The exon junction complex is detected on CBP80-bound but not eIF4E-bound mRNA in mammalian cells: dynamics of mRNP remodeling

AUTOR(ES)

Lejeune, Fabrice

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

Newly spliced mRNAs in mammalian cells are characterized by a complex of proteins at exon–exon junctions. This complex recruits Upf3 and Upf2, which function in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Both Upf proteins are detected on mRNA bound by the major nuclear cap-binding proteins CBP80/CBP20 but not mRNA bound by the major cytoplasmic cap-binding protein eIF4E. These and other data indicate that NMD targets CBP80-bound mRNA during a ‘pioneer’ round of translation, but whether nuclear eIF4E also binds nascent but dead-end transcripts is unclear. Here we provide evidence that nuclear CBP80 but not nuclear eIF4E is readily detected in association with intron-containing RNA and the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II. Consistent with this evidence, we demonstrate that RNPS1, Y14, SRm160, REF/Aly, TAP, Upf3X and Upf2 are detected in the nuclear fraction on CBP80-bound but not eIF4E-bound mRNA. Each of these proteins is also detected on CBP80-bound mRNA in the cytoplasmic fraction, indicating a presence on mRNA after export. The dynamics of mRNP composition before and after mRNA export are discussed.

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