Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

PARP1 promotes gene expression at the post-transcriptional level by modulating the RNA-binding protein HuR

  • Yueshuang Ke,
  • Yanlong Han,
  • Xiaolan Guo,
  • Jitao Wen,
  • Ke Wang,
  • Xue Jiang,
  • Xue Tian,
  • Xueqing Ba,
  • Istvan Boldogh,
  • Xianlu Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14632
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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PARP1, in addition to its role in DNA repair, has a role in regulating gene transcription via PARylation of target proteins. Here the authors show that HuR is targeted after lipopolysaccharide exposure to regulate the inflammatory gene expression at post-transcriptional level.