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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
卷 26, 期 6, 页码 2419-2429出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.26.6.2419-2429.2006
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL061399, U54 HL070596, HL-R01-061399, HL-U54-070596] Funding Source: Medline
The normal expression of human beta globin is critically dependent upon the constitutively high stability of its encoding mRNA. Unlike with alpha-globin mRNA, the specific cis-acting determinants and trans-acting factors that participate in stabilizing beta-globin mRNA are poorly described. The current work uses a linker-scanning strategy to identify a previously unknown determinant of mRNA stability within the beta-globin 3' untranslated region (3'UTR). The new determinant is positioned on an mRNA half-stem opposite a pyrimidine-rich sequence targeted by alpha CP/hnRNP-E, a factor that plays a critical role in stabilizing human alpha-globin mRNA. Mutations within the new determinant destabilize beta-globin mRNA in intact cells while also ablating its 3'UTR-specitic interaction with the polyfunctional RNA-binding factor nucleolin. We speculate that 3'UTR-bound nucleolin enhances mRNA stability by optimizing alpha CP access to its functional binding site. This model is favored by in vitro evidence that alpha CP binding is enhanced both by cis-acting stem-destabilizing mutations and by the trans-acting effects of supplemental nucleolin. These studies suggest a mechanism for beta-globin mRNA stability that is related to, but distinct from, the mechanism that stabilizes human alpha-globin mRNA.
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