Dissecting the mechanism of NOP56 GGCCUG repeat-associated non-AUG translation using cell-free translation systems.

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School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama, Japan; Cell Biology Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address:

Published: April 2025


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The repeat expansion in the human genome contributes to neurodegenerative disorders such as spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Transcripts with repeat expansions undergo noncanonical translation called repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation. The NOP56 gene, implicated in SCA36, contains a GGCCTG repeat in its first intron. In tissues of patients with SCA36, poly (Gly-Pro) and poly (Pro-Arg) peptides, likely produced through NOP56 RAN translation in (NOP56-RAN), have been detected. However, the detailed mechanism underlying NOP56-RAN remains unclear. To address this, we used cell-free translation systems to investigate the mechanism of NOP56-RAN and identified the following features. (i) Translation occurs in all reading frames of the sense strand of NOP56 intron 1. (ii) Translation is initiated in a 5' cap-dependent manner from near-cognate start codons upstream of the GGCCUG repeat in each frame. (iii) Longer GGCCUG repeats enhance NOP56-RAN. (iv) A frameshift occurs within the GGCCUG repeat. These findings provide insights into the similarities between NOP56-RAN and other types of RAN translation.

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