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Scarpin MR, Simmons CH, Brunkard JO. Translating across kingdoms: target of rapamycin promotes protein synthesis through conserved and divergent pathways in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:7016-7025. [PMID: 35770874 PMCID: PMC9664230 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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mRNA translation is the growth rate-limiting step in genome expression. Target of rapamycin (TOR) evolved a central regulatory role in eukaryotes as a signaling hub that monitors nutrient availability to maintain homeostasis and promote growth, largely by increasing the rate of translation initiation and protein synthesis. The dynamic pathways engaged by TOR to regulate translation remain debated even in well-studied yeast and mammalian models, however, despite decades of intense investigation. Recent studies have firmly established that TOR also regulates mRNA translation in plants through conserved mechanisms, such as the TOR-LARP1-5'TOP signaling axis, and through pathways specific to plants. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the regulation of mRNA translation in plants by TOR.
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- M Regina Scarpin
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley,CA, USA
- Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Scarpin MR, Leiboff S, Brunkard JO. Parallel global profiling of plant TOR dynamics reveals a conserved role for LARP1 in translation. eLife 2020; 9:e58795. [PMID: 33054972 PMCID: PMC7584452 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Target of rapamycin (TOR) is a protein kinase that coordinates eukaryotic metabolism. In mammals, TOR specifically promotes translation of ribosomal protein (RP) mRNAs when amino acids are available to support protein synthesis. The mechanisms controlling translation downstream from TOR remain contested, however, and are largely unexplored in plants. To define these mechanisms in plants, we globally profiled the plant TOR-regulated transcriptome, translatome, proteome, and phosphoproteome. We found that TOR regulates ribosome biogenesis in plants at multiple levels, but through mechanisms that do not directly depend on 5' oligopyrimidine tract motifs (5'TOPs) found in mammalian RP mRNAs. We then show that the TOR-LARP1-5'TOP signaling axis is conserved in plants and regulates expression of a core set of eukaryotic 5'TOP mRNAs, as well as new, plant-specific 5'TOP mRNAs. Our study illuminates ancestral roles of the TOR-LARP1-5'TOP metabolic regulatory network and provides evolutionary context for ongoing debates about the molecular function of LARP1.
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- M Regina Scarpin
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Plant Gene Expression Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research ServiceAlbanyUnited States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Plant Gene Expression Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research ServiceAlbanyUnited States
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State UniversityCorvallisUnited States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Plant Gene Expression Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research ServiceAlbanyUnited States
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin—MadisonMadisonUnited States
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Harvey RF, Smith TS, Mulroney T, Queiroz RML, Pizzinga M, Dezi V, Villenueva E, Ramakrishna M, Lilley KS, Willis AE. Trans-acting translational regulatory RNA binding proteins. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2018; 9:e1465. [PMID: 29341429 PMCID: PMC5947564 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The canonical molecular machinery required for global mRNA translation and its control has been well defined, with distinct sets of proteins involved in the processes of translation initiation, elongation and termination. Additionally, noncanonical, trans-acting regulatory RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are necessary to provide mRNA-specific translation, and these interact with 5' and 3' untranslated regions and coding regions of mRNA to regulate ribosome recruitment and transit. Recently it has also been demonstrated that trans-acting ribosomal proteins direct the translation of specific mRNAs. Importantly, it has been shown that subsets of RBPs often work in concert, forming distinct regulatory complexes upon different cellular perturbation, creating an RBP combinatorial code, which through the translation of specific subsets of mRNAs, dictate cell fate. With the development of new methodologies, a plethora of novel RNA binding proteins have recently been identified, although the function of many of these proteins within mRNA translation is unknown. In this review we will discuss these methodologies and their shortcomings when applied to the study of translation, which need to be addressed to enable a better understanding of trans-acting translational regulatory proteins. Moreover, we discuss the protein domains that are responsible for RNA binding as well as the RNA motifs to which they bind, and the role of trans-acting ribosomal proteins in directing the translation of specific mRNAs. This article is categorized under: RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > RNA-Protein Complexes Translation > Translation Regulation Translation > Translation Mechanisms.
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- Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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The molecular basis of mTORC1-regulated translation. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:213-221. [PMID: 28202675 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is a master regulator of cell growth throughout eukaryotes. The pathway senses nutrient and other growth signals, and then orchestrates the complex systems of anabolic and catabolic metabolism that underpin the growth process. A central target of mTOR signaling is the translation machinery. mTOR uses a multitude of translation factors to drive the bulk production of protein that growth requires, but also to direct a post-transcriptional program of growth-specific gene expression. This review will discuss current understanding of how mTOR controls these mechanisms and their functions in growth control.
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Dobrenel T, Mancera-Martínez E, Forzani C, Azzopardi M, Davanture M, Moreau M, Schepetilnikov M, Chicher J, Langella O, Zivy M, Robaglia C, Ryabova LA, Hanson J, Meyer C. The Arabidopsis TOR Kinase Specifically Regulates the Expression of Nuclear Genes Coding for Plastidic Ribosomal Proteins and the Phosphorylation of the Cytosolic Ribosomal Protein S6. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1611. [PMID: 27877176 PMCID: PMC5100631 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Protein translation is an energy consuming process that has to be fine-tuned at both the cell and organism levels to match the availability of resources. The target of rapamycin kinase (TOR) is a key regulator of a large range of biological processes in response to environmental cues. In this study, we have investigated the effects of TOR inactivation on the expression and regulation of Arabidopsis ribosomal proteins at different levels of analysis, namely from transcriptomic to phosphoproteomic. TOR inactivation resulted in a coordinated down-regulation of the transcription and translation of nuclear-encoded mRNAs coding for plastidic ribosomal proteins, which could explain the chlorotic phenotype of the TOR silenced plants. We have identified in the 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of this set of genes a conserved sequence related to the 5' terminal oligopyrimidine motif, which is known to confer translational regulation by the TOR kinase in other eukaryotes. Furthermore, the phosphoproteomic analysis of the ribosomal fraction following TOR inactivation revealed a lower phosphorylation of the conserved Ser240 residue in the C-terminal region of the 40S ribosomal protein S6 (RPS6). These results were confirmed by Western blot analysis using an antibody that specifically recognizes phosphorylated Ser240 in RPS6. Finally, this antibody was used to follow TOR activity in plants. Our results thus uncover a multi-level regulation of plant ribosomal genes and proteins by the TOR kinase.
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- Thomas Dobrenel
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SaclayVersailles, France
- Université Paris-Sud–Université Paris-SaclayOrsay, France
- Umeå Plant Science Center, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå UniversityUmeå, Sweden
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357 CNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SaclayVersailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SaclayVersailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SaclayVersailles, France
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, UMR 7265, DSV, IBEB, SBVME, CEA, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences de LuminyMarseille, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357 CNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg-Esplanade, CNRS FRC1589, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireStrasbourg, France
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- Plateforme PAPPSO, UMR GQE-Le MoulonGif sur Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, UMR 7265, DSV, IBEB, SBVME, CEA, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences de LuminyMarseille, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357 CNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Umeå Plant Science Center, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå UniversityUmeå, Sweden
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SaclayVersailles, France
- *Correspondence: Christian Meyer,
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Meyuhas O, Kahan T. The race to decipher the top secrets of TOP mRNAs. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1849:801-11. [PMID: 25234618 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cells encountering hostile growth conditions, like those residing in the middle of a newly developing solid tumor, conserve resources and energy by downregulating protein synthesis. One mechanism in this response is the translational repression of multiple mRNAs that encode components of the translational apparatus. This coordinated translational control is carried through a common cis-regulatory element, the 5' Terminal OligoPyrimidine motif (5'TOP), after which these mRNAs are referred to as TOP mRNAs. Subsequent to the initial structural and functional characterization of members of this family, the research of TOP mRNAs has progressed in three major directions: a) delineating the landscape of the family; b) establishing the pathways that transduce stress cues into selective translational repression; and c) attempting to decipher the most proximal trans-acting factor(s) and defining its mode of action--a repressor or activator. The present chapter critically reviews the development in these three avenues of research with a special emphasis on the two "top secrets" of the TOP mRNA family: the scope of its members and the identity of the proximal cellular regulator(s). This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translation and Cancer.
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- Oded Meyuhas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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- Bioinformatics Unit, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Biswas MK, Xu Q, Mayer C, Deng X. Genome wide characterization of short tandem repeat markers in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). PLoS One 2014; 9:e104182. [PMID: 25148383 PMCID: PMC4141690 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) is one of the major cultivated and most-consumed citrus species. With the goal of enhancing the genomic resources in citrus, we surveyed, developed and characterized microsatellite markers in the ≈347 Mb sequence assembly of the sweet orange genome. A total of 50,846 SSRs were identified with a frequency of 146.4 SSRs/Mbp. Dinucleotide repeats are the most frequent repeat class and the highest density of SSRs was found in chromosome 4. SSRs are non-randomly distributed in the genome and most of the SSRs (62.02%) are located in the intergenic regions. We found that AT-rich SSRs are more frequent than GC-rich SSRs. A total number of 21,248 SSR primers were successfully developed, which represents 89 SSR markers per Mb of the genome. A subset of 950 developed SSR primer pairs were synthesized and tested by wet lab experiments on a set of 16 citrus accessions. In total we identified 534 (56.21%) polymorphic SSR markers that will be useful in citrus improvement. The number of amplified alleles ranges from 2 to 12 with an average of 4 alleles per marker and an average PIC value of 0.75. The newly developed sweet orange primer sequences, their in silico PCR products, exact position in the genome assembly and putative function are made publicly available. We present the largest number of SSR markers ever developed for a citrus species. Almost two thirds of the markers are transferable to 16 citrus relatives and may be used for constructing a high density linkage map. In addition, they are valuable for marker-assisted selection studies, population structure analyses and comparative genomic studies of C. sinensis with other citrus related species. Altogether, these markers provide a significant contribution to the citrus research community.
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- Manosh Kumar Biswas
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education (MOE), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education (MOE), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education (MOE), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
- * E-mail:
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Vaughn JN, Ellingson SR, Mignone F, von Arnim A. Known and novel post-transcriptional regulatory sequences are conserved across plant families. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:368-84. [PMID: 22237150 PMCID: PMC3285926 DOI: 10.1261/rna.031179.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The sequence elements that mediate post-transcriptional gene regulation often reside in the 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNAs. Using six different families of dicotyledonous plants, we developed a comparative transcriptomics pipeline for the identification and annotation of deeply conserved regulatory sequences in the 5' and 3' UTRs. Our approach was robust to confounding effects of poor UTR alignability and rampant paralogy in plants. In the 3' UTR, motifs resembling PUMILIO-binding sites form a prominent group of conserved motifs. Additionally, Expansins, one of the few plant mRNA families known to be localized to specific subcellular sites, possess a core conserved RCCCGC motif. In the 5' UTR, one major subset of motifs consists of purine-rich repeats. A distinct and substantial fraction possesses upstream AUG start codons. Half of the AUG containing motifs reveal hidden protein-coding potential in the 5' UTR, while the other half point to a peptide-independent function related to translation. Among the former, we added four novel peptides to the small catalog of conserved-peptide uORFs. Among the latter, our case studies document patterns of uORF evolution that include gain and loss of uORFs, switches in uORF reading frame, and switches in uORF length and position. In summary, nearly three hundred post-transcriptional elements show evidence of purifying selection across the eudicot branch of flowering plants, indicating a regulatory function spanning at least 70 million years. Some of these sequences have experimental precedent, but many are novel and encourage further exploration.
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- Justin N. Vaughn
- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Strutturale e Stereochimica Inorganica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Corresponding author.E-mail .
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Widespread translational control contributes to the regulation of Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. Mol Syst Biol 2012; 8:566. [PMID: 22252389 PMCID: PMC3296358 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2011.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Environmental light regulates and optimizes plant growth and development. Genomic profiling of polysome-associated mRNA reveals that light stimulates dramatic changes in translational regulation, which contribute more to light-induced gene expression changes than transcriptional regulation. ![]()
Translational control has a stronger impact on gene expression regulation than transcriptomic changes during photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Transcriptional and translational regulations have complementary and distinct impacts on biochemical pathways and biological processes. Light-mediated translational control prefers stable and shorter mRNAs. mRNAs with TAGGGTTT in their 5′ untranslated region have higher translatability.
Environmental ‘light' has a vital role in regulating plant growth and development. Transcriptomic profiling has been widely used to examine how light regulates mRNA levels on a genome-wide scale, but the global role of translational regulation in the response to light is unknown. Through a transcriptomic comparison of steady-state and polysome-bound mRNAs, we reveal a clear impact of translational control on thousands of genes, in addition to transcriptomic changes, during photomorphogenesis. Genes encoding ribosomal protein are preferentially regulated at the translational level, which possibly contributes to the enhanced translation efficiency. We also reveal that mRNAs regulated at the translational level share characteristics of longer half-lives and shorter cDNA length, and that transcripts with a cis-element, TAGGGTTT, in their 5′ untranslated region have higher translatability. We report a previously neglected aspect of gene expression regulation during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. The identities and molecular signatures associated with mRNAs regulated at the translational level also offer new directions for mechanistic studies of light-triggered translational enhancement in Arabidopsis.
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González IM, Martin PM, Burdsal C, Sloan JL, Mager S, Harris T, Sutherland AE. Leucine and arginine regulate trophoblast motility through mTOR-dependent and independent pathways in the preimplantation mouse embryo. Dev Biol 2011; 361:286-300. [PMID: 22056783 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Uterine implantation is a critical element of mammalian reproduction and is a tightly and highly coordinated event. An intricate and reciprocal uterine-embryo dialog exists to synchronize uterine receptivity with the concomitant activation of the blastocyst, maximizing implantation success. While a number of pathways involved in regulating uterine receptivity have been identified in the mouse, less is understood about blastocyst activation, the process by which the trophectoderm (TE) receives extrinsic cues that initiate new characteristics essential for implantation. Amino acids (AA) have been found to regulate blastocyst activation and TE motility in vitro. In particular, we find that arginine and leucine alone are necessary and sufficient to induce TE motility. Both arginine and leucine act individually and additively to propagate signals that are dependent on the activity of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). The activities of the well-established downstream targets of mTORC1, p70S6K and 4EBP, do not correlate with trophoblast motility, suggesting that an independent-rapamycin-sensitive pathway operates to induce trophoblast motility, or that other, parallel amino acid-dependent pathways are also involved. We find that endogenous uterine factors act to induce mTORC1 activation and trophoblast motility at a specific time during pregnancy, and that this uterine signal is later than the previously defined signal that induces the attachment reaction. In vivo matured blastocysts exhibit competence to respond to an 8-hour AA stimulus by activating mTOR and subsequently undergoing trophoblast outgrowth by the morning of day 4.5 of pregnancy, but not on day 3.5. By the late afternoon of day 4.5, the embryos no longer require any exposure to AA to undergo trophoblast outgrowth in vitro, demonstrating the existence and timing of an equivalent in vivo signal. These results suggest that there are two separate uterine signals regulating implantation, one that primes the embryo for the attachment reaction and another that activates mTOR and initiates invasive behavior.
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- Isabel M González
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA.
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McIntosh KB, Degenhardt RF, Bonham-Smith PC. Sequence context for transcription and translation of the Arabidopsis RPL23aA and RPL23aB paralogs. Genome 2011; 54:738-51. [PMID: 21883051 DOI: 10.1139/g11-029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The 80S cytoplasmic ribosome is responsible for translating the transcriptome into the proteome. Demand for ribosome production depends on growth rate, and both the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and ribosomal protein (RP) components must respond coordinately and rapidly to positive and negative growth stimuli to prevent deleterious effects of excess or insufficient subunits. The 81 RPs of the Arabidopsis 80S ribosome are encoded by multigene families that often exhibit overlapping patterns of transcript accumulation; however, only one isoform of each RP family (with the exception of a small number of acidic RPs) assembles into a single ribosome. Here we dissected the regulatory regions (RRs) of both members of the RPL23a family (RPL23aA and RPL23aB) to identify salient cis-acting elements involved in transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and translational regulation of expression. Full length and truncated RRs of RPL23a paralogs were cloned upstream of a GUS reporter gene and expressed in Arabidopsis transgenic plants. High level expression in mitotically active tissues, driven by RPL23aA and RPL23aB RRs, required TATA-box, telo-box, and site II motif elements. First and second introns were found to play a minor role in posttranscriptional regulation of paralogs, and conserved transcript features (e.g., UTR base composition) may be involved in enhancing translational efficiency. Overall, our results indicate that RPL23a expression is governed by a complex network of multiple regulatory layers.
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- Kerri B McIntosh
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Pan MH, Lin J, Prior JL, Piwnica-Worms D. Monitoring molecular-specific pharmacodynamics of rapamycin in vivo with inducible Gal4->Fluc transgenic reporter mice. Mol Cancer Ther 2010; 9:2752-60. [PMID: 20858726 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rapamycin (Rap), a small-molecule inhibitor of mTOR, is an immunosuppressant, and several Rap analogues are cancer chemotherapeutics. Further pharmacologic development will be significantly facilitated if in vivo reporter models are available to enable monitoring of molecular-specific pharmacodynamic actions of Rap and its analogues. Herein we present the use of a Gal4→Fluc reporter mouse for the study of Rap-induced mTOR/FKBP12 protein-protein interactions in vivo with the use of a mouse two-hybrid transactivation strategy, a derivative of the yeast two-hybrid system applied to live mice. Upon treatment with Rap, a bipartite transactivator was reconstituted, and transcription of a genomic firefly luciferase reporter was activated in a concentration-dependent (K(d) = 2.3 nmol/L) and FK506-competitive (K(i) = 17.1 nmol/L) manner in cellulo, as well as in a temporal and specific manner in vivo. In particular, after a single dose of Rap (4.5 mg/kg, i.p.), peak Rap-induced protein-protein interactions were observed in the liver at 24 hours post treatment, with photon flux signals 600-fold over baseline, which correlated temporally with suppression of p70S6 kinase activity, a downstream effector of mTOR. The Gal4→Fluc reporter mouse provides an intact physiologic system to interrogate protein-protein interactions and molecular-specific pharmacodynamics during drug discovery and lead characterization. Imaging protein interactions and functional proteomics in whole animals in vivo may serve as a basic tool for screening and mechanism-based analysis of small molecules targeting specific protein-protein interactions in human diseases.
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- Mei-Hsiu Pan
- Molecular Imaging Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, BRIGHT Institute, and Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Patel GP, Bag J. IMP1 interacts with poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) and the autoregulatory translational control element of PABP-mRNA through the KH III-IV domain. FEBS J 2006; 273:5678-90. [PMID: 17212783 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Repression of poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) mRNA translation involves the formation of a heterotrimeric ribonucleoprotein complex by the binding of PABP, insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein-1 (IMP1) and the unr gene encoded polypeptide (UNR) to the adenine-rich autoregulatory sequence (ARS) located at the 5' untranslated region of the PABP-mRNA. In this report, we have further characterized the interaction between PABP and IMP1 with the ARS at the molecular level. The dissociation constants of PABP and IMP1 for binding to the ARS RNA were determined to be 2.3 nM and 5.9 nM, respectively. Both PABP and IMP1 interact with each other, regardless of the presence of the ARS, through the conserved C-terminal PABP-C and K-homology (KH) III-IV domains, respectively. Interaction of PABP with the ARS requires at least three out of its four RNA-binding domains, whereas KH III-IV domain of IMP1 is necessary and sufficient for binding to the ARS. In addition, the strongest binding site for both PABP and IMP1 on the ARS was determined to be within the 22 nucleotide-long CCCAAAAAAAUUUACAAAAAA sequence located at the 3' end of the ARS. Results of our analysis suggest that both protein x protein and protein x RNA interactions are involved in forming a stable ribonucleoprotein complex at the ARS of PABP mRNA.
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- Gopal P Patel
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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McIntosh KB, Bonham-Smith PC. Ribosomal protein gene regulation: what about plants? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1139/b06-014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The ribosome is an intricate ribonucleoprotein complex with a multitude of protein constituents present in equimolar amounts. Coordination of the synthesis of these ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) presents a major challenge to the cell. Although most r-proteins are highly conserved, the mechanisms by which r-protein gene expression is regulated often differ widely among species. While the primary regulatory mechanisms coordinating r-protein synthesis in bacteria, yeast, and animals have been identified, the mechanisms governing the coordination of plant r-protein expression remain largely unexplored. In addition, plants are unique among eukaryotes in carrying multiple (often more than two) functional genes encoding each r-protein, which substantially complicates coordinate expression. A survey of the current knowledge regarding coordinated systems of r-protein gene expression in different model organisms suggests that vertebrate r-protein gene regulation provides a valuable comparison for plants.
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- Kerri B. McIntosh
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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Patel GP, Ma S, Bag J. The autoregulatory translational control element of poly(A)-binding protein mRNA forms a heteromeric ribonucleoprotein complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:7074-89. [PMID: 16356927 PMCID: PMC1316114 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki1014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Repression of poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) mRNA translation involves the binding of PABP to the adenine-rich autoregulatory sequence (ARS) in the 5′-untranslated region of its own mRNA. In this report, we show that the ARS forms a complex in vitro with PABP, and two additional polypeptides of 63 and 105 kDa. The 63 and 105 kDa polypeptides were identified, as IMP1, an ortholog of chicken zip-code binding polypeptide, and UNR, a PABP binding polypeptide, respectively, by mass spectrometry of the ARS RNA affinity purified samples. Using a modified ribonucleoprotein (RNP) immunoprecipitation procedure we further show that indeed, both IMP1 and UNR bind to the ARS containing reporter RNA in vivo. Although both IMP1 and UNR could bind independently to the ARS RNA in vitro, their RNA-binding ability was stimulated by PABP. Mutational analyses of the ARS show that the presence of four of the six oligo(A) regions of the ARS was sufficient to repress translation and the length of the conserved pyrimidine spacers between the oligo(A) sequences was important for ARS function. The ability of mutant ARS RNAs to form the PABP, IMP1 and UNR containing RNP complex correlates well with the translational repressor activity of the ARS. There is also a direct relationship between the length of the poly(A) RNAs and their ability to form a trimeric complex with PABP, and to repress mRNA translation. UV crosslinking studies suggest that the ARS is less efficient than a poly(A) RNA of similar length, to bind to PABP. We show here that the ARS cannot efficiently form a trimeric complex with PABP; therefore, additional interactions with IMP1 and UNR to form a heteromeric RNP complex may be required for maximal repression of PABP mRNA translation under physiological conditions.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 519 824 4120 (Ext. 53390); Fax: +1 519 837 2075;
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Biecker E, De Gottardi A, Neef M, Unternährer M, Schneider V, Ledermann M, Sägesser H, Shaw S, Reichen J. Long-term treatment of bile duct-ligated rats with rapamycin (sirolimus) significantly attenuates liver fibrosis: analysis of the underlying mechanisms. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 313:952-61. [PMID: 15769867 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.079616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant with antiproliferative properties. We investigated whether rapamycin treatment of bile duct-ligated (BDL) rats is capable of inhibiting liver fibrosis and thereby affecting hemodynamics. Following BDL, rats were treated for 28 days with rapamycin (BDL SIR). BDL animals without drug treatment (BDL CTR) and sham-operated animals served as controls. After 28 days, hemodynamics were measured, and livers were harvested for histology/immunohistochemistry. Liver mRNA levels of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-beta, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(kip) (p27), and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) (p21) were quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Liver protein levels of p27, p21, p70 S6 kinase (p70(s6k)), phosphorylated p70(s6k) (p-p70(s6k)), eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein (4E-BP1), p-4E-BP1 (Thr37/46), and p-4E-BP1 (Ser65/Thr70) were determined by Western blotting. Portal vein pressure was lower in BDL SIR than in BDL CTR animals. Volume fractions of connective tissue, bile duct epithelial, and desmin- and actin-positive cells were lower in BDL SIR than in BDL CTR rats. On the mRNA level, TGF-beta1, CTGF, and PDGF were decreased by rapamycin. p27 and p21 mRNA did not differ. On the protein level, rapamycin increased p27 and decreased p21 levels. Levels of nonphosphorylated p70(s6k) and 4E-BP1 did not vary between groups, but levels of p-p70(s6k) were decreased by rapamycin. Rapamycin had no effect on p-4E-BP1 (Thr37/46) and p-4E-BP1 (Ser65/Thr70) levels. In BDL rats, rapamycin inhibits liver fibrosis and ameliorates portal hypertension. This is paralleled by decreased levels of TGF-beta1, CTGF, and PDGF. Rapamycin influences the cell cycle by up-regulation of p27, down-regulation of p21, and inhibition of p70(s6k) phosphorylation.
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- Erwin Biecker
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Barth-Baus D, Stratton CA, Parrott L, Myerson H, Meyuhas O, Templeton DJ, Landreth GE, Hensold JO. S6 phosphorylation-independent pathways regulate translation of 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine tract-containing mRNAs in differentiating hematopoietic cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:1919-28. [PMID: 11972328 PMCID: PMC113832 DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.9.1919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Synthesis of new ribosomes is an energy costly and thus highly regulated process. Ribosomal protein synthesis is controlled by regulating translation of the corresponding ribosomal protein (rp)mRNAs. In mammalian cells a 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP) is a conserved feature of these mRNAs that has been demonstrated to be essential for their translational regulation. Translation of TOP mRNAs has been proposed to be regulated by phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6, which is a common effect of mitogenic stimulation of cells. However, as demonstrated here, S6 phosphorylation is not detectable in murine erythroleukemia (MEL) or other hematopoietic cells. The absence of S6 phosphorylation appears to be due to the action of a phosphatase that acts downstream of S6 kinase, presumably on S6 itself. Despite the absence of changes in S6 phosphorylation, translation of TOP mRNAs is repressed during differentiation of MEL cells. These data demonstrate the existence of a mechanism for regulating S6 phosphorylation that is distinct from kinase activation, as well as the existence of mechanisms for regulating translation of TOP mRNAs that are independent of S6 phosphorylation.
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- Diane Barth-Baus
- Department of Medicine and University/Ireland Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4937, USA
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Morgante M, Hanafey M, Powell W. Microsatellites are preferentially associated with nonrepetitive DNA in plant genomes. Nat Genet 2002; 30:194-200. [PMID: 11799393 DOI: 10.1038/ng822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 591] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Microsatellites are a ubiquitous class of simple repetitive DNA sequence. An excess of such repetitive tracts has been described in all eukaryotes analyzed and is thought to result from the mutational effects of replication slippage. Large-scale genomic and EST sequencing provides the opportunity to evaluate the abundance and relative distribution of microsatellites between transcribed and nontranscribed regions and the relationship of these features to haploid genome size. Although this has been studied in microbial and animal genomes, information in plants is limited. We assessed microsatellite frequency in plant species with a 50-fold range in genome size that is mostly attributable to the recent amplification of repetitive DNA. Among species, the overall frequency of microsatellites was inversely related to genome size and to the proportion of repetitive DNA but remained constant in the transcribed portion of the genome. This indicates that most microsatellites reside in regions pre-dating the recent genome expansion in many plants. The microsatellite frequency was higher in transcribed regions, especially in the untranslated portions, than in genomic DNA. Contrary to previous reports suggesting a preferential mechanism for the origin of microsatellites from repetitive DNA in both animals and plants, our findings show a significant association with the low-copy fraction of plant genomes.
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- Michele Morgante
- E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co., DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition-Molecular Genetics, Newark, Delaware, USA
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Gene expression is finely regulated at the post-transcriptional level. Features of the untranslated regions of mRNAs that control their translation, degradation and localization include stem-loop structures, upstream initiation codons and open reading frames, internal ribosome entry sites and various cis-acting elements that are bound by RNA-binding proteins.
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- Flavio Mignone
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, Via Celoria, 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Tang H, Hornstein E, Stolovich M, Levy G, Livingstone M, Templeton D, Avruch J, Meyuhas O. Amino acid-induced translation of TOP mRNAs is fully dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-mediated signaling, is partially inhibited by rapamycin, and is independent of S6K1 and rpS6 phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:8671-83. [PMID: 11713299 PMCID: PMC100027 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.24.8671-8683.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Vertebrate TOP mRNAs contain an oligopyrimidine tract at their 5' termini (5'TOP) and encode components of the translational machinery. Previously it has been shown that they are subject to selective translational repression upon growth arrest and that their translational behavior correlates with the activity of S6K1. We now show that the translation of TOP mRNAs is rapidly repressed by amino acid withdrawal and that this nutritional control depends strictly on the integrity of the 5'TOP motif. However, neither phosphorylation of ribosomal protein (rp) S6 nor activation of S6K1 per se is sufficient to relieve the translational repression of TOP mRNAs in amino acid-starved cells. Likewise, inhibition of S6K1 activity and rpS6 phosphorylation by overexpression of dominant-negative S6K1 mutants failed to suppress the translational activation of TOP mRNAs in amino acid-refed cells. Furthermore, TOP mRNAs were translationally regulated by amino acid sufficiency in embryonic stem cells lacking both alleles of the S6K1 gene. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin led to fast and complete repression of S6K1, as judged by rpS6 phosphorylation, but to only partial and delayed repression of translational activation of TOP mRNAs. In contrast, interference in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase)-mediated pathway by chemical or genetic manipulations blocked rapidly and completely the translational activation of TOP mRNAs. It appears, therefore, that translational regulation of TOP mRNAs, at least by amino acids, (i) is fully dependent on PI3-kinase, (ii) is partially sensitive to rapamycin, and (iii) requires neither S6K1 activity nor rpS6 phosphorylation.
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- H Tang
- Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Zhu J, Hayakawa A, Kakegawa T, Kaspar RL. Binding of the La autoantigen to the 5' untranslated region of a chimeric human translation elongation factor 1A reporter mRNA inhibits translation in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1521:19-29. [PMID: 11690632 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(01)00277-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Human translation elongation factor 1A (EF1A) is a member of a large class of mRNAs, including ribosomal proteins and other translation elongation factors, which are coordinately translationally regulated under various conditions. Each of these mRNAs contains a terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP) that is required for translational control. A human growth hormone (hGH) expression construct containing the promoter region and 5' untranslated region (UTR) of EF1A linked to the hGH coding region (EF1A/hGH) was translationally repressed following rapamycin treatment in similar fashion to endogenous EF1A in human B lymphocytes. Mutation of two nucleotides in the TOP motif abolished the translational regulation. Gel mobility shift assays showed that both La protein from human B lymphocyte cytoplasmic extracts as well as purified recombinant La protein specifically bind to an in vitro-synthesized RNA containing the 5' UTR of EF1A mRNA. Moreover, extracts prepared from rapamycin-treated cells showed increased binding activity to the EF1A 5' UTR RNA, which correlates with TOP mRNA translational repression. In an in vitro translation system, recombinant La dramatically decreased the expression of EF1A/hGH construct mRNA, but not mRNAs lacking an intact TOP element. These results indicate that TOP mRNA translation may be modulated through La binding to the TOP element.
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- J Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Barakat A, Szick-Miranda K, Chang IF, Guyot R, Blanc G, Cooke R, Delseny M, Bailey-Serres J. The organization of cytoplasmic ribosomal protein genes in the Arabidopsis genome. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 127:398-415. [PMID: 11598216 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Eukaryotic ribosomes are made of two components, four ribosomal RNAs, and approximately 80 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins). The exact number of r-proteins and r-protein genes in higher plants is not known. The strong conservation in eukaryotic r-protein primary sequence allowed us to use the well-characterized rat (Rattus norvegicus) r-protein set to identify orthologues on the five haploid chromosomes of Arabidopsis. By use of the numerous expressed sequence tag (EST) accessions and the complete genomic sequence of this species, we identified 249 genes (including some pseudogenes) corresponding to 80 (32 small subunit and 48 large subunit) cytoplasmic r-protein types. None of the r-protein genes are single copy and most are encoded by three or four expressed genes, indicative of the internal duplication of the Arabidopsis genome. The r-proteins are distributed throughout the genome. Inspection of genes in the vicinity of r-protein gene family members confirms extensive duplications of large chromosome fragments and sheds light on the evolutionary history of the Arabidopsis genome. Examination of large duplicated regions indicated that a significant fraction of the r-protein genes have been either lost from one of the duplicated fragments or inserted after the initial duplication event. Only 52 r-protein genes lack a matching EST accession, and 19 of these contain incomplete open reading frames, confirming that most genes are expressed. Assessment of cognate EST numbers suggests that r-protein gene family members are differentially expressed.
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- A Barakat
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan cedex, France
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Awai K, Maréchal E, Block MA, Brun D, Masuda T, Shimada H, Takamiya K, Ohta H, Joyard J. Two types of MGDG synthase genes, found widely in both 16:3 and 18:3 plants, differentially mediate galactolipid syntheses in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:10960-5. [PMID: 11553816 PMCID: PMC58581 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.181331498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In Arabidopsis, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) is synthesized by a multigenic family of MGDG synthases consisting of two types of enzymes differing in their N-terminal portion: type A (atMGD1) and type B (atMGD2 and atMGD3). The present paper compares type B isoforms with the enzymes of type A that are known to sit in the inner membrane of plastid envelope. The occurrence of types A and B in 16:3 and 18:3 plants shows that both types are not specialized isoforms for the prokaryotic and eukaryotic glycerolipid biosynthetic pathways. Type A atMGD1 gene is abundantly expressed in green tissues and along plant development and encodes the most active enzyme. Its mature polypeptide is immunodetected in the envelope of chloroplasts from Arabidopsis leaves after cleavage of its transit peptide. atMGD1 is therefore likely devoted to the massive production of MGDG required to expand the inner envelope membrane and build up the thylakoids network. Transient expression of green fluorescent protein fusions in Arabidopsis leaves and in vitro import experiments show that type B precursors are targeted to plastids, owing to a different mechanism. Noncanonical addressing peptides, whose processing could not be assessed, are involved in the targeting of type B precursors, possibly to the outer envelope membrane where they might contribute to membrane expansion. Expression of type B enzymes was higher in nongreen tissues, i.e., in inflorescence (atMGD2) and roots (atMGD3), where they conceivably influence the eukaryotic structure prominence in MGDG. In addition, their expression of type B enzymes is enhanced under phosphate deprivation.
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- K Awai
- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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Meyuhas O. Synthesis of the translational apparatus is regulated at the translational level. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:6321-30. [PMID: 11029573 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 410] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The synthesis of many mammalian proteins associated with the translational apparatus is selectively regulated by mitogenic and nutritional stimuli, at the translational level. The apparent advantages of the regulation of gene expression at the translational level are the speed and the readily reversible nature of the response to altering physiological conditions. These two features enable cells to rapidly repress the biosynthesis of the translational machinery upon shortage of amino acids or growth arrest, thus rapidly blocking unnecessary energy wastage. Likewise, when amino acids are replenished or mitogenic stimulation is applied, then cells can rapidly respond in resuming the costly biosynthesis of the translational apparatus. A structural hallmark, common to mRNAs encoding many components of the translational machinery, is the presence of a 5' terminal oligopyrimidine tract (5'TOP), referred to as TOP mRNAs. This structural motif comprises the core of the translational cis-regulatory element of these mRNAs. The present review focuses on the mechanism underlying the translational control of TOP mRNAs upon growth and nutritional stimuli. A special emphasis is put on the pivotal role played by ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K) in this mode of regulation, and the upstream regulatory pathways, which might be engaged in transducing external signals into activation of S6K. Finally, the possible involvement of pyrimidine-binding proteins in the translational control of TOP mRNAs is discussed.
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- O Meyuhas
- Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Leski ML, Valentine SL, Baer JD, Coyle JT. Insulin-like growth factor I prevents the development of sensitivity to kainate neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cells. J Neurochem 2000; 75:1548-56. [PMID: 10987835 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751548.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study reports that insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) prevents cerebellar granule cells from developing sensitivity to kainate neurotoxicity. Sensitivity to kainate neurotoxicity normally develops 5-6 days after switching cultures to a serum-free medium containing 25 mM K(+). Addition of either IGF-I or insulin to the serum-free medium at the time of the switch prevented the development of sensitivity to kainate, whereas brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3, neurotrophin-4, and nerve growth factor did not. The dose-response curves indicated IGF-I was more potent than insulin, favoring the assignment of the former as the physiological protective agent. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K) inhibitors wortmannin (10-100 nM) and LY 294002 (0.3-1 microM) abolished the protection afforded by IGF-I. The p70 S6 kinase (p70(S6k)) inhibitor rapamycin (5-50 nM:) also abolished the protection afforded by IGF-I. The activities of both enzymes decreased in cultures switched to serum-free medium but increased when IGF-I was included; wortmannin (100 nM) lowered the activity of PI 3-K from 2 to 5 days after medium switch, whereas rapamycin (50 nM) prevented the increase observed for p70(S6k) activity over the same interval. The mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor U 0126 and the mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor SB 203580 did not abolish IGF-I protection. Kainate neurotoxicity was not prevented by Joro spider toxin; therefore, the development of kainate neurotoxicity could not be explained by the formation of calcium-permeable alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate receptors. These results indicate that IGF-I functions through a signal transduction pathway involving PI 3-K and p70(S6k) to prevent the development of sensitivity to kainate neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cells.
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- M L Leski
- Laboratory of Molecular and Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
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Takahashi T, Hara K, Inoue H, Kawa Y, Tokunaga C, Hidayat S, Yoshino K, Kuroda Y, Yonezawa K. Carboxyl-terminal region conserved among phosphoinositide-kinase-related kinases is indispensable for mTOR function in vivo and in vitro. Genes Cells 2000; 5:765-75. [PMID: 10971657 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) belongs to the family of phosphoinositide (PI)-kinase-related kinases that includes the ataxia-telangiectasia gene product (ATM). mTOR plays a critical role in controlling translational effectors such as p70 S6 kinase alpha (p70 alpha) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4EBP1). RESULTS We show that the C-terminal region of mTOR, which is highly conserved among the PI-kinase-related kinases, plays a critical role in the mTOR protein kinase activity. Deletion of the C-terminal residues did not adversely affect the expression of mTOR, but caused a nearly complete loss of the mTOR protein kinase activity toward both 4EBP1 and p70 alpha in vitro. These deletions also abolished the ability of a rapamycin-resistant mTOR mutant to rescue the activity of p70 alpha from inhibition induced by rapamycin in vivo. Furthermore, replacement of Trp2545, a conserved residue in the C-terminal region throughout the PI-kinase-related kinase family, abolished the function of the mTOR kinase, both in vivo and in vitro. However, substitution of 32 C-terminal residues of mTOR with those of ATM did not restore the mTOR function. CONCLUSIONS These findings define an indispensable role for the noncatalytic C-terminal region of mTOR and indicate that, although this highly conserved region may be important throughout the PI-kinase-related kinase family, it is not functionally interchangeable within the family.
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- T Takahashi
- Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Tanaka R, Satoh H, Moriyama M, Satoh K, Morishita Y, Yoshida S, Watanabe T, Nakamura Y, Mori S. Intronic U50 small-nucleolar-RNA (snoRNA) host gene of no protein-coding potential is mapped at the chromosome breakpoint t(3;6)(q27;q15) of human B-cell lymphoma. Genes Cells 2000; 5:277-87. [PMID: 10792466 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00325.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND In eukaryotic cells, nucleolar processing of preribosomal RNAs (prerRNAs) is assisted by a large number of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) that function in the 2'-O-methylation or the pseudouridylation of rRNAs. Most snoRNAs so far characterized are encoded and processed from introns of premRNAs. RESULTS We found a novel intronic snoRNA gene, named U50HG, located on chromosome 6q15, at the breakpoint of chromosomal translocation t(3;6)(q27;q15). The U50HG gene is composed of six exons, whose spliced transcripts have little potential for coding a protein, and its introns produce both U50 and U50-like (U50') snoRNAs that are localized in nucleoli. It possesses an oligopyrimidine tract that is characteristic of the 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine (5'TOP) class of genes which have been shown to be coordinately regulated in response to cell growth. CONCLUSIONS U50HG is a member of the nonprotein-coding multiple snoRNA host gene family, as well as of the 5'TOP gene family similar to UHG (U22 host gene), U17HG (U17 host gene), U19HG (U19 host gene) and gas5 (growth arrest-specific transcript 5 gene). It is novel to find that the snoRNA gene is located at the breakpoint of chromosomal translocation t(3;6)(q27;q15) involved in human B-cell lymphoma.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Base Sequence
- Cell Nucleolus/genetics
- Cell Nucleolus/metabolism
- Chromosome Breakage
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Exons
- Genes/genetics
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Introns/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Poly A/genetics
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- R Tanaka
- Departments of Pathology; Tumor Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Biberman Y, Meyuhas O. TOP mRNAs are translationally inhibited by a titratable repressor in both wheat germ extract and reticulocyte lysate. FEBS Lett 1999; 456:357-60. [PMID: 10462043 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00983-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vertebrate TOP mRNAs contain a 5' terminal oligopyrimidine tract (5' TOP), which is subject to selective translational repression in non-growing cells or in cell-free translation systems. In the present study, we monitored in vitro the effect of increasing amounts of a 16 nucleotides long oligoribonucleotide representing the 5' terminus of mouse ribosomal protein S16 mRNA on the translation of TOP and non-TOP mRNAs. Our results demonstrate that the wild-type sequence (but not its mutant counterparts) derepresses the translation of mRNAs containing 5' TOP motifs, but failed to stimulate the translation of non-TOP mRNAs, even if the latter differed only by a single nucleotide from their 5' TOP-containing counterparts. Similar results have been obtained with both wheat germ extract and rabbit reticulocyte lysate. It appears, therefore, that translational repression of TOP mRNAs is achieved in vitro by the accumulation of a titratable repressor rather than by the loss of an activator and that this repressor recognizes multiple TOP mRNAs with a diverse set of 5' TOP motifs.
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- Y Biberman
- Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Calcaterra NB, Palatnik JF, Bustos DM, Arranz SE, Cabada MO. Identification of mRNA-binding proteins during development: characterization of Bufo arenarum cellular nucleic acid binding protein. Dev Growth Differ 1999; 41:183-91. [PMID: 10223714 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00414.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ultraviolet irradiation was used to covalently cross-link poly(A)+RNA and associated proteins in eggs and embryos of the toad Bufo arenarum. Four major proteins with apparent sizes of 60, 57, 45 and 30-24 kDa were identified. It was observed that the same mRNA-binding proteins were isolated from eggs to gastrula and neural stages of development. The 30 kDa polypeptide, p30, appeared as the main ultraviolet (UV) cross-linked protein in the developmental stages analyzed. By means of polyclonal antibodies, it was determined that this polypeptide has a cytoplasmic localization and it was detected in liver, eggs and embryos. The presence of p30 was also analyzed by western blot during oogenesis and development. The 30 kDa polypeptide was present in all stages analyzed but it could not be detected in stages I-II of oogenesis. At the neural stage, the relative amount of p30 began to decrease, reaching its lowest levels after stages 26-30 (tail-bud in Bufo arenarum). On the basis of purification, immunoprecipitation and western blot assays the 30 kDa protein was identified as the Bufo arenarum cellular nucleic acid binding protein.
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- N B Calcaterra
- PROMUBIE (CONICET), Area de Biología General, Dpto. de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, UNR, Rosario, República Argentina.
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Pellizzoni L, Lotti F, Rutjes SA, Pierandrei-Amaldi P. Involvement of the Xenopus laevis Ro60 autoantigen in the alternative interaction of La and CNBP proteins with the 5'UTR of L4 ribosomal protein mRNA. J Mol Biol 1998; 281:593-608. [PMID: 9710533 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In vertebrates the synthesis of ribosomal proteins is co-ordinately regulated at the translational level. The 5'-untranslated region (5'UTR) of this class of mRNAs contains conserved regions that are necessary and sufficient for translational regulation. Recently, we found that two proteins, the Xenopus laevis La autoantigen and the cellular nucleic acid binding protein (CNBP), are able to bind in vitro a pyrimidine tract at the 5' end and a downstream region, respectively. These regions are considered the common cis-acting elements of translational regulation. It was previously observed that the binding of both these putative trans-acting factors to their RNA sequences is assisted by a protease-sensitive factor(s) that dissociates from the complex after its formation. Here we provide evidence that the requirement for an ancillary factor assisting La binding to the pyrimidine tract of ribosomal protein mRNAs is typical of this RNA, and secondly that it may involve an RNA recognition motif of the La protein not clearly characterized previously. We also show that the Ro60 autoantigen is involved in the common factor activity necessary for the binding of La and CNBP proteins to their respective sequences. In addition, our findings suggest that an RNA also participates in this process. We show that CNBP can multimerise and that it binds to the 5'UTR as a dimer. Both La and CNBP compete for the interaction with the factor, and their binding to the 5'UTR is mutually exclusive. Our results from the binding analysis of mutations in the 5'UTR, which are known to disrupt the translational control in vivo, suggest a model in which the protein interactions and the 5'UTR RNA structure may co-operate in regulating the translational fate of ribosomal protein mRNAs.
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- L Pellizzoni
- Istituto di Biologia Cellulare CNR, Viale Marx 43, Roma, 00137, Italy
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Turck F, Kozma SC, Thomas G, Nagy F. A heat-sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana kinase substitutes for human p70s6k function in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:2038-44. [PMID: 9528776 PMCID: PMC121434 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.4.2038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In mammalian cells, mitogen-induced phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 by p70s6k has been implicated in the selective translational upregulation of 5'TOP mRNAs. We demonstrate here that the homologous Arabidopsis thaliana protein, AtS6k2, ectopically expressed in human 293 cells or isolated from plant cells, phosphorylates specifically mammalian and plant S6 at 25 degrees C but not at 37 degrees C. When Arabidopsis suspension culture cells are shifted from 25 to 37 degrees C, the kinase becomes rapidly inactivated, consistent with the observation that heat shock abrogates S6 phosphorylation in plants. Treatment with potato acid phosphatase reduced the specific activity of immunoprecipitated AtS6k2 threefold, an effect which was blocked in the presence of 4-nitrophenyl phosphate. In quiescent mammalian cells, AtS6k2 is activated by serum stimulation, a response which is abolished by the fungal metabolite wortmannin but is resistant to rapamycin. Treatment of mammalian cells with rapamycin abolishes in vivo S6 phosphorylation by p70s6k; however, ectopic expression of AtS6k2 rescues the rapamycin block. Collectively, the data demonstrate that AtS6k2 is the functional plant homolog of mammalian p70s6k and identify a new signalling pathway in plants.
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- F Turck
- Friedrich Miescher-Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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von Manteuffel SR, Dennis PB, Pullen N, Gingras AC, Sonenberg N, Thomas G. The insulin-induced signalling pathway leading to S6 and initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 phosphorylation bifurcates at a rapamycin-sensitive point immediately upstream of p70s6k. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:5426-36. [PMID: 9271419 PMCID: PMC232392 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.9.5426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Employing specific inhibitors and docking-site mutants of growth factor receptors, recent studies have indicated that the insulin-induced increase in 40S ribosomal protein S6 and initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) phosphorylation is mediated by the mTOR/FRAP-p70s6k signal transduction pathway. However, it has not been resolved whether the phosphorylation of both proteins is mediated by p70s6k or whether they reside on parallel pathways which bifurcate upstream of p70s6k. Here we have used either rapamycin-resistant, kinase-dead, or wild-type p70s6k variants to distinguish between these possibilities. The rapamycin-resistant p70s6k, which has high constitutive activity, was able to signal to S6 in the absence of insulin and to prevent the rapamycin-induced block of S6 phosphorylation. This same construct did not increase the basal state of 4E-BP1 phosphorylation or protect it from the rapamycin-induced block in phosphorylation. Unexpectedly, the rapamycin-resistant p70s6k inhibited insulin-induced 4E-BP1 phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. This effect was mimicked by the kinase-dead and wild-type p70s6k constructs, which also blocked insulin-induced dissociation of 4E-BP1 from initiation factor 4E. Both the kinase-dead and wild-type constructs also blocked reporter p70s6k activation, although only the kinase-dead p70s6k had a dominant-interfering effect on S6 phosphorylation. Analysis of phosphopeptides from reporter 4E-BP1 and p70s6k revealed that the kinase-dead p70s6k affected the same subset of sites as rapamycin in both proteins. The results demonstrate, for the first time, that activated p70s6k mediates increased S6 phosphorylation in vivo. Furthermore, they show that increased 4E-BP1 phosphorylation is controlled by a parallel signalling pathway that bifurcates immediately upstream of p70s6k, with the two pathways sharing a common rapamycin-sensitive activator.
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- S R von Manteuffel
- Department of Growth Control, Friedrich Miescher Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Moser BA, Dennis PB, Pullen N, Pearson RB, Williamson NA, Wettenhall RE, Kozma SC, Thomas G. Dual requirement for a newly identified phosphorylation site in p70s6k. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:5648-55. [PMID: 9271440 PMCID: PMC232413 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.9.5648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The activation of p70s6k is associated with multiple phosphorylations at two sets of sites. The first set, S411, S418, T421, and S424, reside within the autoinhibitory domain, and each contains a hydrophobic residue at -2 and a proline at +1. The second set of sites, T229 (in the catalytic domain) and T389 and S404 (in the linker region), are rapamycin sensitive and flanked by bulky aromatic residues. Here we describe the identification and mutational analysis of three new phosphorylation sites, T367, S371, and T447, all of which have a recognition motif similar to that of the first set of sites. A mutation of T367 or T447 to either alanine or glutamic acid had no apparent effect on p70s6k activity, whereas similar mutations of S371 abolished kinase activity. Of these three sites and their surrounding motifs, only S371 is conserved in p70s6k homologs from Drosophila melanogaster, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as well as many members of the protein kinase C family. Serum stimulation increased S371 phosphorylation; unlike the situation for specific members of the protein kinase C family, where the homologous site is regulated by autophosphorylation, S371 phosphorylation is regulated by an external mechanism. Phosphopeptide analysis of S371 mutants further revealed that the loss of activity in these variants was paralleled by a block in serum-induced T389 phosphorylation, a phosphorylation site previously shown to be essential for kinase activity. Nevertheless, the substitution of an acidic residue at T389, which mimics phosphorylation at this site, did not rescue mutant p70s6k activity, indicating that S371 phosphorylation plays an independent role in regulating intrinsic kinase activity.
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- B A Moser
- Department of Growth Control, Friedrich Miescher Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Biberman Y, Meyuhas O. Substitution of just five nucleotides at and around the transcription start site of rat beta-actin promoter is sufficient to render the resulting transcript a subject for translational control. FEBS Lett 1997; 405:333-6. [PMID: 9108314 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00234-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Vertebrate mRNAs with a 5' terminal oligopyrimidine tract (5' TOP), including those encoding ribosomal proteins and elongation factors, are candidates for translational control in a growth-dependent fashion. The present study was designed to determine the minimal cis-regulatory element involved in this mode of regulation. We selected rat beta-actin mRNA, a typical translationally uncontrolled transcript, as a subject for gain-of-function analysis. Mutations at and around its cap site leading to the formation of a 7 pyrimidines long 5' TOP render the resulting transcript translationally repressed upon growth arrest of lymphosarcoma cells. In contrast, growth-dependent translational control of this mRNA in fibroblasts requires, in addition, a GC motif downstream of the 5' TOP. A similar motif is present in all ribosomal prtein mRNAs shown to be translationally controlled.
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- Y Biberman
- Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Levy-Strumpf N, Deiss LP, Berissi H, Kimchi A. DAP-5, a novel homolog of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G isolated as a putative modulator of gamma interferon-induced programmed cell death. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:1615-25. [PMID: 9032289 PMCID: PMC231887 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.3.1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A functional approach to gene cloning was applied to HeLa cells in an attempt to isolate cDNA fragments which convey resistance to gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-induced programmed cell death. One of the rescued cDNAs, described in this work, was a fragment of a novel gene, named DAP-5. Analysis of a DAP-5 full-length cDNA clone revealed that it codes for a 97-kDa protein that is highly homologous to eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G, also known as p220). According to its deduced amino acid sequence, this novel protein lacks the N-terminal region of eIF4G responsible for association with the cap binding protein eIF4E. The N-terminal part of DAP-5 has 39% identity and 63% similarity to the central region of mammalian p220. Its C-terminal part is less homologous to the corresponding region of p220, suggesting that it may possess unique functional properties. The rescued DAP-5 cDNA fragment which conveyed resistance to IFN-gamma-induced cell death was expressed from the vector in the sense orientation. Intriguingly, it comprised part of the coding region which corresponds to the less conserved C-terminal part of DAP-5 and directed the synthesis of a 28-kDa miniprotein. The miniprotein exerted a dual effect on HeLa cells. Low levels of expression protected the cells from IFN-gamma-induced programmed cell death, while high levels of expression were not compatible with continuous cell growth. The relevance of DAP-5 protein to possible changes in a cell's translational machinery during programmed cell death and growth arrest is discussed.
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- N Levy-Strumpf
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Dennis PB, Pullen N, Kozma SC, Thomas G. The principal rapamycin-sensitive p70(s6k) phosphorylation sites, T-229 and T-389, are differentially regulated by rapamycin-insensitive kinase kinases. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:6242-51. [PMID: 8887654 PMCID: PMC231627 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.11.6242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mitogen-induced activation of p70(s6k) is associated with the phosphorylation of specific sites which are negatively affected by the immunosuppressant rapamycin, the fungal metabolite wortmannin, and the methylxanthine SQ20006. Recent reports have focused on the role of the amino terminus of the p85(s6k) isoform in mediating kinase activity, with the observation that amino-terminal truncation mutants are activated in the presence of rapamycin while retaining their sensitivity to wortmannin. Here we show that the effects of previously described amino- and carboxy-terminal truncations on kinase activity are ultimately reflected in the phosphorylation state of the enzyme. Mutation of the principal rapamycin-targeted phosphorylation site, T-389, to an acidic residue generates a form of the kinase which is as resistant to wortmannin or SQ20006 as it is to rapamycin, consistent with the previous observation that T-389 was a common target of all three inhibitors. Truncation of the first 54 residues of the amino terminus blocks the serum-induced phosphorylation of three rapamycin-sensitive sites, T-229 in the activation loop and T-389 and S-404 in the linker region. This correlates with a severe reduction in the ability of the kinase to be activated by serum. However, loss of mitogen activation conferred by the removal of the amino terminus is reversed by additional truncation of the carboxy-terminal domain, with the resulting mutant demonstrating phosphorylation of the remaining two rapamycin-sensitive sites, T-229 and T-389. In this double-truncation mutant, phosphorylation of T-229 occurs in the basal state, whereas mitogen stimulation is required to induce acute upregulation of T-389 phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of both sites proceeds unimpaired in the presence of rapamycin, indicating that the kinases responsible for the phosphorylation of these sites are not inhibited by the macrolide. In contrast, activation of the double-truncation mutant is blocked in the presence of wortmannin or SQ20006, and these agents completely block the phosphorylation of T-389 while having only a marginal effect on T-229 phosphorylation. When the T-389 site is mutated to an acidic residue in the double-truncation background, the activation of the resulting mutant is insensitive to the wortmannin and SQ20006 block, but interestingly, the mutant is activated to a significantly greater level than a control in the presence of rapamycin. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that T-389 is the principal regulatory phosphorylation site, which, in combination with hyperphosphorylation of the autoinhibitory domain S/TP sites, is acutely regulated by external effectors, whereas T-229 phosphorylation is regulated primarily by internal mechanisms.
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- P B Dennis
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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