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XB-ART-4829
RNA 2003 Sep 01;99:1157-67. doi: 10.1261/rna.5720303.
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An endonuclease activity similar to Xenopus PMR1 catalyzes the degradation of normal and nonsense-containing human beta-globin mRNA in erythroid cells.

Bremer KA , Stevens A , Schoenberg DR .


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beta-globin mRNA bearing a nonsense codon is degraded in the cytoplasm of erythroid cells by endonuclease cleavage, preferentially at UG dinucleotides. An endonuclease activity in polysomes of MEL cells cleaved beta-globin and albumin mRNA in vitro at many of the same sites as PMR1, an mRNA endonuclease purified from Xenopus liver. Stable transfection of MEL cells expressing normal human beta-globin mRNA with a plasmid vector expressing the catalytically active form of PMR1 reduced the half-life of beta-globin mRNA from 12 to 1-2 h without altering GAPDH mRNA decay. The reduced stability of beta-globin mRNA in these cells was accompanied by an increase in the production of mRNA decay products corresponding to those seen in the degradation of nonsense-containing beta-globin mRNA. Therefore, beta-globin mRNA is cleaved in vivo by an endonuclease with properties similar to PMR1. Inhibiting translation with cycloheximide stabilized nonsense-containing beta-globin mRNA, resulting in a fivefold increase in its steady-state level. Taken together, our results indicate that the surveillance of nonsense-containing beta-globin mRNA in erythroid cells is a cytoplasmic process that functions on translating mRNA, and endonucleolytic cleavage constitutes one step in the process of beta-globin mRNA decay.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: hbg1 mpo mtnr1al

References [+] :
Antoniou, Induction of Erythroid-Specific Expression in Murine Erythroleukemia (MEL) Cell Lines. 1991, Pubmed