Exon junction complex enhances translation of spliced mRNAs at multiple steps

Hyung Chul Lee, Junho Choe, Sung Gil Chi, Yoon Ki Kim

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    Abstract

    Translation of spliced mRNAs is enhanced by exon junction complex (EJC), which is deposited on mRNAs as a result of splicing. Although this phenomenon itself is well known, the underlying molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we show, using siRNAs against Y14 and eIF4AIII and spliced or intronless constructs that contain different types of internal ribosome entry sites (IRESes), that Y14 and eIF4AIII increase translation of spliced mRNAs before and after formation of the 80S ribosome complex, respectively. These results suggest that EJC modulates translation of spliced mRNA at multiple steps.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)334-340
    Number of pages7
    JournalBiochemical and biophysical research communications
    Volume384
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Jul 3

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    We thank L.E. Maquat, N. Sonenberg, R. Reed, G. Dreyfuss, and P. Sarnow for antibodies and plasmids. This work was supported by a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (A062356), the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2009-0078061), and the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2008-314-C00247).

    Keywords

    • Exon junction complex
    • Internal ribosome entry site
    • Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
    • Splicing
    • Y14
    • eIF4AIII

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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