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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2017

Identification of the amino acids inserted during suppression of CFTR nonsense mutations and determination of their functional consequences.

Xiaojiao Xue, Venkateshwar Mutyam, Amita Thakerar, James Mobley, Robert J Bridges, Steven M Rowe, Kim M Keeling, David M Bedwell

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaojiao XueDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
Venkateshwar MutyamGregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.
Amita ThakerarDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
James MobleyDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Robert J BridgesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
Steven M RoweGregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.
Kim M KeelingDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
David M BedwellDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · USRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

XRAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA013148 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Robert S Welner · 1985 to 2026
$165.9M
UAB CF Research and Translation Core CenterP30DK072482 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI David M. Bedwell · 2007 to 2026
$23.0M
New Nonsense Suppression Drugs to Treat MPS IR21NS090928 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BEDWELL, DAVID M., KEELING, KIM MARIE · 2014 to 2015
$735k
Investigating the Effects of Reducing Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay EfficiencyR21OD019922 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KEELING, KIM MARIE · 2016 to 2017
$395k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013148NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK072482NIH HHS R21 OD019922NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS090928
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In-frame premature termination codons (PTCs) account for ∼11% of all disease-associated mutations. PTC suppression therapy utilizes small molecules that suppress translation termination at a PTC to restore synthesis of a full-length protein. PTC suppression is mediated by the base pairing of a near-cognate aminoacyl-tRNA with a PTC and subsequently, the amino acid becomes incorporated into the nascent polypeptide at the site of the PTC. However, little is known about the identity of the amino acid(s) inserted at a PTC during this process in mammalian cells, or how the surrounding sequence context influences amino acid incorporation. Here, we determined the amino acids inserted at the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) W1282X PTC (a UGA codon) in the context of its three upstream and downstream CFTR codons during G418-mediated suppression. We found that leucine, cysteine and tryptophan are inserted during W1282X suppression. Interestingly, these amino acids (and their proportions) are significantly different from those recently identified following G418-mediated suppression of the CFTR G542X UGA mutation. These results demonstrate for the first time that local mRNA sequence context plays a key role in near-cognate aminoacyl-tRNA selection during PTC suppression. We also found that some variant CFTR proteins generated by PTC suppression exhibit reduced maturation and activity, indicating the complexity of nonsense suppression therapy. However, both a CFTR corrector and potentiator enhanced activity of protein variants generated by G418-mediated suppression. These results suggest that PTC suppression in combination with CFTR modulators may be beneficial for the treatment of CF patients with PTCs.

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Codon, NonsenseAmino AcidsCodonCysteineCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorGenes, SuppressorHEK293 CellsHumansLeucineMutationProtein BiosynthesisTryptophanAmino AcidsCFTR protein, humanCodonCodon, NonsenseCysteineCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorLeucineTryptophan

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PMID28575328
PMCPMC5886253
OpenAlexW2618650759

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