Genome-Wide Assessment of AU-Rich Elements by the AREScore Algorithm

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作者
Spasic, Milan [1 ]
Friedel, Caroline C. [2 ]
Schott, Johanna [1 ]
Kreth, Jochen [1 ]
Leppek, Kathrin [1 ]
Hofmann, Sarah [1 ]
Ozgur, Sevim [1 ]
Stoecklin, Georg [1 ]
机构
[1] DKFZ ZMBH Alliance, German Canc Res Ctr, Helmholtz Jr Res Grp Posttranscript Control Gene, Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, Inst Informat, D-8000 Munich, Germany
来源
PLOS GENETICS | 2012年 / 8卷 / 01期
关键词
MESSENGER-RNA DECAY; GENE-EXPRESSION; TRISTETRAPROLIN; SEQUENCE; DEGRADATION; PROTEINS; DEADENYLATION; DROSOPHILA; COMPLEX; BINDING;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pgen.1002433
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
In mammalian cells, AU-rich elements (AREs) are well known regulatory sequences located in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of many short-lived mRNAs. AREs cause mRNAs to be degraded rapidly and thereby suppress gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. Based on the number of AUUUA pentamers, their proximity, and surrounding AU-rich regions, we generated an algorithm termed AREScore that identifies AREs and provides a numerical assessment of their strength. By analyzing the AREScore distribution in the transcriptomes of 14 metazoan species, we provide evidence that AREs were selected for in several vertebrates and Drosophila melanogaster. We then measured mRNA expression levels genome-wide to address the importance of AREs in SL2 cells derived from D. melanogaster hemocytes. Tis11, a zinc finger RNA-binding protein homologous to mammalian tristetraprolin, was found to target ARE-containing reporter mRNAs for rapid degradation in SL2 cells. Drosophila mRNAs whose expression is elevated upon knock down of Tis11 were found to have higher AREScores. Moreover high AREScores correlate with reduced mRNA expression levels on a genome-wide scale. The precise measurement of degradation rates for 26 Drosophila mRNAs revealed that the AREScore is a very good predictor of short-lived mRNAs. Taken together, this study introduces AREScore as a simple tool to identify ARE-containing mRNAs and provides compelling evidence that AREs are widespread regulatory elements in Drosophila.
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