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Gobert AP, Finley J, Asim M, Barry DP, Allaman MM, Hawkins CV, Williams KJ, Delagado AG, Mirmira RG, Zhao S, Piazuelo MB, Washington MK, Coburn LA, Wilson KT. Analysis of the effect of hypusination in myeloid cells on colitis and colitis-associated cancer. Heliyon 2024; 10:e33838. [PMID: 39027559 PMCID: PMC11255582 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Hypusine is an amino acid synthesized by the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS). It is critical for the activity of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (EIF5A). We reported that hypusination i) in macrophages supports the innate response towards pathogenic bacteria and ii) in epithelial cells maintains intestinal homeostasis. Herein, we investigated the effect of myeloid hypusination on the outcome of colitis and colitis-associated cancer. We found that patients with Crohn's disease exhibit increased levels of DHPS and EIF5AHyp in cells infiltrating the colon lamina propria. However, the specific deletion of Dhps in myeloid cells had no impact on clinical, histological, or inflammatory parameters in mice treated with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Further, tumorigenesis and level of dysplasia were not affected by myeloid deletion of Dhps in the azoxymethane-DSS model. The composition of the fecal and the mucosa-associated microbiome was similar in animals lacking or not DHPS in myeloid cells. Thus, hypusination in myeloid cells does not regulate colitis associated with epithelial injury and colitis-associated cancer. Enhancement of the DHPS/hypusine pathway in patients with inflammatory bowel disease could have therapeutic impact through epithelial effects, but modulation of hypusination in myeloid cells will be unlikely to affect the disease.
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- Alain P. Gobert
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Kovler Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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D'Agostino M, Simonetti A, Motta S, Wolff P, Romagnoli A, Piccinini A, Spinozzi F, Di Marino D, La Teana A, Ennifar E. Crystal structure of archaeal IF5A-DHS complex reveals insights into the hypusination mechanism. Structure 2024; 32:878-888.e4. [PMID: 38582076 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
Abstract
The translation factor IF5A is highly conserved in Eukarya and Archaea and undergoes a unique post-translational hypusine modification by the deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) enzyme. DHS transfers the butylamine moiety from spermidine to IF5A using NAD as a cofactor, forming a deoxyhypusine intermediate. IF5A is a key player in protein synthesis, preventing ribosome stalling in proline-rich sequences during translation elongation and facilitating translation elongation and termination. Additionally, human eIF5A participates in various essential cellular processes and contributes to cancer metastasis, with inhibiting hypusination showing anti-proliferative effects. The hypusination pathway of IF5A is therefore an attractive new therapeutic target. We elucidated the 2.0 Å X-ray crystal structure of the archaeal DHS-IF5A complex, revealing hetero-octameric architecture and providing a detailed view of the complex active site including the hypusination loop. This structure, along with biophysical data and molecular dynamics simulations, provides new insights into the catalytic mechanism of the hypusination reaction.
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- Mattia D'Agostino
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, CNRS UPR 9002, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, CNRS UPR 9002, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, CNRS UPR 9002, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; New York-Marche Structural Biology Center (Ny-Masbic), Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; New York-Marche Structural Biology Center (Ny-Masbic), Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; Neuronal Death and Neuroprotection Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research-IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; New York-Marche Structural Biology Center (Ny-Masbic), Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, CNRS UPR 9002, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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Gobert AP, Smith TM, Latour YL, Asim M, Barry DP, Allaman MM, Williams KJ, McNamara KM, Delgado AG, Short SP, Mirmira RG, Rose KL, Schey KL, Zagol-Ikapitte I, Coleman JS, Boutaud O, Zhao S, Piazuelo MB, Washington MK, Coburn LA, Wilson KT. Hypusination Maintains Intestinal Homeostasis and Prevents Colitis and Carcinogenesis by Enhancing Aldehyde Detoxification. Gastroenterology 2023; 165:656-669.e8. [PMID: 37271289 PMCID: PMC10527201 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS The amino acid hypusine, synthesized from the polyamine spermidine by the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS), is essential for the activity of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (EIF5A). The role of hypusinated EIF5A (EIF5AHyp) remains unknown in intestinal homeostasis. Our aim was to investigate EIF5AHyp in the gut epithelium in inflammation and carcinogenesis. METHODS We used human colon tissue messenger RNA samples and publicly available transcriptomic datasets, tissue microarrays, and patient-derived colon organoids. Mice with intestinal epithelial-specific deletion of Dhps were investigated at baseline and in models of colitis and colon carcinogenesis. RESULTS We found that patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease exhibit reduced colon levels of DHPS messenger RNA and DHPS protein and reduced levels of EIF5AHyp. Similarly, colonic organoids from colitis patients also show down-regulated DHPS expression. Mice with intestinal epithelial-specific deletion of Dhps develop spontaneous colon hyperplasia, epithelial proliferation, crypt distortion, and inflammation. Furthermore, these mice are highly susceptible to experimental colitis and show exacerbated colon tumorigenesis when treated with a carcinogen. Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis on colonic epithelial cells demonstrated that loss of hypusination induces multiple pathways related to cancer and immune response. Moreover, we found that hypusination enhances translation of numerous enzymes involved in aldehyde detoxification, including glutathione S-transferases and aldehyde dehydrogenases. Accordingly, hypusination-deficient mice exhibit increased levels of aldehyde adducts in the colon, and their treatment with a scavenger of electrophiles reduces colitis. CONCLUSIONS Hypusination in intestinal epithelial cells has a key role in the prevention of colitis and colorectal cancer, and enhancement of this pathway via supplementation of spermidine could have a therapeutic impact.
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- Alain P Gobert
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Kovler Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Essletzbichler P, Sedlyarov V, Frommelt F, Soulat D, Heinz LX, Stefanovic A, Neumayer B, Superti-Furga G. A genome-wide CRISPR functional survey of the human phagocytosis molecular machinery. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201715. [PMID: 36725334 PMCID: PMC9892931 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Phagocytosis, the process by which cells engulf large particles, plays a vital role in driving tissue clearance and host defense. Its dysregulation is connected to autoimmunity, toxic accumulation of proteins, and increased risks for infections. Despite its importance, we lack full understanding of all molecular components involved in the process. To create a functional map in human cells, we performed a genome-wide CRISPRko FACS screen that identified 716 genes. Mapping those hits to a comprehensive protein-protein interaction network annotated for functional cellular processes allowed retrieval of protein complexes identified multiple times and detection of missing phagocytosis regulators. In addition to known components, such as the Arp2/3 complex, the vacuolar-ATPase-Rag machinery, and the Wave-2 complex, we identified and validated new phagocytosis-relevant functions, including the oligosaccharyltransferase complex (MAGT1/SLC58A1, DDOST, STT3B, and RPN2) and the hypusine pathway (eIF5A, DHPS, and DOHH). Overall, our phagocytosis network comprises elements of cargo uptake, shuffling, and biotransformation through the cell, providing a resource for the identification of potential novel drivers for diseases of the endo-lysosomal system. Our approach of integrating protein-protein interaction offers a broadly applicable way to functionally interpret genome-wide screens.
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- Patrick Essletzbichler
- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Rubio A, Garland GD, Sfakianos A, Harvey RF, Willis AE. Aberrant protein synthesis and cancer development: The role of canonical eukaryotic initiation, elongation and termination factors in tumorigenesis. Semin Cancer Biol 2022; 86:151-165. [PMID: 35487398 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
In tumourigenesis, oncogenes or dysregulated tumour suppressor genes alter the canonical translation machinery leading to a reprogramming of the translatome that, in turn, promotes the translation of selected mRNAs encoding proteins involved in proliferation and metastasis. It is therefore unsurprising that abnormal expression levels and activities of eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs), elongation factors (eEFs) or termination factors (eRFs) are associated with poor outcome for patients with a wide range of cancers. In this review we discuss how RNA binding proteins (RBPs) within the canonical translation factor machinery are dysregulated in cancers and how targeting such proteins is leading to new therapeutic avenues.
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- Angela Rubio
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK.
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Quantitative proteomics to study aging in rabbit spleen tissues. Exp Gerontol 2022; 167:111908. [PMID: 35932934 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.111908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
Aging is a process that occurs in tissues and across species, leading to the degradation of many biological processes. We previously demonstrated that rabbits are a feasible model for studying aging due to their genetic homology and relatively short lifespan in comparison to humans. We utilized a cPILOT multiplexing strategy to identify proteomic changes in spleen tissues of young, middle, and old aged rabbits. We identified 63 proteins that change significantly (p < 0.05) with age and notably these proteins relate to nucleotide and RNA binding, DNA repair, actin regulation, and immune system pathways. Here, we explore the implications of aging in the spleen and demonstrate the utility of a rabbit model to understand aging processes.
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Chase R, de la Peña JB, Smith PR, Lawson J, Lou TF, Stanowick AD, Black BJ, Campbell ZT. Global analyses of mRNA expression in human sensory neurons reveal eIF5A as a conserved target for inflammatory pain. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22422. [PMID: 35747924 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101933rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Nociceptors are a type of sensory neuron that are integral to most forms of pain. Targeted disruption of nociceptor sensitization affords unique opportunities to prevent pain. An emerging model for nociceptors are sensory neurons derived from human stem cells. Here, we subjected five groups to high-throughput sequencing: human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) prior to differentiation, mature hiPSC-derived sensory neurons, mature co-cultures containing hiPSC-derived astrocytes and sensory neurons, mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) tissues, and mouse DRG cultures. Co-culture of nociceptors and astrocytes promotes expression of transcripts enriched in DRG tissues. Comparisons of the hiPSC models to tissue samples reveal that many key transcripts linked to pain are present. Markers indicative of a range of neuronal subtypes present in the DRG were detected in mature hiPSCs. Intriguingly, translation factors were maintained at consistently high expression levels across species and culture systems. As a proof of concept for the utility of this resource, we validated expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in DRG tissues and hiPSC samples. eIF5A is subject to a unique posttranslational hypusine modification required for its activity. Inhibition of hypusine biosynthesis prevented hyperalgesic priming by inflammatory mediators in vivo and diminished hiPSC activity in vitro. Collectively, our results illuminate the transcriptomes of hiPSC sensory neuron models. We provide a demonstration for this resource through our investigation of eIF5A. Our findings reveal hypusine as a potential target for inflammation associated pain in males.
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- Rebecca Chase
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.,Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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Barba-Aliaga M, Alepuz P. Role of eIF5A in Mitochondrial Function. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:1284. [PMID: 35163207 PMCID: PMC8835957 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is an evolutionarily conserved protein that binds ribosomes to facilitate the translation of peptide motifs with consecutive prolines or combinations of prolines with glycine and charged amino acids. It has also been linked to other molecular functions and cellular processes, such as nuclear mRNA export and mRNA decay, proliferation, differentiation, autophagy, and apoptosis. The growing interest in eIF5A relates to its association with the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer, viral infection, and diabetes. It has also been proposed as an anti-aging factor: its levels decay in aged cells, whereas increasing levels of active eIF5A result in the rejuvenation of the immune and vascular systems and improved brain cognition. Recent data have linked the role of eIF5A in some pathologies with its function in maintaining healthy mitochondria. The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A is upregulated under respiratory metabolism and its deficiency reduces oxygen consumption, ATP production, and the levels of several mitochondrial metabolic enzymes, as well as altering mitochondria dynamics. However, although all the accumulated data strongly link eIF5A to mitochondrial function, the precise molecular role and mechanisms involved are still unknown. In this review, we discuss the findings linking eIF5A and mitochondria, speculate about its role in regulating mitochondrial homeostasis, and highlight its potential as a target in diseases related to energy metabolism.
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- Marina Barba-Aliaga
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
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Tauc M, Cougnon M, Carcy R, Melis N, Hauet T, Pellerin L, Blondeau N, Pisani DF. The eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A1), the molecule, mechanisms and recent insights into the pathophysiological roles. Cell Biosci 2021; 11:219. [PMID: 34952646 PMCID: PMC8705083 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-021-00733-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the demonstration of its involvement in cell proliferation, the eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) has been studied principally in relation to the development and progression of cancers in which the isoform A2 is mainly expressed. However, an increasing number of studies report that the isoform A1, which is ubiquitously expressed in normal cells, exhibits novel molecular features that reveal its new relationships between cellular functions and organ homeostasis. At a first glance, eIF5A can be regarded, among other things, as a factor implicated in the initiation of translation. Nevertheless, at least three specificities: (1) its extreme conservation between species, including plants, throughout evolution, (2) its very special and unique post-translational modification through the activating-hypusination process, and finally (3) its close relationship with the polyamine pathway, suggest that the role of eIF5A in living beings remains to be uncovered. In fact, and beyond its involvement in facilitating the translation of proteins containing polyproline residues, eIF5A is implicated in various physiological processes including ischemic tolerance, metabolic adaptation, aging, development, and immune cell differentiation. These newly discovered physiological properties open up huge opportunities in the clinic for pathologies such as, for example, the ones in which the oxygen supply is disrupted. In this latter case, organ transplantation, myocardial infarction or stroke are concerned, and the current literature defines eIF5A as a new drug target with a high level of potential benefit for patients with these diseases or injuries. Moreover, the recent use of genomic and transcriptomic association along with metadata studies also revealed the implication of eIF5A in genetic diseases. Thus, this review provides an overview of eIF5A from its molecular mechanism of action to its physiological roles and the clinical possibilities that have been recently reported in the literature.
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- Michel Tauc
- LP2M, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France. .,Laboratories of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Nice, France. .,Laboratoire de Physiomédecine Moléculaire, UMR7370, Faculté de Médecine, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, 28 Avenue de Valombrose, 06107, Nice Cedex, France.
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- LP2M, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,Laboratories of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Nice, France
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- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente et Service de Réanimation des Urgences Vitales, CHU Nice, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- INSERM, IRTOMIT, CHU de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, La Milétrie, Poitiers, France
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- INSERM, IRTOMIT, CHU de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, La Milétrie, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratories of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Nice, France.,IPMC, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France
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- LP2M, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,Laboratories of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Nice, France
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McNamara KM, Gobert AP, Wilson KT. The role of polyamines in gastric cancer. Oncogene 2021; 40:4399-4412. [PMID: 34108618 PMCID: PMC8262120 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-021-01862-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Advancements in our understanding of polyamine molecular and cellular functions have led to increased interest in targeting polyamine metabolism for anticancer therapeutic benefits. The polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are polycationic alkylamines commonly found in all living cells and are essential for cellular growth and survival. This review summarizes the existing research on polyamine metabolism and function, specifically the role of polyamines in gastric immune cell and epithelial cell function. Polyamines have been implicated in a multitude of cancers, but in this review, we focus on the role of polyamine dysregulation in the context of Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis and subsequent progression to gastric cancer. Due to the emerging implication of polyamines in cancer development, there is an increasing number of promising clinical trials using agents to target the polyamine metabolic pathway for potential chemoprevention and anticancer therapy.
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- Kara M. McNamara
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Program in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Cougnon M, Carcy R, Melis N, Rubera I, Duranton C, Dumas K, Tanti JF, Pons C, Soubeiran N, Shkreli M, Hauet T, Pellerin L, Giraud S, Blondeau N, Tauc M, Pisani DF. Inhibition of eIF5A hypusination reprogrammes metabolism and glucose handling in mouse kidney. Cell Death Dis 2021; 12:283. [PMID: 33731685 PMCID: PMC7969969 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-03577-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Inhibition of the eukaryotic initiation factor 5A activation by the spermidine analogue GC7 has been shown to protect proximal cells and whole kidneys against an acute episode of ischaemia. The highlighted mechanism involves a metabolic switch from oxidative phosphorylation toward glycolysis allowing cells to be transiently independent of oxygen supply. Here we show that GC7 decreases protein expression of the renal GLUT1 glucose transporter leading to a decrease in transcellular glucose flux. At the same time, GC7 modifies the native energy source of the proximal cells from glutamine toward glucose use. Thus, GC7 acutely and reversibly reprogrammes function and metabolism of kidney cells to make glucose its single substrate, and thus allowing cells to be oxygen independent through anaerobic glycolysis. The physiological consequences are an increase in the renal excretion of glucose and lactate reflecting a decrease in glucose reabsorption and an increased glycolysis. Such a reversible reprogramming of glucose handling and oxygen dependence of kidney cells by GC7 represents a pharmacological opportunity in ischaemic as well as hyperglycaemia-associated pathologies from renal origin.
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- Marc Cougnon
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France
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- CHU Nice, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente et Service de Réanimation des Urgences Vitales, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Nice, France
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- Université de Poitiers, INSERM, IRTOMIT, CHU de Poitiers, La Milétrie, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, INSERM, IRTOMIT, CHU de Poitiers, La Milétrie, Poitiers, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France.
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Gobert AP, Finley JL, Latour YL, Asim M, Smith TM, Verriere TG, Barry DP, Allaman MM, Delagado AG, Rose KL, Calcutt MW, Schey KL, Sierra JC, Piazuelo MB, Mirmira RG, Wilson KT. Hypusination Orchestrates the Antimicrobial Response of Macrophages. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108510. [PMID: 33326776 PMCID: PMC7812972 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Innate responses of myeloid cells defend against pathogenic bacteria via inducible effectors. Deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) catalyzes the transfer of the N-moiety of spermidine to the lysine-50 residue of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (EIF5A) to form the amino acid hypusine. Hypusinated EIF5A (EIF5AHyp) transports specific mRNAs to ribosomes for translation. We show that DHPS is induced in macrophages by two gastrointestinal pathogens, Helicobacter pylori and Citrobacter rodentium, resulting in enhanced hypusination of EIF5A. EIF5AHyp was also increased in gastric macrophages from patients with H. pylori gastritis. Furthermore, we identify the bacteria-induced immune effectors regulated by hypusination. This set of proteins includes essential constituents of antimicrobial response and autophagy. Mice with myeloid cell-specific deletion of Dhps exhibit reduced EIF5AHyp in macrophages and increased bacterial burden and inflammation. Thus, regulation of translation through hypusination is a critical hallmark of the defense of eukaryotic hosts against pathogenic bacteria. Gobert et al. demonstrate that hypusination, a specific mechanism regulating translation, is induced in macrophages by bacteria. Hypusination is required for the translation of inducible antimicrobial effectors. Mice that specifically lack hypusination in macrophages are highly susceptible to Helicobacter pylori and Citrobacter rodentium, two pathogens of the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Alain P Gobert
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Translational Research Center, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Bassani F, Zink IA, Pribasnig T, Wolfinger MT, Romagnoli A, Resch A, Schleper C, Bläsi U, La Teana A. Indications for a moonlighting function of translation factor aIF5A in the crenarchaeum Sulfolobus solfataricus. RNA Biol 2019; 16:675-685. [PMID: 30777488 PMCID: PMC6546411 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1582953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Translation factor a/eIF5A is highly conserved in Eukarya and Archaea. The eukaryal eIF5A protein is required for transit of ribosomes across consecutive proline codons, whereas the function of the archaeal orthologue remains unknown. Here, we provide a first hint for an involvement of Sulfolobus solfataricus (Sso) aIF5A in translation. CRISPR-mediated knock down of the aif5A gene resulted in strong growth retardation, underlining a pivotal function. Moreover, in vitro studies revealed that Sso aIF5A is endowed with endoribonucleolytic activity. Thus, aIF5A appears to be a moonlighting protein that might be involved in protein synthesis as well as in RNA metabolism.
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- Flavia Bassani
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Liu H, Gao Y, Gao C, Liu S, Zhang J, Chen G, Zhang S, Wu F. Study of the physiological mechanism of delaying cucumber senescence by wheat intercropping pattern. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 234-235:154-166. [PMID: 30818185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This paper investigates the physiological mechanism of the effect of delaying cucumber senescence on protein levels under the experimental model of monoculture and wheat intercropping. We analyzed cucumber roots for differential protein expression, and protein types were identified by core technology of proteomics. 45 differential proteins were identified as being differentially expressed between monoculture and intercropping of wheat, which were involved in carbohydrate metabolism, antioxidant and stress response, growth and development regulation, biological information transfer, and nucleic acid biosynthesis. The results showed the rate of photosynthesis of cucumber was increased under wheat intercropping pattern due to three enzymes being up-regulated. The respiration of cucumber was reduced when five enzymes were down-regulated. The antioxidant and resistant capacity of cucumber was enhanced significantly under wheat intercropping pattern because two enzymes were down-regulated while the activity of four other antioxidant enzymes was up-regulated. Intercropping wheat could delay the senescence of cucumber leaves by increasing the expression of IPT gene, reducing the expression of PAO and ETR2 gene, and inhibiting the expression of Cu/Zn-SOD and GS1 gene in later stages. Two proteins related to growth and development in cucumber were up-regulated, and one was down-regulated, while two proteins related to nucleic acid biosynthesis and chaperonin showed obvious down-regulation under wheat intercropping. Therefore, the growth and development was improved and senescence of cucumber could be delayed. Under intercropping pattern, the fresh weight, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rate, and peroxidase activity of cucumber plants were higher than those of cucumber monoculture groups. Thus, the senescence of cucumber could be delayed under wheat intercropping by regulating its physiological mechanisms, such as by improving photosynthesis, reducing respiratory consumption, slowing the cell apoptosis rate, and enhancing the antioxidant and resistant capacity significantly, etc.
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- Huimin Liu
- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, China.
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Liu J, Chang X, Ding B, Zhong S, Peng L, Wei Q, Meng J, Yu Y. PhDHS Is Involved in Chloroplast Development in Petunia. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:284. [PMID: 30930919 PMCID: PMC6424912 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) is encoded by a nuclear gene and is the key enzyme involved in the post-translational activation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5A. DHS plays important roles in plant growth and development. To gain a better understanding of DHS, the petunia (Petunia hybrida) PhDHS gene was isolated, and the role of PhDHS in plant growth was analyzed. PhDHS protein was localized to the nucleus and cytoplasm. Virus-mediated PhDHS silencing caused a sectored chlorotic leaf phenotype. Chlorophyll levels and photosystem II activity were reduced, and chloroplast development was abnormal in PhDHS-silenced leaves. In addition, PhDHS silencing resulted in extended leaf longevity and thick leaves. A proteome assay revealed that 308 proteins are upregulated and 266 proteins are downregulated in PhDHS-silenced plants compared with control, among the latter, 21 proteins of photosystem I and photosystem II and 12 thylakoid (thylakoid lumen and thylakoid membrane) proteins. In addition, the mRNA level of PheIF5A-1 significantly decreased in PhDHS-silenced plants, while that of another three PheIF5As were not significantly affected in PhDHS-silenced plants. Thus, silencing of PhDHS affects photosynthesis presumably as an indirect effect due to reduced expression of PheIF5A-1 in petunia. Significance: PhDHS-silenced plants develop yellow leaves and exhibit a reduced level of photosynthetic pigment in mesophyll cells. In addition, arrested development of chloroplasts is observed in the yellow leaves.
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Hoque M, Park JY, Chang YJ, Luchessi AD, Cambiaghi TD, Shamanna R, Hanauske-Abel HM, Holland B, Pe'ery T, Tian B, Mathews MB. Regulation of gene expression by translation factor eIF5A: Hypusine-modified eIF5A enhances nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in human cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 5:e1366294. [PMID: 29034140 DOI: 10.1080/21690731.2017.1366294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) couples protein synthesis to mRNA turnover. It eliminates defective transcripts and controls the abundance of certain normal mRNAs. Our study establishes a connection between NMD and the translation factor eIF5A (eukaryotic initiation factor 5A) in human cells. eIF5A modulates the synthesis of groups of proteins (the eIF5A regulon), and undergoes a distinctive two-step post-translational modification (hypusination) catalyzed by deoxyhypusine synthase and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase. We show that expression of NMD-susceptible constructs was increased by depletion of the major eIF5A isoform, eIF5A1. NMD was also attenuated when hypusination was inhibited by RNA interference with either of the two eIF5A modifying enzymes, or by treatment with the drugs ciclopirox or deferiprone which inhibit deoxyhypusine hydroxylase. Transcriptome analysis by RNA-Seq identified human genes whose expression is coordinately regulated by eIF5A1, its modifying enzymes, and the pivotal NMD factor, Upf1. Transcripts encoding components of the translation system were highly represented, including some encoding ribosomal proteins controlled by alternative splicing coupled to NMD (AS-NMD). Our findings extend and strengthen the association of eIF5A with NMD, previously inferred in yeast, and show that hypusination is important for this function of human eIF5A. In addition, they advance drug-mediated NMD suppression as a therapeutic opportunity for nonsense-associated diseases. We propose that regulation of mRNA stability contributes to eIF5A's role in selective gene expression.
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- Mainul Hoque
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.,Office of Advanced Research Computing, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.,Laboratory of Biotechnology, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.,Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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Cytosine methylation by DNMT2 facilitates stability and survival of HIV-1 RNA in the host cell during infection. Biochem J 2017; 474:2009-2026. [PMID: 28476776 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
The enigmatic methyltransferase, DNMT2 (DNA methyltransferase 2), structurally resembles a DNA methyltransferase, but has been shown to be a tRNA methyltransferase targeting cytosine within a specific CpG in different tRNA molecules. We had previously shown that, during environmental stress conditions, DNMT2 is re-localized from the nucleus to the cytoplasmic stress granules (SGs) and is associated with RNA-processing proteins. In the present study, we show that DNMT2 binds and methylates various mRNA species in a sequence-independent manner and gets re-localized to SGs in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Importantly, our results indicate that HIV-1 enhances its survivability in the host cell by utilizing this RNA methylation capability of DNMT2 to increase the stability of its own genome. Upon infection, DNMT2 re-localizes from the nucleus to the SGs and methylates HIV-1 RNA. This DNMT2-dependent methylation provided post-transcriptional stability to the HIV-1 RNA. Furthermore, DNMT2 overexpression increased the HIV-1 viral titre. This would suggest that HIV hijacks the RNA-processing machinery within the SGs to ensure its own survival in the host cell. Thus, our findings provide for a novel mechanism by which virus tries to modulate the host cell machinery to its own advantage.
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Melis N, Rubera I, Cougnon M, Giraud S, Mograbi B, Belaid A, Pisani DF, Huber SM, Lacas-Gervais S, Fragaki K, Blondeau N, Vigne P, Frelin C, Hauet T, Duranton C, Tauc M. Targeting eIF5A Hypusination Prevents Anoxic Cell Death through Mitochondrial Silencing and Improves Kidney Transplant Outcome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28:811-822. [PMID: 27612998 PMCID: PMC5328152 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), which is highly conserved throughout evolution, has the unique characteristic of post-translational activation through hypusination. This modification is catalyzed by two enzymatic steps involving deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH). Notably, eIF5A may be involved in regulating the lifespan of Drosophila during long-term hypoxia. Therefore, we investigated the possibility of a link between eIF5A hypusination and cellular resistance to hypoxia/anoxia. Pharmacologic targeting of DHPS by N1-guanyl-1,7-diaminoheptane (GC7) or RNA interference-mediated inhibition of DHPS or DOHH induced tolerance to anoxia in immortalized mouse renal proximal cells. Furthermore, GC7 treatment of cells reversibly induced a metabolic shift toward glycolysis as well as mitochondrial remodeling and led to downregulated expression and activity of respiratory chain complexes, features characteristic of mitochondrial silencing. GC7 treatment also attenuated anoxia-induced generation of reactive oxygen species in these cells and in normoxic conditions, decreased the mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate of cultured cells and mice. In rats, intraperitoneal injection of GC7 substantially reduced renal levels of hypusinated eIF5A and protected against ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury. Finally, in the preclinical pig kidney transplant model, intravenous injection of GC7 before kidney removal significantly improved graft function recovery and late graft function and reduced interstitial fibrosis after transplant. This unconventional signaling pathway offers an innovative therapeutic target for treating hypoxic-ischemic human diseases and organ transplantation.
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- Nicolas Melis
- Laboratoire de Physio-Médecine Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7370
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- Laboratoire de Physio-Médecine Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7370
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- Laboratoire de Physio-Médecine Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7370
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- Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Poitiers, Service de Biochimie, Poitiers, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1082 Ischémie Reperfusion en Transplantation d'Organes Mécanismes et Innovations Thérapeutiques, Poitiers, France
- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; and
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- Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7284, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1081
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- Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7284, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1081
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- Institute of Biology Valrose, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7277 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1091
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7284, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1081
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- Institut de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR7275, University Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Institute of Biology Valrose, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7277 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1091
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- Institute of Biology Valrose, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7277 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1091
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- Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Poitiers, Service de Biochimie, Poitiers, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1082 Ischémie Reperfusion en Transplantation d'Organes Mécanismes et Innovations Thérapeutiques, Poitiers, France
- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; and
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- Laboratoire de Physio-Médecine Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7370
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- Laboratoire de Physio-Médecine Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7370,
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Carvajal-Gamez BI, Carrillo LV, Torres-Romero JC, Camacho-Nuez M, Ponce-Regalado MD, Camarillo CL, Alvarez-Sánchez ME. Recombinant Trichomonas vaginalis eIF-5A protein expressed from a eukaryotic system binds specifically to mammalian and putative trichomonal eIF-5A response elements (EREs). Parasitol Int 2016; 65:625-631. [PMID: 27620329 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Trichomonas vaginalis eIF-5A-like protein (TveIF-5A) belongs to the highly conserved eIF-5A family of proteins that contains a unique polyamine-derived amino acid, hypusine. Recently, we determined that the polyamine putrescine is required for tveif-5a mRNA stability, and it is necessary for stability and maturation of the TveIF-5A protein. Eukaryotic eIF-5A is known to be involved in mRNA turnover and is capable of sequence-specific RNA binding to eIF-5A response elements (EREs). These ERE sequences are present in diverse mammalian mRNAs, including human cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2). Here, we cloned the complete coding sequence of TveIF-5A and overexpressed it in a eukaryotic system. The recombinant protein (rTveIF-5A) was purified in soluble form using size-exclusion chromatography. Because of the polyamine-dependent regulation of TvCP39 (a protease of T. vaginalis) at the protein and RNA messenger (mRNA) levels, we looked for an ERE-like structure in the 3' region of tvcp39 mRNA. In RNA gel-shift assays, rTveIF-5A bound to transcripts at the EREs of cox-2 or tvcp39 mRNAs. This work shows the eIF-5A/ERE-like interaction in T. vaginalis.
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- Bertha Isabel Carvajal-Gamez
- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 México City, México
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 México City, México
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Genética Molecular, Facultad de Química de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 613 x C. 90 Col. Inalámbrica, CP 97069 Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 México City, México
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- Departamento de Clínicas, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, México
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 México City, México
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 México City, México.
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Liu Y, Du F, Chen W, Yao M, Lv K, Fu P. EIF5A2 is a novel chemoresistance gene in breast cancer. Breast Cancer 2015; 22:602-7. [PMID: 24638963 DOI: 10.1007/s12282-014-0526-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The eIF5A2 gene (encoding the eukaryotic initiation factor 5A2) located at 3q26 is a putative oncogene that is overexpressed in colon and rectal carcinomas, lung cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. EIF5A2 overexpression correlates significantly with tumor metastasis and is an adverse prognostic marker. However, eIF-5A2 overexpression in breast cancer and its effect on chemotherapy are unknown. METHODS We measured eIF-5A2 expression and doxorubicin sensitivity in different human breast cancer cell lines (Bcap-1937, HCC1937, and MCF-7). To investigate a role for eIF-5A2 in chemoresistance, cells were treated with eIF-5A2-siRNA, exposed to various concentrations of doxorubicin, and toxicity was assayed by CCK-8 (cell counting kit). RESULTS The eIF-5A2 expression levels varied among breast cancer cells. Higher expression levels correlated with decreased doxorubicin sensitivity. Silencing of eIF-5A2 significantly improved doxorubicin toxicity in all three breast cancer cell lines. CONCLUSION This study shows that eIF-5A2 plays an important role in doxorubicin chemoresistance in breast cancer cells.
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- Yu Liu
- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Breast Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
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Viral Interference and Persistence in Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses. J Immunol Res 2015; 2015:873404. [PMID: 26583158 PMCID: PMC4637105 DOI: 10.1155/2015/873404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans, and the detection of two or more flaviviruses cocirculating in the same geographic area has often been reported. However, the epidemiological impact remains to be determined. Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are primarily transmitted through Aedes and Culex mosquitoes; these viruses establish a life-long or persistent infection without apparent pathological effects. This establishment requires a balance between virus replication and the antiviral host response. Viral interference is a phenomenon whereby one virus inhibits the replication of other viruses, and this condition is frequently associated with persistent infections. Viral interference and persistent infection are determined by several factors, such as defective interfering particles, competition for cellular factors required for translation/replication, and the host antiviral response. The interaction between two flaviviruses typically results in viral interference, indicating that these viruses share common features during the replicative cycle in the vector. The potential mechanisms involved in these processes are reviewed here.
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Mathews MB, Hershey JWB. The translation factor eIF5A and human cancer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2015; 1849:836-44. [PMID: 25979826 PMCID: PMC4732523 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The eukaryotic initiation factor eIF5A is a translation factor that, unusually, has been assigned functions in both initiation and elongation. Additionally, it is implicated in transcription, mRNA turnover and nucleocytoplasmic transport. Two eIF5A isoforms are generated from distinct but related genes. The major isoform, eIF5A1, is considered constitutive, is abundantly expressed in most cells, and is essential for cell proliferation. The second isoform, eIF5A2, is expressed in few normal tissues but is highly expressed in many cancers and has been designated a candidate oncogene. Elevated expression of either isoform carries unfavorable prognostic implications for several cancers, and both have been advanced as cancer biomarkers. The amino acid hypusine, a presumptively unique eIF5A post-translational modification, is required for most known eIF5A functions and it renders eIF5A susceptible to inhibitors of the modification pathway as therapeutic targets. eIF5A has been shown to regulate a number of gene products specifically, termed the eIF5A regulon, and its role in translating proline-rich sequences has recently been identified. A model is advanced that accommodates eIF5A in both the initiation and elongation phases of translation. We review here the biochemical functions of eIF5A, the relationship of its isoforms with human cancer, and evolving clinical applications. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translation and Cancer.
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- Michael B Mathews
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Mémin E, Hoque M, Jain MR, Heller DS, Li H, Cracchiolo B, Hanauske-Abel HM, Pe’ery T, Mathews MB. Blocking eIF5A modification in cervical cancer cells alters the expression of cancer-related genes and suppresses cell proliferation. Cancer Res 2014; 74:552-62. [PMID: 24220243 PMCID: PMC4745653 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-0474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cancer etiology is influenced by alterations in protein synthesis that are not fully understood. In this study, we took a novel approach to investigate the role of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5A in human cervical cancers, where it is widely overexpressed. eIF5A contains the distinctive amino acid hypusine, which is formed by a posttranslational modification event requiring deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH), an enzyme that can be inhibited by the drugs ciclopirox and deferiprone. We found that proliferation of cervical cancer cells can be blocked by DOHH inhibition with either of these pharmacologic agents, as well as by RNA interference-mediated silencing of eIF5A, DOHH, or another enzyme in the hypusine pathway. Proteomic and RNA analyses in HeLa cervical cancer cells identified two groups of proteins in addition to eIF5A that were coordinately affected by ciclopirox and deferiprone. Group 1 proteins (Hsp27, NM23, and DJ-1) were downregulated at the translational level, whereas group 2 proteins (TrpRS and PRDX2) were upregulated at the mRNA level. Further investigations confirmed that eIF5A and DOHH are required for Hsp27 expression in cervical cancer cells and for regulation of its key target IκB and hence NF-κB. Our results argue that mature eIF5A controls a translational network of cancer-driving genes, termed the eIF5A regulon, at the levels of mRNA abundance and translation. In coordinating cell proliferation, the eIF5A regulon can be modulated by drugs such as ciclopirox or deferiprone, which might be repositioned to control cancer cell growth.
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- Elisabeth Mémin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
- Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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Belda-Palazón B, Nohales MA, Rambla JL, Aceña JL, Delgado O, Fustero S, Martínez MC, Granell A, Carbonell J, Ferrando A. Biochemical quantitation of the eIF5A hypusination in Arabidopsis thaliana uncovers ABA-dependent regulation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:202. [PMID: 24904603 PMCID: PMC4032925 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The eukaryotic translation elongation factor eIF5A is the only protein known to contain the unusual amino acid hypusine which is essential for its biological activity. This post-translational modification is achieved by the sequential action of the enzymes deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH). The crucial molecular function of eIF5A during translation has been recently elucidated in yeast and it is expected to be fully conserved in every eukaryotic cell, however the functional description of this pathway in plants is still sparse. The genetic approaches with transgenic plants for either eIF5A overexpression or antisense have revealed some activities related to the control of cell death processes but the molecular details remain to be characterized. One important aspect of fully understanding this pathway is the biochemical description of the hypusine modification system. Here we have used recombinant eIF5A proteins either modified by hypusination or non-modified to establish a bi-dimensional electrophoresis (2D-E) profile for the three eIF5A protein isoforms and their hypusinated or unmodified proteoforms present in Arabidopsis thaliana. The combined use of the recombinant 2D-E profile together with 2D-E/western blot analysis from whole plant extracts has provided a quantitative approach to measure the hypusination status of eIF5A. We have used this information to demonstrate that treatment with the hormone abscisic acid produces an alteration of the hypusine modification system in Arabidopsis thaliana. Overall this study presents the first biochemical description of the post-translational modification of eIF5A by hypusination which will be functionally relevant for future studies related to the characterization of this pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Borja Belda-Palazón
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Príncipe FelipeValencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Príncipe FelipeValencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Príncipe FelipeValencia, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
- *Correspondence: Alejandro Ferrando, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain e-mail:
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The HEX1 gene of Fusarium graminearum is required for fungal asexual reproduction and pathogenesis and for efficient viral RNA accumulation of Fusarium graminearum virus 1. J Virol 2013; 87:10356-67. [PMID: 23864619 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01026-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The accumulation of viral RNA depends on many host cellular factors. The hexagonal peroxisome (Hex1) protein is a fungal protein that is highly expressed when the DK21 strain of Fusarium graminearum virus 1 (FgV1) infects its host, and Hex1 affects the accumulation of FgV1 RNA. The Hex1 protein is the major constituent of the Woronin body (WB), which is a peroxisome-derived electron-dense core organelle that seals the septal pore in response to hyphal wounding. To clarify the role of Hex1 and the WB in the relationship between FgV1 and Fusarium graminearum, we generated targeted gene deletion and overexpression mutants. Although neither HEX1 gene deletion nor overexpression substantially affected vegetative growth, both changes reduced the production of asexual spores and reduced virulence on wheat spikelets in the absence of FgV1 infection. However, the vegetative growth of deletion and overexpression mutants was increased and decreased, respectively, upon FgV1 infection compared to that of an FgV1-infected wild-type isolate. Viral RNA accumulation was significantly decreased in deletion mutants but was significantly increased in overexpression mutants compared to the viral RNA accumulation in the virus-infected wild-type control. Overall, these data indicate that the HEX1 gene plays a direct role in the asexual reproduction and virulence of F. graminearum and facilitates viral RNA accumulation in the FgV1-infected host fungus.
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Dias CAO, Garcia W, Zanelli CF, Valentini SR. eIF5A dimerizes not only in vitro but also in vivo and its molecular envelope is similar to the EF-P monomer. Amino Acids 2013; 44:631-44. [PMID: 22945904 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1387-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The protein eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is highly conserved among archaea and eukaryotes, but not in bacteria. Bacteria have the elongation factor P (EF-P), which is structurally and functionally related to eIF5A. eIF5A is essential for cell viability and the only protein known to contain the amino acid residue hypusine, formed by post-translational modification of a specific lysine residue. Although eIF5A was initially identified as a translation initiation factor, recent studies strongly support a function for eIF5A in the elongation step of translation. However, the mode of action of eIF5A is still unknown. Here, we analyzed the oligomeric state of yeast eIF5A. First, by using size-exclusion chromatography, we showed that this protein exists as a dimer in vitro, independent of the hypusine residue or electrostatic interactions. Protein-protein interaction assays demonstrated that eIF5A can form oligomers in vitro and in vivo, in an RNA-dependent manner, but independent of the hypusine residue or the ribosome. Finally, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments confirmed that eIF5A behaves as a stable dimer in solution. Moreover, the molecular envelope determined from the SAXS data shows that the eIF5A dimer is L-shaped and superimposable on the tRNA(Phe) tertiary structure, analogously to the EF-P monomer.
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- Camila Arnaldo Olhê Dias
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, Araraquara, SP 14801-902, Brazil
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Pallas V, Gómez G. Phloem RNA-binding proteins as potential components of the long-distance RNA transport system. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:130. [PMID: 23675378 PMCID: PMC3650515 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) govern a myriad of different essential processes in eukaryotic cells. Recent evidence reveals that apart from playing critical roles in RNA metabolism and RNA transport, RBPs perform a key function in plant adaptation to various environmental conditions. Long-distance RNA transport occurs in land plants through the phloem, a conducting tissue that integrates the wide range of signaling pathways required to regulate plant development and response to stress processes. The macromolecules in the phloem pathway vary greatly and include defense proteins, transcription factors, chaperones acting in long-distance trafficking, and RNAs (mRNAs, siRNAs, and miRNAs). How these RNA molecules translocate through the phloem is not well understood, but recent evidence indicates the presence of translocatable RBPs in the phloem, which act as potential components of long-distance RNA transport system. This review updates our knowledge on the characteristics and functions of RBPs present in the phloem.
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- Vicente Pallas
- *Correspondence: Vicente Pallas, Instituto de Biologïa Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientïficas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación – Avenida Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. e-mail:
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Cho SK, Kang IH, Carr T, Hannapel DJ. Using the Yeast Three-Hybrid System to Identify Proteins that Interact with a Phloem-Mobile mRNA. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:189. [PMID: 22969782 PMCID: PMC3427875 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Heterografting and RNA transport experiments have demonstrated the long-distance mobility of StBEL5 RNA, its role in controlling tuber formation, and the function of the 503-nt 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the RNA in mediating transport. Because the 3' UTR of StBEL5 is a key element in regulating several aspects of RNA metabolism, a potato leaf cDNA library was screened using the 3' UTR of StBEL5 as bait in the yeast three-hybrid (Y3H) system to identify putative partner RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). From this screen, 116 positive cDNA clones were isolated based on nutrient selection, HIS3 activation, and lacZ induction and were sequenced and classified. Thirty-five proteins that were predicted to function in either RNA- or DNA-binding were selected from this pool. Seven were monitored for their expression profiles and further evaluated for their capacity to bind to the 3' UTR of StBEL5 using β-galactosidase assays in the Y3H system and RNA gel-shift assays. Among the final selections were two RBPs, a zinc finger protein, and one protein, StLSH10, from a family involved in light signaling. In this study, the Y3H system is presented as a valuable tool to screen and verify interactions between target RNAs and putative RBPs. These results can shed light on the dynamics and composition of plant RNA-protein complexes that function to regulate RNA metabolism.
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- Sung Ki Cho
- Plant Biology Major, Iowa State University Ames, IA, USA
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Elongation factor P (EF-P) is posttranslationally modified at a conserved lysyl residue by the coordinated action of two enzymes, PoxA and YjeK. We have previously established the importance of this modification in Salmonella stress resistance. Here we report that, like poxA and yjeK mutants, Salmonella strains lacking EF-P display increased susceptibility to hypoosmotic conditions, antibiotics, and detergents and enhanced resistance to the compound S-nitrosoglutathione. The susceptibility phenotypes are largely explained by the enhanced membrane permeability of the efp mutant, which exhibits increased uptake of the hydrophobic dye 1-N-phenylnaphthylamine (NPN). Analysis of the membrane proteomes of wild-type and efp mutant Salmonella strains reveals few changes, including the prominent overexpression of a single porin, KdgM, in the efp mutant outer membrane. Removal of KdgM in the efp mutant background ameliorates the detergent, antibiotic, and osmosensitivity phenotypes and restores wild-type permeability to NPN. Our data support a role for EF-P in the translational regulation of a limited number of proteins that, when perturbed, renders the cell susceptible to stress by the adventitious overexpression of an outer membrane porin.
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Zou SB, Roy H, Ibba M, Navarre WW. Elongation factor P mediates a novel post-transcriptional regulatory pathway critical for bacterial virulence. Virulence 2011; 2:147-51. [PMID: 21317554 DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.2.15039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bacterial pathogens detect and integrate multiple environmental signals to coordinate appropriate changes in gene expression including the selective expression of virulence factors, changes to metabolism and the activation of stress response systems. Mutations that abolish the ability of the pathogen to respond to external cues are typically attenuating. Here we discuss our recent discovery of a novel post-transcriptional regulatory pathway critical for Salmonella virulence and stress resistance. The enzymes PoxA and YjeK coordinately attach a unique beta-amino acid onto a highly conserved lysine residue in the translation factor elongation factor P (EF-P). Strains in which EF-P is unmodified due to the absence of PoxA or YjeK are attenuated for virulence and display highly pleiotropic phenotypes, including hypersusceptibility to a wide range of unrelated antimicrobial compounds. Work from our laboratory and others now suggests that EF-P, previously thought to be essential, instead plays an ancillary role in translation by regulating the synthesis of a relatively limited subset of proteins. Other observations suggest that the eukaryotic homolog of EF-P, eIF5A, may illicit similar changes in the translation machinery during stress adaptation, indicating that the role of these factors in physiology may be broadly conserved.
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- S Betty Zou
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Gaussand GMDJM, Jia Q, van der Graaff E, Lamers GEM, Fransz PF, Hooykaas PJJ, de Pater S. Programmed Cell Death in the Leaves of the Arabidopsis Spontaneous Necrotic Spots (sns-D) Mutant Correlates with Increased Expression of the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor eIF4B2. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 2:9. [PMID: 22639576 PMCID: PMC3355676 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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From a pool of transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants harboring an activator T-DNA construct, one mutant was identified that developed spontaneous necrotic spots (sns-D) on the rosette leaves under aseptic conditions. The sns-D mutation is dominant and homozygous plants are embryo lethal. The mutant produced smaller rosettes with a different number of stomata than the wild-type. DNA fragmentation in the nuclei of cells in the necrotic spots and a significant increase of caspase-3 and caspase-6 like activities in sns-D leaf extracts indicated that the sns-D mutation caused programmed cell death (PCD). The integration of the activator T-DNA caused an increase of the expression level of At1g13020, which encodes the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4B2. The expression level of eIF4B2 was positively correlated with the severity of sns-D mutant phenotype. Overexpression of the eIF4B2 cDNA mimicked phenotypic traits of the sns-D mutant indicating that the sns-D mutant phenotype is indeed caused by activation tagging of eIF4B2. Thus, incorrect regulation of translation initiation may result in PCD.
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- Gwénaël M. D. J.-M. Gaussand
- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Sylvia de Pater, Sylvius Laboratory, Molecular and Developmental Genetics Department, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, Netherlands. e-mail:
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Parreiras-e-Silva LT, Luchessi AD, Reis RI, Oliver C, Jamur MC, Ramos RGP, Oliveira EB, Curi R, Costa-Neto CM. Evidences of a role for eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in mouse embryogenesis and cell differentiation. J Cell Physiol 2010; 225:500-5. [PMID: 20458750 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) has a unique character: the presence of an unusual amino acid, hypusine, which is formed by post-translational modifications. Even before the identification of hypusination in eIF5A, the correlation between hypusine formation and protein synthesis, shifting cell proliferation rates, had already been observed. Embryogenesis is a complex process in which cellular proliferation and differentiation are intense. In spite of the fact that many studies have described possible functions for eIF5A, its precise role is under investigation, and to date nothing has been reported about its participation in embryonic development. In this study we show that eIF5A is expressed at all mouse embryonic post-implantation stages with increase in eIF5A mRNA and protein expression levels between embryonic days E10.5 and E13.5. Immunohistochemistry revealed the ubiquitous presence of eIF5A in embryonic tissues and organs at E13.5 day. Interestingly, stronger immunoreactivity to eIF5A was observed in the stomodeum, liver, ectoderm, heart, and eye, and the central nervous system; regions which are known to undergo active differentiation at this stage, suggesting a role of eIF5A in differentiation events. Expression analyses of MyoD, a myogenic transcription factor, revealed a significantly higher expression from day E12.5 on, both at the mRNA and the protein levels suggesting a possible correlation to eIF5A. Accordingly, we next evidenced that inhibiting eIF5A hypusination in mouse myoblast C2C12 cells impairs their differentiation into myotubes and decreases MyoD transcript levels. Those results point to a new functional role for eIF5A, relating it to embryogenesis, development, and cell differentiation.
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- Lucas T Parreiras-e-Silva
- Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Ma Y, Miura E, Ham BK, Cheng HW, Lee YJ, Lucas WJ. Pumpkin eIF5A isoforms interact with components of the translational machinery in the cucurbit sieve tube system. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 64:536-50. [PMID: 20807213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04347.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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In yeast, eIF5A, in combination with eEF2, functions at the translation step, during the protein elongation cycle. This result is of significance with respect to functioning of the enucleate sieve tube system, as eIF5A was recently detected in Cucurbita maxima (pumpkin) phloem sap. In the present study, we further characterized four CmeIF5A isoforms, encoding three proteins, all of which were present in the phloem sap. Although hypusination of CmeIF5A was not necessary for entry into the sieve elements, this unique post-translational modification was necessary for RNA binding. The two enzymes required for hypusination were detected in pumpkin phloem sap, where presumably this modification takes place. A combination of gel-filtration chromatography and protein overlay assays demonstrated that, as in yeast, CmeIF5A interacts with phloem proteins, like eEF2, known to be involved in protein synthesis. These findings are discussed in terms of a potential role for eIF5A in regulating protein synthesis within the enucleate sieve tube system of the angiosperms.
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- Yi Ma
- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Comparative proteome study of apoptosis induced by As4S4 in retinoid acid resistant human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4-R1 cells. Leuk Res 2010; 34:1506-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ma F, Liu Z, Wang TW, Hopkins MT, Peterson CA, Thompson JE. Arabidopsis eIF5A3 influences growth and the response to osmotic and nutrient stress. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2010; 33:1682-96. [PMID: 20492553 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02173.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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AteIF5A3, one of three genes encoding eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in Arabidopsis thaliana, and corresponding genes PdeIF5A3 from Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood) and SleIF5A4 from Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) were constitutively over-expressed in A. thaliana. The resultant transgenic plants exhibited enhanced vegetative and reproductive growth. Indeed, the increase in seed yield relative to empty vector controls for the PdeIF5A3 over-expressing plants ranged from 50% to 300% depending on the line. The PdeIF5A3 over-expressing plants also exhibited enhanced fitness when exposed to osmotic and nutrient (N, P and K) stress. The spatial localization of AteIF5A3 was visualized by confocal microscopy using transgenic plants expressing P(AteIF5A3) :GFP-AteIF5A3. GFP fluorescence reflecting expression of AteIF5A3 was detectable in the phloem, particularly companion cells, of roots, stems and leaves, in the epidermal cells of the root tip, in the columella cells of the root cap and in the chalazal tissue of fertilized ovules, which all play a pivotal role in nutrient or hormone translocation. Thus, AteIF5A3 appears to be involved in supporting growth and to play a regulatory role in the response of plants to sub-lethal osmotic and nutrient stress.
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- Fengshan Ma
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Shih YT, Yang CF, Chen WJ. Upregulation of a novel eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in dengue 2 virus-infected mosquito cells. Virol J 2010; 7:214. [PMID: 20819232 PMCID: PMC2942825 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2010] [Accepted: 09/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dengue virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is the etiological agent of dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome. It generally induces apoptosis in mammalian cells, but frequently results in persistent infection in mosquito cells. That mechanism remains to be explored. In turn, a genomic survey through subtractive hybridization (PCR-select cDNA subtraction) was conducted in order to find gene(s) that may play a role in interactions between the virus and its host cells. RESULTS Through this technique, we identified a novel eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) which is upregulated in Aedes albopictus-derived C6/36 cells infected by the type 2 dengue (Den-2) virus. The full-length of the identified eIF5A gene consisted of 1498 bp of nucleotides with a 41.39% G+C content, and it possessed a higher similarity and shorter evolutionary distance with insects than with other organisms. Upregulation of eIF5A in response to Den-2 virus infection was validated at both the RNA and protein levels. This phenomenon was also observed by confocal microscopy. In addition, cell death obviously occurred when eIF5A activity was inhibited in C6/36 cells even when they were infected by the virus. However, viral multiplication was not obviously affected in infected C6/36 cells when eIF5A activity was reduced. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, we postulated that eIF5A plays a role in preventing mosquito cells from death in response to Den-2 viral infection, thus facilitating continued viral growth and potential persistent infection in mosquito cells. It would be worthwhile to further investigate how its downstream factors or cofactors contribute to this phenomenon of dengue infection.
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- Yu-Tzu Shih
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan
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Arraiano CM, Andrade JM, Domingues S, Guinote IB, Malecki M, Matos RG, Moreira RN, Pobre V, Reis FP, Saramago M, Silva IJ, Viegas SC. The critical role of RNA processing and degradation in the control of gene expression. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:883-923. [PMID: 20659169 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The continuous degradation and synthesis of prokaryotic mRNAs not only give rise to the metabolic changes that are required as cells grow and divide but also rapid adaptation to new environmental conditions. In bacteria, RNAs can be degraded by mechanisms that act independently, but in parallel, and that target different sites with different efficiencies. The accessibility of sites for degradation depends on several factors, including RNA higher-order structure, protection by translating ribosomes and polyadenylation status. Furthermore, RNA degradation mechanisms have shown to be determinant for the post-transcriptional control of gene expression. RNases mediate the processing, decay and quality control of RNA. RNases can be divided into endonucleases that cleave the RNA internally or exonucleases that cleave the RNA from one of the extremities. Just in Escherichia coli there are >20 different RNases. RNase E is a single-strand-specific endonuclease critical for mRNA decay in E. coli. The enzyme interacts with the exonuclease polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), enolase and RNA helicase B (RhlB) to form the degradosome. However, in Bacillus subtilis, this enzyme is absent, but it has other main endonucleases such as RNase J1 and RNase III. RNase III cleaves double-stranded RNA and family members are involved in RNA interference in eukaryotes. RNase II family members are ubiquitous exonucleases, and in eukaryotes, they can act as the catalytic subunit of the exosome. RNases act in different pathways to execute the maturation of rRNAs and tRNAs, and intervene in the decay of many different mRNAs and small noncoding RNAs. In general, RNases act as a global regulatory network extremely important for the regulation of RNA levels.
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- Cecília M Arraiano
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Carvajal-Gamez B, Arroyo R, Lira R, López-Camarillo C, Alvarez-Sánchez ME. Identification of two novel Trichomonas vaginalis eif-5a genes. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION : JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2010; 10:284-91. [PMID: 20060503 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is highly conserved and is the only protein that is known to contain the unique and essential amino acid residue hypusine. Synthesis of hypusine is essential for the function of eIF5A in eukaryotic cell proliferation and survival. In this study, we identified two novel eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) genes in Trichomonas vaginalis. The tveif-5a1 and tveif-5a2 putative genes were localized in different contigs, both containing ORFs encoding proteins of 168 amino acids that share high sequence identity with eIF-5A sequences from other eukaryotic organisms. A phylogenetic tree constructed with TveIF-5A1 and TveIF-5A2 from T. vaginalis and 13 other eIF-5A sequences of eukaryotic and archaebacterial origin revealed that both trichomonal TveIF-5As show the highest degree of similarity to bacteria. Using an anti-TveIF-5A antibody, we detected two protein bands and spots of 19 and 20kDa with isoelectric points (pI) of 5.2 and 5.5, respectively, by one and two-dimensional Western blot assays. In addition, we used reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to demonstrate that both of these tveif-5a genes are expressed in T. vaginalis. Immunofluorescence assays showed that the TveIF-5A protein was dispersed throughout the parasite cytoplasm. In conclusion, T. vaginalis has two eif-5a genes, and both genes are expressed as highly conserved proteins of 19kDa, which are localized in the cytoplasm of this parasite.
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- B Carvajal-Gamez
- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM). San Lorenzo # 290, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 Mexico City, Mexico
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Tong Y, Park I, Hong BS, Nedyalkova L, Tempel W, Park HW. Crystal structure of human eIF5A1: insight into functional similarity of human eIF5A1 and eIF5A2. Proteins 2009; 75:1040-5. [PMID: 19280598 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yufeng Tong
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7 Canada
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Gosslau A, Jao DLE, Butler R, Liu AYC, Chen KY. Thermal killing of human colon cancer cells is associated with the loss of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A. J Cell Physiol 2009; 219:485-93. [PMID: 19160416 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Heat-induced cell death appears to be a cell-specific event. Chronic heat stress was lethal to human colon cancer cells (Caco-2, HT29, and HCT116), but not to normal diploid fibroblasts and other cancer cells (BJ-T, WI38, HeLa, ovarian 2008, WI38VA). Acute heat stress (45-51 degrees C, 30 min) caused cell death of colon cancer cells during recovery at physiological temperature. Thermal killing of Caco-2 cells was not mediated via oxidative stress since Caco-2 cells were much more resistant than HeLa and other cancer cells to H(2)O(2)-induced cell death. Acute heat stress caused a striking loss of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in colon cancer cells, but not in HeLa and other normal or transformed human fibroblasts. The heat-induced loss of eIF5A is likely to be due to changes in the protein stability. The half-life of eIF5A was changed from >20 h to less than 30 min during the acute heat stress. Sequence analysis of the eIF5A gene from Caco-2 and HeLa cells did not reveal any difference, suggesting that the change in stability in Caco-2 cells was not due to any eIF5A mutation. Pretreatment of cells with protease inhibitors such as phenylmethyl sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) partially blocked the heat-induced loss of eIF5A and prevented heat-induced cell death. In light of the essential role of eIF5A in cell survival and proliferation, our results suggest that the stability of eIF5A may have an important role in determining the fate of the particular cell type after severe heat stress.
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- Alexander Gosslau
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Gentz PM, Blatch GL, Dorrington RA. Dimerization of the yeast eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A requires hypusine and is RNA dependent. FEBS J 2009; 276:695-706. [PMID: 19120453 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06817.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Post-translational modification of the highly conserved K51 residue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) to form hypusine, is essential for its many functions including the binding of specific mRNAs. We characterized hypusinated yeast eIF5A by size-exclusion chromatography and native PAGE, showing that the protein exists as a homodimer. A K51R mutant, which was not functional in vivo eluted as a monomer and inhibition of hypusination abolished dimerization. Furthermore, treatment of dimeric eIF5A with RNase A resulted in disruption of the dimer, leading us to conclude that RNA binding is also required for dimerization of eIF5A. We present a model of dimerization, based on the Neurospora crassa structural analogue, HEX-1.
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- Petra M Gentz
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Valcu CM, Lalanne C, Plomion C, Schlink K. Heat induced changes in protein expression profiles of Norway spruce (Picea abies) ecotypes from different elevations. Proteomics 2009; 8:4287-302. [PMID: 18814337 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although tree species typically exhibit low genetic differentiation between populations, ecotypes adapted to different environmental conditions can vary in their capacity to withstand and recover from environmental stresses like heat stress. Two month old seedlings of a Picea abies ecotype adapted to high elevation showed lower level of thermotolerance and higher level of tolerance to oxidative stress relative to a low elevation ecotype. Protein expression patterns following exposure to severe heat stress of the two ecotypes were compared by means of 2-DE. Several proteins exhibiting ecotype and tissue specific expression were identified by MS/MS. Among them, small heat shock proteins of the HSP 20 family and proteins involved in protection from oxidative stress displayed qualitative and quantitative differences in expression between the ecotypes correlated with the observed phenotypic differences. On the basis of these results, it can be speculated that the observed interpopulation polymorphism of protein regulation in response to heat stress could underlie their different capacities to withstand and recover from heat stress. These local adaptations are potentially relevant for the species adaptation to the conditions predicted by the current models for climate change.
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- Cristina-Maria Valcu
- Section of Forest Genetics, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
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Evguenieva‐Hackenberg E, Klug G. Chapter 7 RNA Degradation in Archaea and Gram‐Negative Bacteria Different from Escherichia coli. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 85:275-317. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)00807-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Yang S, Liu T, Li S, Zhang X, Ding Q, Que H, Yan X, Wei K, Liu S. Comparative proteomic analysis of brains of naturally aging mice. Neuroscience 2008; 154:1107-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dias CAO, Cano VSP, Rangel SM, Apponi LH, Frigieri MC, Muniz JRC, Garcia W, Park MH, Garratt RC, Zanelli CF, Valentini SR. Structural modeling and mutational analysis of yeast eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A reveal new critical residues and reinforce its involvement in protein synthesis. FEBS J 2008; 275:1874-88. [PMID: 18341589 PMCID: PMC5278519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06345.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is a protein that is highly conserved and essential for cell viability. This factor is the only protein known to contain the unique and essential amino acid residue hypusine. This work focused on the structural and functional characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF5A. The tertiary structure of yeast eIF5A was modeled based on the structure of its Leishmania mexicana homologue and this model was used to predict the structural localization of new site-directed and randomly generated mutations. Most of the 40 new mutants exhibited phenotypes that resulted from eIF-5A protein-folding defects. Our data provided evidence that the C-terminal alpha-helix present in yeast eIF5A is an essential structural element, whereas the eIF5A N-terminal 10 amino acid extension not present in archaeal eIF5A homologs, is not. Moreover, the mutants containing substitutions at or in the vicinity of the hypusine modification site displayed nonviable or temperature-sensitive phenotypes and were defective in hypusine modification. Interestingly, two of the temperature-sensitive strains produced stable mutant eIF5A proteins--eIF5A(K56A) and eIF5A(Q22H,L93F)--and showed defects in protein synthesis at the restrictive temperature. Our data revealed important structural features of eIF5A that are required for its vital role in cell viability and underscored an essential function of eIF5A in the translation step of gene expression.
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- Camila A O Dias
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú km. 1, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
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Aoki H, Xu J, Emili A, Chosay JG, Golshani A, Ganoza MC. Interactions of elongation factor EF-P with the Escherichia coli ribosome. FEBS J 2008; 275:671-81. [PMID: 18201202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06228.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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EF-P (eubacterial elongation factor P) is a highly conserved protein essential for protein synthesis. We report that EF-P protects 16S rRNA near the G526 streptomycin and the S12 and mRNA binding sites (30S T-site). EF-P also protects domain V of the 23S rRNA proximal to the A-site (50S T-site) and more strongly the A-site of 70S ribosomes. We suggest that EF-P: (a) may play a role in translational fidelity and (b) prevents entry of fMet-tRNA into the A-site enabling it to bind to the 50S P-site. We also report that EF-P promotes a ribosome-dependent accommodation of fMet-tRNA into the 70S P-site.
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Cano VSP, Jeon GA, Johansson HE, Henderson CA, Park JH, Valentini SR, Hershey JWB, Park MH. Mutational analyses of human eIF5A-1--identification of amino acid residues critical for eIF5A activity and hypusine modification. FEBS J 2008; 275:44-58. [PMID: 18067580 PMCID: PMC2536608 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06172.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is the only protein that contains hypusine [Nepsilon-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)lysine], which is required for its activity. Hypusine is formed by post-translational modification of one specific lysine (Lys50 for human eIF5A) by deoxyhypusine synthase and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase. To investigate the features of eIF5A required for its activity, we generated 49 mutations in human eIF5A-1, with a single amino acid substitution at the highly conserved residues or with N-terminal or C-terminal truncations, and tested mutant proteins in complementing the growth of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF5A null strain. Growth-supporting activity was abolished in only a few mutant eIF5As (K47D, G49A, K50A, K50D, K50I, K50R, G52A and K55A), with substitutions at or near the hypusine modification site or with truncation of 21 amino acids from either the N-terminus or C-terminus. The inactivity of the Lys50 substitution proteins is obviously due to lack of deoxyhypusine modification. In contrast, K47D and G49A were effective substrates for deoxyhypusine synthase, yet failed to support growth, suggesting critical roles of Lys47 and Gly49 in eIF5A activity, possibly in its interaction with effector(s). By use of a UBHY-R strain harboring genetically engineered unstable eIF5A, we present evidence for the primary function of eIF5A in protein synthesis. When selected eIF5A mutant proteins were tested for their activity in protein synthesis, a close correlation was observed between their ability to enhance protein synthesis and growth, lending further support for a central role of eIF5A in translation.
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- Veridiana S. P. Cano
- Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Wagner S, Klug G. In vivo and in vitro studies of RNA degrading activities in Archaea. Methods Enzymol 2008; 447:381-416. [PMID: 19161853 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(08)02219-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Controlled degradation of RNA is important for the regulation of gene expression in Bacteria and Eukarya, but information about these processes is limited in the domain of Archaea. To address this, we studied the half-life of different mRNAs in halophilic Archaea after blocking transcription with actinomycin D. We found that the stability of mRNAs of the gvp operons in Haloferax mediterranei varies under different growth conditions. To understand regulated mRNA decay in Archaea, we need to identify stability determinants within mRNAs and proteins, mainly ribonucleases (RNases), which recognize these determinants. First, we wanted to identify archaeal RNases independently of their sequence similarity to known RNases from Bacteria and Eukarya. To this end we performed fractionation of proteins from Halobacterium salinarum and tested the fractions for RNase activity with an internally labeled in vitro-synthesized mRNA. After three purification steps, we isolated an endoribonucleolytically active protein with similarities to the eukaryotic initiation factor 5A. Further characterization was performed with recombinant halobacterial IF-5A, which was purified from H. salinarum or Escherichia coli. Mutational analysis confirmed unambiguously its RNase activity. In another study, we aimed to purify a double-strand-specific endoribonuclease from Sulfolobus solfataricus. Seven purification steps led to the isolation of two different dehydrogenases with RNase properties. Interestingly, their RNase activity resembled that of aIF-5A and of highly diluted RNase A. RNA was cleaved preferentially between C and A nucleotides in single-stranded regions, and the activity was inhibited at MgCl(2) concentrations >5 mM and at KCl concentrations >200 mM. However, it was possible to distinguish the activity of the archaeal proteins from the activity of RNase A. In a different approach, we used a bioinformatics prediction of the archaeal exosome to purify this protein complex from S. solfataricus. Isolation by coimmunoprecipitation revealed the presence of four orthologs of eukaryotic exosomal subunits and at least one archaea-specific subunit. We characterized the S. solfataricus exosome as a major enzyme involved in phosphorolytic RNA degradation and in RNA polyadenylation. Here we describe in detail the techniques used to achieve these results.
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Parreiras-E-Silva LT, Gomes MD, Oliveira EB, Costa-Neto CM. The N-terminal region of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A signals to nuclear localization of the protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 362:393-8. [PMID: 17707773 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.185] [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] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is a ubiquitous protein of eukaryotic and archaeal organisms which undergoes hypusination, a unique post-translational modification. We have generated a polyclonal antibody against murine eIF5A, which in immunocytochemical assays in B16-F10 cells revealed that the endogenous protein is preferentially localized to the nuclear region. We therefore analyzed possible structural features present in eIF5A proteins that could be responsible for that characteristic. Multiple sequence alignment analysis of eIF5A proteins from different eukaryotic and archaeal organisms showed that the former sequences have an extended N-terminal segment. We have then performed in silico prediction analyses and constructed different truncated forms of murine eIF5A to verify any possible role that the N-terminal extension might have in determining the subcellular localization of the eIF5A in eukaryotic organisms. Our results indicate that the N-terminal extension of the eukaryotic eIF5A contributes in signaling this protein to nuclear localization, despite of bearing no structural similarity with classical nuclear localization signals.
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- Lucas T Parreiras-E-Silva
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Zanelli CF, Valentini SR. Is there a role for eIF5A in translation? Amino Acids 2007; 33:351-8. [PMID: 17578650 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The putative translation factor eIF5A is essential for cell viability and is highly conserved from archaebacteria to mammals. This factor is the only cellular protein that undergoes an essential posttranslational modification dependent on the polyamine spermidine, called hypusination. This review focuses on the functional characterization of eIF5A. Although this protein was originally identified as a translation initiation factor, subsequent studies did not support a role for eIF5A in general translation initiation. eIF5A has also been implicated in nuclear export of HIV-1 Rev and mRNA decay, but these findings are controversial in the literature and may reflect secondary effects of eIF-5A function. Next, the involvement of eIF5A and hypusination in the control of the cell cycle and proliferation in various organisms is reviewed. Finally, recent evidence in favor of reconsidering the role of eIF5A as a translation factor is discussed. Future studies may reveal the specific mechanism by which eIF5A affects protein synthesis.
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- C F Zanelli
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil
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