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SMG-1 is a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase required for nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Caenorhabditis elegans.

ABSTRACT: Eukaryotic messenger RNAs containing premature stop codons are selectively and rapidly degraded, a phenomenon termed nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Previous studies with both Caenohabditis elegans and mammalian cells indicate that SMG-2/human UPF1, a central regulator of NMD, is phosphorylated in an SMG-1-dependent manner. We report here that smg-1, which is required for NMD in C. elegans, encodes a protein kinase of the phosphatidylinositol kinase superfamily of protein kinases. We identify null alleles of smg-1 and demonstrate that SMG-1 kinase activity is required in vivo for NMD and in vitro for SMG-2 phosphorylation. SMG-1 and SMG-2 coimmunoprecipitate from crude extracts, and this interaction is maintained in smg-3 and smg-4 mutants, both of which are required for SMG-2 phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. SMG-2 is located diffusely through the cytoplasm, and its location is unaltered in mutants that disrupt the cycle of SMG-2 phosphorylation. We discuss the role of SMG-2 phosphorylation in NMD.

SUBMITTER: Grimson A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC506987 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SMG-1 is a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase required for nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Grimson Andrew A O'Connor Sean S Newman Carrie Loushin CL Anderson Philip P

Molecular and cellular biology 20040901 17

Eukaryotic messenger RNAs containing premature stop codons are selectively and rapidly degraded, a phenomenon termed nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Previous studies with both Caenohabditis elegans and mammalian cells indicate that SMG-2/human UPF1, a central regulator of NMD, is phosphorylated in an SMG-1-dependent manner. We report here that smg-1, which is required for NMD in C. elegans, encodes a protein kinase of the phosphatidylinositol kinase superfamily of protein kinases. We identif ...[more]

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Project description:Purpose: We present a genome-wide investigation to distinguish mRNA substrates directly regulated by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) from indirect secondary effects using true NMD null alleles Methods: mRNA profiles of wild type (N2), smg-1(r910), and smg-1(r910) smg-2(r915) animals were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq2000. We further performed deep sequencing in triplicate on RNAs that co-immunoprecipitate with the central effector of NMD, SMG-2, in both smg-1(r910) and smg-1(r910) smg-2(r915) mutant animals. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at both the gene level and the intron level using Tophat2 and edgeR. qRT-PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 30 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm9) and identified 16,014 transcripts in the retinas of WT and Nrl−/− mice with BWA workflow and 34,115 transcripts with TopHat workflow. RNA-seq data confirmed stable expression of 25 known housekeeping genes, and 12 of these were validated with qRT–PCR. RNA-seq data had a linear relationship with qRT–PCR for more than four orders of magnitude and a goodness of fit (R2) of 0.8798. Approximately 10% of the transcripts showed differential expression between the WT and Nrl−/− retina, with a fold change ≥1.5 and p value <0.05. Altered expression of 25 genes was confirmed with qRT–PCR, demonstrating the high degree of sensitivity of the RNA-seq method. Hierarchical clustering of differentially expressed genes uncovered several as yet uncharacterized genes that may contribute to retinal function. Data analysis with BWA and TopHat workflows revealed a significant overlap yet provided complementary insights in transcriptome profiling. Conclusions: We found that a significant portion of genes with increased expression in an NMD-deficient background are direct substrates of SMG-2. Among the list of direct targets, we find many mRNAs from pseudogenes, alternative splice isoforms harboring PTCs, mRNAs encoding RNA processing factors, and two recently expanded gene families are directly regulated by the NMD pathway.

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SMG-1 is a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase required for nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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SMG-1 is a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase required for nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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