Circular RNAs trigger nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
Boo and Shin et al. uncover that the EJC deposited onto circRNAs after back-splicing is spatially located near the 3′ UTR of mRNA through circRNA-mRNA interaction. The EJC on circRNA triggers NMD of the mRNA. Mechanistic studies reveal the roles of circNMD in apoptosis and its therapeutic potential for mRNA downregulation.