Chemical inhibition of exon junction complex assembly impairs mRNA localization and neural stem cells ciliogenesis.

ABSTRACT: The exon junction complex (EJC) is formed by the essential eIF4A3, MAGOH, and Y14 core proteins. It is universally deposited during splicing at exon-exon junctions. The EJC is known to impact almost every post-transcriptional regulatory step throughout the life of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) including their modifications, splicing, decay, and trafficking. Its dysregulation leads to neurodevelopmental pathologies. Here, we show that EJC-i, a compound known to block the ATPase activity of eIF4A3, inhibits de novo EJC assembly. EJC-i and targeted knockdown of either eIF4A3 or Y14 core EJC subunits lead to very similar phenotypes by impacting the destiny of mRNAs due to alterations in alternative splicing, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, genome-wide m6A methylation, and proper localization of specifi

SUBMITTER: Villa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12630143 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature