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Some amino acids (AA) act through several signalling pathways and mechanisms to mediate the control of gene expression at the translation level, and the regulation occurs, specifically, on the initiation and the signalling pathways for translation. The translation of mRNA to protein synthesis proceeds through the steps of initiation and elongation, and AA act as important feed-forward activators that are involved in many pathways, such as the sensing and the transportation of AA by cells, in these steps in many tissues of mammals. For the translation, phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) is a critical molecule that controls the translation initiation and its functions can be regulated by some AA. Another control point in the mRNA binding step in the translation initiation is at the regulation by mammalian target of rapamycin, which requires a change of phosphorylation status of ribosomal protein S6. In fact, the change of phosphorylation status of ribosomal protein S6 might be involved in global protein synthesis. The present review summarises recent work on the molecular mechanisms of the regulation of protein synthesis by AA and highlights new findings.
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Rothenberg DA, Taliaferro JM, Huber SM, Begley TJ, Dedon PC, White FM. A Proteomics Approach to Profiling the Temporal Translational Response to Stress and Growth. iScience 2018; 9:367-381. [PMID: 30466063 PMCID: PMC6249402 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To quantify dynamic protein synthesis rates, we developed MITNCAT, a method combining multiplexed isobaric mass tagging with pulsed SILAC (pSILAC) and bio-orthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) to label newly synthesized proteins with azidohomoalanine (Aha), thus enabling high temporal resolution across multiple conditions in a single analysis. MITNCAT quantification of protein synthesis rates following induction of the unfolded protein response revealed global down-regulation of protein synthesis, with stronger down-regulation of glycolytic and protein synthesis machinery proteins, but up-regulation of several key chaperones. Waves of temporally distinct protein synthesis were observed in response to epidermal growth factor, with altered synthesis detectable in the first 15 min. Comparison of protein synthesis with mRNA sequencing and ribosome footprinting distinguished protein synthesis driven by increased transcription versus increased translational efficiency. Temporal delays between ribosome occupancy and protein synthesis were observed and found to correlate with altered codon usage in significantly delayed proteins. MITNCAT combines BONCAT, pSILAC, and TMT to quantify protein synthesis rates MITNCAT quantified up-regulation of protein folding chaperones during the UPR MITNCAT revealed EGF-driven protein synthesis in four distinct temporal waves MITNCAT identified delayed synthesis proteins with enriched rare codons
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- Daniel A Rothenberg
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Infectious Disease IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Center for Precision Cancer Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Goenka A, Parihar R, Ganesh S. Heat Shock-Induced Transcriptional and Translational Arrest in Mammalian Cells. HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS AND STRESS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90725-3_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wang M, Kaufman RJ. The impact of the endoplasmic reticulum protein-folding environment on cancer development. Nat Rev Cancer 2014; 14:581-97. [PMID: 25145482 DOI: 10.1038/nrc3800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 763] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an essential organelle in eukaryotic cells for the storage and regulated release of calcium and as the entrance to the secretory pathway. Protein misfolding in the ER causes accumulation of misfolded proteins (ER stress) and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR), which has evolved to maintain a productive ER protein-folding environment. Both ER stress and UPR activation are documented in many different human cancers. In this Review, we summarize the impact of ER stress and UPR activation on every aspect of cancer and discuss outstanding questions for which answers will pave the way for therapeutics.
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- Miao Wang
- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Cancer Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 N. Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Cancer Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 N. Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Toll-like receptor activation suppresses ER stress factor CHOP and translation inhibition through activation of eIF2B. Nat Cell Biol 2012; 14:192-200. [PMID: 22231169 PMCID: PMC3271190 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Activation of toll-like receptors (TLRs) induces the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) to accommodate essential protein translation1,2. However, despite increased p-eIF2α, a TLR-TRIF-dependent pathway assures that the cells avoid CHOP induction, apoptosis, and translational suppression of critical proteins3. Because p-eIF2α decreases the functional interaction of eIF2 with eIF2B, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), we explored the hypothesis that TLR-TRIF signaling activates eIF2B-GEF activity to counteract the effects of p-eIF2α. We now show that TLR-TRIF signaling activates eIF2B-GEF through PP2A-mediated Ser-dephosphorylation of the eIF2B ε-subunit. PP2A itself is activated by decreased Src-family-kinase-induced Tyr-phosphorylation of its catalytic subunit. Each of these processes are required for TLR-TRIF-mediated CHOP suppression in ER-stressed cells in vitro and in vivo. Thus, in the setting of prolonged, physiologic ER stress, a unique TLR-TRIF-dependent translational control pathway enables cells to carry out essential protein synthesis and avoid CHOP-induced apoptosis while still benefitting from the protective arms of the UPR.
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OGFOD1, a novel modulator of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha phosphorylation and the cellular response to stress. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:2006-16. [PMID: 20154146 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01350-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cells possess mechanisms that permit survival and recovery from stress, several of which regulate the phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha). We identified the human OGFOD1 protein as a novel stress granule component that regulates the phosphorylation of eIF2alpha and the resumption of translation in cells recovering from arsenite-induced stress. Coimmunoprecipitation studies revealed that OGFOD1 associates with a small subset of stress granule proteins (G3BP1, USP10, Caprin1, and YB-1) and the ribosome in both unstressed and stressed cells. Overexpression of OGFOD1 led to increased abundance of phosphorylated eIF2alpha, both in unstressed cells and in cells exposed to arsenite-induced stress, and to accelerated apoptosis during stress. Conversely, knockdown of OGFOD1 resulted in smaller amounts of phosphorylated eIF2alpha and a faster accumulation of polyribosomes in cells recovering from stress. Finally, OGFOD1 interacted with both eIF2alpha and the eIF2alpha kinase heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI), which was identified as a novel stress granule resident. These findings argue that OGFOD1 plays important proapoptotic roles in the regulation of translation and HRI-mediated phosphorylation of eIF2alpha in cells subjected to arsenite-induced stress.
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van der Knaap MS, van Berkel CGM, Herms J, van Coster R, Baethmann M, Naidu S, Boltshauser E, Willemsen MAAP, Plecko B, Hoffmann GF, Proud CG, Scheper GC, Pronk JC. eIF2B-related disorders: antenatal onset and involvement of multiple organs. Am J Hum Genet 2003; 73:1199-207. [PMID: 14566705 PMCID: PMC1180499 DOI: 10.1086/379524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2003] [Accepted: 09/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, also called "childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination," is the first human disease related to mutations in any of the five genes encoding subunits of eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2B or any translation factor at all. eIF2B is essential in all cells of the body for protein synthesis and the regulation of this protein synthesis under different stress conditions. It is surprising that mutations in the eIF2B genes have been reported to lead to abnormalities of the white matter of the brain only, although it has been shown recently that ovarian failure may accompany the leukoencephalopathy. Another surprising observation is that the onset of the disease varies from early childhood to adulthood, with the exception of Cree leukoencephalopathy, a disease related to a particular mutation in one of the eIF2B genes, which invariably has its onset within the first year of life. We analyzed the eIF2B genes of nine patients with an antenatal- or early-infantile-onset encephalopathy and an early demise and found mutations in eight of the patients. In addition to signs of a serious encephalopathy, we found oligohydramnios, intrauterine growth retardation, cataracts, pancreatitis, hepatosplenomegaly, hypoplasia of the kidneys, and ovarian dysgenesis. Until now, no evidence had been found for a genotype-phenotype correlation, but the consistently severe phenotype in affected siblings among our patients and in Cree encephalopathy patients suggests an influence of the genotype on the phenotype.
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- Marjo S van der Knaap
- Department of Child Neurology, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Datta B, Datta R. Mutation at the acidic residue-rich domain of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha)-associated glycoprotein p67 increases the protection of eIF2alpha phosphorylation during heat shock. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 413:116-22. [PMID: 12706348 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00092-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2)-associated glycoprotein p67 protects eIF2alpha phosphorylation from kinases. The N-terminal lysine-rich domains increase this activity and the acidic residue-rich domain inhibits it. Conserved amino acid residues D251, D262, E364, and E459 are involved in this inhibition. During heat shock, the overall protein synthesis rate decreases due to the increased levels of eIF2alpha phosphorylation. In this study, we examined whether the above inhibition is also found during heat shock. Indeed, the acidic residue-rich domain mutant (D6/2) showed a decreased level of eIF2alpha phosphorylation, and its second-site alanine substitutions at D251, D262, and E459 reversed this effect, whereas second-site alanine substitution at H331 and E364 residues further augmented it. A high-molecular-weight phosphoprotein and at least two faster-migrating phosphoproteins were detected by the monospecific polyclonal antibody against eIF2alpha(P) form in rat tumor hepatoma cells constitutively expressing the double mutant D6/2+D251A. Although the levels of p67 mutants were unaffected during heat shock, those of p67 and p67-deactivating enzyme varied. Furthermore, the overall rate of protein synthesis correlated with the level of eIF2alpha phosphorylation. Taken together, these results suggest that the lysine-rich domains and conserved amino acid residues of p67 are involved in the regulation of eIF2alpha phosphorylation during heat shock.
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- Bansidhar Datta
- Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, OH 44242, USA.
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A continuous supply of a complete complement of essential amino acids is a prerequisite for maintenance of optimal rates of protein synthesis in both liver and skeletal muscle. Deprivation of even a single essential amino acid causes a decrease in the synthesis of essentially all cellular proteins through an inhibition of the initiation phase of mRNA translation. However, the synthesis of all proteins is not repressed equally. Specific subsets of proteins, in particular those encoded by mRNAs containing a 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine (TOP) motif, are affected to a much greater extent than most proteins. The specific decrease in TOP mRNA translation is a result of an inhibition of the ribosomal protein S6 kinase, S6K1, and a concomitant decline in S6 phosphorylation. Interestingly, many TOP mRNAs encode proteins involved in mRNA translation, such as elongation factors eEF1A and eEF2, as well as the ribosomal proteins. Thus, deprivation of essential amino acids not only directly and rapidly represses global mRNA translation, but also potentially results in a reduction in the capacity to synthesize protein.
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- Scot R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Proud CG. Regulation of eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2B. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 26:95-114. [PMID: 11575168 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56688-2_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- C G Proud
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, MSI/WTB Complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Clemens MJ. Initiation factor eIF2 alpha phosphorylation in stress responses and apoptosis. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 27:57-89. [PMID: 11575161 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-09889-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The alpha subunit of polypeptide chain initiation factor eIF2 can be phosphorylated by a number of related protein kinases which are activated in response to cellular stresses. Physiological conditions which result in eIF2 alpha phosphorylation include virus infection, heat shock, iron deficiency, nutrient deprivation, changes in intracellular calcium, accumulation of unfolded or denatured proteins and the induction of apoptosis. Phosphorylated eIF2 acts as a dominant inhibitor of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B and prevents the recycling of eIF2 between successive rounds of protein synthesis. Extensive phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha and strong inhibition of eIF2B activity can result in the downregulation of the overall rate of protein synthesis; less marked changes may lead to alterations in the selective translation of alternative open reading frames in polycistronic mRNAs, as demonstrated in yeast. These mechanisms can provide a signal transduction pathway linking eukaryotic cellular stress responses to alterations in the control of gene expression at the translational level.
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- M J Clemens
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
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Kimball SR. Regulation of translation initiation by amino acids in eukaryotic cells. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 26:155-84. [PMID: 11575165 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56688-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The translation of mRNA in eukaryotic cells is regulated by amino acids through multiple mechanisms. One such mechanism involves activation of mTOR (Fig. 1). mTOR controls a myriad of downstream effectors, including RNA polymerase I, S6K1, 4E-BP1, and eEF2 kinase. In yeast, and probably in higher eukaryotes, mTOR signals through Tap42p/alpha 4 to regulate protein phosphatases. Through phosphorylation of Tap42p/alpha 4, mTOR abrogates dephosphorylation of the downstream effectors by PP2 A and/or PP6, resulting in their increased phosphorylation. Although at this time still speculative, in vitro results using mTOR immunoprecipitates suggest that mTOR, or an associated kinase, may also be directly involved in phosphorylating some effectors. Enhanced RNA polymerase I activity results in increased transcription of rDNA genes, whereas increased S6K1 activity promotes preferential translation of TOP mRNAs, such as those encoding ribosomal proteins. Together, stimulated RNA polymerase I and S6K1 activities enhance ribosome biogenesis, increasing the translational capacity of the cell. Phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 prohibits its association with eIF4E, allowing eIF4E to bind to eIF4G and form the active eIF4F complex. Increased eIF4F formation preferentially stimulates translation of mRNAs containing long, highly-structured 5' UTRs. Finally, amino acids cause inhibition of the eEF2 kinase, resulting in an increase in the proportion of eEF2 in the active, dephosphorylated form. By inhibiting eEF2 phosphorylation, amino acids may not only stimulate translation elongation, but may also prevent activation of GCN2 by enhancing the rate of removal of deacylated tRNA from the P-site on the ribosome; a potential activator of GCN2. GCN2 may also be regulated directly by the accumulation of deacylated-tRNA caused by treatment with inhibitors of tRNA synthetases or in cells incubated in the absence of essential amino acids. However, because the Km of the tRNA synthetases for amino acids is well above the amino acid concentrations found in plasma of fasted animals, such a mechanism may not be operative in mammals in vivo. Activation of GCN2 results in increased phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eIF2, which in turn causes inhibition of eIF2B. Thus, by preventing activation of GCN2, amino acids preserve eIF2B activity, which promotes translation of all mRNAs, i.e., global protein synthesis is enhanced.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Amino Acids, Essential/metabolism
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/metabolism
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B/metabolism
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational/physiology
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Kinases/genetics
- Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
- Signal Transduction
- eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- S R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Uma S, Yun BG, Matts RL. The heme-regulated eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha kinase. A potential regulatory target for control of protein synthesis by diffusible gases. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:14875-83. [PMID: 11278914 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m011476200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells by increasing the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2. However, the mechanism through which this increase occurs has not been characterized. In this report, we examined the effect of the diffusible gases nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) on the activation of the heme-regulated eIF2alpha kinase (HRI) in rabbit reticulocyte lysate. Spectral analysis indicated that both NO and CO bind to the N-terminal heme-binding domain of HRI. Although NO was a very potent activator of HRI, CO markedly suppressed NO-induced HRI activation. The NO-induced activation of HRI was transduced through the interaction of NO with the N-terminal heme-binding domain of HRI and not through S-nitrosylation of HRI. We postulate that the regulation of HRI activity by diffusible gases may be of wider physiological significance, as we further demonstrate that NO generators increase eIF2alpha phosphorylation levels in NT2 neuroepithelial and C2C12 myoblast cells and activate HRI immunoadsorbed from extracts of these non-erythroid cell lines.
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- S Uma
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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Nika J, Rippel S, Hannig EM. Biochemical analysis of the eIF2beta gamma complex reveals a structural function for eIF2alpha in catalyzed nucleotide exchange. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:1051-6. [PMID: 11042214 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007398200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2 is a heterotrimer that binds and delivers Met-tRNA(i)(Met) to the 40 S ribosomal subunit in a GTP-dependent manner. Initiation requires hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP, which releases an eIF2.GDP complex that is recycled to the GTP form by the nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B. The alpha-subunit of eIF2 plays a critical role in regulating nucleotide exchange via phosphorylation at serine 51, which converts eIF2 into a competitive inhibitor of the eIF2B-catalyzed exchange reaction. We purified a form of eIF2 (eIF2betagamma) completely devoid of the alpha-subunit to further study the role of eIF2alpha in eIF2 function. These studies utilized a yeast strain genetically altered to bypass a deletion of the normally essential eIF2alpha structural gene (SUI2). Removal of the alpha-subunit did not appear to significantly alter binding of guanine nucleotide or Met-tRNA(i)(Met) ligands by eIF2 in vitro. Qualitative assays to detect 43 S initiation complex formation and eIF5-dependent GTP hydrolysis revealed no differences between eIF2betagamma and the wild-type eIF2 heterotrimer. However, steady-state kinetic analysis of eIF2B-catalyzed nucleotide exchange revealed that the absence of the alpha-subunit increased K(m) for eIF2betagamma.GDP by an order of magnitude, with a smaller increase in V(max). These data indicate that eIF2alpha is required for structural interactions between eIF2 and eIF2B that promote wild-type rates of nucleotide exchange. We suggest that this function contributes to the ability of the alpha-subunit to control the rate of nucleotide exchange through reversible phosphorylation.
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- J Nika
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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Sudhakar A, Ramachandran A, Ghosh S, Hasnain SE, Kaufman RJ, Ramaiah KV. Phosphorylation of serine 51 in initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2 alpha) promotes complex formation between eIF2 alpha(P) and eIF2B and causes inhibition in the guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF2B. Biochemistry 2000; 39:12929-38. [PMID: 11041858 DOI: 10.1021/bi0008682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phosphorylation of serine 51 residue on the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha) inhibits the guanine nucleotide exchange (GNE) activity of eIF2B, presumably, by forming a tight complex with eIF2B. Inhibition of the GNE activity of eIF2B leads to impairment in eIF2 recycling and protein synthesis. We have partially purified the wild-type (wt) and mutants of eIF2alpha in which the serine 51 residue was replaced with alanine (51A mutant) or aspartic acid (51D mutant) in the baculovirus system. Analysis of these mutants has provided novel insight into the role of 51 serine in the interaction between eIF2 and eIF2B. Neither mutant was phosphorylated in vitro. Both mutants decreased eIF2alpha phosphorylation occurring in hemin and poly(IC)-treated reticulocyte lysates due to the activation of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). However, addition of 51D, but not 51A mutant eIF2alpha protein promoted inhibition of the GNE activity of eIF2B in hemin-supplemented rabbit reticulocyte lysates in which relatively little or no endogenous eIF2alpha phosphorylation occurred. The 51D mutant enhanced the inhibition in GNE activity of eIF2B that occurred in hemin and poly(IC)-treated reticulocyte lysates where PKR is active. Our results show that the increased interaction between eIF2 and eIF2B protein, occurring in reticulocyte lysates due to increased eIF2alpha phosphorylation, is decreased significantly by the addition of mutant 51A protein but not 51D. Consistent with the idea that mutant 51D protein behaves like a phosphorylated eIF2alpha, addition of this partially purified recombinant subunit, but not 51A or wt eIF2alpha, increases the interaction between eIF2 and 2B proteins in actively translating hemin-supplemented lysates. These findings support the idea that phosphorylation of the serine 51 residue in eIF2alpha promotes complex formation between eIF2alpha(P) and eIF2B and thereby inhibits the GNE activity of eIF2B.
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- A Sudhakar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Nika J, Yang W, Pavitt GD, Hinnebusch AG, Hannig EM. Purification and kinetic analysis of eIF2B from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:26011-7. [PMID: 10852917 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003718200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) is the heteropentameric guanine nucleotide exchange factor for translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2). Recent studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have served to characterize genetically the exchange factor. However, enzyme kinetic studies of the yeast enzyme have been hindered by the lack of sufficient quantities of protein suitable for biochemical analysis. We have purified yeast eIF2B and characterized its catalytic properties in vitro. Values for K(m) and V(max) were determined to be 12.2 nm and 250.7 fmol/min, respectively, at 0 degrees C. The calculated turnover number (K(cat)) of 43.2 pmol of GDP released per min/pmol of eIF2B at 30 degrees C is approximately 1 order of magnitude lower than values previously reported for the mammalian factor. Reciprocal plots at varying fixed concentrations of the second substrate were linear and intersected to the left of the y axis. This is consistent with a sequential catalytic mechanism and argues against a ping-pong mechanism similar to that proposed for EF-Tu/EF-Ts. In support of this model, our yeast eIF2B preparations bind guanine nucleotides, with an apparent dissociation constant for GTP in the low micromolar range.
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- J Nika
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, USA
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Shah OJ, Antonetti DA, Kimball SR, Jefferson LS. Leucine, glutamine, and tyrosine reciprocally modulate the translation initiation factors eIF4F and eIF2B in perfused rat liver. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:36168-75. [PMID: 10593901 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Leucine, glutamine, and tyrosine, three amino acids playing key modulatory roles in hepatic proteolysis, were evaluated for activation of signaling pathways involved in regulation of liver protein synthesis. Furthermore, because leucine signals to effectors that lie distal to the mammalian target of rapamycin, these downstream factors were selected for study as candidate mediators of amino acid signaling. Using the perfused rat liver as a model system, we observed a 25% stimulation of protein synthesis in response to balanced hyperaminoacidemia, whereas amino acid imbalance due to elevated concentrations of leucine, glutamine, and tyrosine resulted in a protein synthetic depression of roughly 50% compared with normoaminoacidemic controls. The reduction in protein synthesis accompanying amino acid imbalance became manifest at high physiologic concentrations and was dictated by the guanine nucleotide exchange activity of translation initiation factor eIF2B. Paradoxically, this phenomenon occurred concomitantly with assembly of the mRNA cap recognition complex, eIF4F as well as activation of the 70-kDa ribosomal S6 kinase, p70(S6k). Dual and reciprocal modulation of eIF4F and eIF2B was leucine-specific because isoleucine, a structural analog, was ineffective in these regards. Thus, we conclude that amino acid imbalance, heralded by leucine, initiates a liver-specific translational fail-safe mechanism that deters protein synthesis under unfavorable circumstances despite promotion of the eIF4F complex.
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- O J Shah
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Sudhakar A, Krishnamoorthy T, Jain A, Chatterjee U, Hasnain SE, Kaufman RJ, Ramaiah KV. Serine 48 in initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2 alpha) is required for high-affinity interaction between eIF2 alpha(P) and eIF2B. Biochemistry 1999; 38:15398-405. [PMID: 10563826 DOI: 10.1021/bi991211n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phosphorylation of the serine 51 residue in the alpha-subunit of translational initiation factor 2 in eukaryotes (eIF2 alpha) impairs protein synthesis presumably by sequestering eIF2B, a rate-limiting pentameric guanine nucleotide exchange protein which catalyzes the exchange of GTP for GDP in the eIF2-GDP binary complex. To further understand the importance of eIF2 alpha phosphorylation in the interaction between eIF2 alpha(P) and eIF2B proteins and thereby the regulation of eIF2B activity, we expressed the wild type (wt) and a mutant eIF2 alpha in which the serine 48 residue was replaced with alanine (48A mutant) in the baculovirus system. The findings reveal that the expression of both of these recombinant subunits was very efficient (15-20% of the total protein) and both proteins were recognized by an eIF2 alpha monoclonal antibody and were phosphorylated to the same extent by reticulocyte eIF2 alpha kinases. However, partially purified recombinant subunits (wt or 48A mutant) were not phosphorylated as efficiently as the eIF2 alpha subunit present in the purified reticulocyte trimeric eIF2 complex and were also found to inhibit the phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha of the trimeric complex. Furthermore, the extents of inhibition of eIF2B activity and formation of the eIF2 alpha(P)-eIF2B complex that occurs due to eIF2 alpha phosphorylation in poly(IC)-treated rabbit reticulocyte lysates were decreased significantly in the presence of insect cell extracts expressing the 48A mutant eIF2 alpha compared to those for wt. These findings support the hypothesis that the serine 48 residue is required for high-affinity interaction between eIF2 alpha(P) and eIF2B.
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- A Sudhakar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Duncan RF, Song HJ. Striking multiplicity of eIF4E-BP1 phosphorylated isoforms identified by 2D gel electrophoresis regulation by heat shock. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 265:728-43. [PMID: 10504405 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00776.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor eIF4E-binding protein 1 (eIF4E-BP1), or PHAS-I, is multiply phosphorylated by insulin-stimulated protein kinase(s). Estimates for the number of phosphorylation sites range from two to greater than eight. IEF/SDS/PAGE can precisely differentiate protein isoforms based on their differences in charge (phosphorylation) and molecular mass. In this study, the diversity of eIF4E-BP1 isoforms was determined using IEF/SDS/PAGE/immunoblotting of unfractionated cell lysates. To investigate the molecular regulation of phosphorylation, alterations in eIF4E-BP1 in response to heat shock in HeLa cells were determined. In exponentially growing cells, 8-10 prominent eIF4E-BP1 isoforms were detected. Following heat shock, a rapid, temperature-dependent dephosphorylation of eIF4E-BP1 occurs roughly concurrent with protein synthesis inhibition; during recovery from heat shock rephosphorylation of eIF4E-BP1 parallels restoration of protein synthesis. However, eIF4E-BP1 and eIF4E kinases remain highly active during heat shock, as okadaic acid treatment restores phosphorylation of both factors in heat shocked cells. eIF4E-BP1 dephosphorylation is associated with eIF4E dissociation from large molecular mass complexes and increased binding to eIF4E-BP1. The amount of eIF4E-BP1 converted to the dephosphorylated state is sufficient to titrate all the eIF4E present. eIF4E-BP1 phosphorylation changes regulated by heat shock also occur in Drosophila. Of the 10 isoforms of eIF4E-BP1 resolved by IEF/SDS/PAGE, at least seven are labelled with [32P] and all 10 are recognized by (eIF4E-BP1)-specific antibodies. These results identify a complex set of eIF4E-BP1 phosphorylation isoforms; changes in the expression of these isoforms in response to stresses such as heat shock may contribute to translation repression.
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- R F Duncan
- School of Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Jefferson LS, Fabian JR, Kimball SR. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 is the predominant insulin-regulated eukaryotic initiation factor 2B kinase in skeletal muscle. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1999; 31:191-200. [PMID: 10216953 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(98)00141-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2B is a guanine nucleotide exchange protein involved in regulation of translation initiation. Phosphorylation of the epsilon-subunit is thought to be important in insulin-mediated changes in eIF2B activity. However, elucidation of insulin's action has proven elusive, primarily because eIF2B epsilon is a substrate in vitro for at least three different protein kinases. In the present study, we observed changes in eIF2B epsilon kinase activity only in those muscles previously shown to exhibit alterations in protein synthesis in response to insulin. Specifically, eIF2B epsilon kinase activity was increased in psoas muscle from diabetic rats compared to controls. Treating diabetic rats with insulin rapidly reduced eIF2B epsilon kinase activity below control values. Changes were not observed in heart. To identify the kinase(s) in psoas responsible for phosphorylating eIF2B epsilon, the wildtype and two variant forms of the epsilon-subunit were expressed in and purified from Sf9 insect cells, and were used as substrates in protein kinase assays. The first variant contained a point mutation in the eIF2B epsilon cDNA that converted the glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) phosphorylation site, Ser535, to a nonphosphorylatable Ala residue. In the second variant, the putative GSK-3 'priming' site, Ser539, was converted to Asp. Based on the pattern of phosphorylation of the wildtype and two variant forms of eIF2B epsilon using casein kinase (CK)-I, CK-II, or GSK-3 as well as that observed with skeletal muscle extracts, we conclude that the predominant eIF2B epsilon kinase in psoas muscle is GSK-3. Thus, insulin-mediated changes in eIF2B activity are likely to involve GSK-3.
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- L S Jefferson
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
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Fraser CS, Pain VM, Morley SJ. The association of initiation factor 4F with poly(A)-binding protein is enhanced in serum-stimulated Xenopus kidney cells. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:196-204. [PMID: 9867830 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.1.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Serum stimulation of cultured Xenopus kidney cells results in enhanced phosphorylation of the translational initiation factor (eIF) 4E and promotes a 2.8-fold increase in the binding of the adapter protein eIF4G to eIF4E, to form the functional initiation factor complex eIF4F. Here we demonstrate the serum-stimulated co-isolation of the poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) with the eIF4F complex. This apparent interaction of PABP with eIF4F suggests that a mechanism shown to be important in the control of translation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae also operates in vertebrate cells. We also present evidence that the signaling pathways modulating eIF4E phosphorylation and function in Xenopus kidney cells differ from those in several mammalian cell types studied previously. Experiments with the immunosuppressant rapamycin suggest that the mTOR signaling pathway is involved in serum-promoted eIF4E phosphorylation and association with eIF4G. Moreover, we could find little evidence for regulation of eIF4E function via interaction with the specific binding proteins 4E-BP1 or 4E-BP2 in these cells. Although rapamycin abrogated serum-enhanced rates of protein synthesis and the interaction of eIF4G with eIF4E, it did not prevent the increase in association of eIF4G with PABP. This suggests that serum stimulates the interaction between eIF4G and PABP by a distinct mechanism that is independent of both the mTOR pathway and the enhanced association of eIF4G with eIF4E.
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- C S Fraser
- Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Kimball SR, Horetsky RL, Jefferson LS. Implication of eIF2B rather than eIF4E in the regulation of global protein synthesis by amino acids in L6 myoblasts. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:30945-53. [PMID: 9812990 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.30945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism through which leucine and histidine regulate translation initiation in L6 myoblasts. The results show that both amino acids stimulate initiation and coordinately regulate the activity of eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2B. The changes in eIF2B activity could be explained in part by modulation of the phosphorylation state of the alpha-subunit of eIF2. The activity changes might also be a result of modulation of the phosphorylation state of the eIF2B epsilon-subunit, because deprivation of either amino acid caused a decrease in eIF2Bepsilon kinase activity. Leucine, but not histidine, additionally caused a redistribution of eIF4E from the inactive eIF4E.4E-BP1 complex to the active eIF4E.eIF4G complex. The redistribution was a result of increased phosphorylation of 4E-BP1. The changes in 4E-BP1 phosphorylation and eIF4E redistribution associated with leucine deprivation were not observed in the presence of insulin. However, the leucine- and histidine-induced alterations in global protein synthesis and eIF2B activity were maintained in the presence of the hormone. Overall, the results suggest that both leucine and histidine regulate global protein synthesis through modulation of eIF2B activity. Furthermore, under the conditions employed herein, alterations in eIF4E availability are not rate-controlling for global protein synthesis but might be necessary for regulation of translation of specific mRNAs.
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- S R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
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Mouat MF, Manchester K. An alpha subunit-deficient form of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor eIF-2 from rabbit reticulocyte lysate and its activity in ternary complex formation. Mol Cell Biochem 1998; 183:69-78. [PMID: 9655180 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006829615464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor eIF-2 is usually isolated as a heterotrimer (alphabeta gamma). By use of Sephacryl S-300 fractionation an alpha subunit-deficient form of eIF-2 was identified in impure preparations from rabbit reticulocyte lysate and it appeared in these preparations to be still active in formation of the ternary complex (eIF-2.GTP.Met-tRNAi). Subsequently alpha subunit-deficient eIF-2 was further purified and this appeared to have retained ternary complex forming activity. Together with a suggested lack of involvement of the beta subunit this implies that the alpha subunit was not required for activity and the gamma subunit bound both GTP and Met-tRNAi in formation of the ternary complex. The identification and study of alpha subunit-deficient eIF-2 thus elucidated the involvement of the subunits in binding of GTP and Met-tRNAi to produce the ternary complex in polypeptide chain initiation.
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- M F Mouat
- Department of Biochemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Burda J, Martín ME, Gottlieb M, Chavko M, Marsala J, Alcázar A, Pavón M, Fando JL, Salinas M. The intraischemic and early reperfusion changes of protein synthesis in the rat brain. eIF-2 alpha kinase activity and role of initiation factors eIF-2 alpha and eIF-4E. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1998; 18:59-66. [PMID: 9428306 DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199801000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Rats were subjected to the standard four-vessel occlusion model of transient cerebral ischemia (vertebral and carotid arteries). The effects of normothermic ischemia (37 degrees C) followed or not by 30-minute reperfusion, as well as 30-minute postdecapitative ischemia, on translational rates were examined. Protein synthesis rate, as measured in a cell-free system, was significantly inhibited in ischemic rats, and the extent of inhibition strongly depended on duration and temperature, and less on the model of ischemia used. The ability of reinitiation in vitro (by using aurintricarboxylic acid) decreased after ischemia, suggesting a failure in the synthetic machinery at the initiation level. Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) presented almost basal activity and levels after 30-minute normothermic ischemia, and the amount of phosphorylated eIF-2 alpha in these samples, as well as in sham-control samples, was undetectable. The decrease in the levels of phosphorylated initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) after 30-minute ischemia (from 32% to 16%) could explain, at least partially, the impairment of initiation during transient cerebral ischemia. After reperfusion, eIF-4E phosphorylation was almost completely restored to basal levels (29%), whereas the level of phosphorylated eIF-2 alpha was higher (13%) than in controls and ischemic samples (both less than 2%). eIF-2 alpha kinase activity in vitro as measured by phosphorylation of endogenous eIF-2 in the presence of ATP/Mg2+, was higher in ischemic samples (8%) than in controls (4%). It seems probable that the failure of the kinase in phosphorylating eIF-2 in vivo during ischemia is due to the depletion of ATP stores. The levels of the double-stranded activated eIF-2 alpha kinase were slightly higher in ischemic animals than in controls. Our results suggest that the modulation of eIF-4E phosphorylation could be implicated in the regulation of translation during ischemia. On the contrary, phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha, by an eIF-2 alpha kinase already activated during ischemia, represents a plausible mechanism for explaining the inhibition of translation during reperfusion.
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- J Burda
- Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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Doutheil J, Gissel C, Oschlies U, Hossmann KA, Paschen W. Relation of neuronal endoplasmic reticulum calcium homeostasis to ribosomal aggregation and protein synthesis: implications for stress-induced suppression of protein synthesis. Brain Res 1997; 775:43-51. [PMID: 9439827 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00899-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Results from experiments performed with permanent non-neuronal cell lines suggest that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium homeostasis plays a key role in the control of protein synthesis (PS). It has been concluded that disturbances in ER calcium homeostasis may contribute to the suppression of PS triggered by a severe metabolic stress (W. Paschen, Med. Hypoth., 47 (1996) 283-288). To elucidate how an emptying of ER calcium stores of these cells would effect PS and ribosomal aggregation of non-transformed fully differentiated cells, experiments were run on primary neuronal cell cultures. ER calcium stores were depleted by treating cells with thapsigargin (TG, a selective, irreversible inhibitor of ER Ca(2+)-ATPase), cyclopiazonic acid (CPA, a reversible inhibitor of ER Ca(2+)-ATPase), or caffeine (an agonist of ER ryanodine receptor). Changes in intracellular calcium activity were evaluated by fluorescence microscopy using fura-2-loaded cells. Protein synthesis was determined by measuring the incorporation of [3H]leucine into proteins. The degree of aggregation of ribosomes was evaluated by electron microscopy. TG induced a permanent inhibition of PS to about 10% of control which was only partially reversed within 2 h of recovery. CPA caused about 70% inhibition of PS, and PS recovered completely 60 min after treatment. Caffeine produced an inhibition of PS to about 50% of control. Loading cells with the calcium chelator BAPTA-AM (33.3 microM) alone suppressed PS without reversing TG- or caffeine-induced inhibition of PS, indicating that the suppression of PS was caused by a depletion of ER calcium stores and not by an increase in cytosolic calcium activity. TG-treatment of cells induced a complete disaggregation of polysomes which was not reversed within the 4 h recovery period following TG-treatment. After caffeine treatment of cells, we observed a heterogenous pattern of ribosomal aggregation: in some neurons ribosomes were almost completely aggregated while in other cells a significant portion of polyribosomes were disaggregated. The results indicate that a depletion of neuronal ER calcium stores disturbs protein synthesis in a similar way to the effects of transient forms of metabolic stress (ischemia, hypoglycemia or status epilepticus), thus implying that a disturbance in ER calcium homeostasis may contribute to the pathological process of stress-induced cell injury.
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- J Doutheil
- Max-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research, Department of Experimental Neurology, Cologne, Germany
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Clemens MJ, Elia A. The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR: structure and function. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1997; 17:503-24. [PMID: 9335428 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1997.17.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 452] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This review describes the structure and function of the interferon (IFN)-inducible, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase PKR. This protein kinase has been studied extensively in recent years, and a large body of evidence has accumulated concerning its expression, interaction with regulatory RNA and protein molecules, and modes of activation and inhibition. PKR has been shown to play a variety of important roles in the regulation of translation, transcription, and signal transduction pathways through its ability to phosphorylate protein synthesis initiation factor eIF2, I-kappaB (the inhibitor of NF-kappaB), and other substrates. Expression studies involving both the wild-type protein and dominant negative mutants of PKR have established roles for the enzyme in the antiviral effects of IFNs, in the responses of uninfected cells to physiologic stresses, and in cell growth regulation. The possibility that PKR may function as a tumor suppressor and inducer of apoptosis suggests that this IFN-regulated protein kinase may be of central importance to the control of cell proliferation and transformation.
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- M J Clemens
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K
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Atchuta Ramaiah KV, Chen JJ, Gallop PM, London IM. The effects of pyrroloquinoline quinone on heme-regulated eIF-2alpha kinase and eIF-2B activities in eukaryotic protein synthesis. Blood Cells Mol Dis 1997; 23:177-87. [PMID: 9236156 DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.1997.0135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), a novel cofactor of biological redox processes, is ubiquitous in animal cells. We have examined the effects of PQQ on protein synthesis. PQQ inhibits protein synthesis in hemin-supplemented rabbit reticulocyte lysates. This inhibition is characterized by increased phosphorylation of eIF-2alpha and by diminished guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B. The increased eIF-2alpha phosphorylation is the result of activation by PQQ of the heme-regulated eIF-2alpha kinase (HRI). The addition of 10 microM PQQ completely inhibits the increase in protein synthesis that occurs on the addition of hemin (20 microM) to heme-deficient lysates, whereas a lower concentration of PQQ (100 nM) causes a very slight stimulation of protein synthesis. The increased eIF-2alpha phosphorylation that occurs at high concentrations of PQQ inhibits eIF-2B activity, presumably due to formation of a 15S complex [eIF-2(alphaP).eIF-2B] in which eIF-2B becomes non-functional. Low concentrations of PQQ (0.1-1 microM) do not affect eIF-2alpha phosphorylation, but rather enhance the guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B in reticulocyte lysates. In Chinese hamster ovary cell extract which is devoid of significant eIF-2alpha kinase activity, addition of both low and high concentrations of PQQ results in an increase in eIF-2B activity. The addition of PQQ to reticulocyte lysates activates HRI whereas addition of PQQ to purified HRI in vitro inhibits the autokinase and eIF-2alpha kinase activity of the HRI; the inhibition of purified HRI by PQQ is observed both in the presence and absence of hemin. These findings suggest that PQQ inhibits purified HRI by acting as an oxidant whereas in lysates in which PQQ is readily reduced, the PQQ acts as a reductant and increases the activities of both HRI and eIF-2B.
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- K V Atchuta Ramaiah
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E25-551, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Fabian JR, Kimball SR, Heinzinger NK, Jefferson LS. Subunit assembly and guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eukaryotic initiation factor-2B expressed in Sf9 cells. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:12359-65. [PMID: 9139680 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic initiation factor-2B (eIF-2B) is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that plays a key role in the regulation of protein synthesis. In this study, we have used the baculovirus-infected Sf9 insect cell system to express and characterize the five dissimilar subunits of rat eIF-2B. GEF activity was detected in extracts of Sf9 cells expressing the epsilon-subunit alone and was greatly increased when all five subunits were coexpressed. In addition, high GEF activity was observed in extracts containing a four-subunit complex lacking the alpha-subunit. Assembly of an eIF-2B holoprotein was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation of all five subunits. Gel filtration chromatography revealed that recombinant eIF-2B had the same molecular mass as eIF-2B purified from rat liver and that it did indeed possess GEF activity. Phosphorylation of the substrate eIF-2 inhibited the GEF activity of the five-subunit eIF-2B; this inhibition required the eIF-2B alpha-subunit. The results demonstrate that eIF-2Balpha functions as a regulatory subunit that is not required for GEF activity, but instead mediates the regulation of eIF-2B by substrate phosphorylation. Furthermore, eIF-2Bepsilon is necessary and is perhaps sufficient for GEF activity in vitro.
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- J R Fabian
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Asuru AI, Mellor H, Thomas NS, Yu L, Chen JJ, Crosby JS, Hartson SD, Kimball SR, Jefferson LS, Matts RL. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding the epsilon-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2B from rabbit and human. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1307:309-17. [PMID: 8688466 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(96)00054-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A rabbit reticulocyte lysate cDNA library was screened with a polyclonal antiserum directed against eukaryotic initiation factor eIF-2B (eIF-2B). A 2508 base pair cDNA (pA1) was isolated and determined to encode the epsilon-subunit of eIF-2B based on the immunoreactivity of the fusion protein expressed from the cDNA in Escherichia coli and the presence of two peptide sequences obtained from two V8 fragments of purified nonrecombinant eIF-2B epsilon in the deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA. The open reading frame of the cDNA began with the third nucleotide of the cDNA with the first AUG codon at nucleotide 522. Mutational analysis of pA1 indicated that the cDNA did not code for full-length eIF-2B epsilon. Seven missing codons of the reading-frame and the 71 nucleotide 5' non-coding region of the eIF-2B epsilon mRNA were obtained by 5' RACE. A human eIF-2B epsilon cDNA fragment, which corresponded to a similar 2.3 kb fragment generated by digestion of the rabbit pA1 cDNA with EcoRI, was isolated from a human histiocytic lymphoma (U-937) cell cDNA library constructed in lambda gt10. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences were highly conserved between the rabbit and human cDNAs, showing approx. 90% sequence identity within the open reading frame. Northern and Western blot analyses of reticulocyte lysate and other rabbit tissue extracts indicated that the eIF-2B epsilon polypeptide has a similar apparent molecular weight in all tissues examined, and is coded for by a single approximately 2.8 kilobase mRNA species which is ubiquitously expressed.
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- A I Asuru
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA
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Alcázar A, Rivera J, Gómez-Calcerrada M, Muñoz F, Salinas M, Fando JL. Changes in the phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha, initiation factor 2B activity and translational rates in primary neuronal cultures under different physiological growing conditions. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 38:101-8. [PMID: 8737673 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00335-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) is one of the best known mechanisms regulating protein synthesis in a wide range of eukaryotic cells, from yeast to human. To determine whether this mechanism operates in primary neuronal cells, we have cultured primary neuronal cells for 7 days under two optimal growing conditions, complete medium (containing 15% serum) and serum-free medium, and determined the protein synthesis rate, eukaryotic initiation 2 and 2B (eIF-2B) activities, as well as the level of phosphorylation of eIF-2. Cells cultured in serum-free medium exhibited a lower rate of protein synthesis (75%), concomitant to a decreased eIF-2 activity (71%), and slightly higher eIF-2(alpha P) levels (from 10 to 16% of total eIF-2) with respect to cells cultured in complete media. eIF-2B activity, as measured at saturating eIF-2. GDP concentrations (assay independent on the presence of eIF-2(alpha P)) was similar under the two culture conditions. When neurons cultured in serum-free medium are exposed to complete medium for only 24 h, there is a clear decrease in the phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha (16-3%). This decrease correlates in time with an increase in the protein synthesis rate (154%), as well as eIF-2 activity (236%). The increased levels of eIF-2(alpha P), a competitive inhibitor of eIF-2B in the guanine-exchange reaction, are responsible for the decreased eIF-2B activity found in the neurons cultured in serum-free medium. Additionally, eIF-2(alpha P) is accountable for the lower effect of exogenous eIF-2B in ternary complex formation from preformed eIF-2. GDP in the serum-free media. These changes in phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha in normal mammalian cells in response to changes in the extracellular medium are reported here for the first time.
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- A Alcázar
- Departamento de Investigación, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Gilligan M, Welsh GI, Flynn A, Bujalska I, Diggle TA, Denton RM, Proud CG, Docherty K. Glucose stimulates the activity of the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor eIF-2B in isolated rat islets of Langerhans. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:2121-5. [PMID: 8567668 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.4.2121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Over short time periods glucose controls insulin biosynthesis predominantly through effects on preexisting mRNA. However, the mechanisms underlying the translational control of insulin synthesis are unknown. The present study was carried out to determine the effect of glucose on the activity and/or phosphorylation status of eukaryotic initiation and elongation factors in islets. Glucose was found to increase the activity of the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor eIF-2B over a rapid time course (within 15 min) and over the same range of glucose concentrations as those that stimulate insulin synthesis (3-20 mM). A nonmetabolizable analogue of glucose (mannoheptulose), which does not stimulate insulin synthesis, failed to activate eIF-2B. The best characterized mechanism for modulating eIF-2B activity involves changes in the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of its substrate eIF-2. However, in islets, no change in eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation was seen under conditions where eIF-2B activity was increased, implying that glucose regulates eIF-2B via an alternative pathway. Glucose also did not affect the phosphorylation states of three other regulatory translation factors. These are the cap-binding factor eIF-4E, 4E-binding protein-1, and elongation factor eEF-2, which do not therefore seem likely to be involved modulating the translation of the preproinsulin mRNA under these conditions.
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- M Gilligan
- Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Kingdom
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Kimball SR, Mellor H, Flowers KM, Jefferson LS. Role of translation initiation factor eIF-2B in the regulation of protein synthesis in mammalian cells. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 54:165-96. [PMID: 8768075 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- S R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033, USA
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Dever TE, Yang W, Aström S, Byström AS, Hinnebusch AG. Modulation of tRNA(iMet), eIF-2, and eIF-2B expression shows that GCN4 translation is inversely coupled to the level of eIF-2.GTP.Met-tRNA(iMet) ternary complexes. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:6351-63. [PMID: 7565788 PMCID: PMC230887 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.11.6351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To understand how phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF)-2 alpha in Saccharomyces cerevisiae stimulates GCN4 mRNA translation while at the same time inhibiting general translation initiation, we examined the effects of altering the gene dosage of initiator tRNA(Met), eIF-2, and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for eIF-2, eIF-2B. Overexpression of all three subunits of eIF-2 or all five subunits of eIF-2B suppressed the effects of eIF-2 alpha hyperphosphorylation on both GCN4-specific and general translation initiation. Consistent with eIF-2 functioning in translation as part of a ternary complex composed of eIF-2, GTP, and Met-tRNA(iMet), reduced gene dosage of initiator tRNA(Met) mimicked phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha and stimulated GCN4 translation. In addition, overexpression of a combination of eIF-2 and tRNA(iMet) suppressed the growth-inhibitory effects of eIF-2 hyperphosphorylation more effectively than an increase in the level of either component of the ternary complex alone. These results provide in vivo evidence that phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha reduces the activities of both eIF-2 and eIF-2B and that the eIF-2.GTP. Met-tRNA(iMet) ternary complex is the principal component limiting translation in cells when eIF-2 alpha is phosphorylated on serine 51. Analysis of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation in the eIF-2-overexpressing strain also provides in vivo evidence that phosphorylated eIF-2 acts as a competitive inhibitor of eIF-2B rather than forming an excessively stable inactive complex. Finally, our results demonstrate that the concentration of eIF-2-GTP. Met-tRNA(iMet) ternary complexes is the cardinal parameter determining the site of reinitiation on GCN4 mRNA and support the idea that reinitiation at GCN4 is inversely related to the concentration of ternary complexes in the cell.
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- T E Dever
- Section on Molecular Genetics of Lower Eukaryotes, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2785, USA
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Duncan RF. Cordycepin blocks recovery of non-heat-shock mRNA translation following heat shock in Drosophila. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 233:784-92. [PMID: 8521843 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.784_3.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Treatment of cells with cordycepin (3-deoxyadenosine), an inhibitor of cytoplasmic adenylation, blocks the restoration of normal translation following heat shock. Cordycepin also reduces heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) protein synthesis greater than 10-fold, while having little to no effect on mRNA accumulation. Parallel analysis of the poly(A)-binding protein detects no change in its abundance during heat shock or subsequent recovery. These results suggest that normal, non-heat-shock mRNA translational repression during heat shock may be caused by deadenylation, and that readenylation is required for restoration of activity. However, three independent analyses of the adenylation status of mRNAs during heat shock and recovery indicate that no significant changes in polyadenylation occur. (a) The total poly(A) content decreases by only about 10% during heat shock; (b) the size of the poly(A) tract decreases only marginally, from an average length of 75-90 nucleotides in non-heated cells to 45-60 nucleotides during heat shock; (c) virtually all mRNAs bind to oligo d(T)-cellulose, whether extracted from normal-temperature, heat-shock or recovered cells. Our results are most consistent with a model where the process of readenylation, rather than the specific poly(A) tail length, influences translational activation during recovery, paralleling a proposed model for the activation of translation during Xenopus oocyte maturation.
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- R F Duncan
- University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology 90033, USA
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Rhoads RE, Lamphear BJ. Cap-independent translation of heat shock messenger RNAs. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1995; 203:131-53. [PMID: 7555088 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79663-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- R E Rhoads
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA
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Palfrey HC, Nairn AC. Calcium-dependent regulation of protein synthesis. ADVANCES IN SECOND MESSENGER AND PHOSPHOPROTEIN RESEARCH 1995; 30:191-223. [PMID: 7695990 DOI: 10.1016/s1040-7952(05)80008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- H C Palfrey
- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Kimball SR, Karinch AM, Feldhoff RC, Mellor H, Jefferson LS. Purification and characterization of eukaryotic translational initiation factor eIF-2B from liver. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1201:473-81. [PMID: 7803480 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(94)90079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-2B was purified to greater than 95% homogeneity from both rat and bovine liver. The purified protein consisted of five nonidentical subunits with apparent molecular weights ranging from 30.9 to 89.1 kDa. The holoprotein was characterized in terms of its Stokes radius and frictional coefficient. The isoelectric points for the beta-, gamma-, and epsilon-subunits were found to be 6.4, 6.9, and approximately 6.0, respectively; the alpha- and delta-subunits did not focus well because their isoelectric points as predicted by the nucleotide sequences of cDNAs for the two proteins are greater than 8.5. The purified protein was used as antigen to generate monoclonal antibodies to the epsilon-subunit. The eIF-2B epsilon monoclonal antibodies and monoclonal antibodies to the alpha-subunit of eIF-2 were then used to directly quantitate the amounts of eIF-2B and eIF-2 in rat liver and rat reticulocytes. The ratio of eIF-2B to eIF-2 was found to be approx. 0.6 and 0.3 in liver and reticulocytes, respectively, supporting the proposition that phosphorylation of only part of the total cellular eIF-2 could potentially sequester all of the eIF-2B into an inactive eIF-2.eIF-2B complex. The purified protein was also used as substrate in protein kinase assays. Extracts of rat liver were shown to contain protein kinase activity directed toward the epsilon-subunit, but no other subunit of eIF-2B. Overall, the studies presented here are the first to show a direct quantitation of eIF-2 and eIF-2B in different tissues. They also provide evidence that the epsilon-subunit of eIF-2B is the only subunit of eIF-2B that is phosphorylated by protein kinase(s) present in extracts of rat liver.
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- S R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, 17033
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Burda J, Martín ME, García A, Alcázar A, Fando JL, Salinas M. Phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of initiation factor 2 correlates with the inhibition of translation following transient cerebral ischaemia in the rat. Biochem J 1994; 302 ( Pt 2):335-8. [PMID: 8092984 PMCID: PMC1137233 DOI: 10.1042/bj3020335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Rats were subjected to the standard four-vessel occlusion model of cerebral transient ischaemia (vertebral and carotid arteries) for 15 and 30 min. After a 30 min recirculation period, protein synthesis rate, initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activities, and the level of phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eIF-2 (eIF-2 alpha) were determined in the neocortex region of the brain from sham-operated controls and ischaemic animals. Following reversible cerebral ischaemia, the protein synthesis rate, as measured in a cell-free system, was significantly inhibited (70%) in the ischaemic animals. eIF-2 activity, as measured by its ability to form a ternary complex, also decrease parallel to the decrease in protein synthesis. As eIF-2 activity was assayed in the presence of Mg2+ and GTP-regenerating capacity, the decrease in ternary-complex formation indicated the possible impairment of GEF activity. Since phosphorylated eIF-2 [eIF-2(alpha P)] is a powerful inhibitor of GEF, the levels of phosphorylated eIF-2 alpha were determined, and an increase from 7% phosphorylation in sham control rats to 20% phosphorylation in 15 min and 29% phosphorylation in 30 min in ischaemic rats was observed, providing evidence for a tight correlation of phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha and inhibition of protein synthesis. Moreover, GEF activity measured in the GDP-exchange assay was in fact inhibited in the ischaemic animals, proving that protein synthesis is impaired by the presence of eIF-2(alpha P), which blocks eIF-2 recycling.
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- J Burda
- Department of Neurochemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice
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Mellor H, Kimball SR, Jefferson LS. Brefeldin A inhibits protein synthesis through the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2. FEBS Lett 1994; 350:143-6. [PMID: 8062914 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00756-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Brefeldin A is a fungal metabolite which disrupts protein traffic through the Golgi apparatus and thereby inhibits protein secretion. Recently, it has been shown that Brefeldin A also causes a marked decrease in the rate of protein synthesis in cells in culture [1992, FEBS Lett. 314, 371-374]. We show here that treatment of rat GH3 pituitary cells with Brefeldin A leads to an inhibition of protein synthesis at the level of peptide-chain initiation through a mechanism involving the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF-2 alpha).
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- H Mellor
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033
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Singh LP, Arorr AR, Wahba AJ. Phosphorylation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor and eukaryotic initiation factor 2 by casein kinase II regulates guanine nucleotide binding and GDP/GTP exchange. Biochemistry 1994; 33:9152-7. [PMID: 8049218 DOI: 10.1021/bi00197a018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In mammalian cells, chain initiation factor (eIF) 2 and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) play a major role in the regulation of polypeptide chain initiation. Since guanine nucleotide exchange is the rate-limiting step in the recycling of eIF-2, we examined the effects of phosphorylation of GEF and eIF-2 on guanine nucleotide binding and the rate of GDP/GTP exchange. Phosphorylation of the 82-kDa subunit of GEF in vitro by casein kinase (CK) II results in the stimulation of guanine nucleotide exchange [Dholakia, J. N., & Wahba, A. J. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85, 51-54]. CK-II also phosphorylates the beta-subunit of eIF2, but the significance of this phosphorylation has not previously been investigated. In this study we demonstrate that treatment of CK-II-phosphorylated GEF or eIF-2 with alkaline phosphatase specifically removes more than 85% of the phosphate incorporated into the factors and alters guanine nucleotide binding to these proteins. In the presence of 1 mM Mg2+, the amount of GTP bound to dephosphorylated GEF is reduced 3.8-fold as compared to that of the CK-II-phosphorylated GEF. Rephosphorylation with CK-II restores GTP binding and increases 4-5-fold the activity of GEF in the exchange of eIF-2-bound GDP for free GTP. On the other hand, the extent of GDP binding to dephosphorylated eIF-2 is increased 2.3-fold as compared to that to the isolated eIF-2. The rate of GEF-catalyzed exchange of dephosphorylated eIF-2-bound GDP for GTP is approximately 2-fold slower than that with the isolated eIF-2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- L P Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216
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Beck S, De Maio A. Stabilization of protein synthesis in thermotolerant cells during heat shock. Association of heat shock protein-72 with ribosomal subunits of polysomes. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31875-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Expression of mutant eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha subunit (eIF-2 alpha) reduces inhibition of guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B mediated by eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8007958 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The inhibition of protein synthesis that occurs upon phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2 alpha) at serine 51 correlates with reduced guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B in vivo and inhibition of eIF-2B activity in vitro, although it is not known if phosphorylation is the cause of the reduced eIF-2B activity in vivo. To characterize the importance of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation in the regulation of eIF-2B activity, we studied the overexpression of mutant eIF-2 alpha subunits in which serine 48 or 51 was replaced by an alanine (48A or 51A mutant). Previous studies demonstrated that the 51A mutant was resistant to phosphorylation, whereas the 48A mutant was a substrate for phosphorylation. Additionally, expression of either mutant partially protected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells from the inhibition of protein synthesis in response to heat shock treatment (P. Murtha-Riel, M. V. Davies, J. B. Scherer, S. Y. Choi, J. W. B. Hershey, and R. J. Kaufman, J. Biol. Chem. 268:12946-12951, 1993). In this study, we show that eIF-2B activity was inhibited in parental CHO cell extracts upon addition of purified reticulocyte heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI), an eIF-2 alpha kinase that phosphorylates Ser-51. Preincubation with purified HRI also reduced the eIF-2B activity in extracts from cells overexpressing wild-type eIF-2 alpha. In contrast, the eIF-2B activity was not readily inhibited in extracts from cells overexpressing either the eIF-2 alpha 48A or 51A mutant. In addition, eIF-2B activity was decreased in extracts prepared from heat-shocked cells overexpressing wild-type eIF-2 alpha, whereas the decrease in eIF-2B activity was less in heat-shocked cells overexpressing either mutant 48A or mutant 51A. While the phosphorylation at serine 51 in eIF-2 alpha impairs the eIF-2B activity, we propose that serine 48 acts to maintain a high affinity between phosphorylated eIF-2 alpha and eIF-2B, thereby inactivating eIF-2B activity. These findings support the hypothesis that phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha inhibits protein synthesis directly through reducing eIF-2B activity and emphasize the importance of both serine 48 and serine 51 in the interaction with eIF-2B and regulation of eIF-2B activity.
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Ramaiah KV, Davies MV, Chen JJ, Kaufman RJ. Expression of mutant eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha subunit (eIF-2 alpha) reduces inhibition of guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B mediated by eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:4546-53. [PMID: 8007958 PMCID: PMC358826 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4546-4553.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The inhibition of protein synthesis that occurs upon phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2 alpha) at serine 51 correlates with reduced guanine nucleotide exchange activity of eIF-2B in vivo and inhibition of eIF-2B activity in vitro, although it is not known if phosphorylation is the cause of the reduced eIF-2B activity in vivo. To characterize the importance of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation in the regulation of eIF-2B activity, we studied the overexpression of mutant eIF-2 alpha subunits in which serine 48 or 51 was replaced by an alanine (48A or 51A mutant). Previous studies demonstrated that the 51A mutant was resistant to phosphorylation, whereas the 48A mutant was a substrate for phosphorylation. Additionally, expression of either mutant partially protected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells from the inhibition of protein synthesis in response to heat shock treatment (P. Murtha-Riel, M. V. Davies, J. B. Scherer, S. Y. Choi, J. W. B. Hershey, and R. J. Kaufman, J. Biol. Chem. 268:12946-12951, 1993). In this study, we show that eIF-2B activity was inhibited in parental CHO cell extracts upon addition of purified reticulocyte heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI), an eIF-2 alpha kinase that phosphorylates Ser-51. Preincubation with purified HRI also reduced the eIF-2B activity in extracts from cells overexpressing wild-type eIF-2 alpha. In contrast, the eIF-2B activity was not readily inhibited in extracts from cells overexpressing either the eIF-2 alpha 48A or 51A mutant. In addition, eIF-2B activity was decreased in extracts prepared from heat-shocked cells overexpressing wild-type eIF-2 alpha, whereas the decrease in eIF-2B activity was less in heat-shocked cells overexpressing either mutant 48A or mutant 51A. While the phosphorylation at serine 51 in eIF-2 alpha impairs the eIF-2B activity, we propose that serine 48 acts to maintain a high affinity between phosphorylated eIF-2 alpha and eIF-2B, thereby inactivating eIF-2B activity. These findings support the hypothesis that phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha inhibits protein synthesis directly through reducing eIF-2B activity and emphasize the importance of both serine 48 and serine 51 in the interaction with eIF-2B and regulation of eIF-2B activity.
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- K V Ramaiah
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Mutations in the GCD7 subunit of yeast guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF-2B overcome the inhibitory effects of phosphorylated eIF-2 on translation initiation. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8164676 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.5.3208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF-2 alpha) impairs translation initiation by inhibiting the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for eIF-2, known as eIF-2B. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha by the protein kinase GCN2 specifically stimulates translation of GCN4 mRNA in addition to reducing general protein synthesis. We isolated mutations in several unlinked genes that suppress the growth-inhibitory effect of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation catalyzed by mutationally activated forms of GCN2. These suppressor mutations, affecting eIF-2 alpha and the essential subunits of eIF-2B encoded by GCD7 and GCD2, do not reduce the level of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation in cells expressing the activated GCN2c kinase. Four GCD7 suppressors were shown to reduce the derepression of GCN4 translation in cells containing wild-type GCN2 under starvation conditions or in GCN2c strains. A fifth GCD7 allele, constructed in vitro by combining two of the GCD7 suppressors mutations, completely impaired the derepression of GCN4 translation, a phenotype characteristic of deletions in GCN1, GCN2, or GCN3. This double GCD7 mutation also completely suppressed the lethal effect of expressing the mammalian eIF-2 alpha kinase dsRNA-PK in yeast cells, showing that the translational machinery had been rendered completely insensitive to phosphorylated eIF-2. None of the GCD7 mutations had any detrimental effect on cell growth under nonstarvation conditions, suggesting that recycling of eIF-2 occurs efficiently in the suppressor strains. We propose that GCD7 and GCD2 play important roles in the regulatory interaction between eIF-2 and eIF-2B and that the suppressor mutations we isolated in these genes decrease the susceptibility of eIF-2B to the inhibitory effects of phosphorylated eIF-2 without impairing the essential catalytic function of eIF-2B in translation initiation.
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All organisms from bacteria to man respond to an exposure to higher than physiological temperatures by reprogramming their gene expression, leading to the increased synthesis of a unique set of proteins termed heat shock proteins (hsps). The hsps function as molecular chaperones in both normal and stressed cells. The rapid and efficient synthesis of hsps is achieved as a result of changes occurring at gene transcription, RNA processing and degradation, and mRNA translation. With regard to the translational regulation, the emerging picture is that the two key steps of polypeptide chain initiation, namely mRNA binding and Met-tRNA(i) binding to ribosomes, are regulated in heat-shocked mammalian cells. In Drosophila, mRNA binding is regulated by a structural feature of the leader of heat shock mRNAs and by the inactivation of eukaryotic initiation factor- (eIF-) 4F. No clear evidence for changes in Met-tRNA(i) binding has been obtained yet.
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- J M Sierra
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Vazquez de Aldana CR, Hinnebusch AG. Mutations in the GCD7 subunit of yeast guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF-2B overcome the inhibitory effects of phosphorylated eIF-2 on translation initiation. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:3208-22. [PMID: 8164676 PMCID: PMC358688 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.5.3208-3222.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF-2 alpha) impairs translation initiation by inhibiting the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for eIF-2, known as eIF-2B. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha by the protein kinase GCN2 specifically stimulates translation of GCN4 mRNA in addition to reducing general protein synthesis. We isolated mutations in several unlinked genes that suppress the growth-inhibitory effect of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation catalyzed by mutationally activated forms of GCN2. These suppressor mutations, affecting eIF-2 alpha and the essential subunits of eIF-2B encoded by GCD7 and GCD2, do not reduce the level of eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation in cells expressing the activated GCN2c kinase. Four GCD7 suppressors were shown to reduce the derepression of GCN4 translation in cells containing wild-type GCN2 under starvation conditions or in GCN2c strains. A fifth GCD7 allele, constructed in vitro by combining two of the GCD7 suppressors mutations, completely impaired the derepression of GCN4 translation, a phenotype characteristic of deletions in GCN1, GCN2, or GCN3. This double GCD7 mutation also completely suppressed the lethal effect of expressing the mammalian eIF-2 alpha kinase dsRNA-PK in yeast cells, showing that the translational machinery had been rendered completely insensitive to phosphorylated eIF-2. None of the GCD7 mutations had any detrimental effect on cell growth under nonstarvation conditions, suggesting that recycling of eIF-2 occurs efficiently in the suppressor strains. We propose that GCD7 and GCD2 play important roles in the regulatory interaction between eIF-2 and eIF-2B and that the suppressor mutations we isolated in these genes decrease the susceptibility of eIF-2B to the inhibitory effects of phosphorylated eIF-2 without impairing the essential catalytic function of eIF-2B in translation initiation.
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- C R Vazquez de Aldana
- Section on Molecular Genetics of Lower Eukaryotes, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Clemens MJ. Regulation of eukaryotic protein synthesis by protein kinases that phosphorylate initiation factor eIF-2. Mol Biol Rep 1994; 19:201-10. [PMID: 7969108 DOI: 10.1007/bf00986962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- M J Clemens
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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The mouse HSP47 gene consists of six exons separated by five introns. Three HSP47 cDNAs differing only in their 5' noncoding regions have been reported. One of these alternatively spliced mRNAs was detected only after heat shock, which caused an alternative 5' splice donor site selection. Other stress inducers, including an amino acid analog and sodium arsenite, had no effect on the alternative splicing. The alternatively spliced mRNA, which was 169 nucleotides longer in the 5' noncoding region compared to mRNA transcribed in non-heat shock conditions, was efficiently translated under heat shock conditions. This novel finding that alternative splicing is caused by artificial treatment like heat shock will provide a useful in vivo model for understanding the exon-intron recognition mechanism as well as heat shock-induced alterations in gene expression.
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Redpath NT, Proud CG. Molecular mechanisms in the control of translation by hormones and growth factors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1220:147-62. [PMID: 8312359 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(94)90130-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- N T Redpath
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
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Takechi H, Hosokawa N, Hirayoshi K, Nagata K. Alternative 5' splice site selection induced by heat shock. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:567-75. [PMID: 8264624 PMCID: PMC358406 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.1.567-575.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The mouse HSP47 gene consists of six exons separated by five introns. Three HSP47 cDNAs differing only in their 5' noncoding regions have been reported. One of these alternatively spliced mRNAs was detected only after heat shock, which caused an alternative 5' splice donor site selection. Other stress inducers, including an amino acid analog and sodium arsenite, had no effect on the alternative splicing. The alternatively spliced mRNA, which was 169 nucleotides longer in the 5' noncoding region compared to mRNA transcribed in non-heat shock conditions, was efficiently translated under heat shock conditions. This novel finding that alternative splicing is caused by artificial treatment like heat shock will provide a useful in vivo model for understanding the exon-intron recognition mechanism as well as heat shock-induced alterations in gene expression.
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- H Takechi
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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