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ArticleeLife2025

eIF3 engages with 3'-UTR termini of highly translated mRNAs.

Santi Mestre-Fos, Lucas Ferguson, Marena I Trinidad, Nicholas T Ingolia, Jamie H D Cate

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 authors.

Santi Mestre-FosInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-2344
Lucas FergusonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Marena I TrinidadInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Nicholas T IngoliaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-1545
Jamie H D CateInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-7902

Funding

The Role of the Ribosome in the Accuracy of TranslationR01GM065050 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CATE, JAMIE H · 2001 to 2022
$7.4M
Human genetic supplementation without donor DNA or a DNA breakDP1HL156819 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI COLLINS, KATHLEEN · 2020 to 2024
$5.8M
Mechanisms of Translation Control in HumansR35GM148352 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI JAMIE H CATE · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Diverse and dynamically regulated mRNP composition regulating translationR01GM139008 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NICHOLAS T INGOLIA · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine EDUC4-12790NHLBI NIH HHS DP1 HL156819NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065050NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM139008NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148352NIH HHS DP1-HL156819NIH HHS R01-GM065050NIH HHS R01-GM139008NIH HHS R35-GM148352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell differentiation involves a global increase in protein synthesis to meet the demands of specialized cell types. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this translational burst and the involvement of initiation factors remains largely unknown. Here, we investigate the role of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) in early differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived neural progenitor cells (NPCs). Using Quick-irCLIP and alternative polyadenylation (APA) Seq, we show eIF3 crosslinks predominantly with 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) termini of multiple mRNA isoforms, adjacent to the poly(A) tail. Furthermore, we find that eIF3 engagement at 3'-UTR ends is dependent on polyadenylation. High eIF3 crosslinking at 3'-UTR termini of mRNAs correlates with high translational activity, as determined by ribosome profiling, but not with translational efficiency. The results presented here show that eIF3 engages with 3'-UTR termini of highly translated mRNAs, likely reflecting a general rather than specific regulatory function of eIF3, and supporting a role of mRNA circularization in the mechanisms governing mRNA translation.

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3' Untranslated RegionsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-3Neural Stem CellsProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerCell DifferentiationHumansPluripotent Stem CellsPolyadenylation3' Untranslated RegionsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-3RNA, Messenger3'-UTRbiochemistrycell biologychemical biologyeIF3humanprotein synthesisquick-irCLIPribosome profiling

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PMID39879133
PMCPMC11778930

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