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Fuwen Yuan, William Hankey, Eric J. Wagner, et al. Alternative polyadenylation of mRNA and its role in cancer[J]. Genes & Diseases, 2021,8(1). DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2019.10.011.
Alternative polyadenylation of mRNA and its role in cancer
摘要
Abstract
lternative polyadenylation (APA) is a molecular process that generates diversity at the 3′ end of RNA polymerase II transcripts from over 60% of human genes. APA is derived from the existence of multiple polyadenylation signals (PAS) within the same transcript
and results in the differential inclusion of sequence information at the 3′ end. While APA can occur between two PASs allowing for generation of transcripts with distinct coding potential from a single gene
most APA occurs within the untranslated region (3′UTR) and changes the length and content of these non-coding sequences. APA within the 3′UTR can have tremendous impact on its regulatory potential of the mRNA through a variety of mechanisms
and indeed this layer of gene expression regulation has profound impact on processes vital to cell growth and development. Recent studies have particularly highlighted the importance of APA dysregulation in cancer onset and progression. Here
we review the current knowledge of APA and its impacts on mRNA stability
translation
localization and protein localization. We also discuss the implications of APA dysregulation in cancer research and therapy.