RNA Quality Control as a Key to Suppressing R Silencing of Endogenous Genes in Plants  

作　　者：Lin Liu Xuemei Chen 

机构地区：[1]Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P.R. China [2]Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA [3]Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

出　　处：《Molecular Plant》2016年第6期826-836,共11页分子植物（英文版）

摘　　要：RNA quality control of endogenous RNAs is an integral part of eukaryotic gene expression and often relies on exonucleolytic degradation to eliminate dysfunctional transcripts. In parallel, exogenous and selected endogenous RNAs are degraded through RNA silencing, which is a genome defense mechanism used by many eukaryotes. In plants, RNA silencing is triggered by the production of double-stranded RNAs （dsRNAs） by RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASEs （RDRs） and proceeds through small interfering （si） RNA-directed, ARGONAUTE （AGO）-mediated cleavage of homologous transcripts. Many studies revealed that plants avert inappropriate posttranscriptional gene silencing of endogenous coding genes by using RNA surveillance mechanisms as a safeguard to protect their transcriptome profiles. The tug of war between RNA surveillance and RNA silencing ensures the appropriate partitioning of endogenous RNA substrates among these degradation pathways. Here we review recent advances on RNA quality control and its role in the suppression of RNA silencing at endogenous genes and discuss the mechanisms underlying the crosstalk among these pathways.RNA quality control of endogenous RNAs is an integral part of eukaryotic gene expression and often relies on exonucleolytic degradation to eliminate dysfunctional transcripts. In parallel, exogenous and selected endogenous RNAs are degraded through RNA silencing, which is a genome defense mechanism used by many eukaryotes. In plants, RNA silencing is triggered by the production of double-stranded RNAs （dsRNAs） by RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASEs （RDRs） and proceeds through small interfering （si） RNA-directed, ARGONAUTE （AGO）-mediated cleavage of homologous transcripts. Many studies revealed that plants avert inappropriate posttranscriptional gene silencing of endogenous coding genes by using RNA surveillance mechanisms as a safeguard to protect their transcriptome profiles. The tug of war between RNA surveillance and RNA silencing ensures the appropriate partitioning of endogenous RNA substrates among these degradation pathways. Here we review recent advances on RNA quality control and its role in the suppression of RNA silencing at endogenous genes and discuss the mechanisms underlying the crosstalk among these pathways.

关 键 词：gene silencing RNA quality control aberrant RNA siRNA 

分 类 号：Q75[生物学—分子生物学] Q522