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ArticleeLife2016

Experimental reconstitution of chronic ER stress in the liver reveals feedback suppression of BiP mRNA expression.

Javier A Gomez, D Thomas Rutkowski

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Lipotoxicity, ER Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease: Current Understanding and Future Directions.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Javier A GomezGraduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, United States.
D Thomas RutkowskiDepartments of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6586-4449
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Predoctoral Training in the Pharmacological SciencesT32GM067795 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STRACK, STEFAN · 2004 to 2021
$3.4M
Regulation of Fatty Acid Oxidation during ER stress: mechanisms and consequencesR01GM115424 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI RUTKOWSKI, DAVID THOMAS · 2015 to 2023
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA086862NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115424NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM067795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is implicated in many chronic diseases, but very little is known about how the unfolded protein response (UPR) responds to persistent ER stress in vivo. Here, we experimentally reconstituted chronic ER stress in the mouse liver, using repeated injection of a low dose of the ER stressor tunicamycin. Paradoxically, this treatment led to feedback-mediated suppression of a select group of mRNAs, including those encoding the ER chaperones BiP and GRP94. This suppression was due to both silencing of the ATF6α pathway of UPR-dependent transcription and enhancement of mRNA degradation, possibly via regulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD). The suppression of mRNA encoding BiP was phenocopied by ectopic overexpression of BiP protein, and was also observed in obese mice. Our findings suggest that persistent cycles of UPR activation and deactivation create an altered, quasi-stable setpoint for UPR-dependent transcriptional regulation-an outcome that could be relevant to conditions such as metabolic syndrome.

Indexed as

Down-RegulationEndoplasmic Reticulum StressAnimalsEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPHeat-Shock ProteinsLiverMiceMice, ObeseRNA, MessengerTunicamycinEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPHeat-Shock ProteinsRNA, MessengerTunicamycincell biologyER stresslivermousemRNA expressionRegulated IRE1-dependent decayunfolded protein response

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PMID27938665
PMCPMC5179193
OpenAlexW2953000594

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