摘要
真核生物利用无义介导的mRNA降解 (nonsense mediatedmRNAdecay ,NMD) ,对含有提前终止密码子(prematureterminationcodons ,PTC)的异常转录产物进行快速清除 ,防止毒害性截短蛋白 (truncatedproteins)的产生 ,是真核生物重要的mRNA监视机制。NMD作用的启动与多种顺式调控元件有关 ,它们包括 :提前终止密码子的标识 ;PTC下游特定位置的序列元件 ,在酵母细胞称为DSE (downstreamsequenceelement,DSE) ,在哺乳动物细胞主要为内含子剪接依赖性序列元件 (exon exonjunction ,EEJ) ;稳定作用元件 (stabilizerelements ,STE)对NMD作用的阻抑调节 ;以及其他与NMD作用相关的序列 ,如 poly(A)延长、5′ UTR的uORF(upstreamopenreadingframe ,uORF)和程序化核糖体移码 (programmed 1ribosomalframeshift, 1PRF)信号序列等。
In eukaryotic cells,nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an effcetive mRNA surveillance mechanism that detects and degrades mRNAs with premature termination codons (PTC) and protects cells from the potentially deleterious effects of truncated proteins.Some cis-acting regulatory elements have been reported involving in NMD.They are PTC presence,PTC recongnation by downstream elements that termed as downstream sequence element (DSE) in yeast and primarily exon-exon junction (EEJ) in mammalian cells,stabilizer sequence (STE) inactivation the NMD,and other sequences correlated with NMD such as extended poly (A) in 3′ UTRs,upstream open reading frame (uORF) located in 5′ UTR and programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift (-1 PRF).Progress on cis-acting regulatory elements in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay was reviewed in this paper.
基金
国家自然科学基金项目 (编号 :3 0 3 70 776)资助~~