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Eiring AM, Harb JG, Neviani P, Garton C, Oaks JJ, Spizzo R, Liu S, Schwind S, Santhanam R, Hickey CJ, Becker H, Chandler JC, Andino R, Cortes J, Hokland P, Huettner CS, Bhatia R, Roy DC, Liebhaber SA, Caligiuri MA, Marcucci G, Garzon R, Croce CM, Calin GA, Perrotti D. miR-328 functions as an RNA decoy to modulate hnRNP E2 regulation of mRNA translation in leukemic blasts. Cell 2010; 140:652-65. [PMID: 20211135 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 382] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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MicroRNAs and heterogeneous ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are posttranscriptional gene regulators that bind mRNA in a sequence-specific manner. Here, we report that loss of miR-328 occurs in blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML-BC) in a BCR/ABL dose- and kinase-dependent manner through the MAPK-hnRNP E2 pathway. Restoration of miR-328 expression rescues differentiation and impairs survival of leukemic blasts by simultaneously interacting with the translational regulator poly(rC)-binding protein hnRNP E2 and with the mRNA encoding the survival factor PIM1, respectively. The interaction with hnRNP E2 is independent of the microRNA's seed sequence and it leads to release of CEBPA mRNA from hnRNP E2-mediated translational inhibition. Altogether, these data reveal the dual ability of a microRNA to control cell fate both through base pairing with mRNA targets and through a decoy activity that interferes with the function of regulatory proteins.
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- Anna M Eiring
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Ge F, Xiao CL, Yin XF, Lu CH, Zeng HL, He QY. Phosphoproteomic analysis of primary human multiple myeloma cells. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1381-90. [PMID: 20230923 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2010] [Accepted: 03/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disorder of differentiated B cells. Clonal expansion of the tumor results in the excessive production of monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) which is a diagnostic feature of this disease. Previous investigations have demonstrated the alteration of the ERK, jun kinase, STAT, and AKT kinase signaling cascades in MM cells, suggesting that deregulated phosphorylation may contribute to MM pathogenesis. However, systematic analysis of the phosphoproteome in MM cells has not been reported. Here, we described a large-scale phosphorylation analysis of primary MM cells. Using a separation strategy involving immunomagnetic bead-positive selection of MM cells, preparative SDS-PAGE for prefractionation, in-gel digestion with trypsin, and titanium dioxide enrichment of phosphopeptides, followed by LC-MS/MS analysis employing a hybrid LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometer, we were able to catalog a substantial portion of the phosphoproteins present in primary MM cells. This analysis led to the identification of 530 phosphorylation sites from 325 unique phosphopeptides corresponding to 260 proteins at false positive rate (FPR) of 1.3%. This dataset provides an important resource for future studies on phosphorylation and carcinogenesis analysis of multiple myeloma.
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- Feng Ge
- Institute of Life and Health Engineering and National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Cobbold LC, Wilson LA, Sawicka K, King HA, Kondrashov AV, Spriggs KA, Bushell M, Willis AE. Upregulated c-myc expression in multiple myeloma by internal ribosome entry results from increased interactions with and expression of PTB-1 and YB-1. Oncogene 2010; 29:2884-91. [PMID: 20190818 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The 5' untranslated region of the proto-oncogene c-myc contains an internal ribosome entry segment (IRES) and c-myc translation can therefore be initiated by internal ribosome entry as well as by cap-dependent mechanisms. It has been shown previously that in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and in MM-derived cell lines there is a C to T mutation in the c-myc IRES that increases IRES activity and the corresponding synthesis of c-myc protein although it is not fully understood how this occurs. Our data show that two recently identified c-myc IRES trans-acting factors, Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) and polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTB-1), bind more strongly (approximately 3.5- and 2-fold respectively) to the mutated version of the c-myc IRES and in vitro these proteins exert their effect synergistically to stimulate IRES activity of the mutant IRES 4.5-fold more than the wild-type version. Importantly, we show that there is a strong correlation between the expression of PTB-1, YB-1 and c-myc in MM-derived cell lines, suggesting that by reducing either PTB-1 or YB-1 protein levels it is possible to decrease c-myc expression and inhibit cell proliferation of MM-derived cell lines.
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- L C Cobbold
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Le Quesne JPC, Spriggs KA, Bushell M, Willis AE. Dysregulation of protein synthesis and disease. J Pathol 2010; 220:140-51. [PMID: 19827082 DOI: 10.1002/path.2627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The regulation of protein synthesis plays as important a role as transcriptional control in the control of gene expression. Once thought solely to act globally, translational control has now been shown to be able to control the expression of most genes specifically. Dysregulation of this process is associated with a range of pathological conditions, notably cancer and several neurological disorders, and can occur in many ways. These include alterations in the expression of canonical initiation factors, mutations in regulatory mRNA sequence elements in 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs), such as upstream open reading frames (uORFs), internal ribosome entry segments (IRESs) and micro-RNA (miR) target sites, and the altered expression of trans-acting protein factors that bind to and regulate these elements. Translational control is increasingly open for study in both fresh and fixed tissue, and this rapidly developing field is yielding useful diagnostic and prognostic tools that will hopefully provide new targets for effective treatments.
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- John P C Le Quesne
- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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Insights into the biology of IRES elements through riboproteomic approaches. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:458927. [PMID: 20150968 PMCID: PMC2817807 DOI: 10.1155/2010/458927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Translation initiation is a highly regulated process that exerts a strong influence on the posttranscriptional control of gene expression. Two alternative mechanisms govern translation initiation in eukaryotic mRNAs, the cap-dependent initiation mechanism operating in most mRNAs, and the internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-dependent mechanism, first discovered in picornaviruses. IRES elements are highly structured RNA sequences that, in most instances, require specific proteins for recruitment of the translation machinery. Some of these proteins are eukaryotic initiation factors. In addition, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in internal initiation control. RBPs are pivotal regulators of gene expression in response to numerous stresses, including virus infection. This review discusses recent advances on riboproteomic approaches to identify IRES transacting factors (ITAFs) and the relationship between RNA-protein interaction and IRES activity, highlighting the most relevant features on picornavirus and hepatitis C virus IRESs.
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Vallejos M, Ramdohr P, Valiente-Echeverría F, Tapia K, Rodriguez FE, Lowy F, Huidobro-Toro JP, Dangerfield JA, López-Lastra M. The 5'-untranslated region of the mouse mammary tumor virus mRNA exhibits cap-independent translation initiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:618-32. [PMID: 19889724 PMCID: PMC2811009 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Revised: 09/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In this study, we demonstrate the identification of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) within the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). The 5'-UTR of the full-length mRNA derived from the infectious, complete MMTV genome was cloned into a dual luciferase reporter construct containing an upstream Renilla luciferase gene (RLuc) and a downstream firefly luciferase gene (FLuc). In rabbit reticulocyte lysate, the MMTV 5'-UTR was capable of driving translation of the second cistron. In vitro translational activity from the MMTV 5'-UTR was resistant to the addition of m(7)GpppG cap-analog and cleavage of eIF4G by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) L-protease. IRES activity was also demonstrated in the Xenopus laevis oocyte by micro-injection of capped and polyadenylated bicistronic RNAs harboring the MMTV-5'-UTR. Finally, transfection assays showed that the MMTV-IRES exhibits cell type-dependent translational activity, suggesting a requirement for as yet unidentified cellular factors for its optimal function.
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- Maricarmen Vallejos
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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Davison EJ, Pennington K, Hung CC, Peng J, Rafiq R, Ostareck-Lederer A, Ostareck DH, Ardley HC, Banks RE, Robinson PA. Proteomic analysis of increased Parkin expression and its interactants provides evidence for a role in modulation of mitochondrial function. Proteomics 2009; 9:4284-97. [PMID: 19725078 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Parkin is an ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3), mutations of which cause juvenile onset - autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease, and result in reduced enzymic activity. In contrast, increased levels are protective against mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration, the mechanism of which is largely unknown. In this study, 2-DE and MS proteomic techniques were utilised to investigate the effects of increased Parkin levels on protein expression in whole cell lysates using in an inducible Parkin expression system in HEK293 cells, and also to isolate potential interactants of Parkin using tandem affinity purification and MS. Nine proteins were significantly differentially expressed (+/-2-fold change; p<0.05) using 2-DE analysis. MS revealed the identity of these proteins to be ACAT2, HNRNPK, HSPD1, PGK1, PRDX6, VCL, VIM, TPI1, and IMPDH2. The first seven of these were reduced in expression. Western blot analysis confirmed the reduction in one of these proteins (HNRNPK), and that its levels were dependent on 26S proteasomal activity. Tandem affinity purification/MS revealed 14 potential interactants of Parkin; CKB, DBT, HSPD1, HSPA9, LRPPRC, NDUFS2, PRDX6, SLC25A5, TPI1, UCHL1, UQCRC1, VCL, YWHAZ, YWHAE. Nine of these are directly involved in mitochondrial energy metabolism and glycolysis; four were also identified in the 2-DE study (HSP60, PRDX6, TPI1, and VCL). This study provides further evidence for a role for Parkin in regulating mitochondrial activity within cells.
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- Eleanor J Davison
- Section of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, Leeds Institute for Molecular Medicine, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Wong YY, Moon A, Duffin R, Barthet-Barateig A, Meijer HA, Clemens MJ, de Moor CH. Cordycepin inhibits protein synthesis and cell adhesion through effects on signal transduction. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2610-21. [PMID: 19940154 PMCID: PMC2807318 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.071159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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3′-Deoxyadenosine, also known as cordycepin, is a known polyadenylation inhibitor with a large spectrum of biological activities, including anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study we confirm that cordycepin reduces the length of poly(A) tails, with some mRNAs being much more sensitive than others. The low doses of cordycepin that cause poly(A) changes also reduce the proliferation of NIH3T3 fibroblasts. At higher doses of the drug we observed inhibition of cell attachment and a reduction of focal adhesions. Furthermore, we observed a strong inhibition of total protein synthesis that correlates with an inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, as observed by reductions in Akt kinase and 4E-binding protein (4EBP) phosphorylation. In 4EBP knock-out cells, the effect of cordycepin on translation is strongly reduced, confirming the role of this modification. In addition, the AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) was shown to be activated. Inhibition of AMPK prevented translation repression by cordycepin and abolished 4EBP1 dephosphorylation, indicating that the effect of cordycepin on mTOR signaling and protein synthesis is mediated by AMPK activation. We conclude that many of the reported biological effects of cordycepin are likely to be due to its effects on mTOR and AMPK signaling.
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- Ying Ying Wong
- School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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Cuesta R, Gupta M, Schneider RJ. The regulation of protein synthesis in cancer. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 90:255-92. [PMID: 20374744 DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(09)90007-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Translational control of cancer is a multifaceted process, involving alterations in translation factor levels and activities that are unique to the different types of cancers and the different stages of disease. Translational alterations in cancer include adaptations of the tumor itself, of the tumor microenvironment, an integral component in disease, and adaptations that occur as cancer progresses from development to local disease and ultimately to metastatic disease. Adaptations include the overexpression and increased activity of specific translation factors, the physical or functional loss of translation regulatory components, increased production of ribosomes, selective mRNA translation, and alteration of signal transduction pathways to permit unfettered activation of protein synthesis. There is intense clinical interest to capitalize on the emerging new understanding of translational control in cancer by targeting specific components of the translation apparatus that are altered in disease for the development of specific cancer therapeutics. Clinical trial data are nascent but encouraging, suggesting that translational control constitutes an important new area for drug development in human cancer.
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- Rafael Cuesta
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Matta A, Tripathi SC, DeSouza LV, Grigull J, Kaur J, Chauhan SS, Srivastava A, Thakar A, Shukla NK, Duggal R, DattaGupta S, Ralhan R, Michael Siu K. Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein K is a marker of oral leukoplakia and correlates with poor prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer 2009; 125:1398-406. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fitzgerald KD, Semler BL. Bridging IRES elements in mRNAs to the eukaryotic translation apparatus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2009; 1789:518-28. [PMID: 19631772 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2009] [Revised: 07/10/2009] [Accepted: 07/14/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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IRES elements are highly structured RNA sequences that function to recruit ribosomes for the initiation of translation. In contrast to the canonical cap-binding, ribosome-scanning model, the mechanism of IRES-mediated translation initiation is not well understood. IRES elements, first discovered in viral RNA genomes, were subsequently found in a subset of cellular RNAs as well. Interestingly, these cellular IRES-containing mRNAs appear to play important roles during conditions of cellular stress, development, and disease (e.g., cancer). It has been shown for viral IRESes that some require specific IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs), while others require few if any additional proteins and can bind ribosomes directly. Current studies are aimed at elucidating the mechanism of IRES-mediated translation initiation and features that may be common or differ greatly among cellular and viral IRESes. This review will explore IRES elements as important RNA structures that function in both cellular and viral RNA translation and the significance of these structures in providing an alternative mechanism of eukaryotic translation initiation.
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- Kerry D Fitzgerald
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Conte C, Ainaoui N, Delluc-Clavières A, Khoury MP, Azar R, Pujol F, Martineau Y, Pyronnet S, Prats AC. Fibroblast growth factor 1 induced during myogenesis by a transcription-translation coupling mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:5267-78. [PMID: 19561198 PMCID: PMC2760804 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1) is involved in muscle development and regeneration. The FGF1 gene contains four tissue-specific promoters allowing synthesis of four transcripts with distinct leader regions. Two of these transcripts contain internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs), which are RNA elements allowing mRNA translation to occur in conditions of blockade of the classical cap-dependent mechanism. Here, we investigated the function and the regulation of FGF1 during muscle differentiation and regeneration. Our data show that FGF1 protein expression is induced in differentiating myoblasts and regenerating mouse muscle, whereas siRNA knock-down demonstrated FGF1 requirement for myoblast differentiation. FGF1 induction occurred at both transcriptional and translational levels, involving specific activation of both promoter A and IRES A, whereas global cap-dependent translation was inhibited. Furthermore, we identified, in the FGF1 promoter A distal region, a cis-acting element able to activate the IRES A-driven translation. These data revealed a mechanism of molecular coupling of mRNA transcription and translation, involving a unique process of IRES activation by a promoter element. The crucial role of FGF1 in myoblast differentiation provides physiological relevance to this novel mechanism. This finding also provides a new insight into the molecular mechanisms linking different levels of gene expression regulation.
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- Caroline Conte
- Inserm, U858 and Institut de Médecine Moléculaire de Rangueil, Université de Toulouse, UPS, IFR150, F-31432 Toulouse, France
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Protein synthesis is often regulated at the level of initiation of translation, making it a critical step. This regulation occurs by both the cis-regulatory elements, which are located in the 5'- and 3'-UTRs (untranslated regions), and trans-acting factors. A breakdown in this regulation machinery can perturb cellular metabolism, leading to various physiological abnormalities. The highly structured UTRs, along with features such as GC-richness, upstream open reading frames and internal ribosome entry sites, significantly influence the rate of translation of mRNAs. In this review, we discuss how changes in the cis-regulatory sequences of the UTRs, for example, point mutations and truncations, influence expression of specific genes at the level of translation. Such modifications may tilt the physiological balance from healthy to diseased states, resulting in conditions such as hereditary thrombocythaemia, breast cancer, fragile X syndrome, bipolar affective disorder and Alzheimer's disease. This information tends to establish the crucial role of UTRs, perhaps as much as that of coding sequences, in health and disease.
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Chen LC, Liu HP, Li HP, Hsueh C, Yu JS, Liang CL, Chang YS. Thymidine phosphorylase mRNA stability and protein levels are increased through ERK-mediated cytoplasmic accumulation of hnRNP K in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Oncogene 2009; 28:1904-15. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Mukhopadhyay NK, Kim J, Cinar B, Ramachandran A, Hager MH, Di Vizio D, Adam RM, Rubin MA, Raychaudhuri P, De Benedetti A, Freeman MR. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K is a novel regulator of androgen receptor translation. Cancer Res 2009; 69:2210-8. [PMID: 19258514 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-2308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The regulation of androgen receptor (AR) expression in prostate cancer is still poorly understood. The activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in prostate cancer cells was previously shown to lower AR expression by a rapamycin-sensitive, posttranscriptional mechanism involving the AR mRNA 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR). In a search for an intermediate within the EGFR/phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway that regulates AR at this site, we identified the nucleic acid-binding protein, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP-K), by mass spectrometric analysis of Akt immune complexes from lipid raft-enriched subcellular fractions. We show here that hnRNP-K is a novel inhibitor of AR mRNA translation that regulates androgen-responsive gene expression and prostate cancer cell proliferation. A functional hnRNP-K binding site involved in down-regulating AR protein levels was identified in the AR mRNA 5'-UTR. Further analysis revealed that hnRNP-K is also able to inhibit AR translation in the absence of the 5'-UTR, consistent with the presence of additional predicted hnRNP-K binding sites within the AR open reading frame and in the 3'-UTR. Immunohistochemical analysis of a human prostate cancer tissue microarray revealed an inverse correlation between hnRNP-K expression and AR protein levels in organ-confined prostate tumors and a substantial decline in cytoplasmic hnRNP-K in metastases, despite an overall increase in hnRNP-K levels in metastatic tumors. These data suggest that translational inhibition of AR by hnRNP-K may occur in organ-confined tumors but possibly at a reduced level in metastases. HnRNP-K is the first protein identified that directly interacts with and regulates the AR translational apparatus.
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- Nishit K Mukhopadhyay
- Urological Diseases Research Center, Department of Urology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Fujimura K, Katahira J, Kano F, Yoneda Y, Murata M. Selective localization of PCBP2 to cytoplasmic processing bodies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:878-87. [PMID: 19230839 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2008] [Revised: 01/29/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Processing bodies (P-bodies) are cytoplasmic domains that have been implicated in critical steps of the regulation of gene expression, including mRNA decay and post-transcriptional gene silencing. Previously, we reported that PCBP2 (Poly-(rC) Binding Protein 2), a facilitator of IRES-mediated translation, is a novel P-body component. Interestingly, PCBP2 is recruited to only a subset of Dcp1a-positive P-bodies, which may reflect functional diversity among these structures. In this study, we examined the selective P-body localization of PCBP2 in detail. Co-localization studies between Dcp1a and PCBP2 revealed that PCBP2 is present in approximately 40% of P-bodies. While PCBP2 was more likely to reside in larger P-bodies, P-body size did not seem to be the sole determinant, and puromycin-induced enlargement of P-bodies only modestly increased the percentage of PCBP2-positive P-bodies. Photobleaching experiments demonstrated that the accumulation of PCBP2 to specific P-bodies is a dynamic process, which does not involve the protein's transcription-dependent nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling activity. Finally, we found that PCBP1, a close relative of PCBP2, localizes to P-bodies in a similar manner to PCBP2. Taken together, these results establish the compositional diversity among P-bodies, and that PCBP2, probably in complex with other mRNP factors, may dynamically recognize such differences and accumulate to specific P-bodies.
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- Ken Fujimura
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
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Fähling M. Cellular oxygen sensing, signalling and how to survive translational arrest in hypoxia. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2009; 195:205-30. [PMID: 18764866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypoxia is a consequence of inadequate oxygen availability. At the cellular level, lowered oxygen concentration activates signal cascades including numerous receptors, ion channels, second messengers, as well as several protein kinases and phosphatases. This, in turn, activates trans-factors like transcription factors, RNA-binding proteins and miRNAs, mediating an alteration in gene expression control. Each cell type has its unique constellation of oxygen sensors, couplers and effectors that determine the activation and predominance of several independent hypoxia-sensitive pathways. Hence, altered gene expression patterns in hypoxia result from a complex regulatory network with multiple divergences and convergences. Although hundreds of genes are activated by transcriptional control in hypoxia, metabolic rate depression, as a consequence of reduced ATP level, causes inhibition of mRNA translation. In a multi-phase response to hypoxia, global protein synthesis is suppressed, mainly by phosphorylation of eIF2-alpha by PERK and inhibition of mTOR, causing suppression of 5'-cap-dependent mRNA translation. Growing evidence suggests that mRNAs undergo sorting at stress granules, which determines the fate of mRNA as to whether being translated, stored, or degraded. Data indicate that translation is suppressed only at 'free' polysomes, but is active at subsets of membrane-bound ribosomes. The recruitment of specific mRNAs into subcellular compartments seems to be crucial for local mRNA translation in prolonged hypoxia. Furthermore, ribosomes themselves may play a significant role in targeting mRNAs for translation. This review summarizes the multiple facets of the cellular adaptation to hypoxia observed in mammals.
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- M Fähling
- Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Cheng ZX, Liu BR, Qian XP, Ding YT, Hu WJ, Sun J, Yu LX. Proteomic analysis of anti-tumor effects by Rhizoma Paridis total saponin treatment in HepG2 cells. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2008; 120:129-137. [PMID: 18761071 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Revised: 05/17/2008] [Accepted: 07/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Rhizoma Paridis total saponin (RPTS) had been identified as the major components responsible for the anti-tumor effects of the herb Rhizoma Paridis, which had been used in China for centuries to treat many diseases including tumor. To elucidate the anti-tumor mechanism of RPTS, a proteomic analysis was carried out with RPTS treatment in HepG2 cells. More than 50 proteins showed a significant change between control (0.01% DMSO) and RPTS (IC(50) approximately 10microg/ml) treated cells after 48h. Twelve proteins had been identified by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) using peptide fingerprinting from 15 protein spots (density difference >2 fold between the control and RPTS-treated group). Among them, six proteins were down-regulated (dUTPase, hnRNP K, GMP synthase, etc.) and six proteins were up-regulated (DNase gamma, Nucleoside diphosphate kinase A, Centrin-2, etc.) by RPTS treatment in HepG2 cells as determined by spot volume (p<0.05). Most of the identified proteins were associated with tumor initiation, promotion, and progression. These findings might offer valuable insights into the mechanism of anti-tumor effect affected by RPTS treatment in HepG2 cells.
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- Zhi-Xiang Cheng
- Department of Oncology, Drum Tower Medical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Pacheco A, Reigadas S, Martínez-Salas E. Riboproteomic analysis of polypeptides interacting with the internal ribosome-entry site element of foot-and-mouth disease viral RNA. Proteomics 2008; 8:4782-90. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lin JY, Li ML, Huang PN, Chien KY, Horng JT, Shih SR. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein K interacts with the enterovirus 71 5' untranslated region and participates in virus replication. J Gen Virol 2008; 89:2540-2549. [PMID: 18796723 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/003673-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a picornavirus that can cause severe neurological complications in children. Like other picornaviruses, the genomic RNA of EV71 contains a long 5' untranslated region (UTR). Cellular proteins interact with the EV71 5' UTR, and these interactions are important for virus replication. Using an RNA pull-down assay and proteomics approaches, this study identified the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) as one of the EV71 5' UTR-associated proteins. The interaction between hnRNP K and the 5' UTR was further confirmed by mapping the interaction regions to stem-loops I-II and IV in the 5' UTR. During EV71 infection, hnRNP K was enriched in the cytoplasm where virus replication occurs, whereas hnRNP K was localized in the nucleus in mock-infected cells. Viral yields were found to be significantly lower in hnRNP K knockdown cells and viral RNA synthesis was delayed in hnRNP K knockdown cells in comparison with negative-control cells treated with small interfering RNA. These results suggest that hnRNP K interacts with the EV71 5' UTR and participates in virus replication.
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- Jing-Yi Lin
- Graduate Program in Biomedical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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Zell R, Ihle Y, Effenberger M, Seitz S, Wutzler P, Görlach M. Interaction of poly(rC)-binding protein 2 domains KH1 and KH3 with coxsackievirus RNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:500-503. [PMID: 18929541 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recombinant hnRNP K-homology (KH) domains 1 and 3 of the poly(rC)-binding protein (PCBP) 2 were purified and assayed for interaction with coxsackievirus B3 RNA in electrophoretic mobility shift assays using in vitro transcribed RNAs which represent signal structures of the 5'-nontranslated region. KH domains 1 and 3 interact with the extended cloverleaf RNA and domain IV RNA of the internal ribosome entry site (IRES). KH1 but not KH3 interacts with subdomain IV/C RNA, whereas KH3 interacts with subdomain IV/B. All in vitro results are consistent with yeast three-hybrid experiments performed in parallel. The data demonstrate interaction of isolated PCBP2 KH1 and KH3 domains to four distinct target sites within the 5'-nontranslated region of the CVB3 genomic RNA.
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- Roland Zell
- Institute for Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Friedrich Schiller University, Hans-Knöll-Str. 2, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
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- Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Friedrich Schiller University, Hans-Knöll-Str. 2, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Friedrich Schiller University, Hans-Knöll-Str. 2, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Friedrich Schiller University, Hans-Knöll-Str. 2, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Chen LC, Hsueh C, Tsang NM, Liang Y, Chang KP, Hao SP, Yu JS, Chang YS. Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein k and thymidine phosphorylase are independent prognostic and therapeutic markers for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:3807-13. [PMID: 18559600 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) regulates thymidine phosphorylase (TP) mRNA stability. The aim of the present study was to analyze hnRNP K and TP expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to evaluate the prognostic and therapeutic potential of these two markers. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We analyzed hnRNP K and TP expression immunohistochemically in 121 clinically proven NPC cases. Statistical analyses were applied to correlate cytoplasmic hnRNP K with elevated TP expression and determine the prognostic significance of these parameters. The therapeutic implication of elevated TP expression was determined by measuring sensitivity of NPC cells to the TP-targeting drug, 5-fluoro-5'-deoxyuridine (5'-DFUR). RESULTS There was a high correlation between cytoplasmic hnRNP K and high TP (P < 0.001). Both cytoplasmic hnRNP K and high TP were associated with poor overall survival (OS; P = 0.007 and P < 0.001, respectively) and distant metastasis-free survival (P = 0.003 and 0.001, respectively) of NPC patients. A multivariate analysis confirmed that both cytoplasmic hnRNP K and high TP are independent prognostic predictors for OS (P = 0.020 and 0.010, respectively). NPC cells expressing high TP were more sensitive to treatment with the TP-targeting drug, 5'-DFUR. CONCLUSIONS Cytoplasmic hnRNP K and high TP are associated with shorter OS and distant metastasis-free survival in NPC patients. In vitro experiments suggest that NPC tumors with high TP expression may be sensitive to 5'-DFUR treatment. Cytoplasmic hnRNP K and high TP may be potential prognostic and therapeutic markers for NPC, but additional validation studies are warranted.
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- Lih-Chyang Chen
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sean P, Nguyen JHC, Semler BL. The linker domain of poly(rC) binding protein 2 is a major determinant in poliovirus cap-independent translation. Virology 2008; 378:243-53. [PMID: 18656221 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Poliovirus, a member of the enterovirus genus in the family Picornaviridae, is the causative agent of poliomyelitis. Translation of the viral genome is mediated through an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) encoded within the 5' noncoding region (5' NCR). IRES elements are highly structured RNA sequences that facilitate the recruitment of ribosomes for translation. Previous studies have shown that binding of a cellular protein, poly(rC) binding protein 2 (PCBP2), to a major stem-loop structure in the genomic 5' NCR is necessary for the translation of picornaviruses containing type I IRES elements, including poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and human rhinovirus. PCBP1, an isoform that shares approximately 90% amino acid identity to PCBP2, cannot efficiently stimulate poliovirus IRES-mediated translation, most likely due to its reduced binding affinity to stem-loop IV within the poliovirus IRES. The primary differences between PCBP1 and PCBP2 are found in the so-called linker domain between the second and third K-homology (KH) domains of these proteins. We hypothesize that the linker region of PCBP2 augments binding to poliovirus stem-loop IV RNA. To test this hypothesis, we generated six PCBP1/PCBP2 chimeric proteins. The recombinant PCBP1/PCBP2 chimeric proteins were able to interact with poliovirus stem-loop I RNA and participate in protein-protein interactions. We demonstrated that the PCBP1/PCBP2 chimeric proteins with the PCBP2 linker, but not with the PCBP1 linker, were able to interact with poliovirus stem-loop IV RNA, and could subsequently stimulate poliovirus IRES-mediated translation. In addition, using a monoclonal anti-PCBP2 antibody (directed against the PCBP2 linker domain) in mobility shift assays, we showed that the PCBP2 linker domain modulates binding to poliovirus stem-loop IV RNA via a mechanism that is not inhibited by the antibody.
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- Polen Sean
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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A gastrin transcript expressed in gastrointestinal cancer cells contains an internal ribosome entry site. Br J Cancer 2008; 98:1696-703. [PMID: 18392051 PMCID: PMC2391123 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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As the hormone gastrin promotes gastrointestinal (GI) cancer progression by triggering survival pathways, regulation of gastrin expression at the translational level was explored. Sequence within the 5' untranslated region of a gastrin transcript expressed in GI cancer cells was investigated, then cloned into a bicistronic vector upstream of firefly luciferase and transfected into a series of GI cancer cell lines. Firefly luciferase activity was measured relative to that of a cap-dependent Renilla luciferase. A gastrin transcript that was different from that described in Ensembl was expressed in GI cancer cells. Its transcription appears to be initiated within the region designated as the gene's first intron. In GI cancer cells transfected with the bicistronic construct, firefly luciferase activity increased 8-15-fold compared with the control vector, and there was a further induction of the signal (up to 25-fold) following exposure of the cells to genotoxic stress or hypoxia, suggesting that the sequence acts as an internal ribosome entry site. These data suggest that the gastrin transcript within GI cancer cells contains an internal ribosome entry site that may allow continued expression of gastrin peptides when normal translational mechanisms are inactive, such as in hypoxia, thereby promoting cancer cell survival.
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Re-programming of translation following cell stress allows IRES-mediated translation to predominate. Biol Cell 2008; 100:27-38. [PMID: 18072942 DOI: 10.1042/bc20070098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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There is now an overwhelming body of evidence to suggest that internal ribosome entry is required to maintain the expression of specific proteins during patho-physiological situations when cap-dependent translation is compromised, for example, following heat shock or during mitosis, hypoxia, differentiation and apoptosis. Translational profiling has been used by several groups to assess the extent to which alternative mechanisms of translation initiation selectively recruit mRNAs to polysomes during cell stress. The data from these studies have shown that under each condition 3-5% of coding mRNAs remain associated with the polysomes. Importantly, the genes identified in each of these studies do not show a significant amount of overlap, suggesting that 10-15% of all mRNAs have the capability for their initiation to occur via alternative mechanism(s).
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Abaza I, Gebauer F. Functional domains of Drosophila UNR in translational control. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:482-490. [PMID: 18203923 PMCID: PMC2248260 DOI: 10.1261/rna.802908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Translational repression of male-specific-lethal 2 (msl-2) mRNA by Sex-lethal (SXL) is an essential regulatory step of X chromosome dosage compensation in Drosophila. Translation inhibition requires that SXL recruits the protein upstream of N-ras (UNR) to the 3' UTR of msl-2 mRNA. UNR is a conserved, ubiquitous protein that contains five cold-shock domains (CSDs). Here, we dissect the domains of UNR required for translational repression and complex formation with SXL and msl-2 mRNA. Using gel-mobility shift assays, the domain involved in interactions with SXL and msl-2 was mapped specifically to the first CSD (CSD1). Indeed, excess of a peptide containing this domain derepressed msl-2 translation in vitro. The CSD1 of human UNR can also form a complex with SXL and msl-2. Comparative analyses of the CSDs of the Drosophila and human proteins together with site-directed mutagenesis experiments revealed that three exposed residues within CSD1 are required for complex formation. Tethering assays showed that CSD1 is not sufficient for translational repression, indicating that UNR binding to SXL and msl-2 can be distinguished from translation inhibition. Repression by tethered UNR requires residues from both the amino-terminal Q-rich stretch and the two first CSDs, indicating that the translational effector domain of UNR resides within the first 397 amino acids of the protein. Our results identify domains and residues required for UNR function in translational control.
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- Irina Abaza
- Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Gene Regulation Programme, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Fujimura K, Kano F, Murata M. Identification of PCBP2, a facilitator of IRES-mediated translation, as a novel constituent of stress granules and processing bodies. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:425-431. [PMID: 18174314 PMCID: PMC2248264 DOI: 10.1261/rna.780708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Recent advances in microscopic techniques have shed light on the roles of specific subcellular structures in the regulation of gene expression. One such structure is the stress granule (SG), which is engaged in stress-triggered translational arrest by sequestering pre-initiation complexes of translation. Recent studies revealed the spatial, compositional, and functional linkage of the SG to the processing body (P-body), another cytoplasmic structure that has been implicated in mRNA degradation and siRNA- or miRNA-mediated gene silencing. In this study, we report that PCBP2, a facilitator of IRES (Internal Ribosomal Entry Site)-mediated translation, is a novel constituent of the SG and P-body. Immunofluorescence studies revealed that while PCBP2 is diffusely distributed throughout the nucleoplasm and the cytoplasm, the protein is enriched in a subset of P-bodies under normal conditions. Upon exposure to heat and arsenic stress, PCBP2 became predominantly accumulated at the SG, but was still present in Dcp1a-positive P-bodies. Live-cell imaging revealed the dynamic association of PCBP2-enriched P-bodies and the SG, and FRAP experiments demonstrated that PCBP2 actively moves in and out of the SG and P-body. Taken together, these results suggest that PCBP2 shuttles between the cytoplasm and the two structures under stress. We propose that PCBP2 may be involved in stress-induced remodeling of mRNP complexes and that it may also play a role in the rapid transition of certain silenced mRNAs into a translationally active state. Additionally, given the property of PCBP2 as a nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling protein, PCBP2 may play a role in directly targeting nascent mRNPs to specific P-bodies for storage.
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- Ken Fujimura
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, 153-8902, Japan.
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Iwasaki T, Koretomo Y, Fukuda T, Paronetto MP, Sette C, Fukami Y, Sato KI. Expression, phosphorylation, and mRNA-binding of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K in Xenopus oocytes, eggs, and early embryos. Dev Growth Differ 2007; 50:23-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Identification of internal ribosome entry segment (IRES)-trans-acting factors for the Myc family of IRESs. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 28:40-9. [PMID: 17967896 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01298-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The proto-oncogenes c-, L-, and N-myc can all be translated by the alternative method of internal ribosome entry whereby the ribosome is recruited to a complex structural element (an internal ribosome entry segment [IRES]). Ribosome recruitment is dependent upon the presence of IRES-trans-acting factors (ITAFs) that act as RNA chaperones and allow the mRNA to attain the correct conformation for the interaction of the 40S subunit. One of the major challenges for researchers in this area is to determine whether there are groups of ITAFs that regulate the IRES-mediated translation of subsets of mRNAs. We have identified four proteins, termed GRSF-1 (G-rich RNA sequence binding factor 1), YB-1 (Y-box binding protein 1), PSF (polypyrimidine tract binding protein-associated splicing factor), and its binding partner, p54nrb, that bind to the myc family of IRESs. We show that these proteins positively regulate the translation of the Myc family of oncoproteins (c-, L-, and N-Myc) in vivo and in vitro. Interestingly, synthesis from the unrelated IRESs, BAG-1 and Apaf-1, was not affected by YB-1, GRSF-1, or PSF levels in vivo, suggesting that these three ITAFs are specific to the myc IRESs. Myc proteins play a role in cell proliferation; therefore, these results have important implications regarding the control of tumorigenesis.
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Identification of novel posttranscriptional targets of the BCR/ABL oncoprotein by ribonomics: requirement of E2F3 for BCR/ABL leukemogenesis. Blood 2007; 111:816-28. [PMID: 17925491 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-05-090472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several RNA binding proteins (RBPs) have been implicated in the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) from the indolent chronic phase to the aggressively fatal blast crisis. In the latter phase, expression and function of specific RBPs are aberrantly regulated at transcriptional or posttranslational levels by the constitutive kinase activity of the BCR/ABL oncoprotein. As a result, altered expression/function of RBPs leads to increased resistance to apoptotic stimuli, enhanced survival, growth advantage, and differentiation arrest of CD34+ progenitors from patients in CML blast crisis. Here, we identify the mRNAs bound to the hnRNP-A1, hnRNP-E2, hnRNP-K, and La/SSB RBPs in BCR/ABLtransformed myeloid cells. Interestingly, we found that the mRNA encoding the transcription factor E2F3 associates to hnRNP-A1 through a conserved binding site located in the E2F3 3' untranslated region (UTR). E2F3 levels were up-regulated in CML-BCCD34+ in a BCR/ABL kinase- and hnRNP-A1 shuttling-dependent manner. Moreover, by using shRNA-mediated E2F3 knock-down and BCR/ABL-transduced lineage-negative bone marrow cells from E2F3+/+ and E2F3-/- mice, we show that E2F3 expression is important for BCR/ABL clonogenic activity and in vivo leukemogenic potential. Thus, the complexity of the mRNA/RBP network, together with the discovery of E2F3 as an hnRNP-A1-regulated factor, outlines the relevant role played by RBPs in posttranscriptional regulation of CML development and progression.
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Perera R, Daijogo S, Walter BL, Nguyen JHC, Semler BL. Cellular protein modification by poliovirus: the two faces of poly(rC)-binding protein. J Virol 2007; 81:8919-32. [PMID: 17581994 PMCID: PMC1951425 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01013-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During picornavirus infection, several cellular proteins are cleaved by virus-encoded proteinases. Such cleavage events are likely to be involved in the changing dynamics during the intracellular viral life cycle, from viral translation to host shutoff to RNA replication to virion assembly. For example, it has been proposed that there is an active switch from poliovirus translation to RNA replication mediated by changes in RNA-binding protein affinities. This switch could be a mechanism for controlling template selection for translation and negative-strand viral RNA synthesis, two processes that use the same positive-strand RNA as a template but proceed in opposing directions. The cellular protein poly(rC)-binding protein (PCBP) was identified as a primary candidate for regulating such a mechanism. Among the four different isoforms of PCBP in mammalian cells, PCBP2 is required for translation initiation on picornavirus genomes with type I internal ribosome entry site elements and also for RNA replication. Through its three K-homologous (KH) domains, PCPB2 forms functional protein-protein and RNA-protein complexes with components of the viral translation and replication machinery. We have found that the isoforms PCBP1 and -2 are cleaved during the mid-to-late phase of poliovirus infection. On the basis of in vitro cleavage assays, we determined that this cleavage event was mediated by the viral proteinases 3C/3CD. The primary cleavage occurs in the linker between the KH2 and KH3 domains, resulting in truncated PCBP2 lacking the KH3 domain. This cleaved protein, termed PCBP2-DeltaKH3, is unable to function in translation but maintains its activity in viral RNA replication. We propose that through the loss of the KH3 domain, and therefore loss of its ability to function in translation, PCBP2 can mediate the switch from viral translation to RNA replication.
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- Rushika Perera
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Med Sci B240, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Feliers D, Lee MJ, Ghosh-Choudhury G, Bomsztyk K, Kasinath BS. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K contributes to angiotensin II stimulation of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA translation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F607-15. [PMID: 17581920 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00497.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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ANG II rapidly increases VEGF synthesis in proximal tubular epithelial cells through mRNA translation. The role of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) in ANG II regulation of VEGF mRNA translation initiation was examined. ANG II activated hnRNP K as judged by binding to poly(C)- and poly(U)-agarose. ANG II increased hnRNP K binding to VEGF mRNA at the same time as it stimulated its translation, suggesting that hnRNP K contributes to VEGF mRNA translation. Inhibition of hnRNP K expression by RNA interference significantly reduced ANG II stimulation of VEGF synthesis. ANG II increased hnRNP K phosphorylation on both tyrosine and serine residues with distinct time courses; only Ser302 phosphorylation paralleled binding to VEGF mRNA. Src inhibition using PP2 or RNA interference inhibited PKCδ activity and prevented hnRNP K phosphorylation on both tyrosine and serine residues and its binding to VEGF mRNA. Under these conditions, ANG II-induced VEGF synthesis was inhibited. ANG II treatment induced redistribution of both VEGF mRNA and hnRNP K protein from light to heavy polysomal fractions, suggesting increased binding of hnRNP K to VEGF mRNA that is targeted for increased translation. This study shows that hnRNP K augments efficiency of VEGF mRNA translation stimulated by ANG II.
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- Denis Feliers
- Dept. of Medicine/Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Chang JS, Santhanam R, Trotta R, Neviani P, Eiring AM, Briercheck E, Ronchetti M, Roy DC, Calabretta B, Caligiuri MA, Perrotti D. High levels of the BCR/ABL oncoprotein are required for the MAPK-hnRNP-E2 dependent suppression of C/EBPalpha-driven myeloid differentiation. Blood 2007; 110:994-1003. [PMID: 17475908 PMCID: PMC1924762 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-078303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The inability of myeloid chronic myelogenous leukemia blast crisis (CML-BC) progenitors to undergo neutrophil differentiation depends on suppression of C/EBPalpha expression through the translation inhibitory activity of the RNA-binding protein hnRNP-E2. Here we show that "oncogene dosage" is a determinant factor for suppression of differentiation in CML-BC. In fact, high levels of p210-BCR/ABL are required for enhanced hnRNP-E2 expression, which depends on phosphorylation of hnRNP-E2 serines 173, 189, and 272 and threonine 213 by the BCR/ABL-activated MAPK(ERK1/2). Serine/threonine to alanine substitution abolishes hnRNP-E2 phosphorylation and markedly decreases its stability in BCR/ABL-expressing myeloid precursors. Similarly, pharmacologic inhibition of MAPK(ERK1/2) activity decreases hnRNP-E2 binding to the 5'UTR of C/EBPalpha mRNA by impairing hnRNP-E2 phosphorylation and stability. This, in turn, restores in vitro and/or in vivo C/EBPalpha expression and G-CSF-driven neutrophilic maturation of differentiation-arrested BCR/ABL(+) cell lines, primary CML-BC(CD34+) patient cells and lineage-negative mouse bone marrow cells expressing high levels of p210-BCR/ABL. Thus, increased BCR/ABL oncogenic tyrosine kinase activity is essential for suppression of myeloid differentiation of CML-BC progenitors as it is required for sustained activation of the MAPK(ERK1/2)-hnRNP-E2-C/EBPalpha differentiation-inhibitory pathway. Furthermore, these findings suggest the inclusion of clinically relevant MAPK inhibitors in the therapy of CML-BC.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blast Crisis/drug therapy
- Blast Crisis/metabolism
- Blast Crisis/pathology
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha/biosynthesis
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/biosynthesis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic/drug effects
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism
- Humans
- K562 Cells
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Mice
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism
- Myeloid Progenitor Cells/metabolism
- Myeloid Progenitor Cells/pathology
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Neutrophils/pathology
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
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- Ji Suk Chang
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 23240, USA
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Scheper GC, van der Knaap MS, Proud CG. Translation matters: protein synthesis defects in inherited disease. Nat Rev Genet 2007; 8:711-23. [PMID: 17680008 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The list of genetic diseases caused by mutations that affect mRNA translation is rapidly growing. Although protein synthesis is a fundamental process in all cells, the disease phenotypes show a surprising degree of heterogeneity. Studies of some of these diseases have provided intriguing new insights into the functions of proteins involved in the process of translation; for example, evidence suggests that several have other functions in addition to their roles in translation. Given the numerous proteins involved in mRNA translation, it is likely that further inherited diseases will turn out to be caused by mutations in genes that are involved in this complex process.
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- Gert C Scheper
- Department of Child Neurology/Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Perrotti D, Neviani P. From mRNA metabolism to cancer therapy: chronic myelogenous leukemia shows the way. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:1638-42. [PMID: 17363515 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Altered mRNA metabolism is a feature of many cancers including blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia. Indeed, loss of function of many tumor suppressors regulating cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation results from aberrant mRNA processing, nuclear export, and/or translation. Here, we summarize the effects of increased BCR/ABL oncogenic activity on the expression and function of RNA binding proteins (e.g., FUS, hnRNP A1, hnRNP E2, hnRNP K, and La/SSB) with posttranscriptional and translational regulatory activities and their importance for the phenotype of BCR/ABL-transformed hematopoietic progenitors. We also provide evidence that these studies not only advance our understanding on the molecular mechanisms contributing to tumor/leukemia emergence, maintenance, and/or progression but they also serve for the identification of novel molecular targets useful for the development of alternative therapies for imatinib-resistant and blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia and, perhaps, for other cancers characterized by similar alterations in the mRNA metabolism.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autoantigens/physiology
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/physiology
- CELF1 Protein
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/physiology
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins/physiology
- Histone Chaperones
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/therapy
- Models, Biological
- Neoplasms/metabolism
- Neoplasms/therapy
- Peptide Fragments/physiology
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/physiology
- Ribonucleoproteins/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- Transcription Factors/physiology
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- Danilo Perrotti
- The Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43240, USA.
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Burnham AJ, Gong L, Hardy RW. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein K interacts with Sindbis virus nonstructural proteins and viral subgenomic mRNA. Virology 2007; 367:212-21. [PMID: 17561226 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.008] [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] [Received: 04/13/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alphaviruses are a group of arthropod-borne human and animal pathogens that can cause epidemics of significant public health and economic consequence. Alphavirus RNA synthesis requires four virally encoded nonstructural proteins and probably a number of cellular proteins. Using comparative two-dimensional electrophoresis we were able to identify proteins enriched in cytoplasmic membrane fractions containing viral RNA synthetic complexes following infection with Sindbis virus. Our studies demonstrated the following: (i) the host protein hnRNP K is enriched in cytoplasmic membrane fractions following Sindbis virus infection, (ii) viral nonstructural proteins co-immunoprecipitate with hnRNP K, (iii) nsP2 and hnRNP K co-localize in the cytoplasm of Sindbis virus infected cells, (iv) Sindbis virus subgenomic mRNA, but not genomic RNA co-immunoprecipitates with hnRNP K, (v) viral RNA does not appear to be required for the interaction of hnRNP K with the nonstructural proteins. Potential functions of hnRNP K during virus replication are discussed.
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- Andrew J Burnham
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 E. Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Li SQ, Qi HW, Wu CG, Zhang XJ, Yang SG, Zhao X, Wu Z, Wang Y, Que HP, Liu SJ. Comparative proteomic study of acute pulmonary embolism in a rat model. Proteomics 2007; 7:2287-99. [PMID: 17594686 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common, potentially fatal disease, whose blood clots originate from the deep venous system of the lower extremities. PE is of clinical importance because of the considerable mortality and morbidity. In this study, at first we established a rat PE model by injecting 3-4 emboli into the left jugular vein. Before collecting the lung tissues, we perfused them with saline through the right jugular vein and at the same time cut off the right carotid to remove the blood. Then we separated and identified differentially expressed proteins in lung tissues at different time points using the techniques of 2-DE and MS. After image analysis of 2-DE gels, 46 protein spots of interest were excised from the gels and identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. Thirty-two protein spots of them found their corresponding protein candidates in the database. These proteins are associated with distinct aspects of PE such as the contractive function of smooth muscles, metabolism of energy, collagen and toxicant, cellular differentiation, apoptosis and injury, blood pressure adjustment, maintaining of acid-base balance, and so on. Ten of the identified proteins were validated by semiquantitative RT-PCR, and three of them were further validated by Western blot analysis. The differential expression patterns of these proteins suggest the distinct roles they may play in different stages of the rat PE model, and information from this study may be helpful to uncover the pathophysiologic molecular mechanisms involved in PE.
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- Sheng-qing Li
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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Perreault J, Perreault JP, Boire G. Ro-associated Y RNAs in metazoans: evolution and diversification. Mol Biol Evol 2007; 24:1678-89. [PMID: 17470436 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Y genes encode small noncoding RNAs whose functions remain elusive, whose numbers vary between species, and whose major property is to be bound by the Ro60 protein (or its ortholog in other species). To better understand the evolution of the Y gene family, we performed a homology search in 27 different genomes along with a structural search using Y RNA specific motifs. These searches confirmed that Y RNAs are well conserved in the animal kingdom and resulted in the detection of several new Y RNA genes, including the first Y RNAs in insects and a second Y RNA detected in Caenorhabditis elegans. Unexpectedly, Y5 genes were retrieved almost as frequently as Y1 and Y3 genes, and, consequently are not the result of a relatively recent apparition as is generally believed. Investigation of the organization of the Y genes demonstrated that the synteny was conserved among species. Interestingly, it revealed the presence of six putative "fossil" Y genes, all of which were Y4 and Y5 related. Sequence analysis led to inference of the ancestral sequences for all Y RNAs. In addition, the evolution of existing Y RNAs was deduced for many families, orders and classes. Moreover, a consensus sequence and secondary structure for each Y species was determined. Further evolutionary insight was obtained from the analysis of several thousand Y retropseudogenes among various species. Taken together, these results confirm the rich and diversified evolution history of Y RNAs.
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- Jonathan Perreault
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Roychoudhury P, Paul RR, Chowdhury R, Chaudhuri K. HnRNP E2 is downregulated in human oral cancer cells and the overexpression of hnRNP E2 induces apoptosis. Mol Carcinog 2007; 46:198-207. [PMID: 17219427 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Human hnRNP genes have been reported to be involved in human malignancies and several hnRNPs are promising biomarkers of lung, head and neck, colon, breast, and pancreatic cancers. The present study investigated the clinicopathologic and biological significance of hnRNP E2 gene expression in oral cancer. Human hnRNP E2 was significantly downregulated in oral cancer tissues compared to normal one (P<0.0001) as determined by quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR. The expression of hnRNP E2 is correlated with histology, being lower in moderate and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) compared to well-differentiated SCC. Transient transfection of hnRNP E2 in cancerous cell lines resulted in reduced cell viability and increased apoptotic nuclei. Compared to control transfectants, cells with higher expression showed an increase in the number of apoptotic cells by annexin-PI staining and an increase in caspase activity. The present study thus implicates downregulation of hnRNP E2 as a novel mechanism to enhance the resistance of cancer cells to apoptosis.
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- Paromita Roychoudhury
- Human Genetics & Genomics Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Cho NH, Koh ES, Lee DW, Kim H, Choi YP, Cho SH, Kim DS. Comparative proteomics of pulmonary tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation. J Proteome Res 2007; 5:643-50. [PMID: 16512680 DOI: 10.1021/pr050460x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We aimed to evaluate neuroendocrine pulmonary tumors (NEPT) by a novel method involving map tree construction by comparing all of the protein spots. We performed a proteomics analysis to assess the similarities in protein expression between neuroendocrine pulmonary tumors (NEPT), including typical carcinoids (TC), atypical carcinoids (AC), large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNEC) and small cell carcinomas (SCLC). Total protein lysates were obtained from seven histologically confirmed frozen NEPT tissues, including 1TC, 2 SCLC, and 4 cases ranging from AC to LCNEC. 2-DE demonstrated that TC was similar to normal lung. AC, LCNEC, and SCLC were similar to each other, forming a group separate from TC, however, SCLC at an early stage showed a similarity to TC. MALDI analysis detected 9 surrogate endpoint biomarkers, including eIF5A1, GST M3, cytokeratin 18 (CK 18), FK506-binding protein p59, p63, MAGE-D2, mitochondrial short-chain enoyl-coenzyme A hydratase 1, tranferrin and poly (rC) binding protein 1. Immunohistochemical staining revealed a gradual decrease in expression rate of p63 and CK 18 with poor differentiation of NEPT. Our results demonstrate that (1) the comparative proteomics of NEPT match the WHO classification except for AC and LCNEC; (2) SCLC show differences in their proteomics according to tumor stage; and (3) CK 18 and p63 may be useful as diagnostically and prognostically available markers.
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- Nam Hoon Cho
- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
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Adolph D, Flach N, Mueller K, Ostareck DH, Ostareck-Lederer A. Deciphering the cross talk between hnRNP K and c-Src: the c-Src activation domain in hnRNP K is distinct from a second interaction site. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:1758-70. [PMID: 17178840 PMCID: PMC1820454 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02014-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 12/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The protein tyrosine kinase c-Src is regulated by two intramolecular interactions. The repressed state is achieved through the interaction of the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain with the phosphorylated C-terminal tail and the association of the SH3 domain with a polyproline type II helix formed by the linker region between SH2 and the kinase domain. hnRNP K, the founding member of the KH domain protein family, is involved in chromatin remodeling, regulation of transcription, and translation of specific mRNAs and is a target in different signal transduction pathways. In particular, it functions as a specific activator and a substrate of the tyrosine kinase c-Src. Here we address the question how hnRNP K interacts with and activates c-Src. We define the proline residues in hnRNP K in the proline-rich motifs P2 (amino acids [aa] 285 to 297) and P3 (aa 303 to 318), which are necessary and sufficient for the specific activation of c-Src, and we dissect the amino acid sequence (aa 216 to 226) of hnRNP K that mediates a second interaction with c-Src. Our findings indicate that the interaction with c-Src and the activation of the kinase are separable functions of hnRNP K. hnRNP K acts as a scaffold protein that integrates signaling cascades by facilitating the cross talk between kinases and factors that mediate nucleic acid-directed processes.
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- Dörte Adolph
- Institute of Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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McNair K, Broad J, Riedel G, Davies CH, Cobb SR. Global changes in the hippocampal proteome following exposure to an enriched environment. Neuroscience 2007; 145:413-22. [PMID: 17261355 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2006] [Revised: 12/08/2006] [Accepted: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Exposure to an enriched environment promotes neurochemical, structural and neurophysiological changes in the brain and is associated with enhanced synaptic plasticity and improved hippocampal-dependent learning. Using a global proteomics-based approach we have now been able to reveal the altered expression of a diverse range of hippocampal proteins following exposure to an enriched environment. Male Hooded Lister rats (8 weeks) were subjected to a 6-week regimen in which they were housed in either non-enriched (open field) or enriched conditions (toys, wheels etc.). Whole protein extracts from stratum pyramidale and stratum radiatum of area CA1 were then isolated and subjected to differential gel electrophoresis [McNair K, Davies CH, Cobb SR (2006) Plasticity-related regulation of the hippocampal proteome. Eur J Neurosci 23(2):575-580]. Of the 2469 resolvable protein spots detected in this study, 42 spots (1.7% of the detectable proteome) derived from predominantly somatic fractions and 32 proteins spots from dendritic fractions (1.3% of detectable proteome) were significantly altered in abundance following exposure to an enriched environment (somatic: 14 increased/28 decreased abundance, range -1.5 to +1.4-fold change; dendritic: 16 increased, 16 decreased abundance, range -1.6 to +3.0-fold change). Following in-gel tryptic digestion and Maldi-Tof/Q-star mass spectrometry, database searching revealed the identity of 50 protein spots displaying environmental enrichment-related modulation of expression. Identified proteins belonged to a variety of functional classes with gene ontology analysis revealing the majority (>70%) of regulated proteins to be part of the energy metabolism, cytoplasmic organization/biogenesis and signal transduction processes.
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- K McNair
- Division of Neuroscience and Biomedical Systems, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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Gerbasi VR, Link AJ. The myotonic dystrophy type 2 protein ZNF9 is part of an ITAF complex that promotes cap-independent translation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1049-58. [PMID: 17327219 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600384-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The 5'-untranslated region of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA contains an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES). Mutational analysis of the ODC IRES has led to the identification of sequences necessary for cap-independent translation of the ODC mRNA. To discover novel IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs), we performed a proteomics screen for proteins that regulate ODC translation using the wild-type ODC mRNA and a mutant version with an inactive IRES. We identified two RNA-binding proteins that associate with the wild-type ODC IRES but not the mutant IRES. One of these RNA-binding proteins, PCBP2, is an established activator of viral and cellular IRESs. The second protein, ZNF9 (myotonic dystrophy type 2 protein), has not been shown previously to bind IRES-like elements. Using a series of biochemical assays, we validated the interaction of these proteins with ODC mRNA. Interestingly ZNF9 and PCBP2 biochemically associated with each other and appeared to function as part of a larger holo-ITAF ribonucleoprotein complex. Our functional studies showed that PCBP2 and ZNF9 stimulate translation of the ODC IRES. Importantly these results may provide insight into the normal role of ZNF9 and why ZNF9 mutations cause myotonic dystrophy.
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- Vincent R Gerbasi
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Halaby MJ, Yang DQ. p53 translational control: a new facet of p53 regulation and its implication for tumorigenesis and cancer therapeutics. Gene 2007; 395:1-7. [PMID: 17395405 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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While posttranslational regulation of p53 levels by its interaction with the ubiquitin ligase MDM2 is widely accepted, it has recently become clear that regulation of p53 translation also contributes to p53 induction following DNA damage. However, the mechanisms underlying the translational control of p53 are still poorly understood. In this review, we will focus on the translational regulation of p53 through the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of its mRNA. We will also discuss in detail the recent discovery of the p53 internal ribosome entry site (IRES), its role in p53 translation in response to DNA damage, and how it might lead to a better understanding of the process of oncogenesis and provide new avenues for cancer therapeutics.
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- Marie-Jo Halaby
- Sanford School of Medicine, The University of South Dakota, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, 414 East Clark Street, Lee Medicine Building, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Bedard KM, Daijogo S, Semler BL. A nucleo-cytoplasmic SR protein functions in viral IRES-mediated translation initiation. EMBO J 2007; 26:459-67. [PMID: 17183366 PMCID: PMC1783453 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A significant number of viral and cellular mRNAs utilize cap-independent translation, employing mechanisms distinct from those of canonical translation initiation. Cap-independent translation requires noncanonical, cellular RNA-binding proteins; however, the roles of such proteins in ribosome recruitment and translation initiation are not fully understood. This work demonstrates that a nucleo-cytoplasmic SR protein, SRp20, functions in internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated translation of a viral RNA. We found that SRp20 interacts with the cellular RNA-binding protein, PCBP2, a protein that binds to IRES sequences within the genomic RNAs of certain picornaviruses and is required for viral translation. We utilized in vitro translation in HeLa cell extracts depleted of SRp20 to demonstrate that SRp20 is required for poliovirus translation initiation. Targeting SRp20 in HeLa cells with short interfering RNAs resulted in inhibition of SRp20 protein expression and a corresponding decrease in poliovirus translation. Our data have identified a previously unknown function of an SR protein (i.e., the stimulation of IRES-mediated translation), further documenting the multifunctional nature of this important class of cellular RNA-binding proteins.
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- Kristin M Bedard
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Konstantakopoulos N, Larsen MR, Campbell IG, Quinn MA, Baker MS, Georgiou HM, Rice GE. Genistein-induced proteome changes in the human endometrial carcinoma cell line, ishikawa. Clin Proteomics 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02752498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Epidemiological studies have shown that Asian populations display a lower incidence of hormone-dependant cancers, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and menopausal ailments compared to Western societies. Available data support the proposal that lower incidence is associated with the high dietary consumption of isoflavones, such as genistein. This study used two-dimensional electrophoresis to characterize the effect of genistein on the proteome of an endometrial tumor cell model, namely the Ishikawa cell line. Proteome maps displaying approx 1800 proteins were obtained from cells treated with vehicle or genistein at physiologically attainable concentrations of 0.5, 5, or 50 μM or supra-physiological concentration, 500 μM. The effects of genistein on protein expression were characterized using image analysis software. A total 65 protein spots displayed a significant decrease in expression and 32 proteins displayed a significant increase in expression. Of these protein spots, 29 were randomly selected for characterization by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry, yielding 18 different proteins. This type of analysis enabled the characterization of a wide range of cellular proteins and allowed for the identification of functional and biochemical pathways that may be regulated or affected by genistein, including cellular transcription, cell proliferation, stress response, or modulation of oncogenic pathways.
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Dormoy-Raclet V, Markovits J, Malato Y, Huet S, Lagarde P, Montaudon D, Jacquemin-Sablon A, Jacquemin-Sablon H. Unr, a cytoplasmic RNA-binding protein with cold-shock domains, is involved in control of apoptosis in ES and HuH7 cells. Oncogene 2006; 26:2595-605. [PMID: 17086213 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Unr (upstream of N-ras) is a cytoplasmic RNA-binding protein involved in the regulation of messenger RNA stability and internal initiation of translation. We have used Unr-deficient murine embryonic stem (ES) cells to analyse Unr role in cell proliferation and response to stress. Disruption of both unr gene copies had no effect on ES cell proliferation. However, after ionizing radiation (IR), clonogenic survival of unr(-/-) ES cells was approximately 3-fold enhanced as compared to unr(+/+) cells. We further determined that IR-induced apoptosis was decreased in unr(-/-) ES cells, and that reintroduction of the unr gene in unr(-/-) cells restored normal IR-induced apoptosis. Three pro-apoptotic genes, p53, caspase-3 and Gadd45gamma, were downregulated in unr(-/-) ES cells, indicating that Unr, as other cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteins, regulates a complex genetic program, promoting cell death after IR. In contrast, in the human hepatoma cell line HuH7, Unr knockdown using unr-specific small interfering RNAs induced apoptosis, both in untreated and gamma-irradiated cells. Thus, our results establish that Unr acts as a positive or negative regulator of cell death, depending on the cell type. Manipulating the level of Unr may constitute a specific approach to sensitize cancer cells to anticancer treatments.
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Frost P, Shi Y, Hoang B, Lichtenstein A. AKT activity regulates the ability of mTOR inhibitors to prevent angiogenesis and VEGF expression in multiple myeloma cells. Oncogene 2006; 26:2255-62. [PMID: 17016437 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We recently demonstrated that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, CCI-779, curtailed the growth of a subcutaneous challenge of multiple myeloma (MM) cells in immunodeficient mice. This antitumor effect was associated with prevention of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of angiogenesis. Interestingly, myeloma tumors with heightened AKT activation were particularly sensitive to a CCI-779-induced antitumor response. To investigate whether part of the differential sensitivity was due to an AKT-regulated effect on angiogenesis, we compared the effects of mTOR inhibitors against isogenic MM cell lines that only differ by their degree of AKT activity. In this model, heightened AKT activity significantly sensitized MM cells to the following inhibitory effects of mTOR inhibition: angiogenesis in vivo, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in vitro and in vivo and VEGF translation (but not transcription). Assessment of p70S6 kinase activity indicated that rapamycin induced comparable mTOR inhibition in both cell lines suggesting that an adverse effect on VEGF cap-dependent translation would be comparable. Internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated cap-independent translation is a salvage pathway for protein expression when mTOR is inhibited, so we analyzed a possible regulatory role of AKT on VEGF IRES activity. We found that elevated AKT activity inhibited VEGF IRES function. These results support a mechanism whereby AKT prevents VEGF IRES activity in myeloma cells during mTOR inhibition resulting in a more complete abrogation of VEGF translation, and ultimately, angiogenesis.
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- P Frost
- Department of Medicine, UCLA, the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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The cell has many ways to regulate the production of proteins. One mechanism is through the changes to the machinery of translation initiation. These alterations favor the translation of one subset of mRNAs over another. It was first shown that internal ribosome entry sites (IRESes) within viral RNA genomes allowed the production of viral proteins more efficiently than most of the host proteins. The RNA secondary structure of viral IRESes has sometimes been conserved between viral species even though the primary sequences differ. These structures are important for IRES function, but no similar structure conservation has yet to be shown in cellular IRES. With the advances in mathematical modeling and computational approaches to complex biological problems, is there a way to predict an IRES in a data set of unknown sequences? This review examines what is known about cellular IRES structures, as well as the data sets and tools available to examine this question. We find that the lengths, number of upstream AUGs, and %GC content of 5'-UTRs of the human transcriptome have a similar distribution to those of published IRES-containing UTRs. Although the UTRs containing IRESes are on the average longer, almost half of all 5'-UTRs are long enough to contain an IRES. Examination of the available RNA structure prediction software and RNA motif searching programs indicates that while these programs are useful tools to fine tune the empirically determined RNA secondary structure, the accuracy of de novo secondary structure prediction of large RNA molecules and subsequent identification of new IRES elements by computational approaches, is still not possible.
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- Stephen D Baird
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Carpenter B, McKay M, Dundas SR, Lawrie LC, Telfer C, Murray GI. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K is over expressed, aberrantly localised and is associated with poor prognosis in colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer 2006; 95:921-7. [PMID: 16953238 PMCID: PMC2360539 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) is a member of the hnRNP family which has several different cellular roles including transcription, mRNA shuttling, RNA editing and translation. Several reports implicate hnRNP K having a role in tumorigenesis, for instance hnRNP K increases transcription of the oncogene c-myc and hnRNP K expression is regulated by the p53/MDM 2 pathway. In this study comparing normal colon to colorectal cancer by proteomics, hnRNP K was identified as being overexpressed in this type of cancer. Immunohistochemistry with a monoclonal antibody to hnRNP K (which we developed) on colorectal cancer tissue microarray, confirmed that hnRNP K was overexpressed in colorectal cancer (P<0.001) and also showed that hnRNP K had an aberrant subcellular localisation in cancer cells. In normal colon hnRNP K was exclusively nuclear whereas in colorectal cancer the protein localised both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. There were significant increases in both nuclear (P=0.007) and cytoplasmic (P=0.001) expression of hnRNP K in Dukes C tumours compared with early stage tumours. In Dukes C patient's good survival was associated with increased hnRNP K nuclear expression (P=0.0093). To elaborate on the recent observation that hnRNP K is regulated by p53, the expression profiles of these two proteins were also analysed. There was no correlation between hnRNP K and p53 expression, however, patients who presented tumours that were positive for hnRNP K and p53 had a poorer survival outcome (P=0.045).
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- B Carpenter
- Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
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