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Nucleic Acids Research, 2001, Vol. 29, No. 21 4341-4351
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Inhibition of CHOP translation by a peptide encoded by an open reading frame localized in the chop 5'UTR

Céline Jousse, Alain Bruhat, Valérie Carraro, Fumihiko Urano1, Marc Ferrara, David Ron1 and Pierre Fafournoux*

UR 238 – Unité de Nutrition Cellulaire et Moléculaire, INRA de Theix, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France and 1Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA

Chop is a ubiquitously expressed mammalian gene encoding a small nuclear protein related to the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) family of transcription factors. CHOP protein plays an important role in various cellular processes such as growth, differentiation and programmed cell death. CHOP expression is strongly increased in response to a large variety of stresses including perturbation of the endoplasmic reticulum function, DNA damage and nutrient deprivation. Multiple mechanisms including transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls are involved in the regulation of CHOP expression. We show here that the 5'UTR of the Chop transcript plays an important role in controlling the synthesis of CHOP protein. In particular, the 5'UTR contains a conserved uORF which encodes a 31 amino acid peptide that inhibits the expression of the downstream ORF. Mutational analysis of the 5' leader region and peptide coding sequences suggests that the peptide itself inhibits expression of the downstream ORF. Such results suggest a role for uORF in limiting ribosomal access to downstream initiation sites. With respect to the importance of CHOP protein in the regulation of cellular functions, the mechanisms that regulate its basal level are of considerable interest.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +33 4 73 62 45 62; Fax: +33 4 73 62 45 70; Email: fpierre{at}clermont.inra.fr


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