Exportin 1 Mediates Nuclear Export of the Kinetoplastid Spliced Leader RNA
Open Access
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Eukaryotic Cell
- Vol. 2 (2) , 222-230
- https://doi.org/10.1128/ec.2.2.222-230.2003
Abstract
The kinetoplastid protozoan spliced leader (SL) RNA is the common substrate pre-mRNA utilized in all trans -splicing reactions. Here we show by fluorescence in situ hybridization that the SL RNA is present in the cytoplasm of Leishmania tarentolae and Trypanosoma brucei . Treatment with the karyopherin-specific inhibitor leptomycin B was toxic to T. brucei and eliminated the cytoplasmic SL RNA, suggesting that cytoplasmic SL RNA was dependent on the nuclear exporter exportin 1 (XPO1). Ectopic expression of xpo1 with a C506S mutation in T. brucei conferred resistance to leptomycin B. A reduction in SL RNA 3′ extension removal and 5′ methylation of nucleotide U 4 was observed in wild-type T. brucei treated with leptomycin B, suggesting that the cytoplasmic stage is necessary for SL RNA biogenesis. This study demonstrates spatial and mechanistic similarities between the posttranscriptional trafficking of the kinetoplastid protozoan SL RNA and the metazoan cis -spliceosomal small nuclear RNAs.Keywords
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