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Caspase-mediated cleavage of RNA-binding protein HuR regulates c-Myc protein expression after hypoxic stress.

ABSTRACT: Altered expression of RNA-binding proteins modulates gene expression in association with mRNAs encoding many proto-oncogenes, cytokines, chemokines, and proinflammatory factors. Hu antigen R (HuR), a ubiquitously expressed protein, controls a range of cellular functions such as tumor progression, apoptosis, invasion, and metastasis by stabilizing the AU-rich element located at the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of target mRNAs. Although significant progress has been made in understanding HuR regulation in gene expression, little is known about how HuR undergoes post-translational modifications and recruits target mRNAs during hypoxic stress. Here, we report that during CoCl(2)-induced hypoxic stress, HuR is significantly overexpressed and undergoes caspase-dependent cleavage in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells. Unexpectedly, the HuR-cleavage product 1 (HuR-CP1) was found to strongly associate with the 3'-UTR of c-myc mRNA and block mRNA translation. The binding efficiency of HuR to the 3'-UTR of c-myc mRNA was confirmed using ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation and site-directed mutagenesis at the AU-rich element sequences of the c-myc mRNA. Overexpression of a non-cleavable isoform, HuR-D226A, revealed a potent dominant-negative effect, repressing cleavage of endogenous HuR and promoting cell viability. Surprisingly, under hypoxia, siRNA knockdown of HuR elevated c-Myc protein expression. These findings suggest an important role for HuR in hypoxia, and we may have revealed a novel post-transcriptional mechanism that controls c-Myc expression in oral cancer progression.

SUBMITTER: Talwar S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3173192 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Caspase-mediated cleavage of RNA-binding protein HuR regulates c-Myc protein expression after hypoxic stress.

Talwar Sudha S Jin Junfei J Carroll Brittany B Liu Angen A Gillespie Marion Boyd MB Palanisamy Viswanathan V

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110727 37

Altered expression of RNA-binding proteins modulates gene expression in association with mRNAs encoding many proto-oncogenes, cytokines, chemokines, and proinflammatory factors. Hu antigen R (HuR), a ubiquitously expressed protein, controls a range of cellular functions such as tumor progression, apoptosis, invasion, and metastasis by stabilizing the AU-rich element located at the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of target mRNAs. Although significant progress has been made in understanding HuR regul ...[more]

PMID: 21795698

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Caspase-mediated cleavage of RNA-binding protein HuR regulates c-Myc protein expression after hypoxic stress.

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Caspase-mediated cleavage of RNA-binding protein HuR regulates c-Myc protein expression after hypoxic stress.

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