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An AU-rich stem-loop structure is a critical feature of the perinuclear localization signal of c-myc mRNA.


ABSTRACT: In eukaryotic cells, several mRNAs including those of c-myc and c-fos are localized to the perinuclear cytoplasm and associated with the cytoskeleton. The localization element of c-myc mRNA is present within its 3'UTR (3'-untranslated region) but the precise nature of this signal has remained unidentified. Chemical/enzymatic cleavage with RNases (ribonucleases) and lead have identified single-stranded and double-stranded regions in RNA transcripts of nucleotides 194-280 of the c-myc 3'UTR. Combined with computer predicted structure these results indicate that this region folds so that part of it forms a stem-loop structure. A mutation, that has been previously shown to prevent localization, leads to a different secondary RNA structure in this region as indicated by altered cleavage patterns. Competitive gel-retardation assays, using labelled transcripts corresponding to nucleotides 205-280 of c-myc 3'UTR, and fibroblast extracts revealed that the stem-loop region was sufficient for RNA-protein complex formation. In situ hybridization studies in cells transfected with reporter constructs, in which all or parts of the region corresponding to this stem-loop were linked to beta-globin, indicated that this region was sufficient for localization and that deletion of the nucleotides corresponding to the proposed upper-stem or terminal loop prevented localization. Our hypothesis is that an AU-rich stem-loop structure within nt 222-267 in the c-myc 3'UTR forms the perinuclear localization signal. Bioinformatic analysis suggests that this signal shares features with 3'UTRs of other localized mRNAs and that these features may represent a conserved form of signal in mRNA localization mechanisms.

SUBMITTER: Chabanon H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1316286 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An AU-rich stem-loop structure is a critical feature of the perinuclear localization signal of c-myc mRNA.

Chabanon Hervé H   Mickleburgh Ian I   Burtle Brian B   Pedder Christopher C   Hesketh John J  

The Biochemical journal 20051201 Pt 3


In eukaryotic cells, several mRNAs including those of c-myc and c-fos are localized to the perinuclear cytoplasm and associated with the cytoskeleton. The localization element of c-myc mRNA is present within its 3'UTR (3'-untranslated region) but the precise nature of this signal has remained unidentified. Chemical/enzymatic cleavage with RNases (ribonucleases) and lead have identified single-stranded and double-stranded regions in RNA transcripts of nucleotides 194-280 of the c-myc 3'UTR. Combi  ...[more]

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