Brewer G
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
Mol Cell Biol. 1991 May;11(5):2460-6. doi: 10.1128/mcb.11.5.2460-2466.1991.
Transient expression of some proto-oncogenes, cytokines, and transcription factors occurs as a cellular response to growth factors, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, antigen stimulation, or inflammation. Expression of these genes is mediated in part by the rapid turnover of their mRNAs. A + U-rich elements in the 3' untranslated regions of these mRNAs serve as one recognition signal targeting the mRNAs for rapid degradation. I report the identification of a cytosolic factor that both binds to the proto-oncogene c-myc A + U-rich element and specifically destabilizes c-myc mRNA in a cell-free mRNA decay system which reconstitutes mRNA decay processes found in cells. Proteinase K treatment of the factor abolishes its c-myc mRNA degradation activity without affecting its RNA-binding capacity. Thus, RNA substrate binding and degradation appear to be separable functions. These findings should aid in understanding how the cell selectively targets mRNAs for rapid turnover.
某些原癌基因、细胞因子和转录因子的瞬时表达是细胞对生长因子、12 - O - 十四烷酰佛波醇 - 13 - 乙酸酯、抗原刺激或炎症的一种反应。这些基因的表达部分是由其mRNA的快速周转介导的。这些mRNA的3'非翻译区中富含A + U的元件作为一种识别信号,靶向这些mRNA进行快速降解。我报告了一种胞质因子的鉴定,该因子既能与原癌基因c - myc富含A + U的元件结合,又能在一个无细胞mRNA降解系统中特异性地使c - myc mRNA不稳定,该系统可重构细胞中发现的mRNA降解过程。用蛋白酶K处理该因子可消除其c - myc mRNA降解活性,而不影响其RNA结合能力。因此,RNA底物结合和降解似乎是可分离的功能。这些发现应有助于理解细胞如何选择性地靶向mRNA进行快速周转。