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Rockefeller University Press, Journal of Cell Biology, 7(178), p. 1145-1160, 2007

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611086

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Inhibition of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) by a new chemical molecule reveals the dynamic of NMD factors in P-bodies

Journal article published in 2007 by Sébastien Durand, Nicolas Cougot, Florence Mahuteau-Betzer, Chi-Hung Nguyen, David S. Grierson, Edouard Bertrand, Jamal Tazi, Fabrice Lejeune ORCID
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Abstract

In mammals, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a quality control mechanism that degrades mRNAs harboring a premature termination codon, in order to prevent the synthesis of truncated proteins. To gain insight into NMD mechanism, we identified NMDI 1 (for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay inhibitor 1) as a small molecule inhibitor of the NMD pathway. We characterized the mode of action of this compound and demonstrated that it acts upstream of hUPF1. NMDI 1 induced the loss of interactions between hSMG5 and hUPF1 and the stabilization of hyperphosphorylated isoforms of hUPF1. Incubation of cells with NMDI 1 allowed us to demonstrate that NMD factors and mRNAs subject to NMD transit through processing bodies (P-bodies) as it is the case in yeast. The results suggest a model in which mRNA and NMD factors are sequentially recruited to P-bodies.