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Mol Cell Biol. 1990 December; 10(12): 6132-6140

Poly(A) tail shortening is the translation-dependent step in c-myc mRNA degradation.

I A Laird-Offringa, C L de Wit, P Elfferich and A J van der Eb

Laboratory for Molecular Carcinogenesis, Sylvius Laboratories, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT

The highly unstable c-myc mRNA has been shown to be stabilized in cells treated with protein synthesis inhibitors. We have studied this phenomenon in an effort to gain more insight into the degradation pathway of this mRNA. Our results indicate that the stabilization of c-myc mRNA in the absence of translation can be fully explained by the inhibition of translation-dependent poly(A) tail shortening. This view is based on the following observations. First, the normally rapid shortening of the c-myc poly(A) tail was slowed down by a translation block. Second, c-myc messengers which carry a short poly(A) tail, as a result of prolonged actinomycin D or 3'-deoxyadenosine treatment, were not stabilized by the inhibition of translation. We propose that c-myc mRNA degradation proceeds in at least two steps. The first step is the shortening of long poly(A) tails. This step requires ongoing translation and thus is responsible for the delay in mRNA degradation observed in the presence of protein synthesis inhibitors. The second step involves rapid degradation of the body of the mRNA, possibly preceded by the removal of the short remainder of the poly(A) tail. This last step is independent of translation.

Mol Cell Biol. 1990 December; 10(12): 6132-6140




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