1. Modulation of nonsense mediated decay by rapamycin
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Martinez-Nunez, Rocio T, Wallace, Andrew, Coyne, Doyle, Jansson, Linnea, Rush, Miles, Ennajdaoui, Hanane, Katzman, Sol, Bailey, Joanne, Deinhardt, Katrin, Sanchez-Elsner, Tilman, and Sanford, Jeremy R
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Biological Sciences ,Stem Cell Research ,Genetics ,Underpinning research ,1.1 Normal biological development and functioning ,Alternative Splicing ,Codon ,Nonsense ,Eukaryotic Initiation Factors ,HEK293 Cells ,Humans ,Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay ,Phosphoproteins ,Polyribosomes ,RNA Helicases ,RNA Isoforms ,RNA ,Messenger ,Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors ,Sirolimus ,Trans-Activators ,Environmental Sciences ,Information and Computing Sciences ,Developmental Biology ,Biological sciences ,Chemical sciences ,Environmental sciences - Abstract
Rapamycin is a naturally occurring macrolide whose target is at the core of nutrient and stress regulation in a wide range of species. Despite well-established roles as an inhibitor of cap-dependent mRNA translation, relatively little is known about its effects on other modes of RNA processing. Here, we characterize the landscape of rapamycin-induced post-transcriptional gene regulation. Transcriptome analysis of rapamycin-treated cells reveals genome-wide changes in alternative mRNA splicing and pronounced changes in NMD-sensitive isoforms. We demonstrate that despite well-documented attenuation of cap-dependent mRNA translation, rapamycin can augment NMD of certain transcripts. Rapamycin-treatment significantly reduces the levels of both endogenous and exogenous Premature Termination Codon (PTC)-containing mRNA isoforms and its effects are dose-, UPF1- and 4EBP-dependent. The PTC-containing SRSF6 transcript exhibits a shorter half-life upon rapamycin-treatment as compared to the non-PTC isoform. Rapamycin-treatment also causes depletion of PTC-containing mRNA isoforms from polyribosomes, underscoring the functional relationship between translation and NMD. Enhanced NMD activity also correlates with an enrichment of the nuclear Cap Binding Complex (CBC) in rapamycin-treated cells. Our data demonstrate that rapamycin modulates global RNA homeostasis by NMD.
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- 2017