ADAR1 controls apoptosis of stressed cells by inhibiting Staufen1-mediated mRNA decay

Autor: Kazuko Nishikura, Andrew V. Kossenkov, Chunzi Song, Hsin Yao Tang, David W. Speicher, Emmanuel Skordalakes, Hiromitsu Ota, Jayamanna Wickramasinghe, Louise C. Showe, Masayuki Sakurai, Yusuke Shiromoto
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature structural & molecular biology
ISSN: 1545-9985
1545-9993
Popis: Both p150 and p110 isoforms of ADAR1 convert adenosine to inosine in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). ADAR1p150 suppresses the dsRNA-sensing mechanism that activates MDA5-MAVS-IFN signaling in the cytoplasm. In contrast, the biological function of the ADAR1p110 isoform, which is usually located in the nucleus, is largely unknown. Here, we show that stress-activated phosphorylation of ADAR1p110 by MKK6-p38-MSK MAP kinases promotes its binding to Exportin-5 and its export from the nucleus. After translocating to the cytoplasm, ADAR1p110 suppresses apoptosis in stressed cells by protecting many antiapoptotic gene transcripts that contain 3'-untranslated-region dsRNA structures primarily comprising inverted Alu repeats. ADAR1p110 competitively inhibits binding of Staufen1 to the 3'-untranslated-region dsRNAs and antagonizes Staufen1-mediated mRNA decay. Our study reveals a new stress-response mechanism in which human ADAR1p110 and Staufen1 regulate surveillance of a set of mRNAs required for survival of stressed cells.
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