Author:
McCann Courtney J.,Hasan Nesrin M.,Padilla-Benavides Teresita,Roy Shubhrajit,Lutsenko Svetlana
Abstract
Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient with a critical role in mammalian growth and development. Imbalance of Cu causes severe diseases in humans; therefore, cellular Cu levels are tightly regulated. Major Cu-transport proteins and their cellular behavior have been characterized in detail, whereas their regulation at the mRNA level and associated factors are not well-understood. We show that the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein hnRNPA2/B1 regulates Cu homeostasis by modulating the abundance of Cu(I)-transporter ATP7A. Downregulation of hnRNPA2/B1 in HeLa cells increases the ATP7A mRNA and protein levels and significantly decreases cellular Cu; this regulation involves the 3′ UTR of ATP7A transcript. Downregulation of B1 and B1b isoforms of hnRNPA2/B1 is sufficient to elevate ATP7A, whereas overexpression of either hnRNPA2 or hnRNPB1 isoforms decreases the ATP7A mRNA levels. Concurrent decrease in hnRNPA2/B1, increase in ATP7A, and a decrease in Cu levels was observed in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells during retinoic acid-induced differentiation; this effect was reversed by overexpression of B1/B1b isoforms. We conclude that hnRNPA2/B1 is a new isoform-specific negative regulator of ATP7A abundance.
Funder
National Institutes of Health
Subject
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous),Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
Cited by
3 articles.
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