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(A) Schematic representation of the two methods applied to map regions which are accessi... more (A) Schematic representation of the two methods applied to map regions which are accessible to oligonucleotide hybridization. Thick grey lines—complementary oligomers hybridized to RNA; star—radioactive label; dashed arrow—a direction of primer extension; triangle—a site of RNase H induced RNA cleavage. Grey or black lines with an arrow at the end—dsDNA or RNA products of the procedures, respectively. (B) Analysis of Reverse Transcription with Random Oligonucleotide Libraries (RT-ROL) products by sequencing gel electrophoresis. The RT-ROL products were generated with 8- and 12-mer libraries followed by PCR amplification with the radiolabeled RNA-specific primers and the tag primer. Lanes: (-)—reaction control without DNA library; A, G, U, C—RNA sequencing lines; 8—random 8-mer library; 12—random 12-mer library; a—reactions in the presence of the antitag-oligomer. Selected nucleotide residues are labeled on the left. Figure shows a typical autoradiogram. The other autoradiograms are shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0136395#pone.0136395.s001" target="_blank">S1 Fig</a>. (C) Cleavage sites induced by RNase H in the presence of semi-random libraries of deoxynucleotide 6-mers: a, c, t, or g. The reactions were carried out at 37°C for 10 and 30 min with the 5'-end-32P-labeled 5’UTRcvb3 RNA: Lanes: (-)—reaction control without DNA library; L—formamide ladder; T1—limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. Selected guanine residues are labeled on the left. The short and long run of the gel is shown.</p

Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the high... more Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the highly conserved 98-base sequence at the 3′ end of HCV RNA genome and the complementary sequence located at the 5′ end of the replicative viral strand"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(2):693-703.Published online 28 Jan 2005PMCID:PMC548360.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved () Autoradiograms of cleavage of the RNA X(−). The reactions were carried out with [5′-P]labeled RNAs at 37°C with 0.5, 1 and 2 mM Pb ions for 10 min or for 5, 15 and 30 min with ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1. Lanes: Ci, reaction control; L, formamide ladder; T, limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. Guanine residues are labeled on the right. The short and long runs of the gels are shown. () Cleavages induced in the RNA X(−) and oligomers: SL3(−) and SL2(−) by Pb ions (left panel), ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1. Cleavages are displayed on the secondary structure models, which are most consistent with experimental data. Relative intensities of Pb cleavages are marked as follows: dotted lines, weak; lines, strong; black triangles, very strong cleavages. Enzymatic cleavages are denoted by dotted lines, lines or arrows, corresponding to weak, strong and very strong cleavages, respectively. The symbols are additionally marked with open circles or short, perpendicular lines, for RNase T1 and nuclease S1 cleavages, respectively.

Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the high... more Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the highly conserved 98-base sequence at the 3′ end of HCV RNA genome and the complementary sequence located at the 5′ end of the replicative viral strand"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(2):693-703.Published online 28 Jan 2005PMCID:PMC548360.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved () Autoradiograms of cleavage of the RNA X(+). The reactions were carried out with [5′-P]labeled RNA at 37°C with 0.5, 1 and 2 mM Pb ions for 10 min or for 5, 15 and 30 min with ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1. Lanes: Ci, reaction control; L, formamide ladder; T, limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. Guanine residues are labeled on the right. For probing with Pb, the short and long run of the gel is shown. () Cleavages induced in the RNA X(+) and oligomers: SL3, SL2 and SL2ab by Pb ions (left panel), ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1 (right panel). Cleavages are displayed on the secondary structure models, which are most consistent with experimental data. Relative intensities of Pb cleavages are marked as follows: dotted lines, weak; lines, strong; black triangles, very strong cleavages. Enzymatic cleavages are denoted by dotted lines, lines or arrows, corresponding to weak, strong and very strong cleavages, respectively. The symbols are additionally marked with open circles or short, perpendicular lines, for RNase T1 and nuclease S1 cleavages, respectively.

Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the high... more Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the highly conserved 98-base sequence at the 3′ end of HCV RNA genome and the complementary sequence located at the 5′ end of the replicative viral strand"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(2):693-703.Published online 28 Jan 2005PMCID:PMC548360.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved () Probing of adenine residues with DEPC and cytosine residues with DMS; [3′-P]end-labeled RNA was used. Lanes: Ci, reaction control; L, formamide ladder; T, limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. In the autoradiogram the modified residues are marked with dots and guanine residues are labeled on the right. ( and ) Correlation of the predicted secondary structures with the experimental data. Relative intensities of strong, weak and very weak modification of adenine residues with DEPC and cytosine residues with DMS are marked by circles with decreasing shadowing. () Hypothetical structural rearrangement of the region into a pseudoknot structure (see text for details).

Hormonally dependent malignancies in women (endometrial tumors, ovarian and mammary glandcancers)... more Hormonally dependent malignancies in women (endometrial tumors, ovarian and mammary glandcancers) areleading cause of death among women bearing malignant tumors.The steroid receptors (estrogen receptor — ER, and progesterone receptor — PR) status o he tumor, apart fromhistological grade of neoplasm differentiation and clinical stage, seems to be an important and valuableprognostic marker as far as hormonal treatment efficacy and survival rate is concerned. The steroid receptors as transcriptionfactors regulatethe methylation pa ern of genomic DNA and also the methylation of particular genes. The by-products od estrogen catabolic pathway (e.g. catecholestrogen derivatives) can induce hydrophobic DNA adducts formation leading to mutation(s) of important genes (suppressors and oncogenes). This review described the state of the art in the field of interplay between estrogen derivatives, estrogen receptor and genomic DNAmethylation (global methylation and metylation of particular genes),...

Virus Research, 2014

In the replication process of RNA(+) viruses both the positive-strand template and the newly synt... more In the replication process of RNA(+) viruses both the positive-strand template and the newly synthesized negative strand appear in a double-stranded form, RF. It has been shown for poliovirus that prior to the initiation of positive-strand synthesis, the 5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-terminus of the positive strand must adopt a cloverleaf structure. When that happens, the 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-terminal region of the negative strand is released from the RF form and is able to form into its own defined structure. In order to determine the secondary structure of this region, a comprehensive approach consisting of experimental mapping methods, phylogenetic analysis and computer predictions was applied. Here we propose the first structural model of the 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-terminal region of the coxsackievirus B3 (CV-B3) negative strand, approximately 450 nucleotides in length. The region folds into three highly defined structural domains, I&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-III&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;. The most 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-terminal part of this region is domain I&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;, which folds into a cloverleaf structure similar to that found in the viral RNA strand of positive-polarity. Remarkably, this motif is conserved among all analyzed viral isolates of CV-B3 despite the observed sequence diversity. Several other conserved structural motifs within the 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;-terminal region of the viral negative strand were also identified. The structure of this region may be crucial for the replication complex assembly.

RNA Biology, 2013

Recently, we have determined the secondary structure of the 5'-terminal region of p53 mRNA that s... more Recently, we have determined the secondary structure of the 5'-terminal region of p53 mRNA that starts from the P1 transcription initiation site and includes two major translation initiation codons responsible for the synthesis of p53 and ΔNp53 isoform. here, we showed that when this region was extended into 5' direction to the P0 transcription start site, the two characteristic hairpin motifs found in this region were preserved. Moreover, the presence of alternatively spliced intron 2 did not interfere with the formation of the larger hairpin in which the initiation codon for p53 was embedded. The impact of the different variants of p53 5'-terminal region, which start at P0 or P1 site and end with the initiation codon for p53 or ΔNp53, on the translation of luciferase reporter protein was compared. strikingly, the efficiency of translation performed in rabbit reticulocyte lysate differed by two orders of magnitude. The toe-printing analysis was also applied to investigate the formation of the ribosomal complex on the model mRNA constructs. The relative translation efficiencies in heLa and McF-7 cells were similar to those observed in the cell lysate, although some differences were noted in comparison with cell-free conditions. The results were discussed in terms of the role of secondary structure folding of the 5'-terminal region of p53 mRNA in translation and possible modes of p53 and ΔNp53 translation initiation.

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hep a ti tis delta vi rus, HDV, ribozyme, RNA ca tal y sis, RNA struc ture Al though the delta ri... more hep a ti tis delta vi rus, HDV, ribozyme, RNA ca tal y sis, RNA struc ture Al though the delta ribozymes have been stud ied for more than ten years the most impor tant in for ma tion con cern ing their struc ture and mech a nism of ca tal y sis were only ob tained very re cently. The crys tal struc ture of the genomic delta ribozyme turns out to be an ex cel lent ex am ple of the ex traor di nary prop er ties of RNA mol e cules to fold into uniquely com pact struc tures. De tails of the X-ray struc ture have greatly stim ulated fur ther stud ies on the fold ing of the ribozymes into func tion ally ac tive mol e cules as well as on the mech a nism of RNA ca tal y sis. The abil ity of the delta ribozymes to carry out gen eral acid-base ca tal y sis by nu cle o tide side chains has been as sumed in two pro posed mech a nisms of self-cleavage. Re cently, con sid er able prog ress has been also made in char ac ter iz ing the cat a lytic prop er ties of transact ing ribozyme vari ants that are po ten tially at trac tive tools in the strat egy of di rected RNA deg ra da tion. Hep a ti tis delta vi rus (HDV) is a sat el lite virus that re quires hep a ti tis B vi rus (HBV) for its life cy cle. The ge nome of HDV is a single-stranded cir cu lar RNA, about 1 700 nucleo tides in length, and, sim i larly to plant viroids, it rep li cates via the gen eral dou ble rolling cir cle mech a nism (re viewed in:

Biochemistry, 2007

The aim of this work was to shed some more light on factors influencing the effectiveness of delt... more The aim of this work was to shed some more light on factors influencing the effectiveness of delta ribozyme cleavage of structured RNA molecules. An oligoribonucleotide that corresponds to the 3′-terminal region X of HCV RNA and yeast tRNA Phe were used as representative RNA targets. Only a few sites susceptible to ribozyme cleavage were identified in these targets using a combinatorial library of ribozyme variants, in which the region responsible for ribozyme-target interaction was randomized. On the other hand, the targets were fairly accessible for binding of complementary oligonucleotides, as was shown by 6-mer DNA libraries and RNase H approach. Moreover, the specifically acting ribozymes cleaved the targets precisely but with unexpectedly modest efficacy. To explain these observations, six model RNA molecules were designed, in which the same seven nucleotide long sequence recognized by the delta ribozyme was always single stranded but was embedded into different RNA structural context. These molecules were cleaved with differentiated rates, and the corresponding k 2 values were in the range of 0.91-0.021 min-1 ; thus they differed almost 50-fold. This clearly shows that cleavage of structured RNAs might be much slower than cleavage of a short unstructured oligoribonucleotide, despite full accessibility of the targeted regions for hybridization. Restricted possibilities of conformational transitions, which are necessary to occur on the cleavage reaction trajectory, seem to be responsible for these differences. Their magnitude, which was evaluated in this work, should be taken into account while considering the use of delta ribozymes for practical applications.

Biochemistry, 2008

Here we present the results of a structural analysis of the 3′-terminal region of the replicative... more Here we present the results of a structural analysis of the 3′-terminal region of the replicative strand of hepatitis C virus (HCV), IRES(-), by the Pb 2+-induced cleavage approach and partial digestion with T1 ribonuclease. Oligoribonucleotides that represent selected domains of the earlier proposed in the literature secondary structure models of this region were also synthesized, their structures were analyzed in solution, and the results were compared to those obtained with the full-length molecule. Such "structural fingerprinting" gave better insight into the structure of the IRES(-) region. We showed that in the case of the IRES(-) fragment, which consists of 374 nucleotides, its three domains, D3 (nucleotides 1-104), DM (nucleotides 105-222), and D5 (nucleotides 223-374), independently fold on one another. However, when the IRES(-) molecule is extended by 25 nucleotides of the upstream viral sequence, domains D3 and DM fold autonomously, but a part of domain D5 interacts with that additional RNA stretch. Analysis in silico suggests that similar interactions involving the IRES(-) region and upstream sequences are also possible in other fragments of viral RNA, several hundreds of nucleotides in length. The results of experimental probing are supported by secondary structure predictions in silico and phylogenetic analysis.

PLOS ONE, 2015

RNA target accessibility is one of the most important factors limiting the efficiency of RNA inte... more RNA target accessibility is one of the most important factors limiting the efficiency of RNA interference-mediated RNA degradation. However, targeting RNA viruses in their poorly accessible, highly structured regions can be advantageous because these regions are often conserved in sequence and thus less prone to viral escape. We developed an experimental strategy to attack highly structured RNA by means of pairs of specifically designed small interfering RNAs and helper antisense oligonucleotides using the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of coxsackievirus B3 as a model target. In the first step, sites accessible to hybridization of complementary oligonucleotides were identified using two mapping methods with random libraries of short DNA oligomers. Subsequently, the accessibility of the mapped regions for hybridization of longer DNA 16-mers was confirmed by an RNase H assay. Using criteria for the design of efficient small interfering RNAs (siRNA) and a secondary structure model of the viral 5'UTR, several DNA 19-mers were designed against partly double-stranded RNA regions. Target sites for DNA 19-mers were located opposite the sites which had been confirmed as accessible for hybridization. Three pairs of DNA 19mers and the helper 2'-O-methyl-16-mers were able to effectively induce RNase H cleavage in vitro. For cellular assays, the DNA 19-mers were replaced by siRNAs, and the corresponding three pairs of siRNA-helper oligomer tools were found to target 5'UTR efficiently in a reporter construct in HeLa cells. Addition of the helper oligomer improved silencing capacity of the respective siRNA. We assume that the described procedure will generally be useful for designing of nucleic acid-based tools to silence highly structured RNA targets.

The p53 protein is a key player in cell response to stress events and cancer prevention. However,... more The p53 protein is a key player in cell response to stress events and cancer prevention. However, up-regulation of p53 that occurs during radiotherapy of some tumours results in radio-resistance of targeted cells. Recently, antisense oligonucleotides have been used to reduce the p53 level in tumour cells which facilitates their radiation-induced apoptosis. Here we describe the rational design of antisense oligomers directed against the 59-terminal region of p53 mRNA aimed to inhibit the synthesis of p53 protein and its DNp53 isoform. A comprehensive analysis of the sites accessible to oligomer hybridization in this mRNA region was performed. Subsequently, translation efficiency from the initiation codons for both proteins in the presence of selected oligomers was determined in rabbit reticulocyte lysate and in MCF-7 cells. The antisense oligomers with 29-OMe and LNA modifications were used to study the mechanism of their impact on translation. It turned out that the remaining RNase ...

Viruses, 2020

Here we present a set of new structural elements formed within the open reading frame of the viru... more Here we present a set of new structural elements formed within the open reading frame of the virus, which are highly probable, evolutionarily conserved and may interact with host proteins. This work focused on the coding regions of the CVB3 genome (particularly the V4-, V1-, 2C-, and 3D-coding regions), which, with the exception of the cis-acting replication element (CRE), have not yet been subjected to experimental analysis of their structures. The SHAPE technique, chemical modification with DMS and RNA cleavage with Pb2+, were performed in order to characterize the RNA structure. The experimental results were used to improve the computer prediction of the structural models, whereas a phylogenetic analysis was performed to check universality of the newly identified structural elements for twenty CVB3 genomes and 11 other enteroviruses. Some of the RNA motifs turned out to be conserved among different enteroviruses. We also observed that the 3′-terminal region of the genome tends to...

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All eukaryotic mRNA molecules have a cap structure at the 5' ends which plays a crucial role ... more All eukaryotic mRNA molecules have a cap structure at the 5' ends which plays a crucial role in the scanning model of their translation initiation. In an alternative way of translation, the active ribosome is formed in a cap-independent mode due to the presence of IRES, internal ribosome entry site, in the 5' untranslated region of certain mRNAs. This region folds into a distinct secondary and tertiary structure, which binds the 40S ribosomal subunit and some protein factors, and subsequently forms the initiation complex and the translationally active 80S ribosome. This enables the synthesis of specific proteins under the conditions when cap-dependent translation is inhibited or strongly reduced. The cap-independent mode of translation initiation concerns proteins that play very important roles during cell cycle, apoptosis, response to stress stimuli and cancer development.

PLOS ONE

The p53 protein is expressed as at least twelve protein isoforms. Within intron 4 of the human TP... more The p53 protein is expressed as at least twelve protein isoforms. Within intron 4 of the human TP53 gene, a P2 transcription initiation site is located and this transcript encodes two p53 isoforms: Δ133p53 and Δ160p53. Here, the secondary structure of the 5′-terminal region of P2-initiated mRNA was characterized by means of the SHAPE and Pb2+-induced cleavage methods and for the first time, a secondary structure model of this region was proposed. Surprisingly, only Δ133p53 isoform was synthetized in vitro from the P2-initiated p53 mRNA while translation from both initiation codons occurred after the transfection of vector-encoded model mRNA to HCT116 cells. Interestingly, translation performed in the presence of the cap analogue suggested that the cap-independent process contributes to the translation of P2-initiated p53 mRNA. Subsequently, several antisense oligonucleotides targeting the 5′-terminal region of P2-initiated p53 mRNA were designed. The selected oligomers were applied ...

RNA Biology

ABSTRACT The p53 protein is one of the transcription factors responsible for cell cycle regulatio... more ABSTRACT The p53 protein is one of the transcription factors responsible for cell cycle regulation and prevention of cancer development. Its expression is regulated at the transcriptional, translational and post-translational levels. Recent years of research have shown that the 5ʹ terminus of p53 mRNA plays an important role in this regulation. This region seems to be a docking platform for proteins involved in p53 expression, particularly under stress conditions. Here, we applied RNA-centric affinity chromatography to search for proteins that bind to the 5ʹ terminus of p53 mRNA and thus may be able to regulate the p53 expression profile. We found heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K, hnRNP K, to be one of the top candidates. Binding of hnRNP K to the 5ʹ-terminal region of p53 mRNA was confirmed in vitro. We demonstrated that changes in the hnRNP K level in the cell strongly affected the p53 expression profile under various stress conditions. Downregulation or overexpression of hnRNP K caused a decrease or an increase in the p53 mRNA amount, respectively, pointing to the transcriptional mode of expression regulation. However, when hnRNP K was overexpressed under endoplasmic reticulum stress and the p53 amount has elevated no changes in the p53 mRNA level were detected suggesting translational regulation of p53 expression. Our findings have shown that hnRNP K is not only a mutual partner of p53 in the transcriptional activation of target genes under stress conditions but it also acts as a regulator of p53 expression at the transcriptional and potentially translational levels.

World Journal of Gastroenterology

At the 3' end of genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA there is a highly conserved untranslated reg... more At the 3' end of genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA there is a highly conserved untranslated region, the 3' X-tail, which forms part of the 3'UTR. This region plays key functions in regulation of critical processes of the viral life cycle. The 3'X region is essential for viral replication and infectivity. It is also responsible for regulation of switching between translation and transcription of the viral RNA. There is some evidence indicating the contribution of the 3'X region to the translation efficiency of the viral polyprotein and to the encapsidation process. Several different secondary structure models of the 3'X region, based on computer predictions and experimental structure probing, have been proposed. It is likely that the 3'X region adopts more than one structural form in infected cells and that a specific equilibrium between the various forms regulates several aspects of the viral life cycle. The most intriguing explanations of the structural heterogeneity problem of the 3'X region came with the discovery of its involvement in long-range RNA-RNA interactions and the potential for homodimer formation. This article summarizes current knowledge on the structure and function of the 3'X region of hepatitis C genomic RNA, reviews previous opinions, presents new hypotheses and summarizes the questions that still remain unanswered.

RNA Biology

ABSTRACT The 5ʹ-UTR of the actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 2 (ARPC2) mRNA exists in two... more ABSTRACT The 5ʹ-UTR of the actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 2 (ARPC2) mRNA exists in two variants. Using a bicistronic reporter construct, the present study demonstrates that the longer variant of the 5ʹ-UTR harbours an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) which is lacking in the shorter one. Multiple control assays confirmed that only this variant promotes cap-independent translation. Furthermore, it includes a guanine-rich region that is capable of forming a guanine-quadruplex (G-quadruplex) structure which was found to contribute to the IRES activity. To investigate the cellular function of the IRES element, we determined the expression level of ARPC2 at various cell densities. At high cell density, the relative ARPC2 protein level increases, supporting the presumed function of IRES elements in driving the expression of certain genes under stressful conditions that compromise cap-dependent translation. Based on chemical probing experiments and computer-based predictions, we propose a structural model of the IRES element, which includes the G-quadruplex motif exposed from the central stem-loop element. Taken together, our study describes the functional relevance of two alternative 5ʹ-UTR splice variants of the ARPC2 mRNA, one of which contains an IRES element with a G-quadruplex as a central motif, promoting translation under stressful cellular conditions Graphical abstract

Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the high... more Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the highly conserved 98-base sequence at the 3′ end of HCV RNA genome and the complementary sequence located at the 5′ end of the replicative viral strand"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(2):693-703.Published online 28 Jan 2005PMCID:PMC548360.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved () Autoradiograms of cleavage of the RNA X(+). The reactions were carried out with [5′-P]labeled RNA at 37°C with 0.5, 1 and 2 mM Pb ions for 10 min or for 5, 15 and 30 min with ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1. Lanes: Ci, reaction control; L, formamide ladder; T, limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. Guanine residues are labeled on the right. For probing with Pb, the short and long run of the gel is shown. () Cleavages induced in the RNA X(+) and oligomers: SL3, SL2 and SL2ab by Pb ions (left panel), ribonuclease T1 and nuclease S1 (right panel). Cleavages are displayed on the secondary structure models, which are most consistent with experimental data. Relative intensities of Pb cleavages are marked as follows: dotted lines, weak; lines, strong; black triangles, very strong cleavages. Enzymatic cleavages are denoted by dotted lines, lines or arrows, corresponding to weak, strong and very strong cleavages, respectively. The symbols are additionally marked with open circles or short, perpendicular lines, for RNase T1 and nuclease S1 cleavages, respectively.

Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the high... more Copyright information:Taken from "Structural characterization of the highly conserved 98-base sequence at the 3′ end of HCV RNA genome and the complementary sequence located at the 5′ end of the replicative viral strand"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(2):693-703.Published online 28 Jan 2005PMCID:PMC548360.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved () Probing of adenine residues with DEPC and cytosine residues with DMS; [3′-P]end-labeled RNA was used. Lanes: Ci, reaction control; L, formamide ladder; T, limited hydrolysis by RNase T1. In the autoradiogram the modified residues are marked with dots and guanine residues are labeled on the right. ( and ) Correlation of the predicted secondary structures with the experimental data. Relative intensities of strong, weak and very weak modification of adenine residues with DEPC and cytosine residues with DMS are marked by circles with decreasing shadowing. () Hypothetical structural rearrangement of the region into a pseudoknot structure (see text for details).

Virus Research, 2014

RNA Biology, 2013

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Biochemistry, 2007

Biochemistry, 2008

PLOS ONE, 2015

Viruses, 2020

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RNA Biology