Journal
RNA BIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 1726-1740Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/rna.26562
Keywords
5 non-coding region; 5 untranslated region; RNA structure; p53 isoform; p53 mRNA; translation initiation
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- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [NN301272037]
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Recently, we have determined the secondary structure of the 5-terminal region of p53 mRNA that starts from the P1 transcription initiation site and includes two major translation initiation codons responsible for the synthesis of p53 and Np53 isoform. Here, we showed that when this region was extended into 5 direction to the P0 transcription start site, the two characteristic hairpin motifs found in this region were preserved. Moreover, the presence of alternatively spliced intron 2 did not interfere with the formation of the larger hairpin in which the initiation codon for p53 was embedded. The impact of the different variants of p53 5-terminal region, which start at P0 or P1 site and end with the initiation codon for p53 or Np53, on the translation of luciferase reporter protein was compared. Strikingly, the efficiency of translation performed in rabbit reticulocyte lysate differed by two orders of magnitude. The toe-printing analysis was also applied to investigate the formation of the ribosomal complex on the model mRNA constructs. The relative translation efficiencies in HeLa and MCF-7 cells were similar to those observed in the cell lysate, although some differences were noted in comparison with cell-free conditions. The results were discussed in terms of the role of secondary structure folding of the 5-terminal region of p53 mRNA in translation and possible modes of p53 and Np53 translation initiation.
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