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Staszewski J, Lazarewicz N, Konczak J, Migdal I, Maciaszczyk-Dziubinska E. UPF1-From mRNA Degradation to Human Disorders. Cells 2023; 12:cells12030419. [PMID: 36766761 PMCID: PMC9914065 DOI: 10.3390/cells12030419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Up-frameshift protein 1 (UPF1) plays the role of a vital controller for transcripts, ready to react in the event of an incorrect translation mechanism. It is well known as one of the key elements involved in mRNA decay pathways and participates in transcript and protein quality control in several different aspects. Firstly, UPF1 specifically degrades premature termination codon (PTC)-containing products in a nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD)-coupled manner. Additionally, UPF1 can potentially act as an E3 ligase and degrade target proteins independently from mRNA decay pathways. Thus, UPF1 protects cells against the accumulation of misfolded polypeptides. However, this multitasking protein may still hide many of its functions and abilities. In this article, we summarize important discoveries in the context of UPF1, its involvement in various cellular pathways, as well as its structural importance and mutational changes related to the emergence of various pathologies and disease states. Even though the state of knowledge about this protein has significantly increased over the years, there are still many intriguing aspects that remain unresolved.
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- Jacek Staszewski
- Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.S.); (E.M.-D.)
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
- Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, CNRS UMR 6290, University of Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.S.); (E.M.-D.)
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Gilbert A, Saveanu C. Unusual SMG suspects recruit degradation enzymes in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Bioessays 2022; 44:e2100296. [PMID: 35266563 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100296] [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: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Degradation of eukaryotic RNAs that contain premature termination codons (PTC) during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is initiated by RNA decapping or endonucleolytic cleavage driven by conserved factors. Models for NMD mechanisms, including recognition of PTCs or the timing and role of protein phosphorylation for RNA degradation are challenged by new results. For example, the depletion of the SMG5/7 heterodimer, thought to activate RNA degradation by decapping, leads to a phenotype showing a defect of endonucleolytic activity of NMD complexes. This phenotype is not correlated to a decreased binding of the endonuclease SMG6 with the core NMD factor UPF1, suggesting that it is the result of an imbalance between active (e.g., in polysomes) and inactive (e.g., in RNA-protein condensates) states of NMD complexes. Such imbalance between multiple complexes is not restricted to NMD and should be taken into account when establishing causal links between gene function perturbation and observed phenotypes.
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- Agathe Gilbert
- Institut Pasteur, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR-3525, Paris, F-75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR-3525, Paris, F-75015, France
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Ganesan R, Leszyk J, Jacobson A. Selective profiling of ribosomes associated with yeast Upf proteins. Methods 2018; 155:58-67. [PMID: 30593864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Ribosomes associated with nonsense-mediated decay factors Upf1, Upf2, or Upf3 were purified by immunoprecipitation, and enrichment and stoichiometry of Upf factors and ribosomal proteins were analyzed by western blot and mass spectrometry. Using a small RNA library preparation protocol that eliminates in-gel RNA and cDNA size selection and incorporates four random nucleotides on each side of the ribosome-protected RNA fragment allowed recovery, detection, and analysis of all size classes of protected fragments from a sample simultaneously.
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- Robin Ganesan
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01655-0122, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01655-0122, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01655-0122, United States.
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay is a eukaryotic pathway that degrades transcripts with premature termination codons (PTCs). In most eukaryotes, thousands of transcripts are degraded by NMD, including many important regulators of developmental and stress response pathways. Transcripts can be targeted to NMD by the presence of an upstream ORF or by introduction of a PTC through alternative splicing. Many factors involved in the recognition of PTCs and the destruction of NMD targets have been characterized. While some are highly conserved, others have been repeatedly lost in eukaryotic lineages. Here, I detail the factors involved in NMD, our current understanding of their interactions and how they have evolved. I outline a classification system to describe NMD pathways based on the presence/absence of key NMD factors. These types of NMD pathways exist in multiple different lineages, indicating the plasticity of the NMD pathway through recurrent losses of NMD factors during eukaryotic evolution. By classifying the NMD pathways in this way, gaps in our understanding are revealed, even within well studied organisms. Finally, I discuss the likely driving force behind the origins of the NMD pathway before the appearance of the last eukaryotic common ancestor: transposable element expansion and the consequential origin of introns.
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- James P B Lloyd
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay is a eukaryotic pathway that degrades transcripts with premature termination codons (PTCs). In most eukaryotes, thousands of transcripts are degraded by NMD, including many important regulators of developmental and stress response pathways. Transcripts can be targeted to NMD by the presence of an upstream ORF or by introduction of a PTC through alternative splicing. Many factors involved in the recognition of PTCs and the destruction of NMD targets have been characterized. While some are highly conserved, others have been repeatedly lost in eukaryotic lineages. Here, I detail the factors involved in NMD, our current understanding of their interactions and how they have evolved. I outline a classification system to describe NMD pathways based on the presence/absence of key NMD factors. These types of NMD pathways exist in multiple different lineages, indicating the plasticity of the NMD pathway through recurrent losses of NMD factors during eukaryotic evolution. By classifying the NMD pathways in this way, gaps in our understanding are revealed, even within well studied organisms. Finally, I discuss the likely driving force behind the origins of the NMD pathway before the appearance of the last eukaryotic common ancestor: transposable element expansion and the consequential origin of introns.
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- James P B Lloyd
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Gupta P, Li YR. Upf proteins: highly conserved factors involved in nonsense mRNA mediated decay. Mol Biol Rep 2017; 45:39-55. [PMID: 29282598 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-017-4139-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Over 10% of genetic diseases are caused by mutations that introduce a premature termination codon in protein-coding mRNA. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an essential cellular pathway that degrades these mRNAs to prevent the accumulation of harmful partial protein products. NMD machinery is also increasingly appreciated to play a role in other essential cellular functions, including telomere homeostasis and the regulation of normal mRNA turnover, and is misregulated in numerous cancers. Hence, understanding and designing therapeutics targeting NMD is an important goal in biomedical science. The central regulator of NMD, the Upf1 protein, interacts with translation termination factors and contextual factors to initiate NMD specifically on mRNAs containing PTCs. The molecular details of how these contextual factors affect Upf1 function remain poorly understood. Here, we review plausible models for the NMD pathway and the evidence for the variety of roles NMD machinery may play in different cellular processes.
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- Puneet Gupta
- Harvard College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.,School of Arts and Sciences, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, 14778, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. .,College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu Hang Tang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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He F, Jacobson A. Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay: Degradation of Defective Transcripts Is Only Part of the Story. Annu Rev Genet 2015; 49:339-66. [PMID: 26436458 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-112414-054639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic surveillance mechanism that monitors cytoplasmic mRNA translation and targets mRNAs undergoing premature translation termination for rapid degradation. From yeasts to humans, activation of NMD requires the function of the three conserved Upf factors: Upf1, Upf2, and Upf3. Here, we summarize the progress in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of NMD in several model systems and discuss recent experiments that address the roles of Upf1, the principal regulator of NMD, in the initial targeting and final degradation of NMD-susceptible mRNAs. We propose a unified model for NMD in which the Upf factors provide several functions during premature termination, including the stimulation of release factor activity and the dissociation and recycling of ribosomal subunits. In this model, the ultimate degradation of the mRNA is the last step in a complex premature termination process.
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- Feng He
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655; ,
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655; ,
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Altamura N, Castaldo R, Finotti A, Breveglieri G, Salvatori F, Zuccato C, Gambari R, Panin GC, Borgatti M. Tobramycin is a suppressor of premature termination codons. J Cyst Fibros 2013; 12:806-11. [PMID: 23540394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Premature translation terminations (PTCs) constitute the molecular basis of many genetic diseases, including cystic fibrosis, as they lead to the synthesis of truncated non-functional or partially functional protein. Suppression of translation terminations at PTCs (read-through) has been developed as a therapeutic strategy to restore full-length protein in several genetic diseases. Phenotypic consequences of PTCs can be exacerbated by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway that detects and degrades mRNA containing PTC. Modulation of NMD, therefore, is also of interest as a potential target for the suppression therapy. Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic, normally used to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infection in CF patients. In the present study, by using yeast as a genetic system, we have examined the ability of Tobramycin to suppress PTCs as a function of the presence or absence of NMD. Results demonstrate that Tobramycin exhibits read-through ability on PTCs and preferentially in absence of NMD.
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- Nicola Altamura
- Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, CNR, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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Panelli D, Lorusso FP, Trentadue R, Stella A, Sardanelli AM, Papa S. The hUPF1-NMD factor controls the cellular transcript levels of different genes of complex I of the respiratory chain. Biochimie 2012; 94:2600-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kebaara BW, Baker KE, Patefield KD, Atkin AL. Analysis of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; Chapter 27:Unit 27.3. [PMID: 22422476 DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb2703s54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay is a highly conserved pathway that degrades mRNAs with premature termination codons. These mRNAs include mRNAs transcribed from nonsense or frameshift alleles as well as wild-type mRNA with signals that direct ribosomes to terminate prematurely. This unit describes techniques to monitor steady-state mRNA levels, decay rates, and structural features of mRNAs targeted by this pathway, as well as in vivo analysis of nonsense suppression and allosuppression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protocols for the structural features of mRNA include analysis of cap status, 5' and 3' untranslated region (UTR) lengths, and poly(A) tail length.
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All RNA species in yeast cells are subject to turnover. Work over the past 20 years has defined degradation mechanisms for messenger RNAs, transfer RNAs, ribosomal RNAs, and noncoding RNAs. In addition, numerous quality control mechanisms that target aberrant RNAs have been identified. Generally, each decay mechanism contains factors that funnel RNA substrates to abundant exo- and/or endonucleases. Key issues for future work include determining the mechanisms that control the specificity of RNA degradation and how RNA degradation processes interact with translation, RNA transport, and other cellular processes.
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- Roy Parker
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Delhi P, Queiroz R, Inchaustegui D, Carrington M, Clayton C. Is there a classical nonsense-mediated decay pathway in trypanosomes? PLoS One 2011; 6:e25112. [PMID: 21957477 PMCID: PMC3177853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In many eukaryotes, messenger RNAs with premature termination codons are destroyed by a process called "nonsense-mediated decay", which requires the RNA helicase Upf1 and also, usually, an interacting factor, Upf2. Recognition of premature termination codons may rely on their distance from either a splice site or the polyadenylation site, and long 3'-untranslated regions can trigger mRNA decay. The protist Trypanosoma brucei relies heavily on mRNA degradation to determine mRNA levels, and 3'-untranslated regions play a major role in control of mRNA decay. We show here that trypanosomes have a homologue of Upf1, TbUPF1, which interacts with TbUPF2 and (in an RNA-dependent fashion) with poly(A) binding protein 1, PABP1. Introduction of a premature termination codon in either an endogenous gene or a reporter gene decreased mRNA abundance, as expected for nonsense-mediated decay, but a dependence of this effect on TbUPF1 could not be demonstrated, and depletion of TbUPF1 by over 95% had no effect on parasite growth or the mRNA transcriptome. Further investigations of the reporter mRNA revealed that increases in open reading frame length tended to increase mRNA abundance. In contrast, inhibition of translation, either using 5'-secondary structures or by lengthening the 5'-untranslated region, usually decreased reporter mRNA abundance. Meanwhile, changing the length of the 3'-untranslated region had no consistent effect on mRNA abundance. We suggest that in trypanosomes, translation per se may inhibit mRNA decay, and interactions with multiple RNA-binding proteins preclude degradation based on 3'-untranslated region length alone.
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- Praveen Delhi
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Hedielberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PD); (CC)
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Hedielberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Hedielberg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Hedielberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PD); (CC)
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Aquaporin-8-facilitated mitochondrial ammonia transport. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 393:217-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.01.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chabelskaya S, Gryzina V, Moskalenko S, Le Goff C, Zhouravleva G. Inactivation of NMD increases viability of sup45 nonsense mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Mol Biol 2007; 8:71. [PMID: 17705828 PMCID: PMC2039749 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 08/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway promotes the rapid degradation of mRNAs containing premature termination codons (PTCs). In yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the activity of the NMD pathway depends on the recognition of the PTC by the translational machinery. Translation termination factors eRF1 (Sup45) and eRF3 (Sup35) participate not only in the last step of protein synthesis but also in mRNA degradation and translation initiation via interaction with such proteins as Pab1, Upf1, Upf2 and Upf3. Results In this work we have used previously isolated sup45 mutants of S. cerevisiae to characterize degradation of aberrant mRNA in conditions when translation termination is impaired. We have sequenced his7-1, lys9-A21 and trp1-289 alleles which are frequently used for analysis of nonsense suppression. We have established that sup45 nonsense and missense mutations lead to accumulation of his7-1 mRNA and CYH2 pre-mRNA. Remarkably, deletion of the UPF1 gene suppresses some sup45 phenotypes. In particular, sup45-n upf1Δ double mutants were less temperature sensitive, and more resistant to paromomycin than sup45 single mutants. In addition, deletion of either UPF2 or UPF3 restored viability of sup45-n double mutants. Conclusion This is the first demonstration that sup45 mutations do not only change translation fidelity but also acts by causing a change in mRNA stability.
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- Svetlana Chabelskaya
- Department of Genetics and Breeding, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia
- CNRS UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR 140, Faculté de Médecine, 2 av. Pr. Léon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia
- CNRS UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR 140, Faculté de Médecine, 2 av. Pr. Léon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
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- CNRS UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR 140, Faculté de Médecine, 2 av. Pr. Léon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia
- CNRS UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR 140, Faculté de Médecine, 2 av. Pr. Léon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
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Kadlec J, Guilligay D, Ravelli RB, Cusack S. Crystal structure of the UPF2-interacting domain of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor UPF1. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1817-24. [PMID: 16931876 PMCID: PMC1581972 DOI: 10.1261/rna.177606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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UPF1 is an essential eukaryotic RNA helicase that plays a key role in various mRNA degradation pathways, notably nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). In combination with UPF2 and UPF3, it forms part of the surveillance complex that detects mRNAs containing premature stop codons and triggers their degradation in all organisms studied from yeast to human. We describe the 3 A resolution crystal structure of the highly conserved cysteine-histidine-rich domain of human UPF1 and show that it is a unique combination of three zinc-binding motifs arranged into two tandem modules related to the RING-box and U-box domains of ubiquitin ligases. This UPF1 domain interacts with UPF2, and we identified by mutational analysis residues in two distinct conserved surface regions of UPF1 that mediate this interaction. UPF1 residues we identify as important for the interaction with UPF2 are not conserved in UPF1 homologs from certain unicellular parasites that also appear to lack UPF2 in their genomes.
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- Jan Kadlec
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, BP 181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Morozov IY, Negrete-Urtasun S, Tilburn J, Jansen CA, Caddick MX, Arst HN. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay mutation in Aspergillus nidulans. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 5:1838-46. [PMID: 16963627 PMCID: PMC1694799 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00220-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An Aspergillus nidulans mutation, designated nmdA1, has been selected as a partial suppressor of a frameshift mutation and shown to truncate the homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) surveillance component Nmd2p/Upf2p. nmdA1 elevates steady-state levels of premature termination codon-containing transcripts, as demonstrated using mutations in genes encoding xanthine dehydrogenase (hxA), urate oxidase (uaZ), the transcription factor mediating regulation of gene expression by ambient pH (pacC), and a protease involved in pH signal transduction (palB). nmdA1 can also stabilize pre-mRNA (unspliced) and wild-type transcripts of certain genes. Certain premature termination codon-containing transcripts which escape NMD are relatively stable, a feature more in common with certain nonsense codon-containing mammalian transcripts than with those in S. cerevisiae. As in S. cerevisiae, 5' nonsense codons are more effective at triggering NMD than 3' nonsense codons. Unlike the mammalian situation but in common with S. cerevisiae and other lower eukaryotes, A. nidulans is apparently impervious to the position of premature termination codons with respect to the 3' exon-exon junction.
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- Igor Y Morozov
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Flowers Building, Imperial College London, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Wang W, Cajigas IJ, Peltz SW, Wilkinson MF, González CI. Role for Upf2p phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3390-400. [PMID: 16611983 PMCID: PMC1447418 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.9.3390-3400.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Premature termination (nonsense) codons trigger rapid mRNA decay by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway. Two conserved proteins essential for NMD, UPF1 and UPF2, are phosphorylated in higher eukaryotes. The phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of UPF1 appear to be crucial for NMD, as blockade of either event in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals largely prevents NMD. The universality of this phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cycle pathway has been questioned, however, because the well-studied Saccharomyces cerevisiae NMD pathway has not been shown to be regulated by phosphorylation. Here, we used in vitro and in vivo biochemical techniques to show that both S. cerevisiae Upf1p and Upf2p are phosphoproteins. We provide evidence that the phosphorylation of the N-terminal region of Upf2p is crucial for its interaction with Hrp1p, an RNA-binding protein that we previously showed is essential for NMD. We identify specific amino acids in Upf2p's N-terminal domain, including phosphorylated serines, which dictate both its interaction with Hrp1p and its ability to elicit NMD. Our results indicate that phosphorylation of UPF1 and UPF2 is a conserved event in eukaryotes and for the first time provide evidence that Upf2p phosphorylation is crucial for NMD.
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- Weirong Wang
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00931
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Kashima I, Yamashita A, Izumi N, Kataoka N, Morishita R, Hoshino S, Ohno M, Dreyfuss G, Ohno S. Binding of a novel SMG-1-Upf1-eRF1-eRF3 complex (SURF) to the exon junction complex triggers Upf1 phosphorylation and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Genes Dev 2006; 20:355-67. [PMID: 16452507 PMCID: PMC1361706 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1389006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 465] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a surveillance mechanism that degrades mRNA containing premature termination codons (PTCs). In mammalian cells, recognition of PTCs requires translation and depends on the presence on the mRNA with the splicing-dependent exon junction complex (EJC). While it is known that a key event in the triggering of NMD is phosphorylation of the trans-acting factor, Upf1, by SMG-1, the relationship between Upf1 phosphorylation and PTC recognition remains undetermined. Here we show that SMG-1 binds to the mRNA-associated components of the EJC, Upf2, Upf3b, eIF4A3, Magoh, and Y14. Further, we describe a novel complex that contains the NMD factors SMG-1 and Upf1, and the translation termination release factors eRF1 and eRF3 (SURF). Importantly, an association between SURF and the EJC is required for SMG-1-mediated Upf1 phosphorylation and NMD. Thus, the SMG-1-mediated phosphorylation of Upf1 occurs on the association of SURF with EJC, which provides the link between the EJC and recognition of PTCs and triggers NMD.
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- Isao Kashima
- Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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Taylor R, Kebaara BW, Nazarenus T, Jones A, Yamanaka R, Uhrenholdt R, Wendler JP, Atkin AL. Gene set coregulated by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 4:2066-77. [PMID: 16339724 PMCID: PMC1317485 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.12.2066-2077.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway has historically been thought of as an RNA surveillance system that degrades mRNAs with premature translation termination codons, but the NMD pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a second role regulating the decay of some wild-type mRNAs. In S. cerevisiae, a significant number of wild-type mRNAs are affected when NMD is inactivated. These mRNAs are either wild-type NMD substrates or mRNAs whose abundance increases as an indirect consequence of NMD. A current challenge is to sort the mRNAs that accumulate when NMD is inactivated into direct and indirect targets. We have developed a bioinformatics-based approach to address this challenge. Our approach involves using existing genomic and function databases to identify transcription factors whose mRNAs are elevated in NMD-deficient cells and the genes that they regulate. Using this strategy, we have investigated a coregulated set of genes. We have shown that NMD regulates accumulation of ADR1 and GAL4 mRNAs, which encode transcription activators, and that Adr1 is probably a transcription activator of ATS1. This regulation is physiologically significant because overexpression of ADR1 causes a respiratory defect that mimics the defect seen in strains with an inactive NMD pathway. This strategy is significant because it allows us to classify the genes regulated by NMD into functionally related sets, an important step toward understanding the role NMD plays in the normal functioning of yeast cells.
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- Rachel Taylor
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588-0666, USA
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Yamashita A, Kashima I, Ohno S. The role of SMG-1 in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2005; 1754:305-15. [PMID: 16289965 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Revised: 10/09/2005] [Accepted: 10/10/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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SMG-1, a member of the PIKK (phosphoinositide 3-kinase related kinases) family, plays a critical role in the mRNA quality control system termed nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). NMD protects the cells from the accumulation of aberrant mRNAs with premature termination codons (PTCs) that encode nonfunctional or potentially harmful truncated proteins. SMG-1 directly phosphorylates Upf1, another key component of NMD, and this phosphorylation occurs upon recognition of PTC on post-spliced mRNA during the initial round of translation. At present, a variety of tools are available that can specifically suppress NMD, and it is possible to examine the contribution of NMD in a variety of physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Akio Yamashita
- Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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Grimson A, O'Connor S, Newman CL, Anderson P. SMG-1 is a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase required for nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:7483-90. [PMID: 15314158 PMCID: PMC506987 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.17.7483-7490.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic messenger RNAs containing premature stop codons are selectively and rapidly degraded, a phenomenon termed nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Previous studies with both Caenohabditis elegans and mammalian cells indicate that SMG-2/human UPF1, a central regulator of NMD, is phosphorylated in an SMG-1-dependent manner. We report here that smg-1, which is required for NMD in C. elegans, encodes a protein kinase of the phosphatidylinositol kinase superfamily of protein kinases. We identify null alleles of smg-1 and demonstrate that SMG-1 kinase activity is required in vivo for NMD and in vitro for SMG-2 phosphorylation. SMG-1 and SMG-2 coimmunoprecipitate from crude extracts, and this interaction is maintained in smg-3 and smg-4 mutants, both of which are required for SMG-2 phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. SMG-2 is located diffusely through the cytoplasm, and its location is unaltered in mutants that disrupt the cycle of SMG-2 phosphorylation. We discuss the role of SMG-2 phosphorylation in NMD.
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- Andrew Grimson
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, 445 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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