BACKGROUND: The Werner syndrome protein (WRN) belongs to the RecQ family of helicases and its loss of function results in the premature aging disease Werner syndrome (WS). We previously demonstrated that an early cellular change induced by WRN depletion is a posttranscriptional decrease in the levels of enzymes involved in metabolic pathways that control macromolecular synthesis and protect from oxidative stress. This metabolic shift is tolerated by normal cells but causes mitochondria dysfunction and acute oxidative stress in rapidly growing cancer cells, thereby suppressing their proliferation. RESULTS: To identify the mechanism underlying this metabolic shift, we examined global protein synthesis and mRNA nucleocytoplasmic distribution after WRN knockdown. We determined that WRN depletion in HeLa cells attenuates global protein synthesis without affecting the level of key components of the mRNA export machinery. We further observed that WRN depletion affects the nuclear export of mRNAs and demonstrated that WRN interacts with mRNA and the Nuclear RNA Export Factor 1 (NXF1). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that WRN influences the export of mRNAs from the nucleus through its interaction with the NXF1 export receptor thereby affecting cellular proteostasis. In summary, we identified a new partner and a novel function of WRN, which is especially important for the proliferation of cancer cells.

• MeSH
• buněčné jádro metabolismus   MeSH
• HeLa buňky MeSH
• helikasy RecQ genetika   MeSH
• helikáza Wernerova syndromu metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• messenger RNA genetika   MeSH
• metabolické sítě a dráhy fyziologie   MeSH
• nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
• nádory metabolismus   MeSH
• oxidace-redukce MeSH
• posttranskripční úpravy RNA fyziologie   MeSH
• proliferace buněk fyziologie   MeSH
• proteiny vázající RNA metabolismus   MeSH
• transport RNA fyziologie   MeSH
• Wernerův syndrom metabolismus   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH