Cho Sungchan, Park Sung Mi, Kim Tae Don, Kim Jong Heon, Kim Kyong-Tai, Jang Sung Key
Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja Dong, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Jan;27(1):368-83. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00814-06. Epub 2006 Oct 30.
TheBiP protein, a stress response protein, plays an important role in the proper folding and assembly of nascent protein and in the scavenging of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen. Translation of BiP is directed by an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in the 5' nontranslated region of the BiP mRNA. BiP IRES activity increases when cells are heat stressed. Here we report that NSAP1 specifically enhances the IRES activity of BiP mRNA by interacting with the IRES element. Overexpression of NSAP1 in 293T cells increased the IRES activity of BiP mRNA, whereas knockdown of NSAP1 by small interfering RNA (siRNA) reduced the IRES activity of BiP mRNA. The amount of NSAP1 bound to the BiP IRES increased under heat stress conditions, and the IRES activity of BiP mRNA was increased. Moreover, the increase in BiP IRES activity with heat treatment was not observed in cells lacking NSAP1 after siRNA treatment. BiP mRNAs were redistributed from the heavy polysome to the light polysome in NSAP1 knockdown cells. Together, these data indicate that NSAP1 modulates IRES-dependent translation of BiP mRNA through an RNA-protein interaction under heat stress conditions.
BiP蛋白是一种应激反应蛋白,在新生蛋白质的正确折叠和组装以及内质网腔中错误折叠蛋白质的清除过程中发挥着重要作用。BiP的翻译由BiP mRNA 5'非翻译区中的内部核糖体进入位点(IRES)指导。当细胞受到热应激时,BiP IRES活性会增加。在此我们报告,NSAP1通过与IRES元件相互作用特异性增强BiP mRNA的IRES活性。在293T细胞中过表达NSAP1可增加BiP mRNA的IRES活性,而通过小干扰RNA(siRNA)敲低NSAP1则会降低BiP mRNA的IRES活性。在热应激条件下,与BiP IRES结合的NSAP1量增加,且BiP mRNA的IRES活性增强。此外,在siRNA处理后缺乏NSAP1的细胞中未观察到热处理导致的BiP IRES活性增加。在NSAP1敲低的细胞中,BiP mRNA从重多核糖体重新分布到轻多核糖体。总之,这些数据表明,在热应激条件下,NSAP1通过RNA-蛋白质相互作用调节BiP mRNA的IRES依赖性翻译。