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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2011

Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein is critical for the turnover and subcellular distribution of CD40 ligand mRNA in CD4+ T cells.

Rodrigo Matus-Nicodemos, Stefano Vavassori, Moraima Castro-Faix, Anibal Valentin-Acevedo, Karnail Singh, Valentina Marcelli, Lori R Covey

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rodrigo Matus-NicodemosDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Stefano Vavassori
Moraima Castro-Faix
Anibal Valentin-Acevedo
Karnail Singh
Valentina Marcelli
Lori R Covey
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Translational Regulation by the TNF Alpha AU-rich ElementP01AI057596 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI PESTKA, SIDNEY · 2004 to 2009
$8.8M
UMDNJ-RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PIPELINE PROGRAMR25GM055145 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI HAIMOVICH, BEATRICE, LANGER, JEROME ALAN · 1996 to 2020
$8.7M
Inter-University Doctoral Degree:Puerto Rico to RutgersR25GM058389 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI LANGER, JEROME ALAN, RIOS-VELAZQUEZ, CARLOS · 1998 to 2016
$3.0M
Human B cell Differentiation in a Model systemR01AI037081 · NIAID · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI COVEY, LORI RUTH · 2002 to 2006
$1.1M
Human B cell differentiation in a model systemR56AI037081 · NIAID · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI COVEY, LORI RUTH · 2009 to 2009
$305k
Human B Cell Differentiation in a Model SystemR21AI037081 · NIAID · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI COVEY, LORI R · 2001 to 2001
$229k
HUMAN B CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN A MODEL SYSTEMR29AI037081 · NIAID · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI COVEY, LORI R · 1995 to 1999
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NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI057596NIAID NIH HHS P01AI-57596NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI037081NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM055145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD40L (CD154) is regulated at the posttranscriptional level by an activation-induced process that results in a highly stable transcript at extended times of T cell activation. Transcript stability is mediated by polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB)-containing complexes (complex I and II) that bind to three adjacent CU-rich sequences within the 3' untranslated region. To assess the role of PTB in the expression and distribution of CD40L mRNA, PTB was targeted using short hairpin RNA in both primary T cells and a T cell line that recapitulates the stability phase of regulated CD40L mRNA decay. PTB knockdown resulted in a marked decrease in the mRNA stability that resulted in lowered CD40L surface expression. PTB was also critical for appropriate distribution of CD40L mRNA between the nucleus and cytoplasm and in the cytoplasm between the cytosol and the translating polysomes. The activation-induced formation of PTB-specific ribonucleoprotein complexes was observed only with cytoplasmic and not nuclear PTB indicating functional differences in the protein defined by cellular localization. Finally, we observed that cytoplasmic and nuclear PTB isoforms were differentially modified relative to each other and that the changes in cytoplasmic PTB were consistent with activation-induced phosphorylation. Together this work suggests that differentially modified PTB regulates CD40L expression at multiple steps by 1) retaining CD40L mRNA in the nucleus, 2) directly regulating mRNA stability at late times of activation, and 3) forming a ribonuclear complex that preferentially associates with translating ribosomes thus leading to an enhanced level of CD40L protein.

Indexed as

CD40 LigandCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCytoplasmHEK293 CellsHumansJurkat CellsNuclear ProteinsPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinProtein IsoformsProtein TransportRNA, MessengerRNA StabilitySubcellular FractionsTranscription, GeneticCD40 LigandNuclear ProteinsPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID21242519
PMCPMC3119477
OpenAlexW1500609807

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