A conserved 3'-untranslated element mediates growth regulation of DNA methyltransferase 1 and inhibits its transforming activity

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
N DetichM Szyf

Abstract

Ectopic expression of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) has been proposed to play an important role in cancer. dnmt1 mRNA is undetectable in growth-arrested cells but is induced upon entrance into the S phase of the cell cycle, and until now, the mechanisms responsible for this regulation were unknown. In this report, we demonstrate that the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of the dnmt1 mRNA can confer a growth-dependent regulation on its own message as well as a heterologous beta-globin mRNA. Our results indicate that a 54-nucleotide highly conserved element within the 3'-UTR is necessary and sufficient to mediate this regulation. Cell-free mRNA decay experiments demonstrate that this element increases mRNA turnover rates and does so to a greater extent in the presence of extracts prepared from arrested cells. A specific RNA-protein complex is formed with the 3'-UTR only in growth-arrested cells, and a UV cross-linking analysis revealed a 40-kDa protein (p40), the binding of which is dramatically increased in growth-arrested cells and is inversely correlated with dnmt1 mRNA levels as cells are induced into the cell cycle. Although ectopic expression of human DNMT1 lacking the 3'-UTR can transform NIH-3T3 cells, inclusion of the 3...Continue Reading

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