| 2001 |
PABPN1 oligomerization is mediated by two potential oligomerization domains (ODs) in the protein; deletion of 6-8 amino acids in either OD prevents nuclear protein aggregation induced by polyalanine-expanded PABPN1, and prevention of aggregation significantly reduces cell death in COS-7 cells expressing mutant PABPN1. |
Deletion mutagenesis, exogenous expression in COS-7 cells, immunofluorescence microscopy, cell death assay |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
11689481
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| 2003 |
PABPN1 is associated with RNA polymerase II along the chromatin axis of the BR gene, suggesting it binds to the polymerase before, at, or shortly after the start of transcription; PABPN1 accompanies the released mRNP to the nuclear pore and is displaced from mRNPs during or shortly after passage through the nuclear pore. |
Cryo-immunoelectron microscopy on Chironomus tentans salivary gland Balbiani ring mRNP |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
12749861
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| 2003 |
PABPN1 interacts with hnRNP A1 and hnRNP A/B (identified by yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed by GST pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation); when co-expressed with mutant PABPN1 in COS-7 cells, hnRNP A1 and A/B co-localize with mutant PABPN1 in insoluble intranuclear aggregates, and hnRNP A1 is sequestered in OPMD nuclear inclusions in patient muscle. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, GST pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence in COS-7 cells and patient muscle |
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences |
Medium |
12945950
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| 2003 |
Expanded polyalanine in PABPN1 N-terminal domain drives fibril formation with amyloid-like characteristics (antiparallel beta-sheets) in vitro; the lag-phase of fibril formation is reduced by seeding, and expansion to maximal OPMD length increases alpha-helical structure preceding fibrillation. |
In vitro recombinant protein assay, structural analysis (amyloid characteristics), seeding experiments |
Protein science |
Medium |
14627730
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| 2005 |
Normal (wild-type) PABPN1 is inherently aggregation-prone when exogenously expressed; protein domains required for stimulation of poly(A) polymerase are required for inclusion formation; FRAP experiments show both normal and expanded PABPN1 molecules move rapidly in and out of inclusions rather than being irreversibly sequestered. |
Exogenous expression in HeLa and C2 cells, domain deletion analysis, photobleaching (FRAP) experiments |
RNA |
Medium |
15811916
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| 2005 |
HSC70 and HSP70 chaperones interact with and localize to PABPN1 intranuclear inclusions; pharmacological induction of HSP70 (by ZnSO4, 8-hydroxyquinoline, ibuprofen, or indomethacin) recruits HSP70 and HSC70 into the nucleus and significantly reduces mutant PABPN1 aggregate burden and concomitant cell death. |
Pharmacological induction of heat shock response, confocal microscopy, solubility assay, cell death assay in HeLa cells |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
16239242
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| 2006 |
In a Drosophila model of OPMD, the RNA-binding domain of PABPN1 and its RNA-binding function are required for muscle degeneration, whereas the polyalanine tract is not absolutely required; this establishes that OPMD does not result purely from polyalanine toxicity but from an intrinsic property of PABPN1. |
Drosophila transgenic model, domain deletion/mutation analysis, muscle degeneration phenotype readout |
The EMBO journal |
Medium |
16642034
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| 2007 |
Soluble forms of expanded PABPN1 (expPABPN1), not the insoluble nuclear aggregates, are the primary toxic species; interfering with large nuclear aggregate formation increases soluble expPABPN1 and significantly exacerbates cell death, as demonstrated by live microscopy. |
Live microscopy, aggregate disruption experiments, cell death assay in cellular OPMD model |
Neurobiology of disease |
Medium |
17418585
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| 2008 |
Wild-type PABPN1 exerts an anti-apoptotic function by regulating translation of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) protein; overexpression of wild-type PABPN1 reduces mutant PABPN1 toxicity and protects cells from pro-apoptotic insults, while PABPN1 knockdown increases apoptotic susceptibility. This protective activity is partially lost for mutant PABPN1. |
Overexpression and knockdown in cell and mouse models, XIAP protein level measurement, apoptosis assay |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
18178579
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| 2008 |
Sirtuin SIRT1/sir-2.1 pathway and AMPK (aak-2) modulate mutant PABPN1 toxicity in muscle: increased sir-2.1 dosage exacerbates muscle pathology in a daf-16/FoxO- and aak-2/AMPK-dependent manner in C. elegans, while sir-2.1 null mutants are protective. SIRT1 inhibitor sirtinol promotes survival of mammalian cells expressing mutant PABPN1. |
C. elegans genetics (increased/null sir-2.1 dosage, double mutants), pharmacological treatment (sirtinol, resveratrol), mammalian cell survival assay |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
18397876
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| 2009 |
Expanded PABPN1 preferentially binds Hsp70 chaperones and type I arginine methyltransferases (PRMT1 and PRMT3) compared to wild-type PABPN1; these proteins accumulate at intranuclear inclusions in OPMD patient muscle. Molecular simulations suggest polyalanine expansion transitions PABPN1 from disordered to stable helical conformation, altering these interactions. |
Pull-down assays, immunofluorescence in patient muscle, molecular simulation |
PloS one |
Medium |
19641605
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| 2009 |
Fission yeast PABPN1 ortholog Pab2 is cotranscriptionally recruited to active genes via nascent mRNPs (demonstrated by RNase-sensitive ChIP), with recruitment preceding that of typical 3'-processing/polyadenylation factors; Pab2 also associates with polysomes, suggesting it remains associated with translated mRNPs after nuclear export. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with RNase treatment, tandem affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry, polysome fractionation |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
19336419
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| 2012 |
Full-length PABPN1 forms amyloid-like fibrils in vitro independently of the alanine segment; fibril formation kinetics and denaturation resistance differ from those of the N-terminal domain alone, and FTIR spectroscopy plus limited proteolysis indicate the C-terminal domain is involved in fibril formation. |
In vitro fibril formation assay, FTIR spectroscopy, limited proteolysis, chaotropic denaturant resistance |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
22570486
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| 2013 |
Fission yeast nuclear poly(A)-binding proteins Pab2 (PABPN1 ortholog) and Nab2 have opposing roles in posttranscriptional regulation: Pab2 promotes nuclear pre-mRNA decay via the nuclear exosome subunit Rrp6, while Nab2 impedes Pab2/Rrp6-mediated decay by competing with Pab2 for polyadenylated transcripts in the nucleus. |
Genetic epistasis (double mutants), RNA decay assays, northern blotting in S. pombe |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
24081329
|
| 2013 |
A proline-tyrosine nuclear localization signal (PY-NLS) is necessary and sufficient for nuclear localization of fission yeast Pab2, functioning through Kap104 (Kapβ2 ortholog); however, neither a functional PY-NLS nor Kapβ2 activity are required for nuclear import of human PABPN1, indicating alternative or redundant import pathways exist for human PABPN1. |
NLS deletion/mutation analysis, nuclear localization assay, recombinant protein binding to Kap104, in vivo nuclear localization of human PABPN1 |
Traffic |
Medium |
23279110
|
| 2014 |
ARIH2 E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates PABPN1 protein accumulation and aggregation; PABPN1 controls ARIH2 mRNA levels via proximal polyadenylation site usage, forming a feed-forward regulatory loop. Masking the proximal polyadenylation site in ARIH2 3' UTR using antisense oligonucleotides elevates both ARIH2 and PABPN1 expression and restores myogenic defects. |
Antisense oligonucleotide treatment, protein accumulation and aggregation assay, RNA expression analysis, myogenesis assay |
The American journal of pathology |
Medium |
24486325
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| 2015 |
PABPN1 negatively controls its own expression (autoregulation) by binding to an adenosine-rich region in its own 3' UTR, which promotes retention of the 3'-terminal intron and clearance of intron-retained pre-mRNAs by the nuclear exosome; increased PABPN1 dosage reduces the spliced/unspliced transcript ratio and decreases endogenous PABPN1 protein levels. |
PABPN1 dosage manipulation, spliced/unspliced RNA ratio measurement, nuclear exosome knockdown, RNA binding analysis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
25963658
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| 2015 |
PABPN1 and poly(A) polymerase (PAP) coordinate splicing of a subset of introns that are excised after polyadenylation; PABPN1 promotes intron excision specifically in the context of 3'-end polyadenylation (not when bound to internal A-tracts), requiring its RNA-binding function and PAP-stimulatory function. N-terminal alanine-expanded PABPN1 cannot fully rescue PABPN1 depletion effects on this pathway. |
PABPN1 depletion (RNAi), PAP depletion, splicing assays, RNA-binding domain mutant analysis, exosome assays |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
25896913
|
| 2015 |
PABPN1 suppresses TDP-43 toxicity; overexpression of full-length PABPN1 (but not a truncated form lacking the nuclear localization signal) promotes degradation of pathological TDP-43, restores normal TDP-43 solubility and nuclear localization, and facilitates removal of persistent stress granules. Reduced PABPN1 enhances TDP-43 pathological phenotypes and causes cytoplasmic mislocalization of TDP-43. |
Overexpression and knockdown in cell culture and Drosophila models, TDP-43 solubility fractionation, stress granule dynamics assay, nuclear localization analysis |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
26130692
|
| 2016 |
Reduced PABPN1 levels in mouse tibialis anterior muscle cause consistent decline in distal polyadenylation site (PAS) utilization, leading to upregulation of Atrogin-1 (a key muscle atrophy regulator), reduced proteasomal gene expression and activity, and myofiber atrophy with extracellular matrix thickening. |
AAV-shRNA knockdown in mouse TA muscle, poly(A) site utilization analysis, gene expression profiling, proteasomal activity assay, histological analysis |
PLoS genetics |
Medium |
27152426
|
| 2017 |
PABPN1 interacts with Matrin 3 (MATR3) in mouse skeletal muscle (identified by co-immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry); together PABPN1 and MATR3 regulate alternative polyadenylation, intron retention, paraspeckle morphology and function, Neat1 lncRNA levels, and adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing of Ctn RNA in muscle cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, RNAi knockdown, alternative polyadenylation assay, paraspeckle morphology analysis, RNA editing assay |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
28977530
|
| 2019 |
PABPN1 regulates SIRT1 mRNA levels via alternative polyadenylation site utilization; reduced PABPN1 leads to elevated SIRT1 deacetylase activity, decreased protein acetylation, and muscle wasting. SIRT1 deacetylase inhibition by sirtinol increases PABPN1 levels and reverses muscle wasting. |
Transcriptome and proteome comparison, acetylome profiling, SIRT1 expression analysis, sirtinol pharmacological treatment in shPAB mouse muscles |
iScience |
Medium |
30739015
|
| 2019 |
Expanded PABPN1 accumulates in mitochondria and interacts with the TIM23 mitochondrial protein import complex; both wild-type (10-alanine) and expanded (18-alanine) PABPN1 accumulate in mitochondria, but the 18-alanine form decreases cell viability and induces aggresome formation. Reduced OXPHOS complex expression was detected in transgenic OPMD mouse muscle. |
Mitochondrial fractionation, co-immunoprecipitation with TIM23, immunofluorescence in patient muscle and mouse model, OXPHOS complex expression analysis |
Laboratory investigation |
Medium |
30894671
|
| 2020 |
PABPN1 is necessary for p63α mRNA translation by modulating binding of translation initiation factors eIF4E and eIF4G to p63α mRNA; PABPN1 deficiency also increases p63γ mRNA through alternative polyadenylation in coding sequence. p63α (especially ΔNp63α) regulates PABPN1 transcription, forming a feedback loop that controls keratinocyte differentiation. |
PABPN1 siRNA knockdown, APA analysis, translation initiation factor binding assay (eIF4E/eIF4G co-IP), ectopic ΔNp63α rescue, keratinocyte differentiation assay |
The Journal of investigative dermatology |
Medium |
32243883
|
| 2022 |
PABPN1 promotes the formation of nuclear poly(A) domains (NPADs) in mouse oocytes through liquid phase separation, driven by its N-terminal disordered domain and RNA-recognition motif; Pabpn1-null oocytes cannot form NPADs normally, have defects in transcript stability and long 3'UTR isoform formation, and Pabpn1-null mice are completely sterile with primary ovarian insufficiency. |
Pabpn1 knockout mouse model, live imaging of phase separation, domain deletion analysis, RNA-seq for 3'UTR isoform analysis, fertility assessment |
Science advances |
High |
36306357
|
| 2022 |
PABPN1 has a cytoplasmic function in zygotic genome activation (ZGA)-dependent maternal mRNA clearance; cytoplasmic PABPN1 docks on 3'-uridylated transcripts downstream of TUT4/TUT7 uridyltransferases and recruits 3'-5' exoribonuclease DIS3L2 to facilitate maternal mRNA decay. Pabpn1 knockout embryos arrest at the morula stage with failure to remove Z-decay maternal mRNAs. |
Pabpn1 knockout mouse, RNA immunoprecipitation, DIS3L2 co-immunoprecipitation, RNA-seq of maternal mRNA decay, developmental stage analysis |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
34904664
|
| 2023 |
PABPN1 promotes splicing of last introns with weak 3' splice sites in a polyA tail length-dependent manner; PABPN1 depletion induces retention of introns with weak 3' splice sites. Tethering PABPN1 to non-polyadenylated transcripts also promotes splicing, demonstrating a direct role. PABPN1 recruits RBM26/27 to promote splicing by interacting with the coiled-coil and RRM domain of RBM27, as established by TurboID-MS interactome analysis. |
PABPN1 depletion, RNA tethering assay, TurboID proximity labeling mass spectrometry, Co-IP with RBM27, splicing assays in HeLa and mouse cells |
EMBO reports |
High |
37661812
|
| 2023 |
The RNA-binding protein ZC3H11A interacts specifically with PABPN1 and requires PABPN1 for its localization into nuclear speckles; ZC3H11A uses the same zinc finger motifs to interact with both PABPN1 and viral mRNA. Lack of ZC3H11A alters polyadenylation of HAdV-5 capsid mRNA. |
ZC3H11A protein interactome (mass spectrometry), co-immunoprecipitation, nuclear speckle localization assay, viral mRNA polyadenylation analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
37356722
|
| 2023 |
PABPN1 liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is disrupted by interaction of SNRPD2 with the glutamic-proline (EP) domain of PABPN1 in colorectal cancer; disruption of PABPN1 LLPS attenuates repression of proximal poly(A) sites, leading to shortened 3' UTR of CTNNBIP1 that promotes cell proliferation and migration. |
PABPN1 phase separation assay, Co-IP identifying SNRPD2-PABPN1 interaction (EP domain), APA analysis, cell proliferation and migration assays |
Science China. Life sciences |
Medium |
38811444
|
| 2023 |
PABPN1 aggregation is driven by both Ala stretch expansion and poly(A)-RNA binding: Ala expansion controls PABPN1 mobility in nuclear speckles and leads to aggregation; poly(A) nucleotide is essential for early-stage condensation facilitating speckle formation and transition to solid-like aggregates. PABPN1 aggregates sequester CFIm25 in an mRNA-dependent manner, impairing CFIm25 function in alternative polyadenylation. |
FRAP/live imaging in nuclear speckles, poly(A) RNA binding assay, CFIm25 co-localization and function assay, APA analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
37422193
|
| 2024 |
PABPN1 is phosphorylated by mitotic kinases at four specific sites during mitosis; phospho-inhibitory mutations decrease cell proliferation and cause widespread poly(A) tail lengthening, while phospho-mimetic mutations result in shorter poly(A) tails with increased non-A nucleotides, increased transcription, and reduced stability of a distinct mRNA cohort. Phosphorylation thus remodels poly(A) tails and increases mRNA turnover to reset gene expression programs across the cell cycle. |
Stable cell lines with point mutations at phosphorylation sites, long-read sequencing for poly(A) tail length, TimeLapse-seq for mRNA synthesis and decay, cell proliferation assay |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
38943343
|
| 2025 |
QKI promotes PABPN1 liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in colorectal cancer cells; QKI is downregulated and loses nuclear localization in colorectal cancer, reducing PABPN1 phase separation and thereby promoting alternative polyadenylation, cell proliferation, and migration. Identified via CRISPR/BiFC/FACS screen. |
CRISPR/Cas9-based screening with bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and FACS, QKI knockdown/overexpression, APA analysis, cell proliferation and migration assays |
Protein & cell |
Medium |
40052530
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