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Mol. Cell. Biol., Jan 1998, 58-68, Vol 18, No. 1
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology

Potential Alu function: regulation of the activity of double-stranded RNA-activated kinase PKR

WM Chu, R Ballard, BW Carpick, BR Williams and CW Schmid
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.

Cell stress, viral infection, and translational inhibition increase the abundance of human Alu RNA, suggesting that the level of these transcripts is sensitive to the translational state of the cell. To determine whether Alu RNA functions in translational homeostasis, we investigated its role in the regulation of double-stranded RNA- activated kinase PKR. We found that overexpression of Alu RNA by cotransient transfection increased the expression of a reporter construct, which is consistent with an inhibitory effect on PKR. Alu RNA formed stable, discrete complexes with PKR in vitro, bound PKR in vivo, and antagonized PKR activation both in vitro and in vivo. Alu RNAs produced by either overexpression or exposure of cells to heat shock bound PKR, whereas transiently overexpressed Alu RNA antagonized virus-induced activation of PKR in vivo. Cycloheximide treatment of cells decreased PKR activity, coincident with an increase in Alu RNA. These observations suggest that the increased levels of Alu RNAs caused by cellular exposure to different stresses regulate protein synthesis by antagonizing PKR activation. This provides a functional role for mammalian short interspersed elements, prototypical junk DNA.


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