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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

Cell type- and factor-specific nonsense-mediated RNA decay.

Kun Tan, Jonathan Sebat, Miles F Wilkinson

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: friend or foe in cancer biology?Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kun TanDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8567-7795
Jonathan SebatDepartment of Psychiatry, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States.
Miles F WilkinsonDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6416-3058

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MILES Frome WILKINSON · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
TCR RNA SurveillanceR01GM058595 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WILKINSON, MILES FROME · 1999 to 2012
$4.1M
Spermatogonial Stem Cell Establishment and RegulationR01GM119128 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TAN, KUN, WILKINSON, MILES FROME · 2016 to 2025
$3.6M
An Ancient Neural Enhancer that has Rapidly Evolved in the Human LineageR01MH137503 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Kun Tan, MILES Frome WILKINSON · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing SystemS10OD026929 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JEPSEN, KRISTEN LYNN · 2019 to 2019
$600k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058595NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM119128NIH HHS P30CA023100NIH HHS P30DK063491NIH HHS R01GM119128NIH HHS R01MH137503NIH HHS S10 OD026929NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH137503Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative 892544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) is a highly conserved RNA turnover pathway that influences several biological processes. Specific features in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) have been found to trigger decay by NMD, leading to the assumption that NMD sensitivity is an intrinsic quality of a given transcript. Here, we provide evidence that, instead, an overriding factor dictating NMD sensitivity is the cell environment. Using several genome-wide techniques to detect NMD-target mRNAs, we find that hundreds of mRNAs are sensitized to NMD as human embryonic stem cells progress to form neural progenitor cells. Another class of mRNAs escape from NMD during this developmental progression. We show that the differential sensitivity to NMD extends to in vivo scenarios, and that the RNA-binding protein, HNRNPL, has a role in cell type-specific NMD. We also addressed another issue in the field-whether NMD factors are core or branch-specific in their action. Surprisingly, we found that UPF3B, an NMD factor critical for the nervous system, shares only 30% of NMD-target transcripts with the core NMD factor UPF2. Together, our findings have implications for how NMD is defined and measured, how NMD acts in different biological contexts, and how different NMD branches influence human diseases.

Indexed as

Nonsense Mediated mRNA DecayRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerAnimalsHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansMiceNeural Stem CellsTranscription FactorsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsUPF2 protein, humanUPF3B protein, human

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PMID40366162
PMCPMC12076418

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