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The gene expression of Tamarix androssowii under NaHCO3 stresses is studied by using SSH technique, in which the cDNA from the materials treated with NaHCO3 solution is as tester and the cDNA from the materials in normal growth is as driver. Total 36 genes related to NaHCO3 stress were obtained through Northern hybridization. Blastx analysis showed that the proteins encoded by these genes were homologous to the following proteins: the antioxidant enzymes catalase and peroxiredoxin; trehalose phosphatase, which was related to trehalose synthesis; a few regulation proteins such as bZIP transcription factor, MADS-box protein, glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins, CCCH-type zinc finger protein and F-box protein etc; early light-induced protein, which could protect and/or repair the photosynthetic apparatus damage induced by stress; cysteine proteinase and vacuolar processing enzyme that can make function in plant cell death, and lipid transfer protein precursor, polyubiquitin, chalcone synthase, NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase, salt-induced S12 protein, and oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 1 etc. Among 36 genes obtained, the proteins encoded three genes were homologous to 3 putative proteins: HAK2, calcium-binding protein and RNA-binding protein, respectively. In addition, 6 new salt stress response squences were found. The result indicated that the salt-tolerant mechanism of Tamarix androssowii may be a complicated, interactive system involving multiple approaches and multiple genes, but not only a single salt gland-depended approach.
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PMID:[Study on gene expression of Tamarix under NaHCO3 stress using SSH technology]. 1549 42

The RNA-binding protein La is involved in several aspects of RNA metabolism including the translational regulation of mRNAs and processing of pre-tRNAs. Besides its well-described phosphorylation by Casein kinase 2, the La protein is also posttranslationally modified by the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier (SUMO), but the functional outcome of this modification has not been defined. The objective of this study was to test whether sumoylation changes the RNA-binding activity of La. Therefore, we established an in vitro sumoylation assay for recombinant human La and analyzed its RNA-binding activity by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. We identified two novel SUMO-acceptor sites within the La protein located between the RNA recognition motif 1 and 2 and we demonstrate for the first time that sumoylation facilitates the RNA-binding of La to small RNA oligonucleotides representing the oligopyrimidine tract (TOP) elements from the 5' untranslated regions (UTR) of mRNAs encoding ribosomal protein L22 and L37 and to a longer RNA element from the 5' UTR of cyclin D1 (CCND1) mRNA in vitro. Furthermore, we show by RNA immunoprecipitation experiments that a La mutant deficient in sumoylation has impaired RNA-binding activity in cells. These data suggest that modulating the RNA-binding activity of La by sumoylation has important consequences on its functionality.
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PMID:SUMO-Modification of the La Protein Facilitates Binding to mRNA In Vitro and in Cells. 2722 31

Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 3 (IGF2BP3/IMP3/KOC), initially identified as an RNA-binding protein, is highly expressed in embryonic tissues and a variety of cancers. Previously, our group reported that IGF2BP3 may serve as a potential diagnostic marker for lung cancer. However, little is known about the function of IGF2BP3 in lung cancer development. Here we demonstrate that IGF2BP3 expression was markedly increased in lung cancer tissues compared to normal tissues at both mRNA and protein levels. Overexpression of IGF2BP3 in lung cancer cells promoted cell proliferation, tumor migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo, whereas knockdown of IGF2BP3 exhibited opposite effects. Notably IGF2BP3 was directly associated with a deubiquitinase Ubiquitin specific peptidase 10 (USP10) and attenuated its function in stabilizing p53 protein. Silencing IGF2BP3 expression in lung cancer cells consistently increased the half-life and protein level of p53 and induced G0/G1 arrest. Thus, our data together demonstrate that IGF2BP3 promotes lung tumorigenesis via attenuating p53 protein stability.
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PMID:Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 3 (IGF2BP3) promotes lung tumorigenesis via attenuating p53 stability. 2921 81

RNA-binding protein LIN28A is often highly expressed in human malignant tumors and is involved in tumor metastasis and poor prognosis. Knowledge about post-translational regulatory mechanisms governing LIN28A protein stability and function is scarce. Here, we investigated the role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination on LIN28A protein stability and report that LIN28A protein undergoes ubiquitination. Ubiquitin-specific protease 28 (USP28), a deubiquitinating enzyme, interacts with and stabilizes LIN28A protein to extend its half-life. USP28, through its deubiquitinating activity, antagonizes LIN28A protein turnover by reversing its proteasomal degradation. Our study describes the consequential impacts of USP28-mediated stabilization of LIN28A protein on enhancing cancer cell viability, migration and ultimately augmenting LIN28A-mediated tumor progression. Overall, our data suggest that a synergistic, combinatorial approach of targeting LIN28A with USP28 would contribute to effective cancer therapeutics.
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PMID:The stability and oncogenic function of LIN28A are regulated by USP28. 3054 54