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Proliferating Cells Express mRNAs with Shortened 3' Untranslated Regions and Fewer MicroRNA Target Sites
Rickard Sandberg,1*
Joel R. Neilson,2*
Arup Sarma,3
Phillip A. Sharp,1,2
Christopher B. Burge1
Abstract:
Messenger RNA (mRNA) stability, localization, and translationare largely determined by sequences in the 3' untranslated region(3'UTR). We found a conserved increase in expression of mRNAsterminating at upstream polyadenylation sites after activationof primary murine CD4+ T lymphocytes. This program, resultingin shorter 3'UTRs, is a characteristic of gene expression duringimmune cell activation and correlates with proliferation acrossdiverse cell types and tissues. Forced expression of full-length3'UTRs conferred reduced protein expression. In some cases thereduction in protein expression could be reversed by deletionof predicted microRNA target sites in the variably includedregion. Our data indicate that gene expression is coordinatelyregulated, such that states of increased proliferation are associatedwith widespread reductions in the 3'UTR-based regulatory capacityof mRNAs.
1 Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 2 Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 3 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
* These authors contributed equally to this work.
Present address: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, KarolinskaInstitutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sharppa{at}mit.edu (P.A.S.); cburge{at}mit.edu (C.B.B.)
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