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ArticleNature medicine2014

Intracellular calcium regulates nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

Andrew Nickless, Erin Jackson, Jayne Marasa, Patrick Nugent, Robert W Mercer, David Piwnica-Worms, Zhongsheng You

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Article in Nature medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew NicklessDepartment of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Erin JacksonBRIGHT Institute, Molecular Imaging Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jayne MarasaBRIGHT Institute, Molecular Imaging Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Patrick NugentDepartment of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Robert W MercerDepartment of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
David Piwnica-Worms1] Department of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] BRIGHT Institute, Molecular Imaging Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [3] Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Zhongsheng YouDepartment of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USMallinckrodt (United States) · USImaging Center · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
WU-MDACC Inter-Institutional Molecular Imaging CenterP50CA094056 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOPAN, RAPHAEL · 2002 to 2016
$26.3M
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32CA113275 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Matthew J Walter · 2006 to 2026
$5.7M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DNA DAMAGE SIGNALING AND REPAIRR01GM098535 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PISTON, DAVID W · 2012 to 2025
$4.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA91842NCI NIH HHS P50 CA094056NCI NIH HHS P50 CA94056NCI NIH HHS T32 CA113275NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098535NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM098535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts containing premature translation termination codons and regulates the levels of a number of physiological mRNAs. NMD modulates the clinical outcome of a variety of human diseases, including cancer and many genetic disorders, and may represent a target for therapeutic intervention. Here, we have developed a new multicolored bioluminescence-based reporter system that can specifically and effectively assay NMD in live human cells. Using this reporter system, we conducted a robust high-throughput small-molecule screen in human cells and, unpredictably, identified a group of cardiac glycosides, including ouabain and digoxin, as potent inhibitors of NMD. Cardiac glycoside-mediated effects on NMD are dependent on binding and inhibiting the sodium-potassium ATPase on the plasma membrane and subsequent elevation of intracellular calcium levels. Induction of calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum also leads to inhibition of NMD. Thus, this study reveals intracellular calcium as a key regulator of NMD and has implications for exploiting NMD in the treatment of disease.

Indexed as

CalciumCardiac GlycosidesCell LineCell MembraneDigoxinEndoplasmic ReticulumGenes, ReporterHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansLuminescent MeasurementsNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayOuabainRNA, MessengerSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseCalciumCardiac GlycosidesDigoxinOuabainRNA, MessengerSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase

Identifiers

PMID25064126
PMCPMC4126864
OpenAlexW2167593281

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