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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
The eukaryotic nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway degrades mRNAs carrying premature stop codons (PTC). In humans, NMD depends on the RNA- and DNA-dependent 5'-3' helicase UPF1 and six other gene products referred to as SMG1, UPF2, UPF3, EST1A/SMG6, EST1B/SMG5, and EST1C/SMG7. The NMD machinery is also thought to coordinate mRNA nuclear export and translation and to regulate the levels of several physiologic transcripts. Furthermore, in a process named SMD, UPF1 promotes degradation of mRNAs that are bound by Staufen 1. Intriguingly, SMG1 and EST1A/SMG6 function also in DNA repair and telomere maintenance, respectively. Here, we show that UPF1 is also required for genome stability. shRNA-mediated depletion of UPF1 causes human cells to arrest early in S phase, inducing an ATR-dependent DNA-damage response. A fraction of hyperphosphorylated UPF1 associates with chromatin of unperturbed cells, and chromatin association increases in S phase and upon gamma irradiation. ATR phosphorylates UPF1 both in vitro and in vivo, and shRNA-mediated downregulation of ATR diminished the association of UPF1 with chromatin, although it did not affect NMD. Physical interaction of UPF1 with DNA polymerase delta suggests a role for human UPF1 in DNA synthesis during replication or repair.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0960-9822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
433-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The human RNA surveillance factor UPF1 is required for S phase progression and genome stability.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 155 Chemin des Boveresses, CH-1066 Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't