Article ; Online: Discovery of a small protein-encoding cis-regulatory overlapping gene of the tumor suppressor gene Scribble in humans.
Communications biology
2021 Volume 4, Issue 1, Page(s) 1098
Abstract: Intensive gene annotation has revealed many functional and regulatory elements in the human genome. Although eukaryotic protein-coding genes are generally transcribed into monocistronic mRNAs, recent studies have discovered additional short open reading ... ...
Abstract | Intensive gene annotation has revealed many functional and regulatory elements in the human genome. Although eukaryotic protein-coding genes are generally transcribed into monocistronic mRNAs, recent studies have discovered additional short open reading frames (sORFs) in mRNAs. Here, we performed proteogenomic data mining for hidden proteins categorized into sORF-encoded polypeptides (SEPs) in human cancers. We identified a new SEP-encoding overlapping sORF (oORF) on the cell polarity determinant Scribble (SCRIB) that is considered a proto-oncogene with tumor suppressor function in Hippo-YAP/TAZ, MAPK/ERK, and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling. Reanalysis of clinical human proteomic data revealed translational dysregulation of both SCRIB and its oORF, oSCRIB, during carcinogenesis. Biochemical analyses suggested that the translatable oSCRIB constitutively limits the capacity of eukaryotic ribosomes to translate the downstream SCRIB. These findings provide a new example of cis-regulatory oORFs that function as a ribosomal roadblock and potentially serve as a fail-safe mechanism to normal cells for non-excessive downstream gene expression, which is hijacked in cancer. |
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MeSH term(s) | Cell Line, Tumor ; Humans ; Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Open Reading Frames/genetics ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Membrane Proteins ; SCRIB protein, human ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-09-17 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ISSN | 2399-3642 |
ISSN (online) | 2399-3642 |
DOI | 10.1038/s42003-021-02619-8 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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