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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

PRMT5 regulates IRES-dependent translation via methylation of hnRNP A1.

Guozhen Gao, Surbhi Dhar, Mark T Bedford

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guozhen GaoDepartment of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Surbhi DharDepartment of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Mark T BedfordDepartment of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

The Functional Analysis of the Coactivator CARM1R01DK062248 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BEDFORD, MARK T. · 2002 to 2015
$4.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK062248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The type II arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 is responsible for the symmetric dimethylation of histone to generate the H3R8me2s and H4R3me2s marks, which correlate with the repression of transcription. However, the protein level of a number of genes (MEP50, CCND1, MYC, HIF1a, MTIF and CDKN1B) are reported to be downregulated by the loss of PRMT5, while their mRNA levels remain unchanged, which is counterintuitive for PRMT5's proposed role as a transcription repressor. We noticed that the majority of the genes regulated by PRMT5, at the posttranscriptional level, express mRNA containing an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Using an IRES-dependent reporter system, we established that PRMT5 facilitates the translation of a subset of IRES-containing genes. The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein, hnRNP A1, is an IRES transacting factor (ITAF) that regulates the IRES-dependent translation of Cyclin D1 and c-Myc. We showed that hnRNP A1 is methylated by PRMT5 on two residues, R218 and R225, and that this methylation facilitates the interaction of hnRNP A1 with IRES RNA to promote IRES-dependent translation. This study defines a new role for PRMT5 regulation of cellular protein levels, which goes beyond the known functions of PRMT5 as a transcription and splicing regulator.

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Internal Ribosome Entry SitesAnimalsBinding SitesCell Line, TransformedCyclin D1FibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BHumansMCF-7 CellsMethylationMiceProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesCCND1 protein, humanCyclin D1Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BInternal Ribosome Entry SitesMYC protein, humanPRMT5 protein, humanProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRNA, Messenger

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PMID28115626
PMCPMC5416833
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