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Nucleolin facilitates nuclear retention of an ultraconserved region containing TRA2?4 and accelerates colon cancer cell growth.

ABSTRACT: Transcribed-ultraconserved regions (T-UCRs), which contain conserved sequences with 100% identity across human, rat and mouse species, are a novel category of functional RNAs. The human transformer 2? gene (TRA2B) encodes a UCR that spans exon 2 (276 bp) and its neighboring introns. Among five spliced RNA variants (TRA2?1-5) transcribed from the TRA2B gene, only TRA2?4 contains the conserved exon 2. TRA2?4 is overexpressed in colon cancer cells and accelerates cell growth by blocking the transcription of CDKN1A. However, the mechanisms underlying the overexpression of TRA2?4 in colon cancer cells are unknown. Using biotinylated RNA pull-down assays followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis, we identified nucleolin as a TRA2?4-binding protein. Knockdown of nucleolin reduced the nuclear retention of TRA2?4 and accelerated its degradation in the cytoplasm, whereas nucleolin overexpression increased TRA2?4 levels and its mitogenic activity. Nucleolin directly bound to TRA2?4 exon 2 via the glycine/arginine-rich (GAR) domain. Overexpression of GAR-deficient nucleolin failed to increase TRA2?4 expression and growth of colon cancer cells. RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization showed that TRA2?4 co-localized with nucleolin in nuclei but not with the mutant lacking GAR. Our results suggest that specific interactions between nucleolin and UCR-containing TRA2?4 may be associated with abnormal growth of colon cancer cells.

SUBMITTER: Satake Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003563 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nucleolin facilitates nuclear retention of an ultraconserved region containing TRA2β4 and accelerates colon cancer cell growth.

Satake Yuzuru Y Kuwano Yuki Y Nishikawa Tatsuya T Fujita Kinuyo K Saijo Saki S Itai Miki M Tanaka Hiroki H Nishida Kensei K Rokutan Kazuhito K

Oncotarget 20180601 42

Transcribed-ultraconserved regions (T-UCRs), which contain conserved sequences with 100% identity across human, rat and mouse species, are a novel category of functional RNAs. The human transformer 2β gene (TRA2B) encodes a UCR that spans exon 2 (276 bp) and its neighboring introns. Among five spliced RNA variants (TRA2β1-5) transcribed from the TRA2B gene, only TRA2β4 contains the conserved exon 2. TRA2β4 is overexpressed in colon cancer cells and accel ...[more]

PMID: 29928487

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Nucleolin facilitates nuclear retention of an ultraconserved region containing TRA2?4 and accelerates colon cancer cell growth.

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Nucleolin facilitates nuclear retention of an ultraconserved region containing <i>TRA2β4</i> and accelerates colon cancer cell growth.

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