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Barger SW. Gene regulation and genetics in neurochemistry, past to future. J Neurochem 2016; 139 Suppl 2:24-57. [PMID: 27747882 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ask any neuroscientist to name the most profound discoveries in the field in the past 60 years, and at or near the top of the list will be a phenomenon or technique related to genes and their expression. Indeed, our understanding of genetics and gene regulation has ushered in whole new systems of knowledge and new empirical approaches, many of which could not have even been imagined prior to the molecular biology boon of recent decades. Neurochemistry, in the classic sense, intersects with these concepts in the manifestation of neuropeptides, obviously dependent upon the central dogma (the established rules by which DNA sequence is eventually converted into protein primary structure) not only for their conformation but also for their levels and locales of expression. But, expanding these considerations to non-peptide neurotransmitters illustrates how gene regulatory events impact neurochemistry in a much broader sense, extending beyond the neurochemicals that translate electrical signals into chemical ones in the synapse, to also include every aspect of neural development, structure, function, and pathology. From the beginning, the mutability - yet relative stability - of genes and their expression patterns were recognized as potential substrates for some of the most intriguing phenomena in neurobiology - those instances of plasticity required for learning and memory. Near-heretical speculation was offered in the idea that perhaps the very sequence of the genome was altered to encode memories. A fascinating component of the intervening progress includes evidence that the central dogma is not nearly as rigid and consistent as we once thought. And this mutability extends to the potential to manipulate that code for both experimental and clinical purposes. Astonishing progress has been made in the molecular biology of neurochemistry during the 60 years since this journal debuted. Many of the gains in conceptual understanding have been driven by methodological progress, from automated high-throughput sequencing instruments to recombinant-DNA vectors that can convey color-coded genetic modifications in the chromosomes of live adult animals. This review covers the highlights of these advances, both theoretical and technological, along with a brief window into the promising science ahead. This article is part of the 60th Anniversary special issue.
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- Steven W Barger
- Department of Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. .,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
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sST2 translation is regulated by FGF2 via an hnRNP A1-mediated IRES-dependent mechanism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2016; 1859:848-59. [PMID: 27168114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Translation is an energy-intensive process and tightly regulated. Generally, translation is initiated in a cap-dependent manner. Under stress conditions, typically found within the tumor microenvironment in association with e.g. nutrient deprivation or hypoxia, cap-dependent translation decreases, and alternative modes of translation initiation become more important. Specifically, internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) facilitate translation of specific mRNAs under otherwise translation-inhibitory conditions. This mechanism is controlled by IRES trans-acting factors (ITAF), i.e. by RNA-binding proteins, which interact with and determine the activity of selected IRESs. We aimed at characterizing the translational regulation of the IL-33 decoy receptor sST2, which was enhanced by fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2). We identified and verified an IRES within the 5'UTR of sST2. Furthermore, we found that MEK/ERK signaling contributes to FGF2-induced, sST2-IRES activation and translation. Determination of the sST2-5'UTR structure by in-line probing followed by deletion analyses identified 23 nucleotides within the sST2-5'UTR to be required for optimal IRES activity. Finally, we show that the RNA-binding protein heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) binds to the sST2-5'UTR, acts as an ITAF, and thus controls the activity of the sST2-IRES and consequently sST2 translation. Specifically, FGF2 enhances nuclear-cytoplasmic translocation of hnRNP A1, which requires intact MEK/ERK activity. In summary, we provide evidence that the sST2-5'UTR contains an IRES element, which is activated by a MEK/ERK-dependent increase in cytoplasmic localization of hnRNP A1 in response to FGF2, enhancing the translation of sST2.
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Decoding the RNA structurome. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2016; 36:142-8. [PMID: 26923056 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Structures of RNA molecules are essential for their architectural, regulatory, and catalytic functions. Recent advances in high throughput sequencing enabled the development of methods for probing RNA structures on a transcriptome-wide scale-termed the RNA structurome. Here we review the state-of-the-art technologies for probing the RNA structurome, and highlight insights gained from these studies. We also point out the limits of current methods and discuss potential directions for future improvements.
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Unsain N, Barker PA. New Views on the Misconstrued: Executioner Caspases and Their Diverse Non-apoptotic Roles. Neuron 2016; 88:461-74. [PMID: 26539888 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Initially characterized for their roles in apoptosis, executioner caspases have emerged as important regulators of an array of cellular activities. This is especially true in the nervous system, where sublethal caspase activity has been implicated in axonal pathfinding and branching, axonal degeneration, dendrite pruning, regeneration, long-term depression, and metaplasticity. Here we examine the roles of sublethal executioner caspase activity in nervous system development and maintenance, consider the mechanisms that locally activate and restrain these potential killers, and discuss how their activity be subverted in neurodegenerative disease.
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- Nicolas Unsain
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Médica Córdoba-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Friuli 2434, Córdoba (5016), Argentina
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- Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada.
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Thakor N, Smith MD, Roberts L, Faye MD, Patel H, Wieden HJ, Cate JHD, Holcik M. Cellular mRNA recruits the ribosome via eIF3-PABP bridge to initiate internal translation. RNA Biol 2016; 14:553-567. [PMID: 26828225 PMCID: PMC5449081 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1137419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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IRES-mediated translation of key cell fate regulating genes has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Concerted action of canonical eukaryotic initiation factors and IRES transacting factors (ITAFs) was shown to regulate cellular IRES mediated translation; however, the precise molecular mechanism of ribosome recruitment to cellular IRESes remains unclear. Here we show that the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) IRES operates in an evolutionary conserved viral like mode and the structural integrity, particularly in the vicinity of AUG, is critical for ribosome recruitment. The binding of eIF3 together with PABP potentiates ribosome recruitment to the IRES. Our data support the model in which eIF3 binds directly to the XIAP IRES RNA in a structure-dependent manner and acts as a scaffold for IRES RNA, PABP and the 40S ribosome.
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- Nehal Thakor
- a Apoptosis Research Center , Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.,c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , AB , Canada
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- d Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA
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- c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , AB , Canada
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- a Apoptosis Research Center , Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
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- c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , AB , Canada
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- c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , AB , Canada
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- d Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA
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- a Apoptosis Research Center , Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.,b Department of Pediatrics , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
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Dasgupta B, Chhipa RR. Evolving Lessons on the Complex Role of AMPK in Normal Physiology and Cancer. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2015; 37:192-206. [PMID: 26711141 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2015.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AMP kinase (AMPK) is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme required for adaptive responses to various physiological and pathological conditions. AMPK executes numerous cellular functions, some of which are often perceived at odds with each other. While AMPK is essential for embryonic growth and development, its full impact in adult tissues is revealed under stressful situations that organisms face in the real world. Conflicting reports about its cellular functions, particularly in cancer, are intriguing and a growing number of AMPK activators are being developed to treat human diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Whether these drugs will have only context-specific benefits or detrimental effects in the treatment of human cancer will be a subject of intense research. Here we review the current state of AMPK research with an emphasis on cancer and discuss the yet unresolved context-dependent functions of AMPK in human cancer.
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- Biplab Dasgupta
- Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Holcik M. Could the eIF2α-Independent Translation Be the Achilles Heel of Cancer? Front Oncol 2015; 5:264. [PMID: 26636041 PMCID: PMC4659918 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2 is a key component of the ternary complex whose role is to deliver initiator tRNA into the ribosome. A variety of stimuli, both physiologic and pathophysiologic activate eIF2 kinases that phosphorylate the α subunit of eIF2, preventing it from forming the ternary complex, thus attenuating cellular protein synthesis. Paradoxically, in cancer cells, the phosphorylation of eIF2α is associated with activation of survival pathways. This review explores the recently emerged novel mechanism of eIF2α-independent translation initiation. This mechanism, which appears to be shared by some RNA viruses and Internal Ribosome Entry Site-containing cellular mRNAs and utilizes auxiliary proteins, such as eIF5B, eIF2D, and MCT-1, is responsible for the selective translation of cancer-associated genes and could represent a weak point amenable to specific targeting for the treatment of cancer.
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- Martin Holcik
- Department of Pediatrics, Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada
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Rasheedi S, Suragani M, Raviprasad P, Ghosh S, Suragani RNVS, Ramaiah KVA, Ehtesham NZ. Functional characterization of PeIF5B as eIF5B homologue from Pisum sativum. Biochimie 2015; 118:36-43. [PMID: 26215376 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We earlier reported 'PeIF5B' as a novel factor from Pisum sativum that has sequence similarity to eIF5B (S. Rasheedi, S. Ghosh, M. Suragani et al., P. sativum contains a factor with strong homology to eIF5B, Gene 399 (2007) 144-151). The main aim of the present study was to perform functional characterization of PeIF5B as an eIF5B homologue from plant system. PeIF5B shows binding to Met - tRNA(f)(Met), hydrolyses GTP and interacts with ribosomes. In vivo growth complementation analysis shows that PeIF5B partially complements its yeast homologue. Interestingly, PeIF5B mainly localizes in the nucleus as confirmed by nuclear localization signal (NLS) prediction, confocal imaging and immunoblots of cellular fractions. Similar to the yeast eIF5B but unlike the human orthologue, PeIF5B is an intron-less gene. This study highlights PeIF5B's role as a functional eIF5B homologue possibly participating in nuclear translation in plant system.
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- Sheeba Rasheedi
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500 001, India
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- Molecular Biology Unit, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Molecular Biology Unit, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Molecular Biology Unit, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Inflammation Biology and Cell Signaling Laboratory, National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
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TRM6/61 connects PKCα with translational control through tRNAiMet stabilization: impact on tumorigenesis. Oncogene 2015; 35:1785-96. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Joseph AP, Bhat P, Das S, Srinivasan N. Re-analysis of cryoEM data on HCV IRES bound to 40S subunit of human ribosome integrated with recent structural information suggests new contact regions between ribosomal proteins and HCV RNA. RNA Biol 2015; 11:891-905. [PMID: 25268799 DOI: 10.4161/rna.29545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In this study, we combine available high resolution structural information on eukaryotic ribosomes with low resolution cryo-EM data on the Hepatitis C Viral RNA (IRES) human ribosome complex. Aided further by the prediction of RNA-protein interactions and restrained docking studies, we gain insights on their interaction at the residue level. We identified the components involved at the major and minor contact regions, and propose that there are energetically favorable local interactions between 40S ribosomal proteins and IRES domains. Domain II of the IRES interacts with ribosomal proteins S5 and S25 while the pseudoknot and the downstream domain IV region bind to ribosomal proteins S26, S28 and S5. We also provide support using UV cross-linking studies to validate our proposition of interaction between the S5 and IRES domains II and IV. We found that domain IIIe makes contact with the ribosomal protein S3a (S1e). Our model also suggests that the ribosomal protein S27 interacts with domain IIIc while S7 has a weak contact with a single base RNA bulge between junction IIIabc and IIId. The interacting residues are highly conserved among mammalian homologs while IRES RNA bases involved in contact do not show strict conservation. IRES RNA binding sites for S25 and S3a show the best conservation among related viral IRESs. The new contacts identified between ribosomal proteins and RNA are consistent with previous independent studies on RNA-binding properties of ribosomal proteins reported in literature, though information at the residue level is not available in previous studies.
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- Agnel Praveen Joseph
- Molecular Biophysics Unit. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; Present address: Science and Technology Facilities Council, RAL, Harwell, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Morfoisse F, Renaud E, Hantelys F, Prats AC, Garmy-Susini B. Role of hypoxia and vascular endothelial growth factors in lymphangiogenesis. Mol Cell Oncol 2015; 2:e1024821. [PMID: 27308508 PMCID: PMC4905355 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2015.1024821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hypoxia is a major condition for the induction of angiogenesis during tumor development but its role in lymphangiogenesis remains unclear. Blood and lymphatic vasculatures are stimulated by growth factors from the vascular endothelial family: the VEGFs. In this review, we investigate the role of hypoxia in the molecular regulation of synthesis of lymphangiogenic growth factors VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D. Gene expression can be regulated at transcriptional and translational levels by hypoxia. Despite strong regulation of DNA transcription induced by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), the majority of cellular stresses such as hypoxia lead to inhibition of cap-dependent translation of the mRNA, resulting in downregulation of protein synthesis. Here, we describe how translation initiation of VEGF mRNAs is induced by hypoxia through an internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-dependent mechanism. Considering the implication of the lymphatic vasculature in metastatic dissemination, it seems crucial to understand the hypoxia-induced molecular regulation of lymphangiogenic growth factors to obtain new insights for cancer therapy.
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- TRADGENE, UPS (EA4554) , F-31432 , Toulouse, France
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Liu Q. Blocking IRES-mediated translation pathway as a new method to treat Alzheimer’s disease. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HYPOTHESES AND IDEAS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhi.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Renaud-Gabardos E, Hantelys F, Morfoisse F, Chaufour X, Garmy-Susini B, Prats AC. Internal ribosome entry site-based vectors for combined gene therapy. World J Exp Med 2015; 5:11-20. [PMID: 25699230 PMCID: PMC4308528 DOI: 10.5493/wjem.v5.i1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2014] [Revised: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Gene therapy appears as a promising strategy to treat incurable diseases. In particular, combined gene therapy has shown improved therapeutic efficiency. Internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs), RNA elements naturally present in the 5’ untranslated regions of a few mRNAs, constitute a powerful tool to co-express several genes of interest. IRESs are translational enhancers allowing the translational machinery to start protein synthesis by internal initiation. This feature allowed the design of multi-cistronic vectors expressing several genes from a single mRNA. IRESs exhibit tissue specificity, and drive translation in stress conditions when the global cell translation is blocked, which renders them useful for gene transfer in hypoxic conditions occurring in ischemic diseases and cancer. IRES-based viral and non viral vectors have been used successfully in preclinical and clinical assays of combined gene therapy and resulted in therapeutic benefits for various pathologies including cancers, cardiovascular diseases and degenerative diseases.
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Andreev DE, O'Connor PBF, Fahey C, Kenny EM, Terenin IM, Dmitriev SE, Cormican P, Morris DW, Shatsky IN, Baranov PV. Translation of 5' leaders is pervasive in genes resistant to eIF2 repression. eLife 2015; 4:e03971. [PMID: 25621764 PMCID: PMC4383229 DOI: 10.7554/elife.03971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells rapidly reduce protein synthesis in response to various stress
conditions. This can be achieved by the phosphorylation-mediated inactivation of a
key translation initiation factor, eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2). However,
the persistent translation of certain mRNAs is required for deployment of an adequate
stress response. We carried out ribosome profiling of cultured human cells under
conditions of severe stress induced with sodium arsenite. Although this led to a
5.4-fold general translational repression, the protein coding open reading frames
(ORFs) of certain individual mRNAs exhibited resistance to the inhibition. Nearly all
resistant transcripts possess at least one efficiently translated upstream open
reading frame (uORF) that represses translation of the main coding ORF under normal
conditions. Site-specific mutagenesis of two identified stress resistant mRNAs
(PPP1R15B and IFRD1) demonstrated that a single uORF is sufficient for eIF2-mediated
translation control in both cases. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that at least two
regulatory uORFs (namely, in SLC35A4 and MIEF1) encode functional protein
products. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03971.001 Proteins carry out essential tasks for living cells and genes contain the
instructions to make proteins within their DNA. These instructions are copied to make
a molecule of mRNA, and a molecular machine known as a ribosome then reads and
translates the mRNA to build the protein. The first step in the translation process is called ‘initiation’ and
requires a protein called eIF2 to work together with the ribosome. This step involves
identifying an instruction called the start codon that marks the beginning of the
mRNA's coding sequence. The section of an mRNA molecule before the start codon
is not normally translated by the ribosome and is hence called the 5′
untranslated region. Building proteins requires energy and resources, and so it is carefully regulated. If
a cell is stressed, such as by being exposed to harmful chemicals, it makes fewer
proteins in order to conserve its resources. This down-regulation of protein
production is achieved in part by the cell chemically modifying its eIF2 proteins to
make them less able to initiate translation. However, stressed cells still continue
to make more of certain proteins that help them to combat stress. The mRNA molecules
for some of these proteins contain at least one other start codon in the 5′
untranslated region. The sequence that would be translated from such a start codon is
known as an upstream open reading frame (or uORF for short)—and this feature
is thought to help certain proteins to still be expressed despite low levels of
active eIF2. Andreev, O'Connor et al. have now analysed which mRNAs are
translated in human cells that have been treated with a chemical that induces stress
and makes the eIF2 protein less able to initiate translation. To do so, a technique
called ribosome profiling was used to identify all of the mRNA molecules bound to
ribosomes shortly after treatment with this chemical. Overall translation of most mRNAs in stressed cells was reduced to a quarter of the
normal level. However, Andreev, O'Connor et al. observed that the translation
of a few mRNAs continued almost as normal, or even increased, after the chemical
treatment. Notably, most of these mRNAs encoded regulatory proteins, which are not
required in large amounts. With one exception, all of these resistant mRNAs contained
uORFs. In unstressed cells, these uORFs were efficiently translated, while the same
mRNA's coding sequences were translated less efficiently. Andreev,
O'Connor et al. suggest that these two features could be used to identify
mRNAs that are still translated into working proteins when cells are stressed.
Further work is now needed to explore the mechanisms by which translation of these
uORFs allows mRNAs to resist the stress. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03971.002
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- Dmitry E Andreev
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Faye MD, Graber TE, Holcik M. Assessment of selective mRNA translation in mammalian cells by polysome profiling. J Vis Exp 2014:e52295. [PMID: 25407425 PMCID: PMC4353390 DOI: 10.3791/52295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Regulation of protein synthesis represents a key control point in cellular response to stress. In particular, discreet RNA regulatory elements were shown to allow to selective translation of specific mRNAs, which typically encode for proteins required for a particular stress response. Identification of these mRNAs, as well as the characterization of regulatory mechanisms responsible for selective translation has been at the forefront of molecular biology for some time. Polysome profiling is a cornerstone method in these studies. The goal of polysome profiling is to capture mRNA translation by immobilizing actively translating ribosomes on different transcripts and separate the resulting polyribosomes by ultracentrifugation on a sucrose gradient, thus allowing for a distinction between highly translated transcripts and poorly translated ones. These can then be further characterized by traditional biochemical and molecular biology methods. Importantly, combining polysome profiling with high throughput genomic approaches allows for a large scale analysis of translational regulation.
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- Mame Daro Faye
- Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa;
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Upregulation of eIF5B controls cell-cycle arrest and specific developmental stages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E4315-22. [PMID: 25261552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320477111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Proliferation arrest and distinct developmental stages alter and decrease general translation yet maintain ongoing translation. The factors that support translation in these conditions remain to be characterized. We investigated an altered translation factor in three cell states considered to have reduced general translation: immature Xenopus laevis oocytes, mouse ES cells, and the transition state of proliferating mammalian cells to quiescence (G0) upon growth-factor deprivation. Our data reveal a transient increase of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B (eIF5B), the eukaryotic ortholog of bacterial initiation factor IF2, in these conditions. eIF5B promotes 60S ribosome subunit joining and pre-40S subunit proofreading. eIF5B has also been shown to promote the translation of viral and stress-related mRNAs and can contribute indirectly to supporting or stabilizing initiator methionyl tRNA (tRNA-Met(i)) association with the ribosome. We find that eIF5B is a limiting factor for translation in these three conditions. The increased eIF5B levels lead to increased eIF5B complexes with tRNA-Met(i) upon serum starvation of THP1 mammalian cells. In addition, increased phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α, the translation factor that recruits initiator tRNA-Meti for general translation, is observed in these conditions. Importantly, we find that eIF5B is an antagonist of G0 and G0-like states, as eIF5B depletion reduces maturation of G0-like, immature oocytes and hastens early G0 arrest in serum-starved THP1 cells. Consistently, eIF5B overexpression promotes maturation of G0-like immature oocytes and causes cell death, an alternative to G0, in serum-starved THP1 cells. These data reveal a critical role for a translation factor that regulates specific cell-cycle transition and developmental stages.
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Hung CY, Yang WB, Wang SA, Hsu TI, Chang WC, Hung JJ. Nucleolin enhances internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-mediated translation of Sp1 in tumorigenesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1843:2843-54. [PMID: 25173817 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Our previous study indicated that specificity protein-1 (Sp1) is accumulated during hypoxia in an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-dependent manner. Herein, we found that the Sp1 was induced strongly at the protein level, but not in the mRNA level, in lung tumor tissue, indicating that translational regulation might contribute to the Sp1 accumulation during tumorigenesis. A further study showed that the translation of Sp1 was dramatically induced through an IRES-dependent pathway. RNA immunoprecipitation analysis of proteins bound to the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of Sp1 identified interacting protein - nucleolin. Knockdown of nucleolin significantly inhibited IRES-mediated translation of Sp1, suggesting that nucleolin positively facilitates Sp1 IRES activation. Further analysis of the interaction between nucleolin and the 5'-UTR of Sp1 mRNA revealed that the GAR domain was important for IRES-mediated translation of Sp1. Moreover, gefitinib, and LY294002 and MK2206 compounds inhibited IRES-mediated Sp1 translation, implying that activation of the epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway via Akt activation triggers the IRES pathway. In conclusion, EGFR activation-mediated nucleolin phosphorylated at Thr641 and Thr707 was recruited to the 5'-UTR of Sp1 as an IRES trans-acting factor to modulate Sp1 translation during lung cancer formation.
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- Chia-Yang Hung
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience in Biotechnology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience in Biotechnology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience in Biotechnology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Infection Disease and Signal Transduction, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience in Biotechnology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Infection Disease and Signal Transduction, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Morfoisse F, Renaud E, Hantelys F, Prats AC, Garmy-Susini B. Role of hypoxia and vascular endothelial growth factors in lymphangiogenesis. Mol Cell Oncol 2014; 1:e29907. [PMID: 27308316 PMCID: PMC4905169 DOI: 10.4161/mco.29907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hypoxia is known to be a major factor in the induction of angiogenesis during tumor development but its role in lymphangiogenesis remains unclear. Blood and lymphatic vasculatures are stimulated by the vascular endothelial family of growth factors – the VEGFs. In this review, we investigate the role of hypoxia in the molecular regulation of synthesis of the lymphangiogenic growth factors VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D. Gene expression can be regulated by hypoxia at either transcriptional or translational levels. In contrast to strong induction of DNA transcription by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), the majority of cellular stresses such as hypoxia lead to inhibition of cap-dependent translation of mRNA and downregulation of protein synthesis. Here, we describe how initiation of translation of VEGF mRNA is induced by hypoxia through an internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-dependent mechanism. Considering the implications of the lymphatic vasculature for metastatic dissemination, it is crucial to understand the molecular regulation of lymphangiogenic growth factors by hypoxia to obtain new insights into cancer therapy.
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- Florent Morfoisse
- Université de Toulouse; UPS; Toulouse, France; UPS; TRADGENE; EA4554; Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse; UPS; Toulouse, France; UPS; TRADGENE; EA4554; Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse; UPS; Toulouse, France; UPS; TRADGENE; EA4554; Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse; UPS; Toulouse, France; UPS; TRADGENE; EA4554; Toulouse, France
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Viry E, Paggetti J, Baginska J, Mgrditchian T, Berchem G, Moussay E, Janji B. Autophagy: an adaptive metabolic response to stress shaping the antitumor immunity. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 92:31-42. [PMID: 25044308 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Several environmental-associated stress conditions, including hypoxia, starvation, oxidative stress, fast growth and cell death suppression, modulate both cellular metabolism and autophagy to enable cancer cells to rapidly adapt to environmental stressors, maintain proliferation and evade therapies. It is now widely accepted that autophagy is essential to support cancer cell growth and metabolism and that metabolic reprogramming in cancer can also favor autophagy induction. Therefore, this complex interplay between autophagy and tumor cell metabolism will provide unique opportunities to identify new therapeutic targets. As the regulation of the autophagic activity is related to metabolism, it is important to elucidate the exact molecular mechanism which drives it and the functional consequence of its activation in the context of cancer therapy. In this review, we will summarize the role of autophagy in shaping the cellular response to an abnormal tumor microenvironment and discuss some recent results on the molecular mechanism by which autophagy plays such a role in the context of the anti-tumor immune response. We will also describe how autophagy activation can behave as a double-edged sword, by activating the immune response in some circumstances, and impairing the anti-tumor immunity in others. These findings imply that defining the precise context-specific role for autophagy in cancer is critical to guide autophagy-based therapeutics which are becoming key strategies to overcome tumor resistance to therapies.
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- Elodie Viry
- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hemato-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
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Chan SW. Establishment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Translational evasion of oxidative defence. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:2785-2800. [PMID: 24659872 PMCID: PMC3961964 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.2785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes a clinically important disease affecting 3% of the world population. HCV is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the genus Hepacivirus within the Flaviviridae family. The virus establishes a chronic infection in the face of an active host oxidative defence, thus adaptation to oxidative stress is key to virus survival. Being a small RNA virus with a limited genomic capacity, we speculate that HCV deploys a different strategy to evade host oxidative defence. Instead of counteracting oxidative stress, it utilizes oxidative stress to facilitate its own survival. Translation is the first step in the replication of a plus strand RNA virus so it would make sense if the virus can exploit the host oxidative defence in facilitating this very first step. This is particularly true when HCV utilizes an internal ribosome entry site element in translation, which is distinctive from that of cap-dependent translation of the vast majority of cellular genes, thus allowing selective translation of genes under conditions when global protein synthesis is compromised. Indeed, we were the first to show that HCV translation was stimulated by an important pro-oxidant-hydrogen peroxide in hepatocytes, suggesting that HCV is able to adapt to and utilize the host anti-viral response to facilitate its own translation thus allowing the virus to thrive under oxidative stress condition to establish chronicity. Understanding how HCV translation is regulated under oxidative stress condition will advance our knowledge on how HCV establishes chronicity. As chronicity is the initiator step in disease progression this will eventually lead to a better understanding of pathogenicity, which is particularly relevant to the development of anti-virals and improved treatments of HCV patients using anti-oxidants.
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Ma Y, Galluzzi L, Zitvogel L, Kroemer G. Autophagy and cellular immune responses. Immunity 2013; 39:211-27. [PMID: 23973220 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Revised: 07/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Autophagy constitutes a mechanism for the sequestration and lysosomal degradation of various cytoplasmic structures, including damaged organelles and invading microorganisms. Autophagy not only represents an essential cell-intrinsic mechanism to protect against internal and external stress conditions but also shapes cellular immunity. Recent evidence indicates that autophagic responses in antigen-donor cells affect the release of several cytokines and "danger signals." Thus, especially when it precedes cell death, autophagy alerts innate immune effectors to elicit cognate immune responses. Autophagy is also important for the differentiation, survival, and activation of myeloid and lymphoid cells. Accordingly, inherited mutations in autophagy-relevant genes are associated with immune diseases, whereas oncogenesis-associated autophagic defects promote the escape of developing tumors from immunosurveillance. Here, we discuss the regulation of autophagy in the course of cellular immune responses and emphasize its impact on the immunogenicity of antigen-donor cells and on the activity of antigen-presenting cells and T lymphocytes.
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- Yuting Ma
- INSERM, U848, F-94805 Villejuif, France; Institut Gustave Roussy, F-94805 Villejuif, France
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mRNA has become an important alternative to DNA as a tool for cell reprogramming. To be expressed, exogenous DNA must be transmitted through the cell cytoplasm and placed into the nucleus. In contrast, exogenous mRNA simply has to be delivered into the cytoplasm. This can result in a highly uniform transfection of the whole population of cells, an advantage that has not been observed with DNA transfer. The use of mRNA, instead of DNA, in medical applications increases protocol safety by abolishing the risk of transgene insertion into host genomes. In this chapter, we review the aspects of mRNA structure and function that are important for its "transgenic" behavior, such as the composition of mRNA molecules and complexes with RNA binding proteins, localization of mRNA in cytoplasmic compartments, translation, and the duration of mRNA expression. In immunotherapy, mRNA is employed in reprogramming of antigen presenting cells (vaccination) and cytolytic lymphocytes. Other applications include generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, and genome engineering with modularly assembled nucleases. The most investigated applications of mRNA technology are also reviewed here.
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The unfolded protein response in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii features translational and transcriptional control. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2013; 12:979-89. [PMID: 23666622 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00021-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The unfolded protein response (UPR) is an important regulatory network that responds to perturbations in protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In mammalian cells, the UPR features translational and transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression aimed at restoring proteostatic control. A central feature of the UPR is phosphorylation of the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2) by PERK (EIF2AK3/PEK), which reduces the influx of nascent proteins into the ER by lowering global protein synthesis, coincident with preferential translation of key transcription activators of genes that function to expand the processing capacity of this secretory organelle. Upon ER stress, the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to induce phosphorylation of Toxoplasma eIF2α and lower translation initiation. To characterize the nature of the ensuing UPR in this parasite, we carried out microarray analyses to measure the changes in the transcriptome and in translational control during ER stress. We determined that a collection of transcripts linked with the secretory process are induced in response to ER stress, supporting the idea that a transcriptional induction phase of the UPR occurs in Toxoplasma. Furthermore, we determined that about 500 gene transcripts showed enhanced association with translating ribosomes during ER stress. Many of these target genes are suggested to be involved in gene expression, including JmjC5, which continues to be actively translated during ER stress. This study indicates that Toxoplasma triggers a UPR during ER stress that features both translational and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, which is likely to be important for parasite invasion and development.
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Chan CP, Kok KH, Tang HMV, Wong CM, Jin DY. Internal ribosome entry site-mediated translational regulation of ATF4 splice variant in mammalian unfolded protein response. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:2165-75. [PMID: 23665047 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) is a master regulator of genes involved in unfolded protein response (UPR) and its translation is regulated through reinitiation at upstream open reading frames. Here, we demonstrate internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated translation of an alternatively spliced variant of human ATF4. This variant that contains four upstream open reading frames in the 5' leader region was expressed in leukocytes and other tissues. mRNA and protein expression of this variant was activated in the UPR. Its translation was neither inhibited by steric hindrance nor affected by eIF4G1 inactivation, indicating a cap-independent and IRES-dependent mechanism not mediated by ribosome scanning-reinitiation. The IRES activity mapped to a highly structured region that partially overlaps with the third and fourth open reading frames was unlikely attributed to cryptic promoter or splicing, but was activated by PERK-induced eIF2α phosphorylation. Taken together, our findings reveal a new mechanism for translational regulation of ATF4 in mammalian UPR.
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- Ching-Ping Chan
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Translation initiation in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: eukaryotic features but bacterial route. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 41:350-5. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20120300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The formation of the translation initiation complex represents the rate-limiting step in protein synthesis. Translation initiation in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus depends on several translation IFs (initiation factors), some of which have eukaryal but no bacterial counterparts. In the present paper, we review the current knowledge of the structure, function and evolution of the IFs in S. solfataricus in the context of eukaryotic and bacterial orthologues. Despite similarities between eukaryotic and S. solfataricus IFs, the sequence of events in translation initiation in S. solfataricus follows the bacterial mode.
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Lee SK, Kim YS. Phosphorylation of eIF2α attenuates statin-induced apoptosis by inhibiting the stabilization and translocation of p53 to the mitochondria. Int J Oncol 2013; 42:810-6. [PMID: 23354132 PMCID: PMC3597453 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.1792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Statins are effective cholesterol-lowering drugs that exert pleiotropic effects, including cytotoxicity to cancer cells. We previously reported that simvastatin triggered the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in MethA fibrosarcoma cells, which was accompanied by the translocation of stabilized p53 to the mitochondria. In this study, we investigated whether statins induce the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and the mechanisms by which this response is linked to the stabilization of p53 and its translocation to the mitochondria. Statins induced typical ER stress-related proteins, such as BiP/78 kDa glucose-regulated protein (Grp78) and CCAAT/ enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), as well as the phosphorylation of protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), eIF2α and JNK. The statin-induced phosphorylation of eIF2α and JNK was inhibited by supplementation with components of the mevalonate pathway, such as mevalonate, farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP). Salubrinal, an inhibitor of the dephosphorylation of eIF2α, suppressed the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and the translocation of stabilized p53 and Bax to the mitochondria; however, SP600125, a JNK kinase inhibitor, did not exert this effect. Furthermore, the eIF2α knockdown sensitized cells to simvastatin-induced apoptosis and the overexpression of a non-phosphorylatable eIF2α-mutant [serine 51(Ser51)/alanine] enhanced the stabilization of p53 and its translocation to the mitochondria in response to simvastatin treatment. Taken together, these data indicate that eIF2α phosphorylation in the context of the ER stress response plays a role in cell survival by counteracting the p53-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis in response to statins.
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- Sang Kyu Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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Gallinetti J, Harputlugil E, Mitchell JR. Amino acid sensing in dietary-restriction-mediated longevity: roles of signal-transducing kinases GCN2 and TOR. Biochem J 2013; 449:1-10. [PMID: 23216249 PMCID: PMC3695616 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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DR (dietary restriction), or reduced food intake without malnutrition, is associated with extended longevity, improved metabolic fitness and increased stress resistance in a wide range of organisms. DR is often referred to as calorie restriction, implying that reduced energy intake is responsible for its widespread and evolutionarily conserved benefits. However, recent data indicate dietary amino acid restriction as a key mediator of DR benefits. In fruitflies, an imbalance in essential amino acid intake is thought to underlie longevity benefits of DR. In mammals, reduced dietary protein or essential amino acid intake can extend longevity, improve metabolic fitness and increase stress resistance. In the present paper we review two evolutionarily conserved signal transduction pathways responsible for sensing amino acid levels. The eIF2α (eukaryotic initiation factor 2α) kinase GCN2 (general amino acid control non-derepressible 2) senses the absence of one or more amino acids by virtue of direct binding to uncharged cognate tRNAs. The presence of certain amino acids, such as leucine, permits activation of the master growth regulating kinase TOR (target of rapamycin). These two signal transduction pathways react to amino acid deprivation by inhibiting general protein translation while at the same time increasing translation of specific mRNAs involved in restoring homoeostasis. Together, these pathways may contribute to the regulation of longevity, metabolic fitness and stress resistance.
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- Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A
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Ul-Hussain M, Dermietzel R, Zoidl G. Connexins and Cap-independent translation: role of internal ribosome entry sites. Brain Res 2012; 1487:99-106. [PMID: 22771397 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cap-independent translation using an internal ribosome entry site instead of the 5'-Cap structure has been discovered in positive-sense RNA viruses and eukaryotic genomes including a subset of gap junction forming connexins genes. With a growing number of mutations found in human connexin genes and studies on genetically modified mouse models mechanisms highlighting the important role of gap junctional communication in multicellular organism it is obvious that mechanism need to be in place to preserve this critical property even under conditions when Cap-mediated translation is scrutinized. To ensure sustained gap junctional communication, rapid initiation of translation of preexisting connexin mRNAs is one possibility, and the presence of internal ribosome entry sites in gap junction genes comply with such a requirement. In this review, we will summarize past and recent findings to build a case for IRES mediated translation as an alternative regulatory pathway facilitating gap junctional communication. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Electrical Synapses.
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- Mahboob Ul-Hussain
- Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, India; Neuroanatomy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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Nucleotide composition of cellular internal ribosome entry sites defines dependence on NF45 and predicts a posttranscriptional mitotic regulon. Mol Cell Biol 2012; 33:307-18. [PMID: 23129811 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00546-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The vast majority of cellular mRNAs initiate their translations through a well-defined mechanism of ribosome recruitment that occurs at the 5'-terminal 7-methylguanosine cap with the help of several canonical protein factors. A subset of cellular and viral mRNAs contain regulatory motifs in their 5' untranslated regions (UTRs), termed internal ribosome entry sites (IRES), that sidestep this canonical mode of initiation. On cellular mRNAs, this mechanism requires IRES trans-acting protein factors (ITAFs) that facilitate ribosome recruitment downstream of the cap. While several ITAFs and their target mRNAs have been empirically identified, the in silico prediction of targets has proved difficult. Here, we report that a high AU content (>60%) of the IRES-containing 5' UTRs serves as an excellent predictor of dependence on NF45, a recently identified ITAF. Moreover, we provide evidence that cells deficient in NF45 ITAF activity exhibit reduced IRES-mediated translation of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (cIAP1) mRNAs that, in turn, leads to dysregulated expression of their respective targets, survivin and cyclin E. This specific defect in IRES translation explains in part the cytokinesis impairment and senescence-like phenotype observed in HeLa cells expressing NF45 RNA interference (RNAi). This study uncovers a novel role for NF45 in regulating ploidy and highlights the importance of IRES-mediated translation in cellular homeostasis.
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Hine CM, Mitchell JR. NRF2 and the Phase II Response in Acute Stress Resistance Induced by Dietary Restriction. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2012; S4:7329. [PMID: 23505614 PMCID: PMC3595563 DOI: 10.4172/2161-0681.s4-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dietary restriction (DR) as a means to increase longevity is well-established in a number of model organisms from yeast to primates. DR also improves metabolic fitness and increases resistance to acute oxidative, carcinogenic and toxicological stressors - benefits with more immediate potential for clinical translation than increased lifespan. While the detailed mechanism of DR action remains unclear, a conceptual framework involving an adaptive, or hormetic response to the stress of nutrient/energy deprivation has been proposed. A key prediction of the hormesis hypothesis of DR is that beneficial adaptations occur in response to an increase in reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS). These ROS may be derived either from increased mitochondrial respiration or increased xenobiotic metabolism in the case of some DR mimetics. This review will focus on the potential role of the redox-sensing transcription factor NF-E2-related factor 2 (NRF2) and its control of the evolutionarily conserved antioxidant/redox cycling and detoxification systems, collectively known as the Phase II response, in the adaptive response to DR.
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- Christopher M. Hine
- Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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A new framework for understanding IRES-mediated translation. Gene 2012; 502:75-86. [PMID: 22555019 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Studies over the past 5 or so years have indicated that the traditional clustering of mechanisms for translation initiation in eukaryotes into cap-dependent and cap-independent (or IRES-mediated) is far too narrow. From individual studies of a number of mRNAs encoding proteins that are regulatory in nature (i.e. likely to be needed in small amounts such as transcription factors, protein kinases, etc.), it is now evident that mRNAs exist that blur these boundaries. This review seeks to set the basic ground rules for the analysis of different initiation pathways that are associated with these new mRNAs as well as related to the more traditional mechanisms, especially the cap-dependent translational process that is the major route of initiation of mRNAs for housekeeping proteins and thus, the bulk of protein synthesis in most cells. It will become apparent that a mixture of descriptions is likely to become the norm in the near future (i.e. m(7)G-assisted internal initiation).
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Tumor suppressor PDCD4 represses internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation of antiapoptotic proteins and is regulated by S6 kinase 2. Mol Cell Biol 2012; 32:1818-29. [PMID: 22431522 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.06317-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Apoptosis can be regulated by extracellular signals that are communicated by peptides such as fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) that have important roles in tumor cell proliferation. The prosurvival effects of FGF-2 are transduced by the activation of the ribosomal protein S6 kinase 2 (S6K2), which increases the expression of the antiapoptotic proteins X chromosome-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis (XIAP) and Bcl-x(L). We now show that the FGF-2-S6K2 prosurvival signaling is mediated by the tumor suppressor programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4). We demonstrate that PDCD4 specifically binds to the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) elements of both the XIAP and Bcl-x(L) messenger RNAs and represses their translation by inhibiting the formation of the 48S translation initiation complex. Phosphorylation of PDCD4 by activated S6K2 leads to the degradation of PDCD4 and thus the subsequent derepression of XIAP and Bcl-x(L) translation. Our results identify PDCD4 as a specific repressor of the IRES-dependent translation of cellular mRNAs (such as XIAP and Bcl-x(L)) that mediate FGF-2-S6K2 prosurvival signaling and provide further insight into the role of PDCD4 in tumor suppression.
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