scholarly journals The perplexities of ZC3H12A self-mRNA regulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Wawro ◽  
Jakub Kochan ◽  
Aneta Kasza

The mechanisms regulating transcripts turnover are key processes in the regulation of gene expression. The list of proteins involved in mRNAs degradation is still growing, however, the details of RNase-mRNAs interaction are not fully understood. ZC3H12A is a recently discovered inflammation-related RNase engaged in the control of proinflammatory cytokines transcripts turnover. ZC3H12A regulates also its own transcript half-live. We studied the details of this regulation. Our results confirm the importance of the 3’UTR in ZC3H12A-dependent ZC3H12A mRNA degradations. We compared mouse and human stem‑loop structures present in this region and discovered that human conserved stem-loop structure is not sufficient for ZC3H12A-dependent degradation. However, this structure is important for ZC3H12A mRNA post-transcriptional regulation. Our studies emphasize the importance of surroundings of the identified stem-loop structure for its biological activity. Removing of this region together with stem-loop structure greatly inhibits ZC3H12A regulation of the investigated 3’-untranslated region (3’UTR).

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoto Tsuda ◽  
Ayumi Matsumoto ◽  
Aya Ito ◽  
Tomomi Uneda ◽  
Atsuhiro Tanabe ◽  
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Methods ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard D. Lipshitz ◽  
Julie M. Claycomb ◽  
Craig A. Smibert

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Loh ◽  
Aung Soe Lin ◽  
Amber C. Beckett ◽  
Mark S. McClain ◽  
Timothy L. Cover

ABSTRACTHelicobacter pyloriCagA is a secreted effector protein that contributes to gastric carcinogenesis. Previous studies showed that there is variation amongH. pyloristrains in the steady-state levels of CagA and that a strain-specific motif downstream of thecagAtranscriptional start site (the +59 motif) is associated with both high levels of CagA and premalignant gastric histology. ThecagA5′ untranslated region contains a predicted stem-loop-forming structure adjacent to the +59 motif. In the current study, we investigated the effect of the +59 motif and the adjacent stem-loop oncagAtranscript levels andcagAmRNA stability. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we found that mutations predicted to disrupt the stem-loop structure resulted in decreased steady-state levels of both thecagAtranscript and the CagA protein. Additionally, these mutations resulted in a decreasedcagAmRNA half-life. Mutagenesis of the +59 motif without altering the stem-loop structure resulted in reduced steady-statecagAtranscript and CagA protein levels but did not affectcagAtranscript stability.cagAtranscript stability was not affected by increased sodium chloride concentrations, an environmental factor known to augmentcagAtranscript levels and CagA protein levels. These results indicate that both a predicted stem-loop structure and a strain-specific +59 motif in thecagA5′ untranslated region influence the levels ofcagAexpression.


2003 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Bevilacqua ◽  
Maria Cristina Ceriani ◽  
Sergio Capaccioli ◽  
Angelo Nicolin

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