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Wilson DN, Doudna Cate JH. The structure and function of the eukaryotic ribosome. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2012; 4:4/5/a011536. [PMID: 22550233 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Structures of the bacterial ribosome have provided a framework for understanding universal mechanisms of protein synthesis. However, the eukaryotic ribosome is much larger than it is in bacteria, and its activity is fundamentally different in many key ways. Recent cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions and X-ray crystal structures of eukaryotic ribosomes and ribosomal subunits now provide an unprecedented opportunity to explore mechanisms of eukaryotic translation and its regulation in atomic detail. This review describes the X-ray crystal structures of the Tetrahymena thermophila 40S and 60S subunits and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 80S ribosome, as well as cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of translating yeast and plant 80S ribosomes. Mechanistic questions about translation in eukaryotes that will require additional structural insights to be resolved are also presented.
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Liang H, Ding X, Zhou C, Zhang Y, Xu M, Zhang C, Xu L. Knockdown of eukaryotic translation initiation factors 3B (EIF3B) inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis in glioblastoma cells. Neurol Sci 2012; 33:1057-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0894-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Molecular mechanism of scanning and start codon selection in eukaryotes. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 75:434-67, first page of table of contents. [PMID: 21885680 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00008-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The correct translation of mRNA depends critically on the ability to initiate at the right AUG codon. For most mRNAs in eukaryotic cells, this is accomplished by the scanning mechanism, wherein the small (40S) ribosomal subunit attaches to the 5' end of the mRNA and then inspects the leader base by base for an AUG in a suitable context, using complementarity with the anticodon of methionyl initiator tRNA (Met-tRNAiMet) as the key means of identifying AUG. Over the past decade, a combination of yeast genetics, biochemical analysis in reconstituted systems, and structural biology has enabled great progress in deciphering the mechanism of ribosomal scanning. A robust molecular model now exists, describing the roles of initiation factors, notably eukaryotic initiation factor 1 (eIF1) and eIF1A, in stabilizing an "open" conformation of the 40S subunit with Met-tRNAiMet bound in a low-affinity state conducive to scanning and in triggering rearrangement into a "closed" conformation incompatible with scanning, which features Met-tRNAiMet more tightly bound to the "P" site and base paired with AUG. It has also emerged that multiple DEAD-box RNA helicases participate in producing a single-stranded "landing pad" for the 40S subunit and in removing the secondary structure to enable the mRNA to traverse the 40S mRNA-binding channel in the single-stranded form for base-by-base inspection in the P site.
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Functional reconstitution of human eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:20473-8. [PMID: 22135459 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116821108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Protein fate in higher eukaryotes is controlled by three complexes that share conserved architectural elements: the proteasome, COP9 signalosome, and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3). Here we reconstitute the 13-subunit human eIF3 in Escherichia coli, revealing its structural core to be the eight subunits with conserved orthologues in the proteasome lid complex and COP9 signalosome. This structural core in eIF3 binds to the small (40S) ribosomal subunit, to translation initiation factors involved in mRNA cap-dependent initiation, and to the hepatitis C viral (HCV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) RNA. Addition of the remaining eIF3 subunits enables reconstituted eIF3 to assemble intact initiation complexes with the HCV IRES. Negative-stain EM reconstructions of reconstituted eIF3 further reveal how the approximately 400 kDa molecular mass structural core organizes the highly flexible 800 kDa molecular mass eIF3 complex, and mediates translation initiation.
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Herrmannová A, Daujotyte D, Yang JC, Cuchalová L, Gorrec F, Wagner S, Dányi I, Lukavsky PJ, Valásek LS. Structural analysis of an eIF3 subcomplex reveals conserved interactions required for a stable and proper translation pre-initiation complex assembly. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:2294-311. [PMID: 22090426 PMCID: PMC3300007 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Translation initiation factor eIF3 acts as the key orchestrator of the canonical initiation pathway in eukaryotes, yet its structure is greatly unexplored. We report the 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of the complex between the yeast seven-bladed β-propeller eIF3i/TIF34 and a C-terminal α-helix of eIF3b/PRT1, which reveals universally conserved interactions. Mutating these interactions displays severe growth defects and eliminates association of eIF3i/TIF34 and strikingly also eIF3g/TIF35 with eIF3 and 40S subunits in vivo. Unexpectedly, 40S-association of the remaining eIF3 subcomplex and eIF5 is likewise destabilized resulting in formation of aberrant pre-initiation complexes (PICs) containing eIF2 and eIF1, which critically compromises scanning arrest on mRNA at its AUG start codon suggesting that the contacts between mRNA and ribosomal decoding site are impaired. Remarkably, overexpression of eIF3g/TIF35 suppresses the leaky scanning and growth defects most probably by preventing these aberrant PICs to form. Leaky scanning is also partially suppressed by eIF1, one of the key regulators of AUG recognition, and its mutant sui1G107R but the mechanism differs. We conclude that the C-terminus of eIF3b/PRT1 orchestrates co-operative recruitment of eIF3i/TIF34 and eIF3g/TIF35 to the 40S subunit for a stable and proper assembly of 48S pre-initiation complexes necessary for stringent AUG recognition on mRNAs.
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- Anna Herrmannová
- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, Czech Republic
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Burks JM, Zwieb C, Müller F, Wower IK, Wower J. In silico analysis of IRES RNAs of foot-and-mouth disease virus and related picornaviruses. Arch Virol 2011; 156:1737-47. [PMID: 21681504 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1043-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) uses an internal ribosome entry site (IRES), a highly structured segment of its genomic RNA, to hijack the translational apparatus of an infected host. Computational analysis of 162 type II picornavirus IRES RNA sequences yielded secondary structures that included only base pairs supported by comparative or experimental evidence. The deduced helical sections provided the foundation for a hypothetical three-dimensional model of FMDV IRES RNA. The model was further constrained by incorporation of data derived from chemical modification and enzymatic probing of IRES RNAs as well as high-resolution information about IRES RNA-bound proteins.
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- Jody M Burks
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, 210 Upchurch Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5415, USA
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Viruses utilize a number of translational control mechanisms to regulate the relative expression levels of viral proteins on polycistronic mRNAs. One such mechanism, that of termination-dependent reinitiation, has been described in a number of both negative- and positive-strand RNA viruses. Dicistronic RNAs which exhibit termination-reinitiation typically have a start codon of the 3'-ORF (open reading frame) proximal to the stop codon of the upstream ORF. For example, the segment 7 RNA of influenza B is dicistronic, and the stop codon of the M1 ORF and the start codon of the BM2 ORF overlap in the pentanucleotide UAAUG (the stop codon of M1 is shown in bold and the start codon of BM2 is underlined). Recent evidence has highlighted the potential importance of mRNA-rRNA interactions in reinitiation on caliciviral and influenza B viral RNAs, probably used to tether 40S ribosomal subunits to the RNA after termination in time for initiation factors to be recruited to the AUG of the downstream ORF. The present review summarizes how such interactions regulate reinitiation in an array of RNA viruses, and discusses what is known about reinitiation in viruses that do not rely on apparent mRNA-rRNA interactions.
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Cai Q, Todorovic A, Andaya A, Gao J, Leary JA, Cate JHD. Distinct regions of human eIF3 are sufficient for binding to the HCV IRES and the 40S ribosomal subunit. J Mol Biol 2010; 403:185-96. [PMID: 20816988 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2010] [Revised: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Translation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genomic RNA initiates from an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) in its 5' untranslated region and requires a minimal subset of translation initiation factors to occur, namely eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2 and eIF3. Low-resolution structural information has revealed how the HCV IRES RNA binds human eIF3 and the 40S ribosomal subunit and positions the start codon for initiation. However, the exact nature of the interactions between the HCV IRES RNA and the translational machinery remains unknown. Using limited proteolysis and mass spectrometry, we show that distinct regions of human eIF3 are sufficient for binding to the HCV IRES RNA and the 40S subunit. Notably, the eIF3 subunit eIF3b is protected by HCV IRES RNA binding, yet is exposed in the complex when compared to subunits eIF3e, eIF3f, eIF3h, and eIF3l. Limited proteolysis reveals that eIF3 binding to the 40S ribosomal subunit occurs through many redundant interactions that can compensate for each other. These data suggest how the HCV IRES binds to specific regions of eIF3 to target the translational machinery to the viral genomic RNA and provide a framework for modeling the architecture of intact human eIF3.
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- Qi Cai
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Rosenfeld AB, Racaniello VR. Components of the multifactor complex needed for internal initiation by the IRES of hepatitis C virus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA Biol 2010; 7:596-605. [PMID: 20935471 DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.5.13096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Interaction between the 40S ribosomal subunit and the IRES of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is thought to be independent of initiation proteins, while joining of the 60S ribosomal subunit, and initiation of translation is dependent upon components of the translation machinery. An established in vivo functional assay for internal initiation mediated by the HCV IRES was used to identify proteins needed for IRES dependent translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains possessing alterations of the translation machinery. Internal initiation dependent upon the HCV IRES was abrogated in strains lacking eIF5B, and reduced in strains with altered eIF3, either lacking the Hcr1p subunit, a component of eIF3 not previously known to interact with HCV RNA, or possessing an amino acid change in the Rpg1p subunit. The HCV RNA-induced conformational change in the 40S subunit might affect positioning of eIF3 and lead to different interactions between the ribosome, eIF3, and the multifactor complex. HCV IRES dependent initiation was unaffected in strains in which the concentration of the initiating tRNA was reduced. Alteration of the δ subunit of eIF2B, which leads to inefficient recycling, or substitution of aspartic acid for serine 51 of eIF2α had no effect on internal initiation. Production of human Pkr inhibited HCV IRES dependent initiation in yeast. The synthesis of Pkr in yeast is known to result in high levels of eIF2α phosphorylation, increased Gcn4p synthesis, and reduced ribosomal protein production. These alterations may explain the effect of Pkr synthesis on HCV IRES dependent initiation in yeast.
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- Amy B Rosenfeld
- Department of Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Saletta F, Suryo Rahmanto Y, Richardson DR. The translational regulator eIF3a: the tricky eIF3 subunit! Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2010; 1806:275-86. [PMID: 20647036 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2010.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Revised: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Regulation of gene expression is a fundamental step in cellular physiology as abnormalities in this process may lead to de-regulated growth and cancer. Translation of mRNA is mainly regulated at the rate-limiting initiation step, where many eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) are involved. The largest and most complex initiation factor is eIF3 which plays a role in translational regulation, cell growth and cancer. The largest subunit of eIF3 is eIF3a, although it is not required for the general function of eIF3 in translation initiation. However, eIF3a may play a role as a regulator of a subset of mRNAs and has been demonstrated to regulate the expression of p27(kip1), tyrosinated α-tubulin and ribonucleotide reductase M2 subunit. These molecules have a pivotal role in the regulation of the cell cycle. Moreover, the eIF3a mRNA is ubiquitously expressed in all tissues at different levels and is found elevated in a number of cancer types. eIF3a can modulate the cell cycle and may be a translational regulator for proteins important for entrance into S phase. The expression of eIF3a is decreased in differentiated cells in culture and the suppression of eIF3a expression can reverse the malignant phenotype and change the sensitivity of cells to cell cycle modulators. However, the role of eIF3a in cancer is still unclear. In fact, some studies have identified eIF3a to be involved in cancer development, while other results indicate that it could provide protection against evolution into higher malignancy. Together, these findings highlight the "tricky" and interesting nature of eIF3a.
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- Federica Saletta
- Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, Blackburn Building (D06), University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006 Australia
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Higareda-Mendoza AE, Pardo-Galván MA. Expression of human eukaryotic initiation factor 3f oscillates with cell cycle in A549 cells and is essential for cell viability. Cell Div 2010; 5:10. [PMID: 20462454 PMCID: PMC2877012 DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-5-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Transcriptional and postranslational regulation of the cell cycle has been widely studied. However, there is scarce knowledge concerning translational control of this process. Several mammalian eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) seem to be implicated in controlling cell proliferation. In this work, we investigated if the human eIF3f expression and function is cell cycle related. Results The human eIF3f expression has been found to be upregulated in growth-stimulated A549 cells and downregulated in G0. Western blot analysis and eIF3f promotor-luciferase fusions revealed that eIF3f expression peaks twice in the cell cycle: in the S and the M phases. Deregulation of eIF3f expression negatively affects cell viability and induces apoptosis. Conclusions The expression pattern of human eIF3f during the cell cycle confirms that this gene is cell division related. The fact that eIF3f expression peaks in two cell cycle phases raises the possibility that this gene may exert a differential function in the S and M phases. Our results strongly suggest that eIF3f is essential for cell proliferation.
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- Ana E Higareda-Mendoza
- Departmento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México.
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Elantak L, Wagner S, Herrmannová A, Karásková M, Rutkai E, Lukavsky PJ, Valásek L. The indispensable N-terminal half of eIF3j/HCR1 cooperates with its structurally conserved binding partner eIF3b/PRT1-RRM and with eIF1A in stringent AUG selection. J Mol Biol 2010; 396:1097-116. [PMID: 20060839 PMCID: PMC2824034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Despite the recent progress in our understanding of the numerous
functions of individual subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3
(eIF3), there is still only little known on the molecular level. Using NMR
spectroscopy, we determined the first solution structure of an interaction
between eIF3 subunits. We revealed that a conserved tryptophan residue in the
human eIF3j N-terminal acidic domain (NTA) is held in the helix α1
– loop L5 hydrophobic pocket of the human eIF3b-RRM. Mutating the
corresponding “pocket” residues in its yeast orthologue reduces
cellular growth rate, eliminates eIF3j/HCR1 association with eIF3b/PRT1
in vitro and in vivo, affects
40S-occupancy of eIF3, and produces a leaky scanning defect indicative of a
deregulation of the AUG selection process. Unexpectedly, we found that the
N-terminal half (NTD) of eIF3j/HCR1 containing the NTA motif is indispensable
and sufficient for wild-type growth of yeast cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate
that deletion of either j/HCR1 or its NTD only, or mutating the key tryptophan
residues results in the severe leaky scanning phenotype partially suppressible
by overexpressed eIF1A, which is thought to stabilize properly formed
pre-initiation complexes at the correct start codon. These findings indicate
that eIF3j/HCR1 remains associated with the scanning pre-initiation complexes
and does not dissociate from the small ribosomal subunit upon mRNA recruitment
as previously believed. Finally, we provide further support for earlier mapping
of the ribosomal binding site for human eIF3j by identifying specific
interactions of eIF3j/HCR1 with small ribosomal proteins RPS2 and RPS23 located
in the vicinity of the mRNA entry channel. Taken together we propose that
eIF3j/HCR1 closely co-operates with eIF3b/PRT1-RRM and eIF1A on the ribosome to
ensure proper formation of the scanning-arrested conformation required for
stringent AUG recognition.
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- Latifa Elantak
- Structural Studies Division, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, England, UK
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Dempsey JM, Mahoney SJ, Blenis J. mTORC1-Mediated Control of Protein Translation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(10)28001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The helicase protein DHX29 promotes translation initiation, cell proliferation, and tumorigenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:22217-22. [PMID: 20018725 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909773106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Translational control plays an important role in cell growth and tumorigenesis. Cap-dependent translation initiation of mammalian mRNAs with structured 5'UTRs requires the DExH-box protein, DHX29, in vitro. Here we show that DHX29 is important for translation in vivo. Down-regulation of DHX29 leads to impaired translation, resulting in disassembly of polysomes and accumulation of mRNA-free 80S monomers. DHX29 depletion also impedes cancer cell growth in culture and in xenografts. Thus, DHX29 is a bona fide translation initiation factor that potentially can be exploited as a target to inhibit cancer cell growth.
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Noh SJ, Miller SH, Lee YT, Goh SH, Marincola FM, Stroncek DF, Reed C, Wang E, Miller JL. Let-7 microRNAs are developmentally regulated in circulating human erythroid cells. J Transl Med 2009; 7:98. [PMID: 19939273 PMCID: PMC2792219 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-7-98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background MicroRNAs are ~22nt-long small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate protein expression through mRNA degradation or translational repression in eukaryotic cells. Based upon their importance in regulating development and terminal differentiation in model systems, erythrocyte microRNA profiles were examined at birth and in adults to determine if changes in their abundance coincide with the developmental phenomenon of hemoglobin switching. Methods Expression profiling of microRNA was performed using total RNA from four adult peripheral blood samples compared to four cord blood samples after depletion of plasma, platelets, and nucleated cells. Labeled RNAs were hybridized to custom spotted arrays containing 474 human microRNA species (miRBase release 9.1). Total RNA from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines provided a hybridization reference for all samples to generate microRNA abundance profile for each sample. Results Among 206 detected miRNAs, 79% of the microRNAs were present at equivalent levels in both cord and adult cells. By comparison, 37 microRNAs were up-regulated and 4 microRNAs were down-regulated in adult erythroid cells (fold change > 2; p < 0.01). Among the up-regulated subset, the let-7 miRNA family consistently demonstrated increased abundance in the adult samples by array-based analyses that were confirmed by quantitative PCR (4.5 to 18.4 fold increases in 6 of 8 let-7 miRNA). Profiling studies of messenger RNA (mRNA) in these cells additionally demonstrated down-regulation of ten let-7 target genes in the adult cells. Conclusion These data suggest that a consistent pattern of up-regulation among let-7 miRNA in circulating erythroid cells occurs in association with hemoglobin switching during the fetal-to-adult developmental transition in humans.
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- Seung-Jae Noh
- Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Mahoney SJ, Dempsey JM, Blenis J. Cell signaling in protein synthesis ribosome biogenesis and translation initiation and elongation. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 90:53-107. [PMID: 20374739 DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(09)90002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Protein synthesis is a highly energy-consuming process that must be tightly regulated. Signal transduction cascades respond to extracellular and intracellular cues to phosphorylate proteins involved in ribosomal biogenesis and translation initiation and elongation. These phosphorylation events regulate the timing and rate of translation of both specific and total mRNAs. Alterations in this regulation can result in dysfunction and disease. While many signaling pathways intersect to control protein synthesis, the mTOR and MAPK pathways appear to be key players. This chapter briefly reviews the mTOR and MAPK pathways and then focuses on individual phosphorylation events that directly control ribosome biogenesis and translation.
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- Sarah J Mahoney
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Fraser CS. The molecular basis of translational control. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 90:1-51. [PMID: 20374738 DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(09)90001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Our current understanding of eukaryotic protein synthesis has emerged from many years of biochemical, genetic and biophysical approaches. Significant insight into the molecular details of the mechanism has been obtained, although there are clearly many aspects of the process that remain to be resolved. Importantly, our understanding of the mechanism has identified a number of key stages in the pathway that contribute to the regulation of general and gene-specific translation. Not surprisingly, translational control is now widely accepted to play a role in aspects of cell stress, growth, development, synaptic function, aging, and disease. This chapter reviews the mechanism of eukaryotic protein synthesis and its relevance to translational control.
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- Christopher S Fraser
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Fraser CS, Hershey JWB, Doudna JA. The pathway of hepatitis C virus mRNA recruitment to the human ribosome. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2009; 16:397-404. [PMID: 19287397 PMCID: PMC2689074 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Eukaryotic protein synthesis begins with mRNA positioning in the ribosomal decoding channel in a process typically controlled by translation-initiation factors. Some viruses use an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) in their mRNA to harness ribosomes independently of initiation factors. We show here that a ribosome conformational change that is induced upon hepatitis C viral IRES binding is necessary but not sufficient for correct mRNA positioning. Using directed hydroxyl radical probing to monitor the assembly of IRES-containing translation-initiation complexes, we have defined a crucial step in which mRNA is stabilized upon initiator tRNA binding. Unexpectedly, however, this stabilization occurs independently of the AUG codon, underscoring the importance of initiation factor-mediated interactions that influence the configuration of the decoding channel. These results reveal how an IRES RNA supplants some, but not all, of the functions normally carried out by protein factors during initiation of protein synthesis.
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- Christopher S Fraser
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Csibi A, Leibovitch MP, Cornille K, Tintignac LA, Leibovitch SA. MAFbx/Atrogin-1 Controls the Activity of the Initiation Factor eIF3-f in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy by Targeting Multiple C-terminal Lysines. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:4413-21. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807641200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Pérard J, Rasia R, Medenbach J, Ayala I, Boisbouvier J, Drouet E, Baudin F. Human initiation factor eIF3 subunit b interacts with HCV IRES RNA through its N-terminal RNA recognition motif. FEBS Lett 2008; 583:70-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Poly(A)-binding protein-interacting protein 1 binds to eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 to stimulate translation. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:6658-67. [PMID: 18725400 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00738-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) stimulates translation initiation by binding simultaneously to the mRNA poly(A) tail and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G). PABP activity is regulated by PABP-interacting (Paip) proteins. Paip1 binds PABP and stimulates translation by an unknown mechanism. Here, we describe the interaction between Paip1 and eIF3, which is direct, RNA independent, and mediated via the eIF3g (p44) subunit. Stimulation of translation by Paip1 in vivo was decreased upon deletion of the N-terminal sequence containing the eIF3-binding domain and upon silencing of PABP or several eIF3 subunits. We also show the formation of ternary complexes composed of Paip1-PABP-eIF4G and Paip1-eIF3-eIF4G. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the eIF3-Paip1 interaction promotes translation. We propose that eIF3-Paip1 stabilizes the interaction between PABP and eIF4G, which brings about the circularization of the mRNA.
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Mass spectrometry reveals modularity and a complete subunit interaction map of the eukaryotic translation factor eIF3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:18139-44. [PMID: 18599441 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801313105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) plays an important role in translation initiation, acting as a docking site for several eIFs that assemble on the 40S ribosomal subunit. Here, we use mass spectrometry to probe the subunit interactions within the human eIF3 complex. Our results show that the 13-subunit complex can be maintained intact in the gas phase, enabling us to establish unambiguously its stoichiometry and its overall subunit architecture via tandem mass spectrometry and solution disruption experiments. Dissociation takes place as a function of ionic strength to form three stable modules eIF3(c:d:e:l:k), eIF3(f:h:m), and eIF3(a:b:i:g). These modules are linked by interactions between subunits eIF3b:c and eIF3c:h. We confirmed our interaction map with the homologous yeast eIF3 complex that contains the five core subunits found in the human eIF3 and supplemented our data with results from immunoprecipitation. These results, together with the 27 subcomplexes identified with increasing ionic strength, enable us to define a comprehensive interaction map for this 800-kDa species. Our interaction map allows comparison of free eIF3 with that bound to the hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site (HCV-IRES) RNA. We also compare our eIF3 interaction map with related complexes, containing evolutionarily conserved protein domains, and reveal the location of subunits containing RNA recognition motifs proximal to the decoding center of the 40S subunit of the ribosome.
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The ribosome is a dynamic machine that undergoes many conformational rearrangements during the initiation of protein synthesis. Significant differences exist between the process of protein synthesis initiation in eubacteria and eukaryotes. In particular, the initiation of eukaryotic protein synthesis requires roughly an order of magnitude more initiation factors to promote efficient mRNA recruitment and ribosomal recognition of the start codon than are needed for eubacterial initiation. The mechanisms by which these initiation factors promote ribosome conformational changes during stages of initiation have been studied using cross-linking, footprinting, site-directed probing, cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, fluorescence spectroscopy and single-molecule techniques. Here, we review how the results of these different approaches have begun to converge to yield a detailed molecular understanding of the dynamic motions that the eukaryotic ribosome cycles through during the initiation of protein synthesis.
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Pisarev AV, Hellen CUT, Pestova TV. Recycling of eukaryotic posttermination ribosomal complexes. Cell 2008; 131:286-99. [PMID: 17956730 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Revised: 08/15/2007] [Accepted: 08/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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After translational termination, mRNA and P site deacylated tRNA remain associated with ribosomes in posttermination complexes (post-TCs), which must therefore be recycled by releasing mRNA and deacylated tRNA and by dissociating ribosomes into subunits. Recycling of bacterial post-TCs requires elongation factor EF-G and a ribosome recycling factor RRF. Eukaryotes do not encode a RRF homolog, and their mechanism of ribosomal recycling is unknown. We investigated eukaryotic recycling using post-TCs assembled on a model mRNA encoding a tetrapeptide followed by a UAA stop codon and report that initiation factors eIF3, eIF1, eIF1A, and eIF3j, a loosely associated subunit of eIF3, can promote recycling of eukaryotic post-TCs. eIF3 is the principal factor that promotes splitting of posttermination ribosomes into 60S subunits and tRNA- and mRNA-bound 40S subunits. Its activity is enhanced by eIFs 3j, 1, and 1A. eIF1 also mediates release of P site tRNA, whereas eIF3j ensures subsequent dissociation of mRNA.
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- Andrey V Pisarev
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Fraser CS, Berry KE, Hershey JWB, Doudna JA. eIF3j is located in the decoding center of the human 40S ribosomal subunit. Mol Cell 2007; 26:811-9. [PMID: 17588516 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 05/10/2007] [Accepted: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Protein synthesis in all cells begins with the ordered binding of the small ribosomal subunit to messenger RNA (mRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA). In eukaryotes, translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) is thought to play an essential role in this process by influencing mRNA and tRNA binding through indirect interactions on the backside of the 40S subunit. Here we show by directed hydroxyl radical probing that the human eIF3 subunit eIF3j binds to the aminoacyl (A) site and mRNA entry channel of the 40S subunit, placing eIF3j directly in the ribosomal decoding center. eIF3j also interacts with eIF1A and reduces 40S subunit affinity for mRNA. A high affinity for mRNA is restored upon recruitment of initiator tRNA, even though eIF3j remains in the mRNA-binding cleft in the presence of tRNA. These results suggest that eIF3j functions in part by regulating access of the mRNA-binding cleft in response to initiation factor binding.
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- Christopher S Fraser
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Masutani M, Sonenberg N, Yokoyama S, Imataka H. Reconstitution reveals the functional core of mammalian eIF3. EMBO J 2007; 26:3373-83. [PMID: 17581632 PMCID: PMC1933396 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF)3 is the largest eIF ( approximately 650 kDa), consisting of 10-13 different polypeptide subunits in mammalian cells. To understand the role of each subunit, we successfully reconstituted a human eIF3 complex consisting of 11 subunits that promoted the recruitment of the 40S ribosomal subunit to mRNA. Strikingly, the eIF3g and eIF3i subunits, which are evolutionarily conserved between human and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are dispensable for active mammalian eIF3 complex formation. Extensive deletion analyses suggest that three evolutionarily conserved subunits (eIF3a, eIF3b, and eIF3c) and three non-conserved subunits (eIF3e, eIF3f, and eIF3h) comprise the functional core of mammalian eIF3.
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- Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Protein Research Group, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan. Tel.: +81 45 503 9461; Fax: +81 45 503 9460; E-mail:
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Damoc E, Fraser CS, Zhou M, Videler H, Mayeur GL, Hershey JWB, Doudna JA, Robinson CV, Leary JA. Structural characterization of the human eukaryotic initiation factor 3 protein complex by mass spectrometry. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1135-46. [PMID: 17322308 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600399-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein synthesis in mammalian cells requires initiation factor eIF3, an approximately 800-kDa protein complex that plays a central role in binding of initiator methionyl-tRNA and mRNA to the 40 S ribosomal subunit to form the 48 S initiation complex. The eIF3 complex also prevents premature association of the 40 and 60 S ribosomal subunits and interacts with other initiation factors involved in start codon selection. The molecular mechanisms by which eIF3 exerts these functions are poorly understood. Since its initial characterization in the 1970s, the exact size, composition, and post-translational modifications of mammalian eIF3 have not been rigorously determined. Two powerful mass spectrometric approaches were used in the present study to determine post-translational modifications that may regulate the activity of eIF3 during the translation initiation process and to characterize the molecular structure of the human eIF3 protein complex purified from HeLa cells. In the first approach, the bottom-up analysis of eIF3 allowed for the identification of a total of 13 protein components (eIF3a-m) with a sequence coverage of approximately 79%. Furthermore 29 phosphorylation sites and several other post-translational modifications were unambiguously identified within the eIF3 complex. The second mass spectrometric approach, involving analysis of intact eIF3, allowed the detection of a complex with each of the 13 subunits present in stoichiometric amounts. Using tandem mass spectrometry four eIF3 subunits (h, i, k, and m) were found to be most easily dissociated and therefore likely to be on the periphery of the complex. It is noteworthy that none of these four subunits were found to be phosphorylated. These data raise interesting questions about the function of phosphorylation as it relates to the core subunits of the complex.
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- Eugen Damoc
- Genome Center, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Valásek L, Szamecz B, Hinnebusch AG, Nielsen KH. In vivo stabilization of preinitiation complexes by formaldehyde cross-linking. Methods Enzymol 2007; 429:163-83. [PMID: 17913623 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)29008-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Translation initiation starts with the formation of the 43S preinitiation complex (PIC) consisting of several soluble factors, including the ternary complex (TC; elF2-GTP-Met-tRNA(i)(Met)), which associate with the small ribosomal subunit. In the next step, mRNA is recruited to form the 48S PIC and the entire machinery starts scanning the 5' untranslated region of the mRNA until the AUG start codon is encountered. The most widely used method to separate 40S and 60S ribosomal subunits from soluble factors, monosomes and polysomes, is sucrose density centrifugation (SDC). Since PICs are intrinsically unstable complexes that cannot withstand the forces imposed by SDC, a stabilization agent must be employed to detect the association of factors with the 40S subunit after SDC. This was initially achieved by adding heparin (a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan) directly to the breaking buffer of cells treated with cycloheximide (a translation elongation inhibitor). However, the mechanism of stabilization is not understood and, moreover, there are indications that the use of heparin may lead to artifactual factor associations that do not reflect the factor occupancy of the 43S/48S PICs in the cell at the time of lysis. Therefore, we developed an alternative method for PIC stabilization using formaldehyde (HCHO) to cross-link factors associated with 40S ribosomal subunits in vivo before the disruption of the yeast cells. Results obtained using HCHO stabilization strongly indicate that the factors detected on the 43S/48S PIC after SDC approximate a real-time in vivo "snapshot" of the 43S/48S PIC composition. In this chapter, we will present the protocol for HCHO cross-linking in detail and demonstrate the difference between heparin and HCHO stabilization procedures. In addition, different conditions for displaying the polysome profile or PIC analysis by SDC, used to address different questions, will be outlined.
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- Leos Valásek
- Institute of Microbiology, AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
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ElAntak L, Tzakos AG, Locker N, Lukavsky PJ. Structure of eIF3b RNA recognition motif and its interaction with eIF3j: structural insights into the recruitment of eIF3b to the 40 S ribosomal subunit. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:8165-74. [PMID: 17190833 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610860200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian eIF3 is a 700-kDa multiprotein complex essential for initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells. It consists of 13 subunits (eIF3a to -m), among which eIF3b serves as a major scaffolding protein. Here we report the solution structure of the N-terminal RNA recognition motif of human eIF3b (eIF3b-RRM) determined by NMR spectroscopy. The structure reveals a noncanonical RRM with a negatively charged surface in the beta-sheet area contradictory with potential RNA binding activity. Instead, eIF3j, which is required for stable 40 S ribosome binding of the eIF3 complex, specifically binds to the rear alpha-helices of the eIF3b-RRM, opposite to its beta-sheet surface. Moreover, we identify that an N-terminal 69-amino acid peptide of eIF3j is sufficient for binding to eIF3b-RRM and that this interaction is essential for eIF3b-RRM recruitment to the 40 S ribosomal subunit. Our results provide the first structure of an important subdomain of a core eIF3 subunit and detailed insights into protein-protein interactions between two eIF3 subunits required for stable eIF3 recruitment to the 40 S subunit.
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- Latifa ElAntak
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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Zhang L, Pan X, Hershey JWB. Individual overexpression of five subunits of human translation initiation factor eIF3 promotes malignant transformation of immortal fibroblast cells. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:5790-800. [PMID: 17170115 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606284200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms are commonly accepted paradigms of tumorigenesis. The view is emerging that deregulation of translation contributes importantly to cancer development, a role not generally appreciated before. Eukaryotic initiation factor eIF3 contains at least thirteen non-identical subunits, named from eIF3a to eIF3m, and plays an essential role in the rate-limiting initiation phase of translation. Increased mRNA and protein levels of the eIF3a, -3b, -3c, -3h, and -3i subunits have been detected in a wide variety of human tumors and are frequently identified as prognostic biomarkers for poor clinical outcome. However, it remains to be established whether up-regulation of eIF3 subunits is a consequence or a cause of the malignant phenotypes. Here we report that ectopic expression of eIF3a, -3b, -3c, -3h, or -3i in stably transfected NIH3T3 cells leads to a number of oncogenic properties: decreased doubling times, increased clonogenicity and viability, facilitated S-phase entry, attenuation of apoptosis, formation of transformed foci, and anchorage-independent growth. Only overexpression of the transforming subunits results in a stimulation of initiation and global protein synthesis rates and enhanced translation of poorly translated mRNAs that encode growth-regulating proteins, including cyclinD1, c-Myc, fibroblast growth factor-2, and ornithine decarboxylase, which may be responsible for oncogenic malignancy in the transformed cell lines. Based on these results, we hypothesize that eIF3 contributes to hyperactivation of the translation initiation machinery and thereby may play an important role in neoplasia. Cancer cells appear to require an aberrantly activated translational state to survive, suggesting that the initiation factors may be promising therapeutic targets for treating cancer.
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- Lili Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Hinton TM, Coldwell MJ, Carpenter GA, Morley SJ, Pain VM. Functional analysis of individual binding activities of the scaffold protein eIF4G. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:1695-708. [PMID: 17130132 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602780200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4G is an integral member of the translation initiation machinery. The molecule serves as a scaffold for several other initiation factors, including eIF4E, eIF4AI, the eIF3 complex, and poly(A)-binding protein (PABP). Previous work indicates that complexes between these proteins exhibit enhanced mRNA cap-binding and RNA helicase activities relative to the respective individual proteins, eIF4E and eIF4A. The eIF4G-PABP interaction has been implicated in enhancing the formation of 48 S and 80 S initiation complexes and ribosome recycling through mRNA circularization. The eIF3-eIF4GI interaction is believed to forge the link between the 40 S subunit and the mRNA. Here we have investigated the behavior in vitro and in intact cells of eIF4GIf molecules lacking either the PABP-binding site, the eIF3-binding site, the middle domain eIF4A-binding site, or the C-terminal segment that includes the second eIF4A-binding site. Although in some cases the mutant forms were recruited more slowly, all of these eIF4G variants could form complexes with eIF4E, enter 48 S complexes and polysomes in vivo and in vitro, and partially rescue translation in cells targeted with eIF4GI short interfering RNA. In the reticulocyte lysate, eIF4G unable to interact directly with PABP showed little impairment in its ability to support translation, whereas loss of either of the eIF4A-binding sites or the eIF3-binding site resulted in a marked decrease in activity. We conclude that there is considerable redundancy in the mechanisms forming initiation complexes in mammalian cells, such that many individual interactions have regulatory rather than essential roles.
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- Tracey M Hinton
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Three structurally related protein complexes, the COP9 signalosome, the proteasome lid, and the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3, are revealing new insights into developmental processes and into cell cycle control in healthy cells and cells exposed to genotoxic stress. Newly discovered cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases assembled on the CUL4 platform may provide links between DNA replication, chromatin, and proteolysis.
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- Albrecht G von Arnim
- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
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Hinnebusch AG. eIF3: a versatile scaffold for translation initiation complexes. Trends Biochem Sci 2006; 31:553-62. [PMID: 16920360 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/03/2006] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Translation initiation in eukaryotes depends on many eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) that stimulate both recruitment of the initiator tRNA, Met-tRNA(i)(Met), and mRNA to the 40S ribosomal subunit and subsequent scanning of the mRNA for the AUG start codon. The largest of these initiation factors, the eIF3 complex, organizes a web of interactions among several eIFs that assemble on the 40S subunit and participate in the different reactions involved in translation. Structural analysis suggests that eIF3 performs this scaffolding function by binding to the 40S subunit on its solvent-exposed surface rather than on its interface with the 60S subunit, where the decoding sites exist. This location of eIF3 seems ideally suited for its other proposed regulatory functions, including reinitiating translation on polycistronic mRNAs and acting as a receptor for protein kinases that control protein synthesis.
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- Alan G Hinnebusch
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Dong Z, Zhang JT. Initiation factor eIF3 and regulation of mRNA translation, cell growth, and cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2006; 59:169-80. [PMID: 16829125 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2005] [Revised: 03/30/2006] [Accepted: 03/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One important regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes occurs at the level of mRNA translation, specifically at the step of translational initiation. Deregulation at this step will cause abnormal gene expression, leading to altered cell growth and possibly cancer. Translational initiation is controlled by multiple eIFs and one of these, eIF3, is the most complex and important factor for regulation of translation. Various subunits of eIF3 have recently been implicated to play important roles in regulating translation of specific mRNAs encoding proteins important for cell growth control. The expression of these eIF3 subunits has also been found altered in various human tumors and their altered expression may cause cancer and/or affect prognosis. Although the importance of translational regulation in cell growth control and oncogenesis is being slowly recognized, more vigorous studies on the role of eIFs in oncogenesis and cancer will likely benefit diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of human cancers.
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- Zizheng Dong
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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LeFebvre AK, Korneeva NL, Trutschl M, Cvek U, Duzan RD, Bradley CA, Hershey JWB, Rhoads RE. Translation initiation factor eIF4G-1 binds to eIF3 through the eIF3e subunit. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:22917-32. [PMID: 16766523 PMCID: PMC1880881 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605418200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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eIF3 in mammals is the largest translation initiation factor ( approximately 800 kDa) and is composed of 13 nonidentical subunits designated eIF3a-m. The role of mammalian eIF3 in assembly of the 48 S complex occurs through high affinity binding to eIF4G. Interactions of eIF4G with eIF4E, eIF4A, eIF3, poly(A)-binding protein, and Mnk1/2 have been mapped to discrete domains on eIF4G, and conversely, the eIF4G-binding sites on all but one of these ligands have been determined. The only eIF4G ligand for which this has not been determined is eIF3. In this study, we have sought to identify the mammalian eIF3 subunit(s) that directly interact(s) with eIF4G. Established procedures for detecting protein-protein interactions gave ambiguous results. However, binding of partially proteolyzed HeLa eIF3 to the eIF3-binding domain of human eIF4G-1, followed by high throughput analysis of mass spectrometric data with a novel peptide matching algorithm, identified a single subunit, eIF3e (p48/Int-6). In addition, recombinant FLAG-eIF3e specifically competed with HeLa eIF3 for binding to eIF4G in vitro. Adding FLAG-eIF3e to a cell-free translation system (i) inhibited protein synthesis, (ii) caused a shift of mRNA from heavy to light polysomes, (iii) inhibited cap-dependent translation more severely than translation dependent on the HCV or CSFV internal ribosome entry sites, which do not require eIF4G, and (iv) caused a dramatic loss of eIF4G and eIF2alpha from complexes sedimenting at approximately 40 S. These data suggest a specific, direct, and functional interaction of eIF3e with eIF4G during the process of cap-dependent translation initiation, although they do not rule out participation of other eIF3 subunits.
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- Aaron K. LeFebvre
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
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- Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115
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- Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115
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- Research Core Facility, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Hwy., Shreveport, LA 71130-3932. Tel.: 318-675-5161; Fax: 318-675-5180; E-mail:
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Nielsen KH, Valásek L, Sykes C, Jivotovskaya A, Hinnebusch AG. Interaction of the RNP1 motif in PRT1 with HCR1 promotes 40S binding of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 in yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:2984-98. [PMID: 16581774 PMCID: PMC1446953 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.8.2984-2998.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We found that mutating the RNP1 motif in the predicted RRM domain in yeast eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) subunit b/PRT1 (prt1-rnp1) impairs its direct interactions in vitro with both eIF3a/TIF32 and eIF3j/HCR1. The rnp1 mutation in PRT1 confers temperature-sensitive translation initiation in vivo and reduces 40S-binding of eIF3 to native preinitiation complexes. Several findings indicate that the rnp1 lesion decreases recruitment of eIF3 to the 40S subunit by HCR1: (i) rnp1 strongly impairs the association of HCR1 with PRT1 without substantially disrupting the eIF3 complex; (ii) rnp1 impairs the 40S binding of eIF3 more so than the 40S binding of HCR1; (iii) overexpressing HCR1-R215I decreases the Ts(-) phenotype and increases 40S-bound eIF3 in rnp1 cells; (iv) the rnp1 Ts(-) phenotype is exacerbated by tif32-Delta6, which eliminates a binding determinant for HCR1 in TIF32; and (v) hcr1Delta impairs 40S binding of eIF3 in otherwise wild-type cells. Interestingly, rnp1 also reduces the levels of 40S-bound eIF5 and eIF1 and increases leaky scanning at the GCN4 uORF1. Thus, the PRT1 RNP1 motif coordinates the functions of HCR1 and TIF32 in 40S binding of eIF3 and is needed for optimal preinitiation complex assembly and AUG recognition in vivo.
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- Klaus H Nielsen
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 6A/Rm. B1A-13, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Shi J, Kahle A, Hershey JWB, Honchak BM, Warneke JA, Leong SPL, Nelson MA. Decreased expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 3f deregulates translation and apoptosis in tumor cells. Oncogene 2006; 25:4923-36. [PMID: 16532022 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The eukaryotic initiation factor 3f (eIF3f) is the p47 subunit of the multi-subunit eIF3 complex. eIF3 plays an important role in translation initiation. In the present study, we investigate the biological function of eIF3f in translation and apoptosis in tumor cells. We demonstrated for the first time that eIF3f is downregulated in most human tumors using a cancer profiling array and confirmed by real-time reverse transcription PCR in melanoma and pancreatic cancer. Overexpression of eIF3f inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in melanoma and pancreatic cancer cells. Silencing of eIF3f protects melanoma cells from apoptosis. We further investigated the biological function of eIF3f. In vitro translation studies indicate that eIF3f is a negative regulator of translation and that the region between amino acids 170 and 248 of eIF3f is required for its translation regulatory function. Ectopic expression of eIF3f inhibits translation and overall cellular protein synthesis. Ribosome profile and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) fragmentation assays revealed that eIF3f reduces ribosomes, which may be associated with rRNA degradation. We propose that eIF3f may play a role in ribosome degradation during apoptosis. These data provide critical insights into the cellular function of eIF3f and in linking translation initiation and apoptosis.
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- J Shi
- Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Morley SJ, Coldwell MJ, Clemens MJ. Initiation factor modifications in the preapoptotic phase. Cell Death Differ 2005; 12:571-84. [PMID: 15900314 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Recent studies have identified several mechanistic links between the regulation of translation and the process of apoptosis. Rates of protein synthesis are controlled by a wide range of agents that induce cell death, and in many instances, the changes that occur to the translational machinery precede overt apoptosis and loss of cell viability. The two principal ways in which factors required for translational activity are modified prior to and during apoptosis involve (i) changes in protein phosphorylation and (ii) specific proteolytic cleavages. In this review, we summarise the principal targets for such regulation, with particular emphasis on polypeptide chain initiation factors eIF2 and eIF4G and the eIF4E-binding proteins. We indicate how the functions of these factors and of other proteins with which they interact may be altered as a result of activation of apoptosis and we discuss the potential significance of such changes for translational control and cell growth regulation.
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- S J Morley
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
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Miyamoto S, Patel P, Hershey JWB. Changes in ribosomal binding activity of eIF3 correlate with increased translation rates during activation of T lymphocytes. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:28251-64. [PMID: 15946946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414129200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The rate of protein synthesis in quiescent peripheral blood T lymphocytes increases dramatically following mitogenic activation. The stimulation of translation is due to an increase in the rate of initiation caused by the regulation of initiation factor activities. Here, we focus on eIF3, a large multiprotein complex that plays a central role in the formation of the 40 S initiation complex. Using sucrose density gradient centrifugation to analyze ribosome complexes, we find that most eIF3 is not bound to 40 S ribosomal subunits in unactivated T lymphocytes but becomes ribosome-bound following activation. Immunoblot analyses of sucrose gradient fractions for individual eIF3 subunits show that the small eIF3j subunit is unassociated with the eIF3 complex in quiescent T lymphocytes, but upon activation joins the other eIF3 subunits and binds 40 S ribosomal subunits. Because eIF3j has been shown to be required for eIF3 binding to 40 S ribosomes in vitro, the results suggest that mitogenic stimulation of T lymphocytes leads to an activation of eIF3j, thereby enabling eIF3 to bind to the larger ribosome-free eIF3 subunit complex, and then to the 40 S ribosomes. The association of eIF3j with the other eIF3 subunits appears to be inhibited by rapamycin, suggesting a mechanism that lies downstream from the mammalian target of rapamycin kinase. This association requires ionomycin together with a phorbol ester, which also suggests that calcium signaling is involved. We conclude that the complex formation of eIF3 and its association with the ribosomes might contribute to increased translation rates during T lymphocyte activation.
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- Suzanne Miyamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Kolupaeva VG, Unbehaun A, Lomakin IB, Hellen CUT, Pestova TV. Binding of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 to ribosomal 40S subunits and its role in ribosomal dissociation and anti-association. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:470-86. [PMID: 15703437 PMCID: PMC1370736 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7215305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The multisubunit eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 3 plays various roles in translation initiation that all involve interaction with 40S ribosomal subunits. eIF3 can be purified in two forms: with or without the loosely associated eIF3j subunit (eIF3j+ and eIF3j-, respectively). Although unlike eIF3j+, eIF3j- does not bind 40S subunits stably enough to withstand sucrose density gradient centrifugation, we found that in addition to the known stabilization of the eIF3/40S subunit interaction by the eIF2*GTP*Met-tRNA(i)Met ternary complex, eIF3j-/40S subunit complexes were also stabilized by single-stranded RNA or DNA cofactors that were at least 25 nt long and could be flanked by stable hairpins. Of all homopolymers, oligo(rU), oligo(dT), and oligo(dC) stimulated the eIF3/40S subunit interaction, whereas oligo(rA), oligo(rG), oligo(rC), oligo(dA), and oligo(dG) did not. Oligo(U) or oligo(dT) sequences interspersed by other bases also promoted this interaction. The ability of oligonucleotides to stimulate eIF3/40S subunit association correlated with their ability to bind to the 40S subunit, most likely to its mRNA-binding cleft. Although eIF3j+ could bind directly to 40S subunits, neither eIF3j- nor eIF3j+ alone was able to dissociate 80S ribosomes or protect 40S and 60S subunits from reassociation. Significantly, the dissociation/anti-association activities of both forms of eIF3 became apparent in the presence of either eIF2-ternary complexes or any oligonucleotide cofactor that promoted eIF3/40S subunit interaction. Ribosomal dissociation and anti-association activities of eIF3 were strongly enhanced by eIF1. The potential biological role of stimulation of eIF3/40S subunit interaction by an RNA cofactor in the absence of eIF2-ternary complex is discussed.
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- Victoria G Kolupaeva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Box 44, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Bushell M, Stoneley M, Sarnow P, Willis AE. Translation inhibition during the induction of apoptosis: RNA or protein degradation? Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 32:606-10. [PMID: 15270687 DOI: 10.1042/bst0320606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The induction of apoptosis leads to a substantial inhibition of protein synthesis. During this process changes to the translation-initiation factors, the ribosome and the cellular level of mRNA have been documented. However, it is by no means clear which of these events are necessary to achieve translational shutdown. In this article, we discuss modifications to the translational apparatus that occur during apoptosis and examine the potential contributions that they make to the inhibition of protein synthesis. Moreover, we present evidence that suggests that a global increase in the rate of mRNA degradation occurs before the caspase-dependent cleavage of initiation factors. Increased mRNA decay is temporally correlated with the shutdown of translation and therefore plays a major role in the inhibition of protein synthesis in apoptotic cells.
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- M Bushell
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
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Unbehaun A, Borukhov SI, Hellen CUT, Pestova TV. Release of initiation factors from 48S complexes during ribosomal subunit joining and the link between establishment of codon-anticodon base-pairing and hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP. Genes Dev 2005; 18:3078-93. [PMID: 15601822 PMCID: PMC535918 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1255704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The 40S subunit in 48S complexes formed at the initiation codon of mRNA is bound to eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 3, eIF1, eIF1A, and an eIF2/GTP/Met-tRNAi(Met) ternary complex and can therefore not join a 60S subunit directly to form an 80S ribosome. We report that eIF5-induced hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP in 48S complexes led to release of eIF2-GDP but not eIF3 or eIF1. eIF5B did not influence factor release in the absence of 60S subunits. Therefore eIF3 and eIF1 dissociate from 40S subunits during, rather than before, the eIF5B-mediated subunit joining event. In the absence of eIF1, eIF5-stimulated hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP occurred at the same rate in 43S pre-initiation and 48S initiation complexes. GTP hydrolysis in 43S complexes assembled with eIF1 was much slower than in 43S or 48S complexes assembled without eIF1. Establishment of codon-anticodon base-pairing in 48S complexes relieved eIF1's inhibition. Thus, in addition to its role in initiation codon selection during 48S complex formation, eIF1 also participates in maintaining the fidelity of the initiation process at a later stage, hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP, by inhibiting premature GTP hydrolysis and by linking establishment of codon-anticodon base-pairing with GTP hydrolysis.
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- Anett Unbehaun
- Department of Microbiology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Clemens MJ. Translational control in virus-infected cells: models for cellular stress responses. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2004; 16:13-20. [PMID: 15659335 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Protein synthesis is regulated at the translational level by a variety of mechanisms in virus-infected cells. Viruses often induce the shut-off of host translation in order to favour the expression of their own genetic information, but cells possess a number of strategies for counteracting such effects of infection. Important regulatory mechanisms include the phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of polypeptide chain initiation factor eIF2, RNA degradation mediated by the 2'5'-oligoadenylate/RNase L system, control of availability of the cap-binding protein eIF4E by its interaction with the 4E-binding proteins and specific proteolytic cleavage of several key initiation factors. Most of these mechanisms are also utilised in uninfected cells in response to a variety of physiological stresses and during the early stages of apoptosis. Thus, mechanisms of translational control during virus infection can provide models for the cellular stress responses observed in a wide range of other circumstances.
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- Michael J Clemens
- Translational Control Group, Biochemistry and Immunology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK.
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Dong J, Lai R, Nielsen K, Fekete CA, Qiu H, Hinnebusch AG. The Essential ATP-binding Cassette Protein RLI1 Functions in Translation by Promoting Preinitiation Complex Assembly. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:42157-68. [PMID: 15277527 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404502200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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RLI1 is an essential yeast protein closely related in sequence to two soluble members of the ATP-binding cassette family of proteins that interact with ribosomes and function in translation elongation (YEF3) or translational control (GCN20). We show that affinity-tagged RLI1 co-purifies with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3), eIF5, and eIF2, but not with other translation initiation factors or with translation elongation or termination factors. RLI1 is associated with 40 S ribosomal subunits in vivo, but it can interact with eIF3 and -5 independently of ribosomes. Depletion of RLI1 in vivo leads to cessation of growth, a lower polysome content, and decreased average polysome size. There was also a marked reduction in 40 S-bound eIF2 and eIF1, consistent with an important role for RLI1 in assembly of 43 S preinitiation complexes in vivo. Mutations of conserved residues in RLI1 expected to function in ATP hydrolysis were lethal. A mutation in the second ATP-binding cassette domain of RLI1 had a dominant negative phenotype, decreasing the rate of translation initiation in vivo, and the mutant protein inhibited translation of a luciferase mRNA reporter in wild-type cell extracts. These findings are consistent with a direct role for the ATP-binding cassettes of RLI1 in translation initiation. RLI1-depleted cells exhibit a deficit in free 60 S ribosomal subunits, and RLI1-green fluorescent protein was found in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of living cells. Thus, RLI1 may have dual functions in translation initiation and ribosome biogenesis.
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- Jinsheng Dong
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lejeune F, Ranganathan AC, Maquat LE. eIF4G is required for the pioneer round of translation in mammalian cells. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:992-1000. [PMID: 15361857 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Accepted: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in mammalian cells targets cap-binding protein 80 (CBP80)-bound mRNA during or after a pioneer round of translation. It is unknown whether eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) functions in the pioneer round. We show that baculovirus-produced CBP80 and CBP20 independently interact with eIF4GI. The interactions between eIF4G and the heterodimer CBP80/20 suggest that eIF4G has a function in the pioneer initiation complex rather than merely a presence during remodeling to the steady-state complex. First, NMD is inhibited upon eIF4G cleavage by HIV-2 or poliovirus 2A protease. Second, eIF4GI coimmunopurifies with pre-mRNA, indicating that it associates with transcripts before the pioneer round. Third, eIF4G immunopurifies with Upf NMD factors and eIF4AIII, which are constituents of the pioneer translation initiation complex. We propose a model in which eIF4G serves to connect CBP80/20 with other initiation factors during the pioneer round of translation.
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- Fabrice Lejeune
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 712, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14642 USA
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