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Yan G, Han Z, Kwon Y, Jousma J, Nukala SB, Prosser BL, Du X, Pinho S, Ong SB, Lee WH, Ong SG. Integrated Stress Response Potentiates Ponatinib-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Circ Res 2024; 134:482-501. [PMID: 38323474 PMCID: PMC10940206 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.323683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Mitochondrial dysfunction is a primary driver of cardiac contractile failure; yet, the cross talk between mitochondrial energetics and signaling regulation remains obscure. Ponatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, is among the most cardiotoxic tyrosine kinase inhibitors and causes mitochondrial dysfunction. Whether ponatinib-induced mitochondrial dysfunction triggers the integrated stress response (ISR) to induce ponatinib-induced cardiotoxicity remains to be determined. METHODS Using human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes and a recently developed mouse model of ponatinib-induced cardiotoxicity, we performed proteomic analysis, molecular and biochemical assays to investigate the relationship between ponatinib-induced mitochondrial stress and ISR and their role in promoting ponatinib-induced cardiotoxicity. RESULTS Proteomic analysis revealed that ponatinib activated the ISR in cardiac cells. We identified GCN2 (general control nonderepressible 2) as the eIF2α (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α) kinase responsible for relaying mitochondrial stress signals to trigger the primary ISR effector-ATF4 (activating transcription factor 4), upon ponatinib exposure. Mechanistically, ponatinib treatment exerted inhibitory effects on ATP synthase activity and reduced its expression levels resulting in ATP deficits. Perturbed mitochondrial function resulting in ATP deficits then acts as a trigger of GCN2-mediated ISR activation, effects that were negated by nicotinamide mononucleotide, an NAD+ precursor, supplementation. Genetic inhibition of ATP synthase also activated GCN2. Interestingly, we showed that the decreased abundance of ATP also facilitated direct binding of ponatinib to GCN2, unexpectedly causing its activation most likely because of a conformational change in its structure. Importantly, administering an ISR inhibitor protected human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes against ponatinib. Ponatinib-treated mice also exhibited reduced cardiac function, effects that were attenuated upon systemic ISRIB administration. Importantly, ISRIB does not affect the antitumor effects of ponatinib in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Neutralizing ISR hyperactivation could prevent or reverse ponatinib-induced cardiotoxicity. The findings that compromised ATP production potentiates GCN2-mediated ISR activation have broad implications across various cardiac diseases. Our results also highlight an unanticipated role of ponatinib in causing direct activation of a kinase target despite its role as an ATP-competitive kinase inhibitor.
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- Gege Yan
- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong SAR, China
- Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Medicine (CCGM), Lui Che Woo Institute of Innovative Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Pediatric Excellence (HK HOPE), Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH), Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Kunming Institute of Zoology – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (KIZ-CUHK) Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research of Common Diseases, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Neural, Vascular, and Metabolic Biology Thematic Research Program, School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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Ramnani B, Powell S, Shetty AG, Manivannan P, Hibbard BR, Leaman DW, Malathi K. Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus Activates Integrated Stress Response Pathway and Induces Stress Granules to Regulate Virus Replication. Viruses 2023; 15:466. [PMID: 36851680 PMCID: PMC9965902 DOI: 10.3390/v15020466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Virus infection activates integrated stress response (ISR) and stress granule (SG) formation and viruses counteract by interfering with SG assembly, suggesting an important role in antiviral defense. The infection of fish cells by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV), activates the innate immune recognition pathway and the production of type I interferon (IFN). However, the mechanisms by which VHSV interacts with ISR pathway regulating SG formation is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that fish cells respond to heat shock, oxidative stress and VHSV infection by forming SG that localized key SG marker, Ras GTPase-activating protein (SH3 domain)-binding protein 1 (G3BP1). We show that PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), but not (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase (PKR), is required for VHSV-induced SG formation. Furthermore, in VHSV Ia infected cells, PERK activity is required for IFN production, antiviral signaling and viral replication. SG formation required active virus replication as individual VHSV Ia proteins or inactive virus did not induce SG. Cells lacking G3BP1 produced increased IFN, antiviral genes and viral mRNA, however viral protein synthesis and viral titers were reduced. We show a critical role of the activation of ISR pathway and SG formation highlighting a novel role of G3BP1 in regulating VHSV protein translation and replication.
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- Barkha Ramnani
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- College of Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, 7400 East Dr., Montgomery, AL 36117, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Yiang GT, Wu CC, Lu CL, Hu WC, Tsai YJ, Huang YM, Su WL, Lu KC. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Elderly Patients with COVID-19: Potential of Melatonin Treatment. Viruses 2023; 15:156. [PMID: 36680196 PMCID: PMC9863214 DOI: 10.3390/v15010156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Aging processes, including immunosenescence, inflammation, inflammasome formation, genomic instability, telomeric attrition, and altered autophagy, are involved in viral infections and they may contribute to increased pathophysiological responses to the SARS-CoV-2 infection in the elderly; this poses additional risks of accelerated aging, which could be found even after recovery. Aging is associated with oxidative damage. Moreover, SARS-CoV-2 infections may increase the production of reactive oxygen species and such infections will disturb the Ca++ balance via an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated unfolded protein response. Although vaccine development and anti-inflammation therapy lower the severity of COVID-19, the prevalence and mortality rates are still alarming in some countries worldwide. In this review, we describe the involvement of viral proteins in activating ER stress transducers and their downstream signals and in inducing inflammation and inflammasome formation. Furthermore, we propose the potential of melatonin as an ER stress modulator, owing to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunoregulatory effects in viral infections. Considering its strong safety profile, we suggest that additive melatonin supplementation in the elderly could be beneficial in treating COVID-19.
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- Giou-Teng Yiang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan
- Department and Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei 24352, Taiwan
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei 243, Taiwan
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- Department of Dentistry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei 24352, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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Xu B, Zhang P, Tang X, Wang S, Shen J, Zheng Y, Gao C, Mi P, Zhang C, Qu H, Li S, Yuan D. Metabolic Rewiring of Kynurenine Pathway during Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Exacerbates Liver Damage by Impairing NAD Homeostasis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2204697. [PMID: 36310151 PMCID: PMC9762284 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury remains a common issue lacking effective strategy and validated pharmacological targets. Here, using an unbiased metabolomics screen, this study finds that following murine hepatic IR, liver 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-HAA) and quinolinic acid (QA) decline while kynurenine and kynurenic acid (KYNA) increase. Kynurenine aminotransferases 2, functioning at the key branching point of the kynurenine pathway (KP), is markedly upregulated in hepatocytes during ischemia, shifting the kynurenine metabolic route from 3-HAA and QA to KYNA synthesis. Defects in QA synthesis impair de novo nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis, rendering the hepatocytes relying on the salvage pathway for maintenance of NAD and cellular antioxidant defense. Blocking the salvage pathway following IR by the nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase inhibitor FK866 exacerbates liver oxidative damage and enhanced IR susceptibility, which can be rescued by the lipid peroxidation inhibitor Liproxstatin-1. Notably, nicotinamide mononucleotide administration once following IR effectively boosts NAD and attenuated IR-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell death in the murine model. Collectively, the findings reveal that metabolic rewiring of the KP partitions it away from NAD synthesis in hepatic IR pathophysiology, and provide proof of concept that NAD augmentation is a promising therapeutic measure for IR-induced liver injury.
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- Bowen Xu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of General SurgeryQilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Advanced Medical Research InstituteShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical UniversityJinanShandong250117China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryGeneral SurgeryQilu HospitalCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Institute of Pathology and PathophysiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of General SurgeryQilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Advanced Medical Research InstituteShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
- Department of GastroenterologyQilu HospitalCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityJinanShandong250012China
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Galoian K, Dahl V, Perez A, Denny C, Becker B, Sedani A, Moran A, Martinez D, Hoyt A, Brown J. PRP-1, a toll-like receptor ligand, upregulates the unfolded protein response in human chondrosarcoma cells. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2022; 33:100644. [PMID: 36368296 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2022.100644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies showed that proline-rich polypeptide (PRP-1) is a ligand for innate immunity toll-like receptors (TLR), and an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) which induces the death of chondrosarcoma cancer stem cells (CSC). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PRP-1 on the regulation of unfolded protein response (UPR) in human chondrosarcoma cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lysates were prepared from a monolayer (bulk or ALDHhigh population), or spheroids chondrosarcoma cell cultures and treated with PRP-1 or control, followed by protein levels quantification by western blotting and mRNA expression by RT-qPCR of protein-RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6), inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1α), and X-box binding protein (XBP1). RESULTS The PRP-1 has been shown to increase the expression of PERK, eIF2α, ATF4, CHOP, ATF6, IRE1α, and XBP1, on both protein and mRNA levels. CONCLUSION PRP-1 activated UPR branches in monolayer, spheroid, and stem cell populations of human chondrosarcoma.
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- Karina Galoian
- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Loyola University Medical Centre, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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Santos M, Fidalgo A, Varanda AS, Soares AR, Almeida GM, Martins D, Mendes N, Oliveira C, Santos MAS. Upregulation of tRNA-Ser-AGA-2-1 Promotes Malignant Behavior in Normal Bronchial Cells. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:809985. [PMID: 35586191 PMCID: PMC9108184 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.809985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Serine tRNAs (tRNASer) are frequently overexpressed in tumors and associated with poor prognosis and increased risk of recurrence in breast cancer. Impairment of tRNA biogenesis and abundance also impacts proteome homeostasis, and activates protein quality control systems. Herein, we aimed at testing whether increasing tRNASer abundance could foster tumor establishment through activation of the UPR. In order to do so, firstly we confirmed that the expression of tRNA-Ser-AGA-2-1 [hereafter tRNASer(AGA)] was upregulated by 1.79-fold in Stage I NSCLC tumors when compared to normal adjacent tissue. To study the impact of tRNASer(AGA) in early stage tumorigenesis, we induced its upregulation in a non-tumoral bronchial cell line, BEAS-2B. Upregulation of this tRNA increased cellular proliferation and protein synthesis rate, driven by eIF2α dephosphorylation and ATF4 activation downstream of PERK signaling. Futhermore, tRNASer(AGA) enhanced transformation potential in vitro, and promoted the establishment of slow growing tumors with aggressive features in nude mice. Our work highlights the importance of studying tRNA deregulation on early stage tumorigenesis, as they may be potential malignancy and aggressiveness biomarkers.
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- Mafalda Santos
- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Department Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Department Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Carla Oliveira, ; Manuel A. S. Santos,
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Carla Oliveira, ; Manuel A. S. Santos,
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Flavivirus recruits the valosin-containing protein-NPL4 complex to induce stress granule disassembly for efficient viral genome replication. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101597. [PMID: 35063505 PMCID: PMC8857493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Flaviviruses are human pathogens that can cause severe diseases, such as dengue fever and Japanese encephalitis, which can lead to death. Valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97, a cellular ATPase associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA-ATPase), is reported to have multiple roles in flavivirus replication. Nevertheless, the importance of each role still has not been addressed. In this study, the functions of 17 VCP mutants that are reportedly unable to interact with the VCP cofactors were validated using the short-interfering RNA rescue experiments. Our findings of this study suggested that VCP exerts its functions in replication of the Japanese encephalitis virus by interacting with the VCP cofactor nuclear protein localization 4 (NPL4). We show that the depletion of NPL4 impaired the early stage of viral genome replication. In addition, we demonstrate that the direct interaction between NPL4 and viral nonstructural protein (NS4B) is critical for the translocation of NS4B to the sites of viral replication. Finally, we found that Japanese encephalitis virus and dengue virus promoted stress granule formation only in VCP inhibitor-treated cells and the expression of NS4B or VCP attenuated stress granule formation mediated by protein kinase R, which is generally known to be activated by type I interferon and viral genome RNA. These results suggest that the NS4B-mediated recruitment of VCP to the virus replication site inhibits cellular stress responses and consequently facilitates viral protein synthesis in the flavivirus-infected cells.
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Tian X, Zhang S, Zhou L, Seyhan AA, Hernandez Borrero L, Zhang Y, El-Deiry WS. Targeting the Integrated Stress Response in Cancer Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:747837. [PMID: 34630117 PMCID: PMC8498116 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.747837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The integrated stress response (ISR) is an evolutionarily conserved intra-cellular signaling network which is activated in response to intrinsic and extrinsic stresses. Various stresses are sensed by four specialized kinases, PKR-like ER kinase (PERK), general control non-derepressible 2 (GCN2), double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) and heme-regulated eIF2α kinase (HRI) that converge on phosphorylation of serine 51 of eIF2α. eIF2α phosphorylation causes a global reduction of protein synthesis and triggers the translation of specific mRNAs, including activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4). Although the ISR promotes cell survival and homeostasis, when stress is severe or prolonged the ISR signaling will shift to regulate cellular apoptosis. We review the ISR signaling pathway, regulation and importance in cancer therapy.
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- Xiaobing Tian
- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Cancer Center at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Cancer Center at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Cancer Center at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Cancer Center at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Cancer Center at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Lifespan Health System and Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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Kumar A, Rahal A, Sohal JS, Gupta VK. Bacterial stress response: understanding the molecular mechanics to identify possible therapeutic targets. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2020; 19:121-127. [PMID: 32811215 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1813021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Bacteria are ubiquitous and many of them are pathogenic in nature. Entry of bacteria in host and its recognition by host defense system induce stress in host cells. With time, bacteria have also developed strategies including drug resistance to escape from antibacterial therapy as well as host defense mechanism. AREAS COVERED Bacterial stress initiates and promotes adaptive immune response through several integrated mechanisms. The mechanisms of bacteria to up and down regulate different pathways involved in these responses have been discussed. The genetic expression of these pathways can be manipulated by the pharmacological interventions. Present review discusses in these contexts and explores the possibilities to overcome stress induced by bacterial pathogens and to suggest new possible therapeutic targets. EXPERT OPINION In our opinion, there are two important fronts to regulate the bacterial stress. One is to target caspase involved in the process of transformation and translation at gene level and protein expression. Second is the identification of bacterial genes that lead to synthesis of abnormal end products supporting bacterial survival in host environment and also to surpass the host defense mechanism. Identification of such genes and their expression products could be an effective option to encounter bacterial resistance.
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- Amit Kumar
- College of Biotechnology, SVPUAT , Meerut, India
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- Division of Animal Health, ICAR- CIRG , Mathura, India
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- Amity University Jaipur, Centre for Mycobacterial Disease Research, Amity University , Jaipur, India
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Choi JA, Song CH. Insights Into the Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Infectious Diseases. Front Immunol 2020; 10:3147. [PMID: 32082307 PMCID: PMC7005066 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.03147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the major organelle in the cell for protein folding and plays an important role in cellular functions. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is activated in response to misfolded or unfolded protein accumulation in the ER. However, the UPR successfully alleviates the ER stress. If UPR fails to restore ER homeostasis, apoptosis is induced. ER stress plays an important role in innate immune signaling in response to microorganisms. Dysregulation of UPR signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of a variety of infectious diseases. In this review, we summarize the contribution of ER stress to the innate immune response to invading microorganisms and its role in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases.
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- Ji-Ae Choi
- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.,Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.,Research Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.,Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.,Research Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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Wang Y, Chen S, Yan Z, Pei M. A prospect of cell immortalization combined with matrix microenvironmental optimization strategy for tissue engineering and regeneration. Cell Biosci 2019; 9:7. [PMID: 30627420 PMCID: PMC6321683 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-018-0264-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cellular senescence is a major hurdle for primary cell-based tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Telomere erosion, oxidative stress, the expression of oncogenes and the loss of tumor suppressor genes all may account for the cellular senescence process with the involvement of various signaling pathways. To establish immortalized cell lines for research and clinical use, strategies have been applied including internal genomic or external matrix microenvironment modification. Considering the potential risks of malignant transformation and tumorigenesis of genetic manipulation, environmental modification methods, especially the decellularized cell-deposited extracellular matrix (dECM)-based preconditioning strategy, appear to be promising for tissue engineering-aimed cell immortalization. Due to few review articles focusing on this topic, this review provides a summary of cell senescence and immortalization and discusses advantages and limitations of tissue engineering and regeneration with the use of immortalized cells as well as a potential rejuvenation strategy through combination with the dECM approach.
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- Yiming Wang
- 1Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, PO Box 9196, 64 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-9196 USA.,2Department of Orthopaedics, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- 3Department of Orthopaedics, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, 610083 Sichuan China
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- 2Department of Orthopaedics, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- 1Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, PO Box 9196, 64 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-9196 USA.,4WVU Cancer Institute, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
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Naz S, Battu S, Khan RA, Afroz S, Giddaluru J, Vishwakarma SK, Satti V, Habeeb MA, Khan AA, Khan N. Activation of integrated stress response pathway regulates IL-1β production through posttranscriptional and translational reprogramming in macrophages. Eur J Immunol 2019; 49:277-289. [PMID: 30578631 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Immune cells sense and programme its cellular machinery appropriately to the environmental changes through the activation of cytoprotective adaptive pathway so-called the "integrated stress response (ISR)". However, the mechanisms implicated in ISR-induced protective responses are poorly understood. Here, we show that ISR activation by arsenite (Ar) results in suppression of IL-1β production in macrophages and inhibition of DSS-induced colitis in a murine model through a novel posttranscriptional and translation regulatory (PTR) mechanism. Ar triggers PTR events through eIF2α-phosphorylation, which results in the attenuation of active polysome formation leading to the accumulation of translationally stalled IL-1β mRNAs. Translationally stalled IL-1β mRNAs recruit RNA-binding proteins (TIA-1/TIAR), resulting in the formation of RBP-RNA complexes known as stress granules (SGs). The SGs bound IL-1β mRNAs might undergo degradation through induction of autophagy. Also, we show that Ar posttranslationally impairs processing and secretion of IL-1β by diminishing inflammasome activation. Altogether, this study unveils a novel mechanism of IL-1β regulation and further suggests that pharmacological activation of cytoprotective ISR pathway might provide an effective therapeutic intervention against inflammatory diseases.
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- Saima Naz
- Central Laboratory for Stem Cell Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Central Laboratory for Stem Cell Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Central Laboratory for Stem Cell Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Central Laboratory for Stem Cell Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Santos M, Pereira PM, Varanda AS, Carvalho J, Azevedo M, Mateus DD, Mendes N, Oliveira P, Trindade F, Pinto MT, Bordeira-Carriço R, Carneiro F, Vitorino R, Oliveira C, Santos MAS. Codon misreading tRNAs promote tumor growth in mice. RNA Biol 2018; 15:773-786. [PMID: 29558247 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2018.1454244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Deregulation of tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and tRNA modifying enzymes are common in cancer, raising the hypothesis that protein synthesis efficiency and accuracy (mistranslation) are compromised in tumors. We show here that human colon tumors and xenograft tumors produced in mice by two epithelial cancer cell lines mistranslate 2- to 4-fold more frequently than normal tissue. To clarify if protein mistranslation plays a role in tumor biology, we expressed mutant Ser-tRNAs that misincorporate Ser-at-Ala (frequent error) and Ser-at-Leu (infrequent error) in NIH3T3 cells and investigated how they responded to the proteome instability generated by the amino acid misincorporations. There was high tolerance to both misreading tRNAs, but the Ser-to-Ala misreading tRNA was a more potent inducer of cell transformation, stimulated angiogenesis and produced faster growing tumors in mice than the Ser-to-Leu misincorporating tRNA. Upregulation of the Akt pathway and the UPR were also observed. Most surprisingly, the relative expression of both misreading tRNAs increased during tumor growth, suggesting that protein mistranslation is advantageous in cancer contexts. These data highlight new features of protein synthesis deregulation in tumor biology.
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- Mafalda Santos
- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.,b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.,b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal
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- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.,b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.,d Department of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.,e Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- b Expression Regulation in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP) , Porto , Portugal.,c Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.,e Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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Battling for Ribosomes: Translational Control at the Forefront of the Antiviral Response. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1965-1992. [PMID: 29746850 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the early stages of infection, gaining control of the cellular protein synthesis machinery including its ribosomes is the ultimate combat objective for a virus. To successfully replicate, viruses unequivocally need to usurp and redeploy this machinery for translation of their own mRNA. In response, the host triggers global shutdown of translation while paradoxically allowing swift synthesis of antiviral proteins as a strategy to limit collateral damage. This fundamental conflict at the level of translational control defines the outcome of infection. As part of this special issue on molecular mechanisms of early virus-host cell interactions, we review the current state of knowledge regarding translational control during viral infection with specific emphasis on protein kinase RNA-activated and mammalian target of rapamycin-mediated mechanisms. We also describe recent technological advances that will allow unprecedented insight into how viruses and host cells battle for ribosomes.
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Bogorad AM, Lin KY, Marintchev A. Novel mechanisms of eIF2B action and regulation by eIF2α phosphorylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11962-11979. [PMID: 29036434 PMCID: PMC5714165 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) is a heterotrimeric GTPase, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis regulation. eIF2-GTP binds Met-tRNAi to form the eIF2-GTP•Met-tRNAi ternary complex (TC), which is recruited to the 40S ribosomal subunit. Following GTP hydrolysis, eIF2-GDP is recycled back to TC by its guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), eIF2B. Phosphorylation of the eIF2α subunit in response to various cellular stresses converts eIF2 into a competitive inhibitor of eIF2B, which triggers the integrated stress response (ISR). Dysregulation of eIF2B activity is associated with a number of pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancer. However, despite decades of research, the underlying molecular mechanisms of eIF2B action and regulation remain unknown. Here we employ a combination of NMR, fluorescence spectroscopy, site-directed mutagenesis, and thermodynamics to elucidate the mechanisms of eIF2B action and its regulation by phosphorylation of the substrate eIF2. We present: (i) a novel mechanism for the inhibition of eIF2B activity, whereby eIF2α phosphorylation destabilizes an autoregulatory intramolecular interaction within eIF2α; and (ii) the first structural model for the complex of eIF2B with its substrate, eIF2-GDP, reaction intermediates, apo-eIF2 and eIF2-GTP, and product, TC, with direct implications for the eIF2B catalytic mechanism.
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- Andrew M Bogorad
- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Ali MU, Ur Rahman MS, Jia Z, Jiang C. Eukaryotic translation initiation factors and cancer. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317709805. [PMID: 28653885 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317709805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recent technological advancements have shown tremendous mechanistic accomplishments in our understanding of the mechanism of messenger RNA translation in eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotic messenger RNA translation is very complex process that includes four phases (initiation, elongation, termination, and ribosome recycling) and diverse mechanisms involving protein and non-protein molecules. Translation regulation is principally achieved during initiation step of translation, which is organized by multiple eukaryotic translation initiation factors. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor proteins help in stabilizing the formation of the functional ribosome around the start codon and provide regulatory mechanisms in translation initiation. Dysregulated messenger RNA translation is a common feature of tumorigenesis. Various oncogenic and tumor suppressive genes affect/are affected by the translation machinery, making the components of the translation apparatus promising therapeutic targets for the novel anticancer drug. This review provides details on the role of eukaryotic translation initiation factors in messenger RNA translation initiation, their contribution to onset and progression of tumor, and how dysregulated eukaryotic translation initiation factors can be used as a target to treat carcinogenesis.
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- Muhammad Umar Ali
- 1 Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- 1 Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- 2 Institute of Occupational Diseases, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- 1 Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Hendrick HM, Welter BH, Hapstack MA, Sykes SE, Sullivan WJ, Temesvari LA. Phosphorylation of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2α during Stress and Encystation in Entamoeba Species. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1006085. [PMID: 27930733 PMCID: PMC5179133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Entamoeba histolytica is an enteric pathogen responsible for amoebic dysentery and liver abscess. It alternates between the host-restricted trophozoite form and the infective environmentally-stable cyst stage. Throughout its lifecycle E. histolytica experiences stress, in part, from host immune pressure. Conversion to cysts is presumed to be a stress-response. In other systems, stress induces phosphorylation of a serine residue on eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2α (eIF2α). This inhibits eIF2α activity resulting in a general decline in protein synthesis. Genomic data reveal that E. histolytica possesses eIF2α (EheIF2α) with a conserved phosphorylatable serine at position 59 (Ser59). Thus, this pathogen may have the machinery for stress-induced translational control. To test this, we exposed cells to different stress conditions and measured the level of total and phospho-EheIF2α. Long-term serum starvation, long-term heat shock, and oxidative stress induced an increase in the level of phospho-EheIF2α, while short-term serum starvation, short-term heat shock, or glucose deprivation did not. Long-term serum starvation also caused a decrease in polyribosome abundance, which is in accordance with the observation that this condition induces phosphorylation of EheIF2α. We generated transgenic cells that overexpress wildtype EheIF2α, a non-phosphorylatable variant of eIF2α in which Ser59 was mutated to alanine (EheIF2α-S59A), or a phosphomimetic variant of eIF2α in which Ser59 was mutated to aspartic acid (EheIF2α-S59D). Consistent with the known functions of eIF2α, cells expressing wildtype or EheIF2α-S59D exhibited increased or decreased translation, respectively. Surprisingly, cells expressing EheIF2α-S59A also exhibited reduced translation. Cells expressing EheIF2α-S59D were more resistant to long-term serum starvation underscoring the significance of EheIF2α phosphorylation in managing stress. Finally, phospho-eIF2α accumulated during encystation in E. invadens, a model encystation system. Together, these data demonstrate that the eIF2α-dependent stress response system is operational in Entamoeba species. Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amoebic dysentery and liver abscess and is prevalent in underdeveloped countries that lack proper sanitation. Infection is acquired by ingestion of the cyst form in contaminated food or water. During infection, the parasite experiences stress including demanding growth conditions and host immune pressure. Conversion to the infective cyst may be induced by such stress. In other organisms, stress causes a decrease in protein biosynthesis by inducing phosphorylation of eIF2α, which participates in translation initiation. We exposed E. histolytica to six different stress conditions and observed that some of these conditions (long-term serum starvation, long-term heat shock, and oxidative stress) induced an increase in the level of phospho-eIF2α. Long-term serum starvation was also accompanied by a decrease in mRNA translation. A cell line expressing a mutant version of eIF2α that behaves as a phosphomimetic exhibited decreased translation and increased survival during long-term serum starvation. Finally, phospho-eIF2α accumulated in cysts of E. invadens, a reptilian pathogen that readily encysts in vitro. Together, these data demonstrate that the eIF2α-dependent stress response system is operational in Entamoeba and may regulate encystation.
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- Holland M. Hendrick
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianaplois, IN United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America
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Pakos-Zebrucka K, Koryga I, Mnich K, Ljujic M, Samali A, Gorman AM. The integrated stress response. EMBO Rep 2016; 17:1374-1395. [PMID: 27629041 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201642195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1474] [Impact Index Per Article: 184.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In response to diverse stress stimuli, eukaryotic cells activate a common adaptive pathway, termed the integrated stress response (ISR), to restore cellular homeostasis. The core event in this pathway is the phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) by one of four members of the eIF2α kinase family, which leads to a decrease in global protein synthesis and the induction of selected genes, including the transcription factor ATF4, that together promote cellular recovery. The gene expression program activated by the ISR optimizes the cellular response to stress and is dependent on the cellular context, as well as on the nature and intensity of the stress stimuli. Although the ISR is primarily a pro-survival, homeostatic program, exposure to severe stress can drive signaling toward cell death. Here, we review current understanding of the ISR signaling and how it regulates cell fate under diverse types of stress.
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- Karolina Pakos-Zebrucka
- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Chu J, Cargnello M, Topisirovic I, Pelletier J. Translation Initiation Factors: Reprogramming Protein Synthesis in Cancer. Trends Cell Biol 2016; 26:918-933. [PMID: 27426745 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Control of mRNA translation plays a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression and is critical for cellular homeostasis. Dysregulation of translation initiation factors has been documented in several pathologies including cancer. Aberrant function of translation initiation factors leads to translation reprogramming that promotes proliferation, survival, angiogenesis, and metastasis. In such context, understanding how altered levels (and presumably activity) of initiation factors can contribute to tumor initiation and/or maintenance is of major interest for the development of novel therapeutic strategies. In this review we provide an overview of translation initiation mechanisms and focus on recent findings describing the role of individual initiation factors and their aberrant activity in cancer.
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- Jennifer Chu
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute, SMBD JGH, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Lady Davis Institute, SMBD JGH, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada; The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Keil M, Sonner JK, Lanz TV, Oezen I, Bunse T, Bittner S, Meyer HV, Meuth SG, Wick W, Platten M. General control non-derepressible 2 (GCN2) in T cells controls disease progression of autoimmune neuroinflammation. J Neuroimmunol 2016; 297:117-26. [PMID: 27397084 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS)(2) is characterized by phases of acute neuroinflammation followed by spontaneous remission. Termination of inflammation is accompanied by an influx of regulatory T cells (Tregs).(3) The molecular mechanisms responsible for directing Tregs into the inflamed CNS tissue, however, are incompletely understood. In an MS mouse model we show that the stress kinase general control non-derepressible 2 (GCN2),(4) expressed in T cells, contributes to the resolution of autoimmune neuroinflammation. Failure to recover from acute inflammation was associated with reduced frequencies of CNS-infiltrating Tregs. GCN2 deficient Tregs displayed impaired migration to a CCL2 gradient. These data suggest an important contribution of the T cell stress response to the resolution of autoimmune neuroinflammation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Annexin A5/metabolism
- Astrocytes/metabolism
- Brain/cytology
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Cytokines/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/physiopathology
- Endothelial Cells/physiology
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein/toxicity
- Peptide Fragments/toxicity
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/physiology
- Time Factors
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- Melanie Keil
- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Neurology and National Center of Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology and National Center of Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Neurology and National Center of Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Legrand N, Jaquier-Gubler P, Curran J. The impact of the phosphomimetic eIF2αS/D on global translation, reinitiation and the integrated stress response is attenuated in N2a cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:8392-404. [PMID: 26264663 PMCID: PMC4787802 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A plethora of stresses trigger a rapid downregulation of protein synthesis. However, a fraction of mRNAs continue to be recruited onto polysomes and their protein products play a key role in deciding cell fate. These transcripts are characterized by the presence of uORFs within their 5' TL coupling protein expression to reinitiation. The translational brake arises due to the activation of a family of kinases targeting the α subunit of the trimolecular eIF2(αβγ) initiation factor. Phosphorylation of eIF2αSer51 inhibits ternary complex regeneration reducing the pool of 43S ribosomes. It is popular to mimic this event, and hence the integrated stress response (ISR), by the expression of the phosphomimetic eIF2αS51D. However, we report that whereas the ISR is reproduced by eIF2αS51D expression in human HEK293T cells this is not the case in N2a mouse neuroblastoma cells. With regards to translational downregulation, this arises due to the failure of the phosphomimetic protein to assemble an eIF2 complex with endogenous eIF2β/γ. This can be compensated for by the transient co-expression of all three subunits. Curiously, these conditions do not modulate reinitiation and consequently fail to trigger the ISR. This is the first demonstration that the inhibitory and reinitiation functions of eIF2αS/D can be separated.
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- Noemie Legrand
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Maas NL, Diehl JA. Molecular pathways: the PERKs and pitfalls of targeting the unfolded protein response in cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2014; 21:675-9. [PMID: 25182515 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-3239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a highly specialized organelle that provides an oxidizing, profolding environment for protein synthesis and maturation. The ER also hosts a dynamic signaling network that can sense and respond to physiologic changes that affect its environment, thereby influencing overall cell fate. Limitation of nutrients and oxygen have a direct effect on the efficiency of protein folding in the ER, and are classic inducers of the ER resident signaling pathway, the unfolded protein response (UPR). Not only does the UPR regulate ER homeostasis in normal cells experiencing such stress, but strong evidence also suggests that tumor cells can co-opt the cytoprotective aspects of this response to survive the hypoxic, nutrient-restricted conditions of the tumor microenvironment.
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- Nancy L Maas
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Donnelly N, Gorman AM, Gupta S, Samali A. The eIF2α kinases: their structures and functions. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:3493-511. [PMID: 23354059 PMCID: PMC11113696 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1252-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 601] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 12/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cell signaling in response to an array of diverse stress stimuli converges on the phosphorylation of the α-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2). Phosphorylation of eIF2α on serine 51 results in a severe decline in de novo protein synthesis and is an important strategy in the cell's armory against stressful insults including viral infection, the accumulation of misfolded proteins, and starvation. The phosphorylation of eIF2α is carried out by a family of four kinases, PERK (PKR-like ER kinase), PKR (protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent), GCN2 (general control non-derepressible-2), and HRI (heme-regulated inhibitor). Each primarily responds to a distinct type of stress or stresses. Thus, while significant sequence similarity exists between the eIF2α kinases in their kinase domains, underlying their common role in phosphorylating eIF2α, additional unique features determine the regulation of these four proteins, that is, what signals activate them. This review will describe the structure of each eIF2α kinase and discuss how this is linked to their activation and function. In parallel to the general translational attenuation elicited by eIF2α kinase activation the translation of stress-induced mRNAs, most notably activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) is enhanced and these set in motion cascades of gene expression constituting the integrated stress response (ISR), which seek to remediate stress and restore homeostasis. Depending on the cellular context and concurrent signaling pathways active, however, translational attenuation can also facilitate apoptosis. Accordingly, the role of the kinases in determining cell fate will also be discussed.
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- Neysan Donnelly
- Apoptosis Research Center, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Present Address: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried, Munich, 82152 Germany
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- Apoptosis Research Center, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Center, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Center, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Zheng QY, Li PP, Jin FS, Yao C, Zhang GH, Zang T, Ai X. Ursolic acid induces ER stress response to activate ASK1-JNK signaling and induce apoptosis in human bladder cancer T24 cells. Cell Signal 2013; 25:206-13. [PMID: 23000344 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Here we studied the cellular mechanisms of ursolic acid's anti-bladder cancer ability by focusing on endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress) signaling. We show that ursolic acid induces a significant ER stress response in cultured human bladder cancer T24 cells. ER stress inhibitor salubrinal, or PERK silencing, diminishes ursolic acid-induced anti-T24 cell effects. Salubrinal inhibits ursolic acid-induced CHOP expression, Bim ER accumulation and caspase-3 activation in T24 cells. Ursolic acid induces IRE1-TRAF2-ASK1 signaling complex formation to activate pro-apoptotic ASK1-JNK signaling. We suggest that ER stress contributes to ursolic acid's effects against bladder cancer cells.
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- Qing-you Zheng
- Department of Urology, the Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA, Beijing 100700, China.
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The dominant-negative inhibition of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR increases the efficacy of Rift Valley fever virus MP-12 vaccine. J Virol 2012; 86:7650-61. [PMID: 22573861 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00778-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), belonging to the genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae, is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and causes a high rate of abortion in ruminants and hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, or blindness in humans. MP-12 is the only RVFV strain excluded from the select-agent rule and handled at a biosafety level 2 (BSL2) laboratory. MP-12 encodes a functional major virulence factor, the NSs protein, which contributes to its residual virulence in pregnant ewes. We found that 100% of mice subcutaneously vaccinated with recombinant MP-12 (rMP12)-murine PKRN167 (mPKRN167), which encodes a dominant-negative form of mouse double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in place of NSs, were protected from wild-type (wt) RVFV challenge, while 72% of mice vaccinated with MP-12 were protected after challenge. rMP12-mPKRN167 induced alpha interferon (IFN-α) in sera, accumulated RVFV antigens in dendritic cells at the local draining lymph nodes, and developed high levels of neutralizing antibodies, while parental MP-12 induced neither IFN-α nor viral-antigen accumulation at the draining lymph node yet induced a high level of neutralizing antibodies. The present study suggests that the expression of a dominant-negative PKR increases the immunogenicity and efficacy of live-attenuated RVFV vaccine, which will lead to rational design of safe and highly immunogenic RVFV vaccines for livestock and humans.
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The critical roles of endoplasmic reticulum chaperones and unfolded protein response in tumorigenesis and anticancer therapies. Oncogene 2012; 32:805-18. [PMID: 22508478 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 439] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cancer progression is characterized by rapidly proliferating cancer cells that are in need of increased protein synthesis. Therefore, enhanced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) activity is required to facilitate the folding, assembly and transportation of membrane and secretory proteins. These functions are carried out by ER chaperones. It is now becoming clear that the ER chaperones have critical functions outside of simply facilitating protein folding. For example, cancer progression requires glucose regulated protein (GRP) 78 for cancer cell survival and proliferation, as well as angiogenesis in the microenvironment. GRP78 can translocate to the cell surface acting as a receptor regulating oncogenic signaling and cell viability. Calreticulin, another ER chaperone, can translocate to the cell surface of apoptotic cancer cells and induce immunogenic cancer cell death and antitumor responses in vivo. Tumor-secreted GRP94 has been shown to elicit antitumor immune responses when used as antitumor vaccines. Protein disulfide isomerase is another ER chaperone that demonstrates pro-oncogenic and pro-survival functions. Because of intrinsic alterations of cellular metabolism and extrinsic factors in the tumor microenvironment, cancer cells are under ER stress, and they respond to this stress by activating the unfolded protein response (UPR). Depending on the severity and duration of ER stress, the signaling branches of the UPR can activate adaptive and pro-survival signals, or induce apoptotic cell death. The protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase signaling branch of the UPR has a dual role in cancer proliferation and survival, and is also required for ER stress-induced autophagy. The activation of the inositol-requiring kinase 1α branch promotes tumorigenesis, cancer cell survival and regulates tumor invasion. In summary, perturbance of ER homeostasis has critical roles in tumorigenesis, and therapeutic modulation of ER chaperones and/or UPR components presents potential antitumor treatments.
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Rodriguez-Hernandez CJ, Guinovart JJ, Murguia JR. Anti-diabetic and anti-obesity agent sodium tungstate enhances GCN pathway activation through Glc7p inhibition. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:270-6. [PMID: 22245679 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Tungstate counteracts diabetes and obesity in animal models, but its molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Our Saccharomyces cerevisiae-based approach has found that tungstate alleviated the growth defect induced by nutrient stress and enhanced the activation of the GCN pathway. Tungstate relieved the sensitivity to starvation of a gcn2-507 yeast hypomorphic mutant, indicating that tungstate modulated the GCN pathway downstream of Gcn2p. Interestingly, tungstate inhibited Glc7p and PP1 phosphatase activity, both negative regulators of the GCN pathway in yeast and humans, respectively. Accordingly, overexpression of a dominant-negative Glc7p mutant in yeast mimicked tungstate effects. Therefore tungstate alleviates nutrient stress in yeast by in vivo inhibition of Glc7p. These data uncover a potential role for tungstate in the treatment of PP1 and GCN related diseases.
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Heiber JF, Xu XX, Barber GN. Potential of vesicular stomatitis virus as an oncolytic therapy for recurrent and drug-resistant ovarian cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CANCER 2011; 30:805-14. [PMID: 22059911 PMCID: PMC4013328 DOI: 10.5732/cjc.011.10205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In the last decade, we have gained significant understanding of the mechanism by which vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) specifically kills cancer cells. Dysregulation of translation and defective innate immunity are both thought to contribute to VSV oncolysis. Safety and efficacy are important objectives to consider in evaluating VSV as a therapy for malignant disease. Ongoing efforts may enable VSV virotherapy to be considered in the near future to treat drug-resistant ovarian cancer when other options have been exhausted. In this article, we review the development of VSV as a potential therapeutic approach for recurrent or drug-resistant ovarian cancer.
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- Joshua F Heiber
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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The alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) is required for eIF2-mediated translational suppression of vesicular stomatitis virus. J Virol 2011; 85:9716-25. [PMID: 21795329 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05146-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) is a heteropentameric guanine nucleotide exchange factor that converts protein synthesis initiation factor 2 (eIF2) from a GDP-bound form to the active eIF2-GTP complex. Cellular stress can repress translation initiation by activating kinases capable of phosphorylating the alpha subunit of eIF2 (eIF2α), which sequesters eIF2B to prevent exchange activity. Previously, we demonstrated that tumor cells are sensitive to viral replication, possibly due to the occurrence of defects in eIF2B that overcome the inhibitory effects of eIF2α phosphorylation. To extend this analysis, we have investigated the importance of eIF2Bα function and report that this subunit can functionally substitute for its counterpart, GCN3, in yeast. In addition, a variant of mammalian eIF2Bα harboring a point mutation (T41A) was able overcome translational inhibition invoked by amino acid depravation, which activates Saccharomyces cerevisiae GCN2 to phosphorylate the yeast eIF2α homolog SUI2. Significantly, we also demonstrate that the loss of eIF2Bα, or the expression of the T41A variant in mammalian cells, is sufficient to neutralize the consequences of eIF2α phosphorylation and render normal cells susceptible to virus infection. Our data emphasize the importance of eIF2Bα in mediating the eIF2 kinase translation-inhibitory activity and may provide insight into the complex nature of viral oncolysis.
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Pindel A, Sadler A. The Role of Protein Kinase R in the Interferon Response. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2011; 31:59-70. [DOI: 10.1089/jir.2010.0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Agnieszka Pindel
- Centre for Cancer Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Li XL, Ezelle HJ, Hsi TY, Hassel BA. A central role for RNA in the induction and biological activities of type 1 interferons. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2010; 2:58-78. [PMID: 21956969 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In mammals the type 1 interferon (IFN) system functions as the primary innate antiviral defense and more broadly as a stress response and regulator of diverse homeostatic mechanisms. RNA plays a central role in the induction of IFN and in its biologic activities. Cellular toll-like receptors (TLR), RIG-I-like receptors (RLR), and nucleotide organization domain-like receptors (NLR) sense pathogen- and danger-associated RNAs as nonself based on structural features and subcellular location that distinguish them from ubiquitous host RNAs. Detection of nonself RNAs activates signaling pathways to induce IFN transcription and secretion. In turn, IFN binds cell surface receptors to initiate signaling that results in the induction of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) that mediate its biologic activities. RNA also plays a critical role in this effector phase of the IFN system, serving as an activator of enzyme activity for protein kinase RNA-dependent (PKR) and oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS), and as a substrate for 2('), 5(') -linked oligoadenylate dependant-endoribonuclease (RNase-L). In contrast to the transcriptional response induced by RNA receptors, these key ISGs mediate their activities primarily through post transcriptional mechanisms to regulate the translation and stability of host and microbial RNAs. Together RNA-sensing and RNA-effector molecules comprise a network of coordinately regulated proteins with integrated feedback and feed-forward loops that tightly regulate the cellular response to RNA. This stringent regulation is essential to prevent deleterious effects of uncontrolled IFN expression and effector activation. In light of this extensive crosstalk, targeting key mediators of the cellular response to RNA represents a viable strategy for therapeutic modulation of immune function and treatment of diseases in which this response is dysregulated (e.g., cancer).
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- Xiao-Ling Li
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Verfaillie T, Garg AD, Agostinis P. Targeting ER stress induced apoptosis and inflammation in cancer. Cancer Lett 2010; 332:249-64. [PMID: 20732741 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2010.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2010] [Revised: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Disturbance in the folding capacity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), caused by a variety of endogenous and exogenous insults, prompts a cellular stress condition known as ER stress. ER stress is initially shaped to re-establish ER homeostasis through the activation of an integrated intracellular signal transduction pathway termed as unfolded protein response (UPR). However, when ER stress is too severe or prolonged, the pro-survival function of the UPR turns into a toxic signal, which is predominantly executed by mitochondrial apoptosis. Moreover, accumulating evidence implicates ER stress pathways in the activation of various 'classical' inflammatory processes in and around the tumour microenvironment. In fact, ER stress pathways evoked by certain conventional or experimental anticancer modalities have been found to promote anti-tumour immunity by enhancing immunogenicity of dying cancer cells. Thus, the ER functions as an essential sensing organelle capable of coordinating stress pathways crucially involved in maintaining the cross-talk between the cancer cell's intracellular and extracellular environment. In this review we discuss the emerging link between ER stress, cell fate decisions and immunomodulation and the potential therapeutic benefit of targeting this multifaceted signaling pathway in anticancer therapy.
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- Tom Verfaillie
- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
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Ebert SM, Monteys AM, Fox DK, Bongers KS, Shields BE, Malmberg SE, Davidson BL, Suneja M, Adams CM. The transcription factor ATF4 promotes skeletal myofiber atrophy during fasting. Mol Endocrinol 2010; 24:790-9. [PMID: 20197309 DOI: 10.1210/me.2009-0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Prolonged fasting alters skeletal muscle gene expression in a manner that promotes myofiber atrophy, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we examined the potential role of activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), a transcription factor with an evolutionarily ancient role in the cellular response to starvation. In mouse skeletal muscle, fasting increases the level of ATF4 mRNA. To determine whether increased ATF4 expression was required for myofiber atrophy, we reduced ATF4 expression with an inhibitory RNA targeting ATF4 and found that it reduced myofiber atrophy during fasting. Likewise, reducing the fasting level of ATF4 mRNA with a phosphorylation-resistant form of eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha decreased myofiber atrophy. To determine whether ATF4 was sufficient to reduce myofiber size, we overexpressed ATF4 and found that it reduced myofiber size in the absence of fasting. In contrast, a transcriptionally inactive ATF4 construct did not reduce myofiber size, suggesting a requirement for ATF4-mediated transcriptional regulation. To begin to determine the mechanism of ATF4-mediated myofiber atrophy, we compared the effects of fasting and ATF4 overexpression on global skeletal muscle mRNA expression. Interestingly, expression of ATF4 increased a small subset of five fasting-responsive mRNAs, including four of the 15 mRNAs most highly induced by fasting. These five mRNAs encode proteins previously implicated in growth suppression (p21(Cip1/Waf1), GADD45alpha, and PW1/Peg3) or titin-based stress signaling [muscle LIM protein (MLP) and cardiac ankyrin repeat protein (CARP)]. Taken together, these data identify ATF4 as a novel mediator of skeletal myofiber atrophy during starvation.
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- Scott M Ebert
- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Zhao C, Datta S, Mandal P, Xu S, Hamilton T. Stress-sensitive regulation of IFRD1 mRNA decay is mediated by an upstream open reading frame. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:8552-62. [PMID: 20080976 PMCID: PMC2838277 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.070920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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In this report, we demonstrate that cellular stress regulates expression of IFRD1 by a post-transcriptional control mechanism. IFRD1 mRNA and protein are elevated in tunicamycin-treated human kidney epithelial cells via stabilization of the mRNA. IFRD1 mRNA instability in resting cells requires translation of an upstream open reading frame (ORF) that represses translation of the major ORF. During stress response, the mRNA is stabilized via inhibition of translational initiation mediated by phosphorylated eIF2alpha. Translation of the major ORF of IFRD1 involves both leaky scanning at the upstream AUG codon and re-initiation at the major AUG codon and is not altered during stress. Finally, the instability mechanism depends upon UPF1, suggesting that it is related to nonsense-mediated decay. Importantly, the sequence and length of the upstream ORF are critical but do not need to code for a specific peptide. Moreover the sequence environment of the upstream ORF termination site is not an essential feature of instability. These features of decay collectively define a distinct upstream ORF-mediated instability mechanism whereby cellular stress can modulate specific gene expression through alteration of mRNA half-life.
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- Chenyang Zhao
- Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Chen L, Tian G, Shao C, Cobos E, Gao W. Curcumin modulates eukaryotic initiation factors in human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells. Mol Biol Rep 2009; 37:3105-10. [PMID: 19826913 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9888-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 10/02/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Curcumin, a polyphenolic compound, is the active component of Curcuma longa and has been extensively investigated as an anticancer drug that modulates multiple pathways. Eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) have been known to play important roles in translation initiation, which controls cell growth and proliferation. Little is known about the effects of curcumin on eIFs in lung cancer. The objective of this study was to exam the curcumin cytotoxic effect and modulation of two major rate-limiting translation initiation factors, including eIF2α and eIF4E protein expression levels in lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line A549. Cytotoxicity was measured by MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and protein changes were determined by Western blot. A549 cells were treated with 0-240 μM curcumin for 4-96 h. The inhibitory effects of curcumin on cytotoxicity were dose- and time-dependent (P < 0.001). The 50% inhibitory curcumin concentrations (IC50s) at 24, 48, 72, and 96 h were 93, 65, 40, and 24 μM, respectively. Protein expressions of eIF2α, eIF4E, Phospho-4E-BP1 were down-regulated, while Phospho-eIF2α and Phospho-eIF4E were up-regulated after A549 cells were treated with 20 and 40 μM curcumin for 24 h. In addition, the effects of curcumin on these protein expression changes followed a significant dose-response (P < 0.05, trend test). These findings suggest that curcumin could reduce cell viability through prohibiting the initiation of protein synthesis by modulating eIF2α and eIF4E.
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- Lixia Chen
- Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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Targeting the endoplasmic reticulum-stress response as an anticancer strategy. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 625:234-46. [PMID: 19835867 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of synthesis and folding of secretory and membrane bound proteins. The capacity of the ER to process proteins is limited and the accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins can lead to ER stress which has been associated with a wide range of diseases including cancer. In this review we initially provide an overview of our current understanding of how cells respond to ER stress at the molecular level and the key players involved in mediating the unfolded protein response (UPR). We review the evidence suggesting that the ER stress response could be important for the growth and development of tumors under stressful growth conditions such as hypoxia or glucose deprivation, which are commonly encountered by most solid tumors, and we analyse how it may be possible to exploit the unfolded protein response as an anticancer strategy. Two approaches to target the unfolded protein response are proposed-the first involves inhibiting components of the unfolded protein response so cells cannot adapt to stressful conditions and the second involves overloading the unfolded protein response so the cell is unable to cope, leading to cell death. We focused on proteins with an enzymatic activity that can be targeted by small molecule inhibitors as this is one of the most common approaches utilized by drug discovery companies. Finally, we review drugs currently in clinical development that affect the ER stress response and that may have potential as anti-tumor agents alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutics.
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Ranganathan AC, Ojha S, Kourtidis A, Conklin DS, Aguirre-Ghiso JA. Dual function of pancreatic endoplasmic reticulum kinase in tumor cell growth arrest and survival. Cancer Res 2008; 68:3260-8. [PMID: 18451152 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Pancreatic endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK)-eIF2 alpha signaling, a component of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, has been proposed as a therapeutic target due to its importance to cell survival in hypoxic tumors. In this study, we show that in addition to promoting survival, PERK can also suppress tumor growth of advanced carcinomas. Our results show that in squamous carcinoma T-HEp3 cells, which display low PERK-eIF2 alpha signaling, inducible activation of an Fv2E-PERK fusion protein results in a strong G(0)-G(1) arrest in vitro. Most importantly, Fv2E-PERK activation, in addition to promoting survival in vitro, inhibits T-HEp3 and SW620 colon carcinoma growth in vivo. Increased PERK activation is linked to enhanced p-eIF2 alpha levels, translational repression, and a decrease in Ki67, pH 3, and cycD1/D3 levels, but not to changes in angiogenesis or apoptosis. Experimental reduction of PERK activity, or overexpression of GADD34 in a spontaneously arising in vivo quiescent variant of HEp3 cells that displays strong basal PERK-eIF2 alpha activation, reverts their quiescent phenotype. We conclude that the growth-inhibitory function of PERK is preserved in tumors and upon proper reactivation can severely inhibit tumor growth through induction of quiescence. This is an important consideration in the development of PERK-based therapies, as its inhibition may facilitate the proliferation of slow-cycling or dormant tumor cells.
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- Aparna C Ranganathan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, USA
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Lin JH, Walter P, Yen TSB. Endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease pathogenesis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY-MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 2008; 3:399-425. [PMID: 18039139 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pathmechdis.3.121806.151434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 588] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of synthesis and folding of membrane and secretory proteins, which, collectively, represent a large fraction of the total protein output of a mammalian cell. Therefore, the protein flux through the ER must be carefully monitored for abnormalities, including the buildup of misfolded proteins. Mammalian cells have evolved an intricate set of signaling pathways from the ER to the cytosol and nucleus, to allow the cell to respond to the presence of misfolded proteins within the ER. These pathways, known collectively as the unfolded protein response, are important for normal cellular homeostasis and organismal development and may also play key roles in the pathogenesis of many diseases. This review provides background information on the unfolded protein response and discusses a selection of diseases whose pathogenesis involves ER stress.
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- Jonathan H Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Fritsch RM, Schneider G, Saur D, Scheibel M, Schmid RM. Translational Repression of MCL-1 Couples Stress-induced eIF2α Phosphorylation to Mitochondrial Apoptosis Initiation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22551-62. [PMID: 17553788 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702673200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The integrated stress response (ISR) integrates a broad range of environmental and endogenous stress signals to the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2 alpha). Although intense or prolonged activation of this pathway is known to induce apoptosis, the molecular mechanisms coupling stress-induced eIF2 alpha phosphorylation to the cell death machinery have remained incompletely understood. In this study, we characterized apoptosis initiation in response to classical activators of the ISR (tunicamycin, UVC, elevated osmotic pressure, arsenite). We found that all applied stress stimuli activated a mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis initiation. Rapid and selective down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family protein MCL-1 preceded the activation of BAX, BAK, and caspases. Stabilization of MCL-1 blocked apoptosis initiation, while cells with reduced MCL-1 protein content were strongly sensitized to stress-induced apoptosis. Stress-induced elimination of MCL-1 occurred with unchanged protein turnover and independently of MCL-1 mRNA levels. In contrast, stress-induced phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha at Ser(51) was both essential and sufficient for the down-regulation of MCL-1 protein in stressed cells. These findings indicate that stress-induced phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha is directly coupled to mitochondrial apoptosis regulation via translational repression of MCL-1. Down-regulation of MCL-1 enables but not enforces apoptosis initiation in stressed cells.
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- Ralph M Fritsch
- Department of Medicine 2, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Rahmani M, Davis EM, Crabtree TR, Habibi JR, Nguyen TK, Dent P, Grant S. The kinase inhibitor sorafenib induces cell death through a process involving induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:5499-513. [PMID: 17548474 PMCID: PMC1952105 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01080-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor that induces apoptosis in human leukemia and other malignant cells. Recently, we demonstrated that sorafenib diminishes Mcl-1 protein expression by inhibiting translation through a MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling-independent mechanism and that this phenomenon plays a key functional role in sorafenib-mediated lethality. Here, we report that inducible expression of constitutively active MEK1 fails to protect cells from sorafenib-mediated lethality, indicating that sorafenib-induced cell death is unrelated to MEK1/2-ERK1/2 pathway inactivation. Notably, treatment with sorafenib induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in human leukemia cells (U937) manifested by immediate cytosolic-calcium mobilization, GADD153 and GADD34 protein induction, PKR-like ER kinase (PERK) and eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha) phosphorylation, XBP1 splicing, and a general reduction in protein synthesis as assessed by [35S]methionine incorporation. These events were accompanied by pronounced generation of reactive oxygen species through a mechanism dependent upon cytosolic-calcium mobilization and a significant decline in GRP78/Bip protein levels. Interestingly, enforced expression of IRE1alpha markedly reduced sorafenib-mediated apoptosis, whereas knockdown of IRE1alpha or XBP1, disruption of PERK activity, or inhibition of eIF2alpha phosphorylation enhanced sorafenib-mediated lethality. Finally, downregulation of caspase-2 or caspase-4 by small interfering RNA significantly diminished apoptosis induced by sorafenib. Together, these findings demonstrate that ER stress represents a central component of a MEK1/2-ERK1/2-independent cell death program triggered by sorafenib.
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- Mohamed Rahmani
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, MCV Station Box 230, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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Eley HL, Tisdale MJ. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy, a Link between Depression of Protein Synthesis and Increase in Degradation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:7087-97. [PMID: 17213191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610378200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Both proteolysis-inducing factor (PIF) and angiotensin II have been shown to produce a depression in protein synthesis in murine myotubes concomitant with an increased phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha). Both PIF and angiotensin II were shown to induce autophosphorylation of the RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), and an inhibitor of this enzyme completely attenuated the depression in protein synthesis and prevented the induction of eIF2alpha phosphorylation. The PKR inhibitor also completely attenuated the increase in protein degradation induced by PIF and angiotensin II and prevented the increase in proteasome expression and activity. To confirm these results myotubes were transfected with plasmids that express either wild-type PKR, or a catalytically inactive PKR variant, PKRDelta6. Myotubes expressing PKRDelta6 showed no increase in eIF2alpha phosphorylation in response to PIF or angiotensin II, no depression in protein synthesis, and no increase in protein degradation or increase in proteasome expression. Induction of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway by PIF and angiotensin II has been linked to activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Inhibition of PKR prevented nuclear migration of NF-kappaB in response to both PIF and angiotensin II, by preventing degradation of the inhibitor protein I-kappaB. Phosphorylation of PKR and eIF2alpha was also significantly increased in the gastrocnemius muscle of weight losing mice bearing the MAC16 tumor, suggesting that a similar process may be operative in cancer cachexia. These results provide a link between the depression of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle and the increase in protein degradation.
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- Helen L Eley
- Nutritional Biomedicine, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom
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The mammalian innate immune system provides a first line of defense against microbial pathogens and also serves to activate an antigen specific acquired immune program. Key components of innate immunity are the interferons (IFNs), a family of related cytokines with potent antimicrobial and immuno-modulatory activities. The IFNs exert their effects through the induction of numerous genes, one of which is the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), a pivotal antiviral protein found in most human cells. Following activation by double stranded (ds) RNAs produced during viral replication, PKR phosphorylates the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 2, causing a severe inhibititon of cellular and viral protein synthesis. Phosphorylation of eIF2alpha and consequent inhibition of protein synthesis is a major cell growth checkpoint utilized by at least three other kinases, in addition to PKR, following exposure to such cellular stresses as amino acid deprivation and the presence of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that disruption of the eIF2alpha checkpoint can lead to the transformation of immortalized rodent and human cells, plausibly by increasing the protein synthesis rates of proto-oncogenes. Further, it has been shown that disregulation of the eIF2alpha checkpoint and consequent permissiveness to virus infection may be a common occurrence in tumorigenic mammalian cell lines. These findings have been exploited to develop potent oncolytic RNA viruses that can selectively replicate in and destroy a variety of neoplasias in vitro and in vivo. In this chapter, we describe some of the techniques commonly used in our laboratory to examine PKR activity and eIF2 regulation. Protocols for the generation and use of recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus variants are also described.
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Bennett RL, Blalock WL, Abtahi DM, Pan Y, Moyer SA, May WS. RAX, the PKR activator, sensitizes cells to inflammatory cytokines, serum withdrawal, chemotherapy, and viral infection. Blood 2006; 108:821-9. [PMID: 16861340 PMCID: PMC1617065 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-11-006817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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While the interferon (IFN)-inducible double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase PKR is reported to initiate apoptosis in some instances, the mechanism by which diverse stress stimuli activate PKR remains unknown. Now we report that RAX, the only known cellular activator for PKR, initiates PKR activation in response to a broad range of stresses including serum deprivation, cytotoxic cytokine or chemotherapy treatment, or viral infection. Thus, knock-down of RAX expression by 80% using small interfering RNA (siRNA) prevents IFNgamma/tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha)-induced PKR activation and eIF2alpha phosphorylation, IkappaB degradation, IRF-1 expression, and STAT1 phosphorylation, resulting in enhanced murine embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cell survival. In contrast, expression of exogenous RAX, but not of the nonphosphorylatable, dominant-negative RAX(S18A) mutant, sensitizes cells to IFNgamma/TNFalpha, mitomycin C (MMC), or serum deprivation in association with increased PKR activity and apoptosis. Furthermore, RAX(S18A) expression in Fanconi anemia complementation group C-null MEF cells not only prevents PKR activation but also blocks hypersensitivity to IFNgamma/TNFalpha or mitomycin C that results in enhanced apoptosis. In addition, reduced RAX expression facilitates productive viral infection with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and promotes anchorage-independent colony growth of MEF cells. Collectively, these data indicate that RAX may function as a negative regulator of growth that is required to activate PKR in response to a broad range of apoptosis-inducing stress.
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- Richard L Bennett
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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Scheuner D, Patel R, Wang F, Lee K, Kumar K, Wu J, Nilsson A, Karin M, Kaufman RJ. Double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 mediates apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:21458-21468. [PMID: 16717090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603784200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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As the molecular processes of complex cell stress signaling pathways are defined, the subsequent challenge is to elucidate how each individual event influences the final biological outcome. Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha)atSer(51) is a molecular signal that inhibits translation in response to activation of any of four diverse eIF2alpha stress kinases. We used gene targeting to replace the wild-type Ser(51) allele with an Ala in the eIF2alpha gene to test the hypothesis that translational control through eIF2alpha phosphorylation is a central death stimulus in eukaryotic cells. Homozygous eIF2alpha mutant mouse embryo fibroblasts were resistant to the apoptotic effects of dsRNA, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and serum deprivation. TNFalpha treatment induced eIF2alpha phosphorylation and activation of caspase 3 primarily through the dsRNA-activated eIF2alpha kinase PKR. In addition, expression of a phospho-mimetic Ser(51) to Asp mutant eIF2alpha-activated caspase 3, indicating that eIF2alpha phosphorylation is sufficient to induce apoptosis. The proapoptotic effects of PKR-mediated eIF2alpha phosphorylation contrast with the anti-apoptotic response upon activation of the PKR-related endoplasmic reticulum eIF2alpha kinase, PERK. Therefore, divergent fates of death and survival can be mediated through phosphorylation at the same site within eIF2alpha. We propose that eIF2alpha phosphorylation is fundamentally a death signal, yet it may promote either death or survival, depending upon coincident signaling events.
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- Donalyn Scheuner
- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0636
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650; Departments of Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650.
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Squatrito M, Mancino M, Sala L, Draetta GF. Ebp1 is a dsRNA-binding protein associated with ribosomes that modulates eIF2alpha phosphorylation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 344:859-68. [PMID: 16631606 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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dsRNA-binding domains (dsRBDs) characterize an expanding family of proteins involved in different cellular processes, ranging from RNA editing and processing to translational control. Here we present evidence that Ebp1, a cell growth regulating protein that is part of ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes, contains a dsRBD and that this domain mediates its interaction with dsRNA. Deletion of Ebp1's dsRBD impairs its localization to the nucleolus and its ability to form RNP complexes. We show that in the cytoplasm, Ebp1 is associated with mature ribosomes and that it is able to inhibit the phosphorylation of serine 51 in the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2alpha). In response to various cellular stress, eIF2alpha is phosphorylated by distinct protein kinases (PKR, PERK, GCN2, and HRI), and this event results in protein translation shut-down. Ebp1 overexpression in HeLa cells is able to protect eIF2alpha from phosphorylation at steady state and also in response to various treatments. We demonstrate that Ebp1 interacts with and is phosphorylated by the PKR protein kinase. Our results demonstrate that Ebp1 is a new dsRNA-binding protein that acts as a cellular inhibitor of eIF2alpha phosphorylation suggesting that it could be involved in protein translation control.
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- Massimo Squatrito
- European Institute of Oncology, 435 Via Ripamonti, 20141 Milan, Italy.
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Smith KD, Mezhir JJ, Bickenbach K, Veerapong J, Charron J, Posner MC, Roizman B, Weichselbaum RR. Activated MEK suppresses activation of PKR and enables efficient replication and in vivo oncolysis by Deltagamma(1)34.5 mutants of herpes simplex virus 1. J Virol 2006; 80:1110-20. [PMID: 16414988 PMCID: PMC1346955 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.3.1110-1120.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus mutants lacking the gamma(1)34.5 gene are not destructive to normal tissues but are potent cytolytic agents in human tumor cells in which the activation of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is suppressed. Thus, replication of a Deltagamma(1)34.5 mutant (R3616) in 12 genetically defined cancer cell lines correlates with suppression of PKR but not with the genotype of RAS. Extensive analyses of two cell lines transduced with either dominant negative MEK (dnMEK) or constitutively active MEK (caMEK) indicated that in R3616 mutant-infected cells dnMEK enabled PKR activation and decreased virus yields, whereas caMEK suppressed PKR and enabled better viral replication and cell destruction in transduced cells in vitro or in mouse xenografts. The results indicate that activated MEK mediates the suppression of PKR and that the status of MEK predicts the ability of Deltagamma(1)34.5 mutant viruses to replicate in and destroy tumor cells.
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- Kerrington D Smith
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Center for Advanced Medicine, Room 1329, Mail Code 9006, 5758 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Parato KA, Senger D, Forsyth PAJ, Bell JC. Recent progress in the battle between oncolytic viruses and tumours. Nat Rev Cancer 2005; 5:965-76. [PMID: 16294217 DOI: 10.1038/nrc1750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 406] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In the past 5 years, the field of oncolytic virus research has matured significantly and is moving past the stage of being a laboratory novelty into a new era of preclinical and clinical trials. What have recent anticancer trials of oncolytic viruses taught us about this exciting new line of therapeutics?
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- Kelley A Parato
- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Health Research Institute, 503 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6
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Wang J, Laschinger C, Zhao XH, Mak B, Seth A, McCulloch CA. Mechanical force activates eIF-2α phospho-kinases in fibroblast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 330:123-30. [PMID: 15781241 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mechanical forces can induce differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, a process which requires activation of the MAP kinase p38. Currently, the identification of other phospho-kinases involved in myofibroblast differentiation has not been explored. We applied static tensile forces to rat cardiac fibroblasts via collagen-coated magnetite beads and examined activation of protein phospho-kinases by the Kinexus phospho-antibody screening system. Of 75 candidate protein kinases screened, 39 were detected and, of these, 31 phospho-kinases were analyzed. Following force application, 12 out of 31 phospho-kinases exhibited increases of phosphorylation including PKR (>4-fold), MKK3 (3-fold), MKK6 ( approximately 2-fold), and p38 ( approximately 2-fold). In several types of mechanically sensitive, contractile fibroblasts including rat cardiac, human gingival, and Rat-2 fibroblasts, tensile forces increased eIF-2alpha phosphorylation, a downstream effector of PKR. We conclude that phospho-antibody screening is an efficient method for discovery of novel mechanical force-induced phospho-kinases and force can activate eIF-2alpha phospho-kinases in fibroblasts.
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- J Wang
- CIHR Group in Matrix Dynamics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Connor JH, Lyles DS. Inhibition of host and viral translation during vesicular stomatitis virus infection. eIF2 is responsible for the inhibition of viral but not host translation. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:13512-9. [PMID: 15705563 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501156200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In cells that allow replication of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), there are two phases of translation inhibition: an early block of host translation and a later inhibition of viral translation. We investigated the phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the eIF2 complex during these two phases of viral infection. In VSV-infected cells, the accumulation of phosphorylated (inactivated) eIF2alpha did not begin until well after host protein synthesis was inhibited, suggesting that it only plays a role in blocking viral translation later after infection. Consistent with this, cells expressing an unphosphorylatable eIF2alpha showed prolonged viral protein synthesis without an effect on host protein synthesis inhibition. Induction of eIF2alpha phosphorylation at early times of viral infection by treatment with thapsigargin showed that virus and host translation are similarly inhibited, demonstrating that viral and host messages are similarly sensitive to eIF2alpha phosphorylation. A recombinant virus that expresses a mutant matrix protein and is defective in the inhibition of host and virus protein synthesis showed an altered phosphorylation of eIF2alpha, demonstrating an involvement of viral protein function in inducing this antiviral response. This analysis of eIF2alpha phosphorylation, coupled with earlier findings that the eIF4F complex is modified earlier during VSV infection, supports a temporal/kinetic model of translation control, where at times soon after infection, changes in the eIF4F complex result in the inhibition of host protein synthesis; at later times, inactivation of the eIF2 complex blocks VSV protein synthesis.
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- John H Connor
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
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Eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2 and its 'exchange factor' eIF2B play a key role in the regulation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes from yeast to mammals. Phosphorylation of eIF2 inhibits eIF2B and thus translation initiation. Four eIF2 kinases are now known in mammalian cells and these are activated in response to specific stress conditions. While phosphorylation of eIF2 serves to impair general protein synthesis, it causes upregulation of the translation of certain specific mRNAs that encode transcription factors. It can, therefore, exert effects on gene expression at multiple levels. The importance of correct control of eIF2 and eIF2B for normal physiology is exemplified by data from transgenic mice carrying knock-in or knock-out mutations and by the fact that mutations in the genes for the eIF2 kinase PERK or for eIF2B give rise to serious human diseases.
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- Christopher G Proud
- Division of Molecular Physiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dunde DD15EH, United Kingdom.
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