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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

Membrane-dependent relief of translation elongation arrest on pseudouridine- and N1-methyl-pseudouridine-modified mRNAs.

Yuri V Svitkin, Anne-Claude Gingras, Nahum Sonenberg

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuri V SvitkinDepartment of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3819-2143
Anne-Claude GingrasLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1×5, Canada.
Nahum SonenbergDepartment of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada.
McGill University · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP-7214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression of therapeutically important proteins has benefited dramatically from the advent of chemically modified mRNAs that feature decreased lability and immunogenicity. This had a momentous effect on the rapid development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Incorporation of the naturally occurring pseudouridine (Ψ) or N1-methyl-pseudouridine (N1mΨ) into in vitro transcribed mRNAs prevents the activation of unwanted immune responses by blocking eIF2α phosphorylation, which inhibits translation. Here, we report that Ψs in luciferase (Luc) mRNA exacerbate translation pausing in nuclease-untreated rabbit reticulocyte lysate (uRRL) and promote the formation of high-order-ribosome structures. The major deceleration of elongation occurs at the Ψ-rich nucleotides 1294-1326 of Ψ-Luc mRNA and results in premature termination of translation. The impairment of translation is mainly due to the shortage of membranous components. Supplementing uRRL with canine microsomal membranes (CMMs) relaxes the impediments to ribosome movement, resolves collided ribosomes, and greatly enhances full-size luciferase production. CMMs also strongly stimulated an extremely inefficient translation of N1mΨ-Luc mRNA in uRRL. Evidence is presented that translational pausing can promote membrane recruitment of polysomes with nascent polypeptides that lack a signal sequence. Our results highlight an underappreciated role of membrane binding to polysomes in the prevention of ribosome collision and premature release of nascent polypeptides.

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COVID-19Peptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalPseudouridineRNA, MessengerAnimalsDogsIntracellular MembranesIn Vitro TechniquesPeptidesRabbits1-methylpseudouridinePeptidesPseudouridineRNA, Messenger

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PMID34933339
PMCPMC9303281
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