Does the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay mechanism prevent the synthesis of truncated BRCA1, CHK2, and p53 proteins?
The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) mechanism is an evolutionarily conserved process ensuring the degradation of transcripts carrying premature termination codon(s). NMD is believed to prevent the synthesis of truncated proteins that could be detrimental to the cell. However, although numerous studies have assessed the efficiency of this mechanism at the mRNA level, data are lacking in regard to whether NMD fulfills its expected goal at the protein level. In this study, we have investigated whether endogenous alleles of breast cancer predisposing genes carrying nonsense codons were able to produce detectable amounts of truncated proteins in lymphoblastoid cell lines. A total of 20 truncating BRCA1 mutations were analyzed, along with the 1100delC CHEK2 and the 770delT TP53 mutations. All the studied alleles triggered NMD, the amount of mutant transcript ranging from 16 to 63% of that of the wild-type species. We found that BRCA1 and CHK2 truncated proteins could not be detected, even
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