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ArticleLife science alliance2021

Tissue-selective alternate promoters guide NLRP6 expression.

Nathan A Bracey, Jaye M Platnich, Arthur Lau, Hyunjae Chung, M Eric Hyndman, Justin A MacDonald, Justin Chun, Paul L Beck, Stephen E Girardin, Paul Mk Gordon and 1 more

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Article in Life science alliance, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Toward targeting of inflammasome signaling in venous thrombosis.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nathan A BraceyDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Jaye M PlatnichDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Arthur LauDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Hyunjae ChungDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
M Eric HyndmanDepartment of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2924-7109
Justin A MacDonaldDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9238-8473
Justin ChunDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3820-7192
Paul L BeckDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Stephen E GirardinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Paul Mk GordonCentre for Health Genomics and Informatics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Daniel A MuruveDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada dmuruve@ucalgary.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-1757-218X
University of Calgary · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pryin domain (PYD) domain is involved in protein interactions that lead to assembly of immune-sensing complexes such as inflammasomes. The repertoire of PYD-containing genes expressed by a cell type arms tissues with responses against a range of stimuli. The transcriptional regulation of the PYD gene family however is incompletely understood. Alternative promoter utilization was identified as a mechanism regulating the tissue distribution of human PYD gene family members, including NLRP6 that is translationally silenced outside of intestinal tissue. Results show that alternative transcriptional promoters mediate NLRP6 silencing in mice and humans, despite no upstream genomic synteny. Human NLRP6 contains an internal alternative promoter within exon 2 of the PYD, resulting in a truncated mRNA in nonintestinal tissue. In mice, a proximal promoter was used that expanded the 5' leader sequence restricting nuclear export and abolishing translational efficiency. Nlrp6 was dispensable in disease models targeting the kidney, which expresses noncanonical isoforms. Thus, alternative promoter use is a critical mechanism not just for isoform modulation but for determining expression profile and function of PYD family members.

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Alternative SplicingAnimalsCells, CulturedExonsGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGenes, RegulatorHumansInflammasomesIntestinal MucosaIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKidney CortexMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPromoter Regions, GeneticInflammasomesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNLRP6 protein, humanNod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 6, mouseProtein IsoformsReceptors, Cell SurfaceRNA, Messenger

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PMID33376129
PMCPMC7772780
OpenAlexW3113500408

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