly perpendicular to them. Because the sequence is highly conserved among different flavivirus genomes, it is very likely that the three-dimensional fold and local structure of SLA are also conserved among flaviviruses and required for efficient replication. This work provides structural insight into the dengue promoter and provides the foundation for the discovery of new antiviral drugs that target this essential replicative step.
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- Yi-Ting Sun
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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Georgakopoulos-Soares I, Parada GE, Hemberg M. Secondary structures in RNA synthesis, splicing and translation. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:2871-2884. [PMID: 35765654 PMCID: PMC9198270 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Even though the functional role of mRNA molecules is primarily decided by the nucleotide sequence, several properties are determined by secondary structure conformations. Examples of secondary structures include long range interactions, hairpins, R-loops and G-quadruplexes and they are formed through interactions of non-adjacent nucleotides. Here, we discuss advances in our understanding of how secondary structures can impact RNA synthesis, splicing, translation and mRNA half-life. During RNA synthesis, secondary structures determine RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) speed, thereby influencing splicing. Splicing is also determined by RNA binding proteins and their binding rates are modulated by secondary structures. For the initiation of translation, secondary structures can control the choice of translation start site. Here, we highlight the mechanisms by which secondary structures modulate these processes, discuss advances in technologies to detect and study them systematically, and consider the roles of RNA secondary structures in disease.
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Powell P, Bhardwaj U, Goss D. Eukaryotic initiation factor 4F promotes a reorientation of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 binding on the 5' and the 3' UTRs of barley yellow dwarf virus mRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:4988-4999. [PMID: 35446425 PMCID: PMC9122605 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Viral mRNAs that lack a 5′ m7GTP cap and a 3′ poly-A tail rely on structural elements in their untranslated regions (UTRs) to form unique RNA-protein complexes that regulate viral translation. Recent studies of the barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) have revealed eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) plays a significant role in facilitating communication between its 5′ and 3′ UTRs by binding both UTRs simultaneously. This report uses in vitro translation assays, fluorescence anisotropy binding assays, and selective 2′-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) footprinting to identify secondary structures that are selectively interacting with eIF3. SHAPE data also show that eIF3 alters its interaction with BYDV structures when another factor crucial for BYDV translation, eIF4F, is introduced by the 3′ BYDV translational enhancer (BTE). The observed BTE and eIF4F-induced shift of eIF3 position on the 5’ UTR and the translational effects of altering eIF3-binding structures (SLC and SLII) support a new model for BYDV translation initiation that requires the reorientation of eIF3 on BYDV UTRs. This eIF3 function in BYDV translation initiation is both reminiscent of and distinct from eIF3–RNA interactions found in other non-canonically translating mRNAs (e.g. HCV). This characterization of a new role in translation initiation expands the known functionality of eIF3 and may be broadly applicable to other non-canonically translating mRNAs.
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- Paul Powell
- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10065, USA.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10065, USA.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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A Split NanoLuc Reporter Quantitatively Measures Circular RNA IRES Translation. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13020357. [PMID: 35205400 PMCID: PMC8871761 DOI: 10.3390/genes13020357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Internal ribosomal entry sites (IRESs) are RNA secondary structures that mediate translation independent from the m7G RNA cap. The dicistronic luciferase assay is the most frequently used method to measure IRES-mediated translation. While this assay is quantitative, it requires numerous controls and can be time-consuming. Circular RNAs generated by splinted ligation have been shown to also accurately report on IRES-mediated translation, however suffer from low yield and other challenges. More recently, cellular sequences were shown to facilitate RNA circle formation through backsplicing. Here, we used a previously published backsplicing circular RNA split GFP reporter to create a highly sensitive and quantitative split nanoluciferase (NanoLuc) reporter. We show that NanoLuc expression requires backsplicing and correct orientation of a bona fide IRES. In response to cell stress, IRES-directed NanoLuc expression remained stable or increased while a capped control reporter decreased in translation. In addition, we detected NanoLuc expression from putative cellular IRESs and the Zika virus 5' untranslated region that is proposed to harbor IRES function. These data together show that our IRES reporter construct can be used to verify, identify and quantify the ability of sequences to mediate IRES-translation within a circular RNA.
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HIV-1 hypermethylated guanosine cap licenses specialized translation unaffected by mTOR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2105153118. [PMID: 34949712 PMCID: PMC8740576 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2105153118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The proliferation of viral pathogens is restricted by hosts, but resilient pathogens antagonize the restriction by hosts. Findings explain that HIV-1 blocked mono-methylated guanosine cap by hypermethylation and engaged novel cap-binding complex for virion protein translation unaffected by global translation inhibition. The hypermethylated cap activity required RNA-structure-dependent binding of RNA helicase A/DHX9. eIF4E interaction proceeded on completely spliced HIV messenger RNA templates encoding viral regulatory proteins, thus eIF4E inactivation by catalytic site mTOR inhibitor suppressed regulatory protein translation, while structural/accessory protein translation was maintained. Two mutually exclusive translation pathways antagonize hosts and facilitate HIV-1 proliferation in primary CD4+ T cells to the detriment of hosts. eIF4E inactivation imposed an operational rheostat that suppressed regulatory proteins, while maintaining virion production in immune cells. Appended to the 5′ end of nascent RNA polymerase II transcripts is 7-methyl guanosine (m7G-cap) that engages nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC) to facilitate messenger RNA (mRNA) maturation. Mature mRNAs exchange CBC for eIF4E, the rate-limiting translation factor that is controlled through mTOR. Experiments in immune cells have now documented HIV-1 incompletely processed transcripts exhibited hypermethylated m7G-cap and that the down-regulation of the trimethylguanosine synthetase-1–reduced HIV-1 infectivity and virion protein synthesis by several orders of magnitude. HIV-1 cap hypermethylation required nuclear RNA helicase A (RHA)/DHX9 interaction with the shape of the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) primer binding site (PBS) segment. Down-regulation of RHA or the anomalous shape of the PBS segment abrogated hypermethylated caps and derepressed eIF4E binding for virion protein translation during global down-regulation of host translation. mTOR inhibition was detrimental to HIV-1 proliferation and attenuated Tat, Rev, and Nef synthesis. This study identified mutually exclusive translation pathways and the calibration of virion structural/accessory protein synthesis with de novo synthesis of the viral regulatory proteins. The hypermethylation of select, viral mRNA resulted in CBC exchange to heterodimeric CBP80/NCBP3 that expanded the functional capacity of HIV-1 in immune cells.
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Dai W, Qu H, Zhang J, Thongkum A, Dinh TN, Kappeler KV, Chen QM. Far Upstream Binding Protein 1 (FUBP1) participates in translational regulation of Nrf2 protein under oxidative stress. Redox Biol 2021; 41:101906. [PMID: 33676361 PMCID: PMC7937566 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Oxidative stress is ubiquitously involved in disease etiology or progression. While the damaging effects have been well characterized, how cells deal with oxidative stress for prevention or removal of damage remains to be fully elucidated. Works from our laboratory have revealed de novo Nrf2 protein translation when cells are encountering low to mild levels of oxidative stress. Nrf2 encodes a transcription factor controlling a myriad of genes important for antioxidation, detoxification, wound repair and tissue remodeling. Here we report a role of FUBP1 in regulating de novo Nrf2 protein translation. An increase of FUBP1 binding to Nrf2 5′UTR due to H2O2 treatment has been found by LC-MS/MS, Far Western blot and ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation assays. Blocking FUBP1 expression using siRNA abolished H2O2 from inducing Nrf2 protein elevation or Nrf2 5′UTR activity. While no nuclear to cytoplasmic translocation was detected, cytosolic redistribution to the ribosomal fractions was observed due to oxidant treatment. The presence of FUBP1 in 40/43S ribosomal fractions confirm its involvement in translation initiation of Nrf2 protein. When tested by co-immunoprecipitation with eIF4E, eIF2a, eIF3η and eIF1, only eIF3η was found to gain physical interaction with FUBP1 due to H2O2 treatment. Our data support a role of FUBP1 for promoting the attachment of 40S ribosomal subunit to Nrf2 mRNA and formation of 43S pre-initiation complex for translation initiation of Nrf2 protein under oxidative stress.
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- Wujing Dai
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
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Abstract
Inhibiting eukaryotic protein translation with small molecules is emerging as a powerful therapeutic strategy. The advantage of targeting cellular translational machinery is that it is required for the highly proliferative state of many neoplastic cells, replication of certain viruses, and ultimately the expression of a wide variety of protein targets. Although, this approach has been exploited to develop clinical agents, such as homoharringtonine (HHT, 1), used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), inhibiting components of the translational machinery is often associated with cytotoxic phenotypes. However, recent studies have demonstrated that certain small molecules can inhibit the translation of specific subsets of proteins, leading to lower cytotoxicity, and opening-up therapeutic opportunities for translation inhibitors to be deployed in indications beyond oncology and infectious disease. This review summarizes efforts to develop inhibitors of the eukaryotic translational machinery as therapeutic agents and highlights emerging opportunities for translation inhibitors in the future.
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- Angela Fan
- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Yuan S, Peng L, Park JJ, Hu Y, Devarkar SC, Dong MB, Shen Q, Wu S, Chen S, Lomakin IB, Xiong Y. Nonstructural Protein 1 of SARS-CoV-2 Is a Potent Pathogenicity Factor Redirecting Host Protein Synthesis Machinery toward Viral RNA. Mol Cell 2020. [PMID: 33188728 DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.09.243451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The causative virus of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, uses its nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) to suppress cellular, but not viral, protein synthesis through yet unknown mechanisms. We show here that among all viral proteins, Nsp1 has the largest impact on host viability in the cells of human lung origin. Differential expression analysis of mRNA-seq data revealed that Nsp1 broadly alters the cellular transcriptome. Our cryo-EM structure of the Nsp1-40S ribosome complex shows that Nsp1 inhibits translation by plugging the mRNA entry channel of the 40S. We also determined the structure of the 48S preinitiation complex formed by Nsp1, 40S, and the cricket paralysis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) RNA, which shows that it is nonfunctional because of the incorrect position of the mRNA 3' region. Our results elucidate the mechanism of host translation inhibition by SARS-CoV-2 and advance understanding of the impacts from a major pathogenicity factor of SARS-CoV-2.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- COVID-19/genetics
- COVID-19/metabolism
- COVID-19/pathology
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Humans
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/genetics
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/ultrastructure
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/virology
- SARS-CoV-2/genetics
- SARS-CoV-2/metabolism
- SARS-CoV-2/pathogenicity
- SARS-CoV-2/ultrastructure
- Vero Cells
- Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics
- Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuai Yuan
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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Yuan S, Peng L, Park JJ, Hu Y, Devarkar SC, Dong MB, Shen Q, Wu S, Chen S, Lomakin IB, Xiong Y. Nonstructural Protein 1 of SARS-CoV-2 Is a Potent Pathogenicity Factor Redirecting Host Protein Synthesis Machinery toward Viral RNA. Mol Cell 2020; 80:1055-1066.e6. [PMID: 33188728 PMCID: PMC7833686 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The causative virus of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, uses its nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) to suppress cellular, but not viral, protein synthesis through yet unknown mechanisms. We show here that among all viral proteins, Nsp1 has the largest impact on host viability in the cells of human lung origin. Differential expression analysis of mRNA-seq data revealed that Nsp1 broadly alters the cellular transcriptome. Our cryo-EM structure of the Nsp1-40S ribosome complex shows that Nsp1 inhibits translation by plugging the mRNA entry channel of the 40S. We also determined the structure of the 48S preinitiation complex formed by Nsp1, 40S, and the cricket paralysis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) RNA, which shows that it is nonfunctional because of the incorrect position of the mRNA 3′ region. Our results elucidate the mechanism of host translation inhibition by SARS-CoV-2 and advance understanding of the impacts from a major pathogenicity factor of SARS-CoV-2.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- COVID-19/genetics
- COVID-19/metabolism
- COVID-19/pathology
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Humans
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/genetics
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/ultrastructure
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/virology
- SARS-CoV-2/genetics
- SARS-CoV-2/metabolism
- SARS-CoV-2/pathogenicity
- SARS-CoV-2/ultrastructure
- Vero Cells
- Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics
- Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuai Yuan
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
| | - Lei Peng
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
| | - Jonathan J Park
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
| | - Yingxia Hu
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
| | - Swapnil C Devarkar
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
| | - Matthew B Dong
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
| | - Shenping Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
| | - Ivan B Lomakin
- Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
| | - Yong Xiong
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Colin Echeverría Aitken
- Biology Department and Biochemistry Program, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, USA.
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