An AU-rich instability element in the 3'UTR mediates an increase in mRNA stability in response to expression of a dhh1 ATPase mutant

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Susanne Kramer, Mark Carrington

Abstract

The DEAD box RNA helicase DHH1 acts as a general repressor of translation and activator of decapping but can also act specifically on individual mRNAs. In trypanosomes, DHH1 overexpression or expression of a dhh1 ATPase mutant, dhh1 DEAD:DQAD, resulted in increased or decreased stability of a small group of mRNAs, mainly encoding developmentally regulated genes. Here, four of the mRNAs affected by dhh1 DEAD:DQAD expression have been analyzed to identify cis-elements involved in dhh1 DEAD:DQAD action. For three mRNAs, the 3' UTR mediated the change in mRNA level and, in one case, both the 5' and the 3' UTR contributed. No responsive elements were detected in the protein coding sequences. One mRNA stabilized by dhh1 DEAD:DQAD expression was analyzed in more detail: deletion or mutation of an AU-rich element in the 3' UTR resulted in mRNA stabilization in the absence of dhh1 DEAD:DQAD and completely abolished the response to dhh1 DEAD:DQAD. While AU-rich instability elements have been previously shown to mediate mRNA decrease or translational exit by recruitment of DHH1, this is, to our knowledge, the first report of an AU-rich instability element that is responsible for a DHH1 mediated increase in mRNA stability. We suggest a nov...Continue Reading

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