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ArticleMolecular cell2019

Single-Molecule Imaging Uncovers Rules Governing Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay.

Tim A Hoek, Deepak Khuperkar, Rik G H Lindeboom, Stijn Sonneveld, Bram M P Verhagen, Sanne Boersma, Michiel Vermeulen, Marvin E Tanenbaum

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Article in Molecular cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tim A HoekOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Deepak KhuperkarOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Rik G H LindeboomDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen 6500 HB, the Netherlands.
Stijn SonneveldOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Bram M P VerhagenOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Sanne BoersmaOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Michiel VermeulenDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen 6500 HB, the Netherlands.
Marvin E TanenbaumOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.tanenbaum@hubrecht.eu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) is a surveillance system that degrades mRNAs containing a premature termination codon (PTC) and plays important roles in protein homeostasis and disease. The efficiency of NMD is variable, impacting the clinical outcome of genetic mutations. However, limited resolution of bulk analyses has hampered the study of NMD efficiency. Here, we develop an assay to visualize NMD of individual mRNA molecules in real time. We find that NMD occurs with equal probability during each round of translation of an mRNA molecule. However, this probability is variable and depends on the exon sequence downstream of the PTC, the PTC-to-intron distance, and the number of introns both upstream and downstream of the PTC. Additionally, a subpopulation of mRNAs can escape NMD, further contributing to variation in NMD efficiency. Our study uncovers real-time dynamics of NMD, reveals key mechanisms that influence NMD efficiency, and provides a powerful method to study NMD.

Indexed as

Codon, NonsenseExonsHumansIntronsMutationNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayRNA, MessengerRNA StabilitySingle Molecule ImagingCodon, NonsenseRNA, Messengerlive-cell imagingNMDnonsense-mediated mRNA decaypioneer round of translationsingle-molecule imagingSunTagtranslationXRN1

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PMID31155380
PMCPMC6675935

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