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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Georg Stoecklin
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-44775 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Leppek Kathrin K Schott Johanna J Reitter Sonja S Poetz Fabian F Hammond Ming C MC Stoecklin Georg G
Cell 20130501 4
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is the most potent proinflammatory cytokine in mammals. The degradation of TNF-α mRNA is critical for restricting TNF-α synthesis and involves a constitutive decay element (CDE) in the 3' UTR of the mRNA. Here, we demonstrate that the CDE folds into an RNA stem-loop motif that is specifically recognized by Roquin and Roquin2. Binding of Roquin initiates degradation of TNF-α mRNA and limits TNF-α production in macrophages. Roquin proteins promote mRNA degradation b ...[more]