2021
Who let the DoGs out? – biogenesis of stress-induced readthrough transcripts
Rosa-Mercado NA, Steitz JA. Who let the DoGs out? – biogenesis of stress-induced readthrough transcripts. Trends In Biochemical Sciences 2021, 47: 206-217. PMID: 34489151, PMCID: PMC8840951, DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2021.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseHuman protein-coding genesStress responseProtein-coding genesDoG inductionNascent mRNAReadthrough transcriptionTranscriptional landscapeDifferent stress conditionsReadthrough transcriptsStress conditionsViral proteinsBiogenesisStress removalGenesTranscriptsCell exposureProduction playTranscriptionRNAProteinMRNAHostProductionHallmarkHyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression
Rosa-Mercado NA, Zimmer JT, Apostolidi M, Rinehart J, Simon MD, Steitz JA. Hyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 502-513.e4. PMID: 33400923, PMCID: PMC7867636, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWidespread transcriptional repressionTranscriptional repressionPol IIIntegrator complex subunitsRNA polymerase IIGenome-wide lossStress-induced redistributionParental genesTranscriptional outputDoG inductionPolymerase IIChIP sequencingHuman cell linesUpstream geneComplex subunitsPolyadenylation factorsTranscription profilesReadthrough transcriptsCatalytic subunitIntegrator activityCellular stressHyperosmotic stressTranscriptional levelTranscription resultsGenes
2017
Comparative analysis reveals genomic features of stress-induced transcriptional readthrough
Vilborg A, Sabath N, Wiesel Y, Nathans J, Levy-Adam F, Yario TA, Steitz JA, Shalgi R. Comparative analysis reveals genomic features of stress-induced transcriptional readthrough. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e8362-e8371. PMID: 28928151, PMCID: PMC5635911, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711120114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional readthroughReadthrough transcriptionGenomic featuresOsmotic stressProtein-coding gene lociHeat shockUnique chromatin signatureGenome-wide mappingOpen chromatin statePolymerase II occupancyNuclear RNA-seqGenome-wide studiesChromatin signaturesChromatin stateNIH 3T3 mouse fibroblast cellsNeighboring genesRNA classesReadthrough transcriptsReadthrough phenomenonRegulated processRNA-seqGene transcriptionGene locusStress responsePotential regulator