Growth factor-mediated stabilization of amyloid precursor protein mRNA is mediated by a conserved 29-nucleotide sequence in the 3'-untranslated region

Lakshman E. Rajagopalan, James S. Malter

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Abstract

Using a cell-free translation system, we previously demonstrated that the turnover and translation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) mRNA was regulated by a 29-nucleotide instability element, located 200 nucleotides downstream from the stop codon. Here we have examined the regulatory role of this element in primary human capillary endothelial cells under different nutritional conditions. Optimal proliferation required a growth medium (endothelial cell growth medium) supplemented with epidermal, basic fibroblast, insulin-like, and vascular endothelial growth factors. In vitro transcribed mRNAs with the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and coding region of β-globin and the entire 3'-UTR of APP 751 were transfected into cells cultured in endothelial cell growth medium. Wild-type globin-APP mRNA containing an intact APP 3'-UTR and mutant globin-APP mRNA containing a mutated 29-nucleotide element decayed with identical half-lives (t(1/2) = 60 min). Removal of all supplemental growth factors from the culture medium significantly accelerated the decay of transfected wild-type mRNA (t( 1/2 ) = 10 min), but caused only a moderate decrease in the half-life of transfected mutant mRNA (t(1/2) = 40 min). We therefore conclude that the 29-nucleotide 3'-UTR element is an mRNA destabilizer whose function can be inhibited by inclusion of the aforementioned mixture of growth factors in the culture medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)52-59
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Neurochemistry
Volume74
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • 3'-untranslated region
  • Amy-loid protein precursor
  • Capillary endothelial cells
  • Growth factor
  • MRNA decay

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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