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Selenium is biologically active through the functions of selenoproteins that contain the amino acid selenocysteine. This amino acid is translated in response to in-frame UGA codons in mRNAs that include a SECIS element in its 3′ untranslated region, and this process requires a unique tRNA, referred to as tRNA [Ser]Sec . The translation of UGA as selenocysteine, rather than its use as a termination signal, is a candidate restriction point for the regulation of selenoprotein synthesis by selenium. A specialized reporter construct was used that permits the evaluation of SECIS-directed UGA translation to examine mechanisms of the regulation of selenoprotein translation. Using SECIS elements from five different selenoprotein mRNAs, UGA translation was quantified in response to selenium supplementation and alterations in tRNA [Ser]Sec  levels and isoform distributions. Although each of the evaluated SECIS elements exhibited differences in their baseline activities, each was stimulated to a similar extent by increased selenium or tRNA [Ser]Sec  levels and was inhibited by diminished levels of the methylated isoform of tRNA [Ser]Sec  achieved using a dominant-negative acting mutant tRNA [Ser]Sec . tRNA [Ser]Sec  was found to be limiting for UGA translation under conditions of high selenoprotein mRNA in both a transient reporter assay and in cells with elevated GPx-1 mRNA. This and data indicating increased amounts of the methylated isoform of tRNA [Ser]Sec  during selenoprotein translation indicate that it is this isoform that is translationally active and that selenium-induced tRNA methylation is a mechanism of regulation of the synthesis of selenoproteins.

A regulatory role for Sec tRNA[Ser]Sec in selenoprotein synthesis

A regulatory role for Sec tRNA^[Ser]Sec in selenoprotein synthesis