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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 442, Issue -, Pages 199-207Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111464
Keywords
HuR; mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR); mRNA stability; ornithine decarboxylase (ODC); rapamycin; translation initiation
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, U.S.A.
- National Institutes of Health [CA82768, CA142051, DK57819]
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Upon Ras activation, ODC (ornithine decarboxylase) is markedly induced, and numerous studies suggest that ODC expression is controlled by Ras effector pathways. ODC is therefore a potential target in the treatment and prevention of Ras-driven tumours. In the present study we compared ODC mRNA translation profiles and stability in normal and Ras12V-transformed RIE-1 (rat intestinal epithelial) cells. While translation initiation of ODC increased modestly in Ras12V cells, ODC mRNA was stabilized 8-fold. Treatment with the specific mTORC1 [mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) complex 1] inhibitor rapamycin or siRNA (small interfering RNA) knockdown of mTOR destabilized the ODC mRNA, but rapamycin had only a minor effect on ODC translation initiation. Inhibition of mTORC1 also reduced the association of the mRNA-binding protein HuR with the ODC transcript. We have shown previously that HuR binding to the ODC 3'UTR (untranslated region) results in significant stabilization of the ODC mRNA, which contains several AU-rich regions within its 3'UTR that may act as regulatory sequences. Analysis of ODC 3'UTR deletion constructs suggests that cis-acting elements between base 1969 and base 2141 of the ODC mRNA act to stabilize the ODC transcript. These experiments thus define a novel mechanism of ODC synthesis control. Regulation of ODC mRNA decay could be an important means of limiting polyamine accumulation and subsequent tumour development.
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