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Luha R, Rana V, Vainstein A, Kumar V. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway in plants under stress: general gene regulatory mechanism and advances. PLANTA 2024; 259:51. [PMID: 38289504 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04317-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in eukaryotes is vital to cellular homeostasis. Further knowledge of its putative role in plant RNA metabolism under stress is pivotal to developing fitness-optimizing strategies. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), part of the mRNA surveillance pathway, is an evolutionarily conserved form of gene regulation in all living organisms. Degradation of mRNA-bearing premature termination codons and regulation of physiological RNA levels highlight NMD's role in shaping the cellular transcriptome. Initially regarded as purely a tool for cellular RNA quality control, NMD is now considered to mediate various aspects of plant developmental processes and responses to environmental changes. Here we offer a basic understanding of NMD in eukaryotes by explaining the concept of premature termination codon recognition and NMD complex formation. We also provide a detailed overview of the NMD mechanism and its role in gene regulation. The potential role of effectors, including ABCE1, in ribosome recycling during the translation process is also explained. Recent reports of alternatively spliced variants of corresponding genes targeted by NMD in Arabidopsis thaliana are provided in tabular format. Detailed figures are also provided to clarify the NMD concept in plants. In particular, accumulating evidence shows that NMD can serve as a novel alternative strategy for genetic manipulation and can help design RNA-based therapies to combat stress in plants. A key point of emphasis is its function as a gene regulatory mechanism as well as its dynamic regulation by environmental and developmental factors. Overall, a detailed molecular understanding of the NMD mechanism can lead to further diverse applications, such as improving cellular homeostasis in living organisms.
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- Rashmita Luha
- Department of Botany, School for Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
- Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangaluru, India
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- Department of Botany, School for Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Botany, School for Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.
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George J, Stegmann M, Monaghan J, Bailey-Serres J, Zipfel C. Arabidopsis translation initiation factor binding protein CBE1 negatively regulates accumulation of the NADPH oxidase respiratory burst oxidase homolog D. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105018. [PMID: 37423301 PMCID: PMC10432800 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Cell surface pattern recognition receptors sense invading pathogens by binding microbial or endogenous elicitors to activate plant immunity. These responses are under tight control to avoid excessive or untimely activation of cellular responses, which may otherwise be detrimental to host cells. How this fine-tuning is accomplished is an area of active study. We previously described a suppressor screen that identified Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with regained immune signaling in the immunodeficient genetic background bak1-5, which we named modifier of bak1-5 (mob) mutants. Here, we report that bak1-5 mob7 mutant restores elicitor-induced signaling. Using a combination of map-based cloning and whole-genome resequencing, we identified MOB7 as conserved binding of eIF4E1 (CBE1), a plant-specific protein that interacts with the highly conserved eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E1. Our data demonstrate that CBE1 regulates the accumulation of respiratory burst oxidase homolog D, the NADPH oxidase responsible for elicitor-induced apoplastic reactive oxygen species production. Furthermore, several mRNA decapping and translation initiation factors colocalize with CBE1 and similarly regulate immune signaling. This study thus identifies a novel regulator of immune signaling and provides new insights into reactive oxygen species regulation, potentially through translational control, during plant stress responses.
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- Jeoffrey George
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom; Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom; Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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The biological functions of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in plants: RNA quality control and beyond. Biochem Soc Trans 2023; 51:31-39. [PMID: 36695509 DOI: 10.1042/bst20211231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an evolutionarily conserved quality control pathway that inhibits the expression of transcripts containing premature termination codon. Transcriptome and phenotypic studies across a range of organisms indicate roles of NMD beyond RNA quality control and imply its involvement in regulating gene expression in a wide range of physiological processes. Studies in moss Physcomitrella patens and Arabidopsis thaliana have shown that NMD is also important in plants where it contributes to the regulation of pathogen defence, hormonal signalling, circadian clock, reproduction and gene evolution. Here, we provide up to date overview of the biological functions of NMD in plants. In addition, we discuss several biological processes where NMD factors implement their function through NMD-independent mechanisms.
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Zhang X, Huang Q, Wang P, Liu F, Luo M, Li X, Wang Z, Wan L, Yang G, Hong D. A 24,482-bp deletion is associated with increased seed weight in Brassica napus L. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2653-2669. [PMID: 34002254 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03850-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A major QTL for seed weight was fine-mapped in rapeseed, and a 24,482-bp deletion likely mediates the effect through multiple pathways. Exploration of the genes controlling seed weight is critical to the improvement of crop yield and elucidation of the mechanisms underlying seed formation in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). We previously identified the quantitative trait locus (QTL) qSW.C9 for the thousand-seed weight (TSW) in a double haploid population constructed from F1 hybrids between the parental accessions HZ396 and Y106. Here, we confirmed the phenotypic effects associated with qSW.C9 in BC3F2 populations and fine-mapped the candidate causal locus to a 266-kb interval. Sequence and expression analyses revealed that a 24,482-bp deletion in HZ396 containing six predicted genes most likely underlies qSW.C9. Differential gene expression analysis and cytological observations suggested that qSW.C9 affects both cell proliferation and cell expansion through multiple signaling pathways. After genotyping of a rapeseed diversity panel to define the haplotype structure, it could be concluded that the selection of germplasm with two specific markers may be effective in improving the seed weight of rapeseed. This study provides a solid foundation for the identification of the causal gene of qSW.C9 and offers a promising target for the breeding of higher-yielding rapeseed.
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- Xiaohui Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Crops, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430065, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Crops, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430065, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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Viruses have evolved in tandem with the organisms that they infect. Afflictions of the plant and animal kingdoms with viral infections have forced the host organism to evolve new or exploit existing systems to develop the countermeasures needed to offset viral insults. As one example, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, a cellular quality-control mechanism ensuring the translational fidelity of mRNA transcripts, has been used to restrict virus replication in both plants and animals. In response, viruses have developed a slew of means to disrupt or become insensitive to NMD, providing researchers with potential new reagents that can be used to more fully understand the NMD mechanism.
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- Maximilian Wei-Lin Popp
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Sulkowska A, Auber A, Sikorski PJ, Silhavy DN, Auth M, Sitkiewicz E, Jean V, Merret RM, Bousquet-Antonelli CC, Kufel J. RNA Helicases from the DEA(D/H)-Box Family Contribute to Plant NMD Efficiency. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:144-157. [PMID: 31560399 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a conserved eukaryotic RNA surveillance mechanism that degrades aberrant mRNAs comprising a premature translation termination codon. The adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent RNA helicase up-frameshift 1 (UPF1) is a major NMD factor in all studied organisms; however, the complexity of this mechanism has not been fully characterized in plants. To identify plant NMD factors, we analyzed UPF1-interacting proteins using tandem affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry. Canonical members of the NMD pathway were found along with numerous NMD candidate factors, including conserved DEA(D/H)-box RNA helicase homologs of human DDX3, DDX5 and DDX6, translation initiation factors, ribosomal proteins and transport factors. Our functional studies revealed that depletion of DDX3 helicases enhances the accumulation of NMD target reporter mRNAs but does not result in increased protein levels. In contrast, silencing of DDX6 group leads to decreased accumulation of the NMD substrate. The inhibitory effect of DDX6-like helicases on NMD was confirmed by transient overexpression of RH12 helicase. These results indicate that DDX3 and DDX6 helicases in plants have a direct and opposing contribution to NMD and act as functional NMD factors.
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- Aleksandra Sulkowska
- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Gy�rgyi 4, H-2100 G�d�llő, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Gy�rgyi 4, H-2100 G�d�llő, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Gy�rgyi 4, H-2100 G�d�llő, Hungary
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Biophysics Department, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Universit� de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP58, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Universit� de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP58, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Universit� de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP58, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Ohtani M, Wachter A. NMD-Based Gene Regulation-A Strategy for Fitness Enhancement in Plants? PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:1953-1960. [PMID: 31111919 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Post-transcriptional RNA quality control is a vital issue for all eukaryotes to secure accurate gene expression, both on a qualitative and quantitative level. Among the different mechanisms, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an essential surveillance system that triggers degradation of both aberrant and physiological transcripts. By targeting a substantial fraction of all transcripts for degradation, including many alternative splicing variants, NMD has a major impact on shaping transcriptomes. Recent progress on the transcriptome-wide profiling and physiological analyses of NMD-deficient plant mutants revealed crucial roles for NMD in gene regulation and environmental responses. In this review, we will briefly summarize our current knowledge of the recognition and degradation of NMD targets, followed by an account of NMD's regulation and physiological functions. We will specifically discuss plant-specific aspects of RNA quality control and its functional contribution to the fitness and environmental responses of plants.
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- Misato Ohtani
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Physiology (imP), University of Mainz, Johannes von M�ller-Weg 6, Mainz, Germany
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Kesarwani AK, Lee HC, Ricca PG, Sullivan G, Faiss N, Wagner G, Wunderling A, Wachter A. Multifactorial and Species-Specific Feedback Regulation of the RNA Surveillance Pathway Nonsense-Mediated Decay in Plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:1986-1999. [PMID: 31368494 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) is an RNA surveillance mechanism that detects aberrant transcript features and triggers degradation of erroneous as well as physiological RNAs. Originally considered to be constitutive, NMD is now recognized to be tightly controlled in response to inherent signals and diverse stresses. To gain a better understanding of NMD regulation and its functional implications, we systematically examined feedback control of the central NMD components in two dicot and one monocot species. On the basis of the analysis of transcript features, turnover rates and steady-state levels, up-frameshift (UPF) 1, UPF3 and suppressor of morphological defects on genitalia (SMG) 7, but not UPF2, are under feedback control in both dicots. In the monocot investigated in this study, only SMG7 was slightly induced upon NMD inhibition. The detection of the endogenous NMD factor proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana substantiated a negative correlation between NMD activity and SMG7 amounts. Furthermore, evidence was provided that SMG7 is required for the dephosphorylation of UPF1. Our comprehensive and comparative study of NMD feedback control in plants reveals complex and species-specific attenuation of this RNA surveillance pathway, with critical implications for the numerous functions of NMD in physiology and stress responses.
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- Anil K Kesarwani
- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of T�bingen, Auf der Morgenstelle, 32 T�bingen, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Physiology (imP), University of Mainz, Johannes von M�ller-Weg 6, Mainz, Germany
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Lloyd JPB, Lang D, Zimmer AD, Causier B, Reski R, Davies B. The loss of SMG1 causes defects in quality control pathways in Physcomitrella patens. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:5822-5836. [PMID: 29596649 PMCID: PMC6009662 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is important for RNA quality control and gene regulation in eukaryotes. NMD targets aberrant transcripts for decay and also directly influences the abundance of non-aberrant transcripts. In animals, the SMG1 kinase plays an essential role in NMD by phosphorylating the core NMD factor UPF1. Despite SMG1 being ubiquitous throughout the plant kingdom, little is known about its function, probably because SMG1 is atypically absent from the genome of the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. By combining our previously established SMG1 knockout in moss with transcriptome-wide analysis, we reveal the range of processes involving SMG1 in plants. Machine learning assisted analysis suggests that 32% of multi-isoform genes produce NMD-targeted transcripts and that splice junctions downstream of a stop codon act as the major determinant of NMD targeting. Furthermore, we suggest that SMG1 is involved in other quality control pathways, affecting DNA repair and the unfolded protein response, in addition to its role in mRNA quality control. Consistent with this, smg1 plants have increased susceptibility to DNA damage, but increased tolerance to unfolded protein inducing agents. The potential involvement of SMG1 in RNA, DNA and protein quality control has major implications for the study of these processes in plants.
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- James P B Lloyd
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,BIOSS - Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
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Lukhovitskaya N, Ryabova LA. Cauliflower mosaic virus transactivator protein (TAV) can suppress nonsense-mediated decay by targeting VARICOSE, a scaffold protein of the decapping complex. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7042. [PMID: 31065034 PMCID: PMC6504953 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43414-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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During pathogenesis, viruses hijack the host cellular machinery to access molecules and sub-cellular structures needed for infection. We have evidence that the multifunctional viral translation transactivator/viroplasmin (TAV) protein from Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) can function as a suppressor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). TAV interacts specifically with a scaffold protein of the decapping complex VARICOSE (VCS) in the yeast two-hybrid system, and co-localizes with components of the decapping complex in planta. Notably, plants transgenic for TAV accumulate endogenous NMD-elicited mRNAs, while decay of AU-rich instability element (ARE)-signal containing mRNAs are not affected. Using an agroinfiltration-based transient assay we confirmed that TAV specifically stabilizes mRNA containing a premature termination codon (PTC) in a VCS-dependent manner. We have identified a TAV motif consisting of 12 of the 520 amino acids in the full-length sequence that is critical for both VCS binding and the NMD suppression effect. Our data suggest that TAV can intercept NMD by targeting the decapping machinery through the scaffold protein VARICOSE, indicating that 5'-3' mRNA decapping is a late step in NMD-related mRNA degradation in plants.
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- Nina Lukhovitskaya
- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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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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Szádeczky-Kardoss I, Csorba T, Auber A, Schamberger A, Nyikó T, Taller J, Orbán TI, Burgyán J, Silhavy D. The nonstop decay and the RNA silencing systems operate cooperatively in plants. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:4632-4648. [PMID: 29672715 PMCID: PMC5961432 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Translation-dependent mRNA quality control systems protect the protein homeostasis of eukaryotic cells by eliminating aberrant transcripts and stimulating the decay of their protein products. Although these systems are intensively studied in animals, little is known about the translation-dependent quality control systems in plants. Here, we characterize the mechanism of nonstop decay (NSD) system in Nicotiana benthamiana model plant. We show that plant NSD efficiently degrades nonstop mRNAs, which can be generated by premature polyadenylation, and stop codon-less transcripts, which are produced by endonucleolytic cleavage. We demonstrate that in plants, like in animals, Pelota, Hbs1 and SKI2 proteins are required for NSD, supporting that NSD is an ancient and conserved eukaryotic quality control system. Relevantly, we found that NSD and RNA silencing systems cooperate in plants. Plant silencing predominantly represses target mRNAs through endonucleolytic cleavage in the coding region. Here we show that NSD is required for the elimination of 5' cleavage product of mi- or siRNA-guided silencing complex when the cleavage occurs in the coding region. We also show that NSD and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) quality control systems operate independently in plants.
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- University Pannonia Georgikon, Festetics 7, 8360 Keszthely, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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Capitao C, Shukla N, Wandrolova A, Mittelsten Scheid O, Riha K. Functional Characterization of SMG7 Paralogs in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1602. [PMID: 30459790 PMCID: PMC6232500 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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SMG7 proteins are evolutionary conserved across eukaryotes and primarily known for their function in nonsense mediated RNA decay (NMD). In contrast to other NMD factors, SMG7 proteins underwent independent expansions during evolution indicating their propensity to adopt novel functions. Here we characterized SMG7 and SMG7-like (SMG7L) paralogs in Arabidopsis thaliana. SMG7 retained its role in NMD and additionally appears to have acquired another function in meiosis. We inactivated SMG7 by CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis and showed that, in contrast to our previous report, SMG7 is not an essential gene in Arabidopsis. Furthermore, our data indicate that the N-terminal phosphoserine-binding domain is required for both NMD and meiosis. Phenotypic analysis of SMG7 and SMG7L double mutants did not indicate any functional redundancy between the two genes, suggesting neofunctionalization of SMG7L. Finally, protein sequence comparison together with a phenotyping of T-DNA insertion mutants identified several conserved regions specific for SMG7 that may underlie its role in NMD and meiosis. This information provides a framework for deciphering the non-canonical functions of SMG7-family proteins.
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- Claudio Capitao
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Karel Riha,
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Causier B, Li Z, De Smet R, Lloyd JPB, Van de Peer Y, Davies B. Conservation of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Complex Components Throughout Eukaryotic Evolution. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16692. [PMID: 29192227 PMCID: PMC5709506 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16942-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an essential eukaryotic process regulating transcript quality and abundance, and is involved in diverse processes including brain development and plant defenses. Although some of the NMD machinery is conserved between kingdoms, little is known about its evolution. Phosphorylation of the core NMD component UPF1 is critical for NMD and is regulated in mammals by the SURF complex (UPF1, SMG1 kinase, SMG8, SMG9 and eukaryotic release factors). However, since SMG1 is reportedly missing from the genomes of fungi and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, it remains unclear how UPF1 is activated outside the metazoa. We used comparative genomics to determine the conservation of the NMD pathway across eukaryotic evolution. We show that SURF components are present in all major eukaryotic lineages, including fungi, suggesting that in addition to UPF1 and SMG1, SMG8 and SMG9 also existed in the last eukaryotic common ancestor, 1.8 billion years ago. However, despite the ancient origins of the SURF complex, we also found that SURF factors have been independently lost across the Eukarya, pointing to genetic buffering within the essential NMD pathway. We infer an ancient role for SURF in regulating UPF1, and the intriguing possibility of undiscovered NMD regulatory pathways.
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- Barry Causier
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,Department of Genetics, Genomics Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Hyperphosphorylation amplifies UPF1 activity to resolve stalls in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12434. [PMID: 27511142 PMCID: PMC4987530 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Many gene expression factors contain repetitive phosphorylation sites for single kinases, but the functional significance is poorly understood. Here we present evidence for hyperphosphorylation as a mechanism allowing UPF1, the central factor in nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), to increasingly attract downstream machinery with time of residence on target mRNAs. Indeed, slowing NMD by inhibiting late-acting factors triggers UPF1 hyperphosphorylation, which in turn enhances affinity for factors linking UPF1 to decay machinery. Mutational analyses reveal multiple phosphorylation sites contributing to different extents to UPF1 activity with no single site being essential. Moreover, the ability of UPF1 to undergo hyperphosphorylation becomes increasingly important for NMD when downstream factors are depleted. This hyperphosphorylation-dependent feedback mechanism may serve as a molecular clock ensuring timely degradation of target mRNAs while preventing degradation of non-targets, which, given the prevalence of repetitive phosphorylation among central gene regulatory factors, may represent an important general principle in gene expression. Gene expression is regulated by a range of mechanisms, including post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation. Here the authors present evidence for a feedback mechanism whereby hyperphosphorylation of UPF1 in response to delays in nonsense-mediated decay enhances recruitment of mRNA decay machinery.
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Martínez-Montiel N, Morales-Lara L, Hernández-Pérez JM, Martínez-Contreras RD. In Silico Analysis of the Structural and Biochemical Features of the NMD Factor UPF1 in Ustilago maydis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148191. [PMID: 26863136 PMCID: PMC4749658 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms regulating the accuracy of gene expression are still not fully understood. Among these mechanisms, Nonsense-mediated Decay (NMD) is a quality control process that detects post-transcriptionally abnormal transcripts and leads them to degradation. The UPF1 protein lays at the heart of NMD as shown by several structural and functional features reported for this factor mainly for Homo sapiens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This process is highly conserved in eukaryotes but functional diversity can be observed in various species. Ustilago maydis is a basidiomycete and the best-known smut, which has become a model to study molecular and cellular eukaryotic mechanisms. In this study, we performed in silico analysis to investigate the structural and biochemical properties of the putative UPF1 homolog in Ustilago maydis. The putative homolog for UPF1 was recognized in the annotated genome for the basidiomycete, exhibiting 66% identity with its human counterpart at the protein level. The known structural and functional domains characteristic of UPF1 homologs were also found. Based on the crystal structures available for UPF1, we constructed different three-dimensional models for umUPF1 in order to analyze the secondary and tertiary structural features of this factor. Using these models, we studied the spatial arrangement of umUPF1 and its capability to interact with UPF2. Moreover, we identified the critical amino acids that mediate the interaction of umUPF1 with UPF2, ATP, RNA and with UPF1 itself. Mutating these amino acids in silico showed an important effect over the native structure. Finally, we performed molecular dynamic simulations for UPF1 proteins from H. sapiens and U. maydis and the results obtained show a similar behavior and physicochemical properties for the protein in both organisms. Overall, our results indicate that the putative UPF1 identified in U. maydis shows a very similar sequence, structural organization, mechanical stability, physicochemical properties and spatial organization in comparison to the NMD factor depicted for Homo sapiens. These observations strongly support the notion that human and fungal UPF1 could perform equivalent biological activities.
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- Nancy Martínez-Montiel
- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Microbiana, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Microbiana, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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Siwaszek A, Ukleja M, Dziembowski A. Proteins involved in the degradation of cytoplasmic mRNA in the major eukaryotic model systems. RNA Biol 2015; 11:1122-36. [PMID: 25483043 DOI: 10.4161/rna.34406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The process of mRNA decay and surveillance is considered to be one of the main posttranscriptional gene expression regulation platforms in eukaryotes. The degradation of stable, protein-coding transcripts is normally initiated by removal of the poly(A) tail followed by 5'-cap hydrolysis and degradation of the remaining mRNA body by Xrn1. Alternatively, the exosome complex degrades mRNA in the 3'>5'direction. The newly discovered uridinylation-dependent pathway, which is present in many different organisms, also seems to play a role in bulk mRNA degradation. Simultaneously, to avoid the synthesis of incorrect proteins, special cellular machinery is responsible for the removal of faulty transcripts via nonsense-mediated, no-go, non-stop or non-functional 18S rRNA decay. This review is focused on the major eukaryotic cytoplasmic mRNA degradation pathways showing many similarities and pointing out main differences between the main model-species: yeast, Drosophila, plants and mammals.
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- Aleksandra Siwaszek
- a Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics ; Polish Academy of Sciences ; Warsaw , Poland
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Popp MW, Maquat LE. Attenuation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay facilitates the response to chemotherapeutics. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6632. [PMID: 25808464 PMCID: PMC4375787 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) limits the production of aberrant mRNAs containing a premature termination codon and also controls the levels of endogenous transcripts. Here we show that when human cells are treated with clinically used chemotherapeutic compounds, NMD activity declines partly as a result of the proteolytic production of a dominant-interfering form of the key NMD factor UPF1. Production of cleaved UPF1 functions to upregulate genes involved in the response to apoptotic stresses. The biological consequence is the promotion of cell death. Combined exposure of cells to a small-molecule inhibitor of NMD, NMDI-1, and the chemotherapeutic doxorubicin leads to enhanced cell death, while inhibiting UPF1 cleavage protects cells from doxorubicin challenge. We propose a model to explain why the expression levels of genes producing mRNAs of diverse structure that encode proteins of diverse function are under the purview of NMD.
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- Maximilian W Popp
- 1] Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA [2] Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA [2] Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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