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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2011

Identification of DHX33 as a mediator of rRNA synthesis and cell growth.

Yandong Zhang, Jason T Forys, Alexander P Miceli, Abigail S Gwinn, Jason D Weber

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yandong ZhangBRIGHT Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Jason T Forys
Alexander P Miceli
Abigail S Gwinn
Jason D Weber
Molecular Oncology (United States) · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
INTEGRATION OF ONCOGENIC SIGNALS BY THE NUCLEOLAR ARF-NPM NETWORKR01CA120436 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WEBER, JASON · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA120436NCI NIH HHS R01 CA120436NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32 GM007067NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this report, we employed a lentiviral RNA interference screen to discover nucleolar DEAD/DEAH-box helicases involved in RNA polymerase I (Pol I)-mediated transcriptional activity. Our screen identified DHX33 as an important modulator of 47S rRNA transcription. We show that DHX33 is a cell cycle-regulated nucleolar protein that associates with ribosomal DNA (rDNA) loci, where it interacts with the RNA Pol I transcription factor upstream binding factor (UBF). DHX33 knockdown decreased the association of Pol I with rDNA and caused a dramatic decrease in levels of rRNA synthesis. Wild-type DHX33 overexpression, but not a DNA binding-defective mutant, enhanced 47S rRNA synthesis by promoting the association of RNA polymerase I with rDNA loci. In addition, an NTPase-defective DHX33 mutant (K94R) acted as a dominant negative mutant, inhibiting endogenous rRNA synthesis. Moreover, DHX33 deficiency in primary human fibroblasts triggered a nucleolar p53 stress response, resulting in an attenuation of proliferation. Thus, we show the mechanistic importance of DHX33 in rRNA transcription and proliferation.

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Cell ProliferationAnimalsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell NucleolusCells, CulturedCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21DEAD-box RNA HelicasesGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMiceMutation, MissenseNucleolus Organizer RegionPol1 Transcription Initiation Complex ProteinsPrimary Cell CultureProtein BindingProtein SubunitsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21DEAD-box RNA HelicasesDHX33 protein, humanPol1 Transcription Initiation Complex ProteinsProtein SubunitsRNA Polymerase IRNA, RibosomalTP53 protein, humantranscription factor UBFTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID21930779
PMCPMC3232920
OpenAlexW2074476406

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