Biology Faculty Articles
Title
NFAR-1 and -2 modulate translation and are required for efficient host defense
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-18-2008
Publication Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Keywords
innate immunity, mRNA export, vesicular stomatitis virus
ISSN
1091-6490
Volume
105
Issue/No.
11
First Page
4173
Last Page
4178
Abstract
We report here that the alternatively spliced nuclear factors associated with double-stranded RNA, NFAR-1 (90 kDa) and -2 (110 kDa), are involved in retaining cellular transcripts in intranuclear foci and can regulate the export of mRNA to the cytoplasm. Furthermore, the NFAR proteins were found to remain associated with exported ribonucleoprotein complexes. Loss of NFAR function, which was embryonic-lethal, caused an increase in protein synthesis rates, an effect augmented by the presence of the mRNA export factors TAP, p15, or Rae1. Significantly, NFAR depletion in normal murine fibroblasts rendered these cells dramatically susceptible to vesicular stomatitis virus replication. Collectively, our data demonstrate that the NFARs exert influence on mRNA trafficking and the modulation of translation rates and may constitute an innate immune translational surveillance mechanism important in host defense countermeasures against virus infection.
NSUWorks Citation
Pfeifer, Ingrid; Rachel Elsby; Marilyn Fernandez; Paula A. Faria Waziry; Daniel R. Nussenzveig; Izidor S. Lossos; Beatriz M. A. Fontoura; W. David Martin; and Glen N. Barber. 2008. "NFAR-1 and -2 modulate translation and are required for efficient host defense." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, (11): 4173-4178. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/74
