PMID- 32818479 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210311 LR - 20210311 IS - 1090-2422 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4827 (Linking) VI - 396 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Nov 1 TI - Some like it translated: small ORFs in the 5'UTR. PG - 112229 LID - S0014-4827(20)30478-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112229 [doi] AB - The 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) is critical in determining post-transcriptional control, which is partly mediated by short upstream open reading frames (uORFs) present in half of mammalian transcripts. uORFs are generally considered to provide functionally important repression of the main-ORF by engaging initiating ribosomes, but under specific environmental conditions such as cellular stress, uORFs can become essential to activate the translation of the main coding sequence. In addition, a growing number of uORF-encoded bioactive microproteins have been described, which have the potential to significantly increase cellular protein diversity. Here we review the diverse cellular contexts in which uORFs play a critical role and discuss the molecular mechanisms underlying their function and regulation. The progress over the last decades in dissecting uORF function suggests that the 5'UTR remains an exciting frontier towards understanding how the cellular proteome is shaped in health and disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Renz, Peter F AU - Renz PF AD - Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Valdivia-Francia, Fabiola AU - Valdivia-Francia F AD - Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland; Life Science Zurich Graduate School, Molecular Life Science Program, University of Zurich/ ETH Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Sendoel, Ataman AU - Sendoel A AD - Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland. Electronic address: ataman.sendoel@uzh.ch. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200817 PL - United States TA - Exp Cell Res JT - Experimental cell research JID - 0373226 RN - 0 (5' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (ATF4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factors) RN - 0 (GCN4 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 145891-90-3 (Activating Transcription Factor 4) SB - IM MH - *5' Untranslated Regions MH - Activating Transcription Factor 4/genetics/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factors/*genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Humans MH - *Open Reading Frames MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - *Protein Biosynthesis MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Ribosomes/*genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5'UTR OT - Development and Disease OT - Gene expression regulation OT - Translational regulation OT - uORFs EDAT- 2020/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/12 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-4827(20)30478-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112229 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Cell Res. 2020 Nov 1;396(1):112229. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112229. Epub 2020 Aug 17.