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Singha Roy A, Majumder S, Saha P. Stable RNA G-Quadruplex in the 5'-UTR of Human cIAP1 mRNA Promotes Translation in an IRES-Independent Manner. Biochemistry 2024. [PMID: 38334276 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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RNA G-quadruplex (rG4) structures can influence the fate and functions of mRNAs, especially the translation process. The presence of rG4 structures in 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTRs) of mRNAs generally represses translation. However, rG4 structures can also promote internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated translation as one of its determinants. Here, we report the identification of an evolutionary conserved rG4-forming sequence motif at the extreme 5'-end of the unusually long 5'-UTR (1.7 kb) in the transcript of human cIAP1 gene encoding the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1 that promotes cell survival by suppressing apoptosis and is overexpressed in various cancer cells. Expectedly, NMR study, CD spectroscopy, and UV melting assay confirm the formation of a potassium ion-dependent intramolecular and parallel rG4 structure at the sequence stretch. Moreover, the G4-RNA-specific precipitation using biotin-linked biomimetic BioCyTASQ validates the formation of the rG4 structure in the cIAP1 5'-UTR in cells. Interestingly, disruption of the rG4 structure in the cIAP1 5'-UTR results in a dramatic reduction in translation of the downstream luciferase reporter in cells, suggesting a translation-promoting effect of the rG4 structure, contrary to many earlier reports. Furthermore, enhancement of translation by the cIAP1 rG4 structure occurs in an IRES-independent manner.
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- Aditya Singha Roy
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Biophysical Sciences Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
- Biophysics and Structural Biology Division, Biophysical Sciences Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Biophysical Sciences Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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Hayashi Y, Nakayama J, Yamamoto M, Maekawa M, Watanabe S, Higashiyama S, Inoue JI, Yamamoto Y, Semba K. Aberrant accumulation of NIK promotes tumor growth by dysregulating translation and post-translational modifications in breast cancer. Cancer Cell Int 2023; 23:57. [PMID: 37005661 PMCID: PMC10067241 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-023-02904-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In vivo investigations with cancer cells have powerful tools to discover cancer progression mechanisms and preclinical candidate drugs. Among these in vivo experimental models, the establishment of highly malignancy cell lines with xenograft has been frequently used. However, few previous researches targeted malignancy-related genes whose protein levels translationally changed. Therefore, this study aimed to identify malignancy-related genes which contributed to cancer progression and changed at the protein level in the in vivo selected cancer cell lines. METHODS We established the high malignancy breast cancer cell line (LM05) by orthotopic xenograft as an in vivo selection method. To explore the altered genes by translational or post-translational regulation, we analyzed the protein production by western blotting in the highly malignant breast cancer cell line. Functional analyses of the altered genes were performed by in vitro and in vivo experiments. To reveal the molecular mechanisms of the regulation with protein level, we evaluated post-translational modification by immunoprecipitation. In addition, we evaluated translational production by click reaction-based purification of nascent protein. RESULTS As a result, NF-κB inducing kinase (NIK) increased at the protein level and promoted the nuclear localization of NF-κB2 (p52) and RelB in the highly malignant breast cancer cell line. The functional analyses indicated the NIK upregulation contributed to tumor malignancy via cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) attraction and partially anti-apoptotic activities. Additionally, the immunoprecipitation experiment revealed that the ubiquitination of NIK decreased in LM05 cells. The decline in NIK ubiquitination was attributed to the translational downregulation of cIAP1. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified a dysregulated mechanism of NIK production by the suppression of NIK post-modification and cIAP1 translation. The aberrant NIK accumulation promoted tumor growth in the highly malignant breast cancer cell line.
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- Yusuke Hayashi
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, TWIns, 2-2 Wakamatsu-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
- Laboratory of Integrative Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, TWIns, 2-2 Wakamatsu-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
- Laboratory of Integrative Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
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- Research Center for Asian Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Shirokane-Dai, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Division of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Toon, 791-0295, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, 791-0295, Japan
- Division of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan
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- Translational Research Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Division of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Toon, 791-0295, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, 791-0295, Japan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Chuo-Ku, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan
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- Research Platform Office, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Shirokane-Dai, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Laboratory of Integrative Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, TWIns, 2-2 Wakamatsu-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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Opposing effects of metformin mediated mTORC1 inhibition on IRES possessing anti-apoptotic proteins in breast cancer cell lines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 629:71-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Functions of cIAP1. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12020322. [PMID: 35204822 PMCID: PMC8869227 DOI: 10.3390/biom12020322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1 (cIAP1) is a cell signaling regulator of the IAP family. Through its E3-ubiquitine ligase activity, it has the ability to activate intracellular signaling pathways, modify signal transduction pathways by changing protein-protein interaction networks, and stop signal transduction by promoting the degradation of critical components of signaling pathways. Thus, cIAP1 appears to be a potent determinant of the response of cells, enabling their rapid adaptation to changing environmental conditions or intra- or extracellular stresses. It is expressed in almost all tissues, found in the cytoplasm, membrane and/or nucleus of cells. cIAP1 regulates innate immunity by controlling signaling pathways mediated by tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRs), some cytokine receptors and pattern recognition-receptors (PRRs). Although less documented, cIAP1 has also been involved in the regulation of cell migration and in the control of transcriptional programs.
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Alboushi L, Hackett AP, Naeli P, Bakhti M, Jafarnejad SM. Multifaceted control of mRNA translation machinery in cancer. Cell Signal 2021; 84:110037. [PMID: 33975011 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The mRNA translation machinery is tightly regulated through several, at times overlapping, mechanisms that modulate its efficiency and accuracy. Due to their fast rate of growth and metabolism, cancer cells require an excessive amount of mRNA translation and protein synthesis. However, unfavorable conditions, such as hypoxia, amino acid starvation, and oxidative stress, which are abundant in cancer, as well as many anti-cancer treatments inhibit mRNA translation. Cancer cells adapt to the various internal and environmental stresses by employing specialised transcript-specific translation to survive and gain a proliferative advantage. We will highlight the major signaling pathways and mechanisms of translation that regulate the global or mRNA-specific translation in response to the intra- or extra-cellular signals and stresses that are key components in the process of tumourigenesis.
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- Lilas Alboushi
- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
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RNA-binding proteins are important regulators of RNA metabolism and are of critical importance in all steps of the gene expression cascade. The role of aberrantly expressed RBPs in human disease is an exciting research field and the potential application of RBPs as a therapeutic target or a diagnostic marker represents a fast-growing area of research.Aberrant overexpression of the human RNA-binding protein La has been found in various cancer entities including lung, cervical, head and neck, and chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Cancer-associated La protein supports tumour-promoting processes such as proliferation, mobility, invasiveness and tumour growth. Moreover, the La protein maintains the survival of cancer cells by supporting an anti-apoptotic state that may cause resistance to chemotherapeutic therapy.The human La protein represents a multifunctional post-translationally modified RNA-binding protein with RNA chaperone activity that promotes processing of non-coding precursor RNAs but also stimulates the translation of selective messenger RNAs encoding tumour-promoting and anti-apoptotic factors. In our model, La facilitates the expression of those factors and helps cancer cells to cope with cellular stress. In contrast to oncogenes, able to initiate tumorigenesis, we postulate that the aberrantly elevated expression of the human La protein contributes to the non-oncogenic addiction of cancer cells. In this review, we summarize the current understanding about the implications of the RNA-binding protein La in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. The concept of exploiting the RBP La as a cancer drug target will be discussed.
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- Gunhild Sommer
- Department for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Wang K, Li Y, Dai Y, Han L, Zhu Y, Xue C, Wang P, Wang J. Peptides from Antarctic Krill ( Euphausia superba) Improve Osteoarthritis via Inhibiting HIF-2α-Mediated Death Receptor Apoptosis and Metabolism Regulation in Osteoarthritic Mice. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:3125-3133. [PMID: 30798606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent debilitating disease which is predominantly characterized by cartilage degeneration. In the current study, destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) mouse model was used to investigate the effects of Antarctic krill peptides (AKP) on cartilage protection. As observed, AKP clearly ameliorate cartilage degeneration as evidenced by increased cartilage thickness and cartilage area and decreased histological Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) scores. Toluidine blue staining showed that AKO remarkably inhibited the loss of cartilage matrix in mice with OA. Hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) has a key role in catabolic regulation and inflammation cascades which are the main causes of OA. AKP can down-regulate the expression of HIF-2α and its downstream genes such as MMP-13, Adamts-5, IL-1β, iNOS, CXCL-1, and NOS2. Consistent with this, anabolic genes such as Acan and Col2α1 were restored after treatment with AKP. Chondrocyte apoptosis and the reduction in cartilage cell viability are also involved in the process of OA. The HIF-2α-mediated death receptor apoptosis signaling pathway has been involved in the regulation of chondrocyte apoptosis. AKP can reduce the expressions of key pro-apoptosis genes in Fas-FasL and DR3-DR3L signaling pathways such as Fas, FasL, FADD, caspase8, caspase3, DR3, DR3L, RIP, and NF-κB. In addition, expressions of antiapoptosis genes such as c-AIP and c-FLIP were increased significantly. These findings indicate that AKP can be used as a new functional factor in the development of functional foods and chondroprotective drugs.
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- Kai Wang
- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266003 , China
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Heerma van Voss MR, van Diest PJ, Raman V. Targeting RNA helicases in cancer: The translation trap. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2017; 1868:510-520. [PMID: 28965870 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cancer cells are reliant on the cellular translational machinery for both global elevation of protein synthesis and the translation of specific mRNAs that promote tumor cell survival. Targeting translational control in cancer is therefore increasingly recognized as a promising therapeutic strategy. In this regard, DEAD/H box RNA helicases are a very interesting group of proteins, with several family members regulating mRNA translation in cancer cells. In this review, we delineate the mechanisms by which DEAD/H box proteins modulate oncogenic translation and how inhibition of these RNA helicases can be exploited for anti-cancer therapeutics.
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- Marise R Heerma van Voss
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, MD, USA.
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Gao WQ, Ma J, Sun LL, Li Q, Zhu RY, Jin J. Paclitaxel-mediated human aryl hydrocarbon receptor mRNA translation by an internal ribosomal entry site-dependent mechanism. Oncol Rep 2017; 38:3211-3219. [PMID: 29048649 DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is best known in mediating the toxicities of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. AHR is activated by a variety of endogenous ligands and participating in tumor development. Thus, it will provide a new approach for cancer prevention and treatment to study the translation mechanism of AHR in tumor cells. In this study, we show that the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of AHR mRNA contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). After mapping the entire AHR 5'-UTR, we determined that the full-length 5'-UTR is indispensable for the highest IRES activity. Interestingly, we found that AHR expression is induced in ovarian (A2780), breast (MDA-MB231), hepatic (Bel7402) and colorectal cancer cells (SW620) by chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel (PTX) through IRES-dependent translation mechanism. Moreover, IRES activity is increased in the PTX-resistant ovarian cancer cells in which AHR protein expression was also enhanced. These results strongly suggest an important role for AHR IRES-dependent translation mechanism in cancer cell response to paclitaxel treatment.
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- Wen-Qing Gao
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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Lacerda R, Menezes J, Romão L. More than just scanning: the importance of cap-independent mRNA translation initiation for cellular stress response and cancer. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:1659-1680. [PMID: 27913822 PMCID: PMC11107732 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2428-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The scanning model for eukaryotic mRNA translation initiation states that the small ribosomal subunit, along with initiation factors, binds at the cap structure at the 5' end of the mRNA and scans the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) until an initiation codon is found. However, under conditions that impair canonical cap-dependent translation, the synthesis of some proteins is kept by alternative mechanisms that are required for cell survival and stress recovery. Alternative modes of translation initiation include cap- and/or scanning-independent mechanisms of ribosomal recruitment. In most cap-independent translation initiation events there is a direct recruitment of the 40S ribosome into a position upstream, or directly at, the initiation codon via a specific internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element in the 5'UTR. Yet, in some cellular mRNAs, a different translation initiation mechanism that is neither cap- nor IRES-dependent seems to occur through a special RNA structure called cap-independent translational enhancer (CITE). Recent evidence uncovered a distinct mechanism through which mRNAs containing N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) residues in their 5'UTR directly bind eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) and the 40S ribosomal subunit in order to initiate translation in the absence of the cap-binding proteins. This review focuses on the important role of cap-independent translation mechanisms in human cells and how these alternative mechanisms can either act individually or cooperate with other cis-acting RNA regulons to orchestrate specific translational responses triggered upon several cellular stress states, and diseases such as cancer. Elucidation of these non-canonical mechanisms reveals the complexity of translational control and points out their potential as prospective novel therapeutic targets.
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- Rafaela Lacerda
- Department of Human Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Human Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Human Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Seo JY, Kim DY, Kim SH, Kim HJ, Ryu HG, Lee J, Lee KH, Kim KT. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) L promotes DNA damage-induced cell apoptosis by enhancing the translation of p53. Oncotarget 2017; 8:51108-51122. [PMID: 28881634 PMCID: PMC5584235 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The tumor suppressor p53 is an essential gene in the induction of cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, and apoptosis. p53 protein is induced under cellular stress, blocking cell cycle progression and inducing DNA repair. Under DNA damage conditions, it has been reported that post-transcriptional regulation of p53 mRNA contributes to the increase in p53 protein level. Here we demonstrate that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) L enhances p53 mRNA translation. We found that hnRNP L is increased and binds to the 5'UTR of p53 mRNA in response to DNA damage. Increased hnRNP L caused enhancement of p53 mRNA translation. Conversely, p53 protein levels were decreased following hnRNP L knock-down, rendering them resistant to apoptosis and arrest in the G2/M phase after DNA damage. Thus, our findings suggest that hnRNP L functions as a positive regulator of p53 translation and promotes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.
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- Ji-Young Seo
- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University (KNU), Daegu, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.,Division of Bio-technology and Convergence, Daegu Haany University (DHU), Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.,Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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Terenin IM, Smirnova VV, Andreev DE, Dmitriev SE, Shatsky IN. A researcher's guide to the galaxy of IRESs. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:1431-1455. [PMID: 27853833 PMCID: PMC11107752 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2409-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The idea of internal initiation is frequently exploited to explain the peculiar translation properties or unusual features of some eukaryotic mRNAs. In this review, we summarize the methods and arguments most commonly used to address cases of translation governed by internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs). Frequent mistakes are revealed. We explain why "cap-independent" does not readily mean "IRES-dependent" and why the presence of a long and highly structured 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) or translation under stress conditions cannot be regarded as an argument for appealing to internal initiation. We carefully describe the known pitfalls and limitations of the bicistronic assay and artefacts of some commercially available in vitro translation systems. We explain why plasmid DNA transfection should not be used in IRES studies and which control experiments are unavoidable if someone decides to use it anyway. Finally, we propose a workflow for the validation of IRES activity, including fast and simple experiments based on a single genetic construct with a sequence of interest.
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- Ilya M Terenin
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia.
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
- Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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Sajjanar B, Deb R, Raina SK, Pawar S, Brahmane MP, Nirmale AV, Kurade NP, Manjunathareddy GB, Bal SK, Singh NP. Untranslated regions (UTRs) orchestrate translation reprogramming in cellular stress responses. J Therm Biol 2017; 65:69-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Walters B, Thompson SR. Cap-Independent Translational Control of Carcinogenesis. Front Oncol 2016; 6:128. [PMID: 27252909 PMCID: PMC4879784 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Translational regulation has been shown to play an important role in cancer and tumor progression. Despite this fact, the role of translational control in cancer is an understudied and under appreciated field, most likely due to the technological hurdles and paucity of methods available to establish that changes in protein levels are due to translational regulation. Tumors are subjected to many adverse stress conditions such as hypoxia or starvation. Under stress conditions, translation is globally downregulated through several different pathways in order to conserve energy and nutrients. Many of the proteins that are synthesized during stress in order to cope with the stress use a non-canonical or cap-independent mechanism of initiation. Tumor cells have utilized these alternative mechanisms of translation initiation to promote survival during tumor progression. This review will specifically discuss the role of cap-independent translation initiation, which relies on an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) to recruit the ribosomal subunits internally to the messenger RNA. We will provide an overview of the role of IRES-mediated translation in cancer by discussing the types of genes that use IRESs and the conditions under which these mechanisms of initiation are used. We will specifically focus on three well-studied examples: Apaf-1, p53, and c-Jun, where IRES-mediated translation has been demonstrated to play an important role in tumorigenesis or tumor progression.
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- Beth Walters
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL , USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL , USA
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sST2 translation is regulated by FGF2 via an hnRNP A1-mediated IRES-dependent mechanism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2016; 1859:848-59. [PMID: 27168114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Translation is an energy-intensive process and tightly regulated. Generally, translation is initiated in a cap-dependent manner. Under stress conditions, typically found within the tumor microenvironment in association with e.g. nutrient deprivation or hypoxia, cap-dependent translation decreases, and alternative modes of translation initiation become more important. Specifically, internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) facilitate translation of specific mRNAs under otherwise translation-inhibitory conditions. This mechanism is controlled by IRES trans-acting factors (ITAF), i.e. by RNA-binding proteins, which interact with and determine the activity of selected IRESs. We aimed at characterizing the translational regulation of the IL-33 decoy receptor sST2, which was enhanced by fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2). We identified and verified an IRES within the 5'UTR of sST2. Furthermore, we found that MEK/ERK signaling contributes to FGF2-induced, sST2-IRES activation and translation. Determination of the sST2-5'UTR structure by in-line probing followed by deletion analyses identified 23 nucleotides within the sST2-5'UTR to be required for optimal IRES activity. Finally, we show that the RNA-binding protein heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) binds to the sST2-5'UTR, acts as an ITAF, and thus controls the activity of the sST2-IRES and consequently sST2 translation. Specifically, FGF2 enhances nuclear-cytoplasmic translocation of hnRNP A1, which requires intact MEK/ERK activity. In summary, we provide evidence that the sST2-5'UTR contains an IRES element, which is activated by a MEK/ERK-dependent increase in cytoplasmic localization of hnRNP A1 in response to FGF2, enhancing the translation of sST2.
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Promotion of Viral IRES-Mediated Translation Initiation under Mild Hypothermia. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126174. [PMID: 25951166 PMCID: PMC4423848 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated translation is an essential replication step for certain viruses. As IRES-mediated translation is regulated differently from cap-dependent translation under various cellular conditions, we sought to investigate whether temperature influences efficiency of viral IRES-mediated translation initiation by using bicistronic reporter constructs containing an IRES element of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human rhinovirus (HRV) or poliovirus (PV). Under mild hypothermic conditions (30 and 35°C), we observed increases in the efficiency of translation initiation by HCV and HRV IRES elements compared to translation initiation at 37°C. The promotion of HRV IRES activity was observed as early as 2 hours after exposure to mild hypothermia. We also confirmed the promotion of translation initiation by HRV IRES under mild hypothermia in multiple cell lines. The expression levels and locations of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) and upstream of N-Ras (unr), the IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs) of HCV and HRV IRES elements, were not modulated by the temperature shift from 37°C to 30°C. Taken together, this study demonstrates that efficiency of translation initiation by some viral IRES elements is temperature dependent.
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Leprivier G, Rotblat B, Khan D, Jan E, Sorensen PH. Stress-mediated translational control in cancer cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1849:845-60. [PMID: 25464034 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tumor cells are continually subjected to diverse stress conditions of the tumor microenvironment, including hypoxia, nutrient deprivation, and oxidative or genotoxic stress. Tumor cells must evolve adaptive mechanisms to survive these conditions to ultimately drive tumor progression. Tight control of mRNA translation is critical for this response and the adaptation of tumor cells to such stress forms. This proceeds though a translational reprogramming process which restrains overall translation activity to preserve energy and nutrients, but which also stimulates the selective synthesis of major stress adaptor proteins. Here we present the different regulatory signaling pathways which coordinate mRNA translation in the response to different stress forms, including those regulating eIF2α, mTORC1 and eEF2K, and we explain how tumor cells hijack these pathways for survival under stress. Finally, mechanisms for selective mRNA translation under stress, including the utilization of upstream open reading frames (uORFs) and internal ribosome entry sites (IRESes) are discussed in the context of cell stress. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translation and Cancer.
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- Gabriel Leprivier
- Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L4, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada
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- Department of Life Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L4, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L4, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada.
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IGF2BP1 controls cell death and drug resistance in rhabdomyosarcomas by regulating translation of cIAP1. Oncogene 2014; 34:1532-41. [PMID: 24704827 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a neoplasm characterised by undifferentiated myoblasts, is the most common soft tissue tumour of childhood. Although aggressive treatment of RMS could provide long-term benefit, resistance to current therapies is an ongoing problem. We report here that insulin-like growth factor 2-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1), an oncofetal protein, is expressed in RMS patient-derived cell lines and in primary tumours where it drives translation of the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1 (cIAP1), a key regulator of the nuclear factor-κB signalling pathway and of caspase-8-mediated cell death. We demonstrate that reducing the levels of cIAP1 in RMS, either by IGF2BP1 knockdown or by IAP antagonists, sensitises these cells to tumour necrosis factor-α-mediated cell death. Finally, we show that targeting cIAP1 by IAP antagonists delays RMS tumour growth and improve survival in mice. Our results identify IGF2BP1 as a critical translational regulator of cIAP1-mediated apoptotic resistance in RMS and advocate for the combined use of IAP antagonists and tumour necrosis factor-α as a therapeutic approach for this type of cancer.
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Berthelet J, Dubrez L. Regulation of Apoptosis by Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs). Cells 2013; 2:163-87. [PMID: 24709650 PMCID: PMC3972657 DOI: 10.3390/cells2010163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Abstract Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs) are a family of proteins with various biological functions including regulation of innate immunity and inflammation, cell proliferation, cell migration and apoptosis. They are characterized by the presence of at least one N-terminal baculoviral IAP repeat (BIR) domain involved in protein-protein interaction. Most of them also contain a C-terminal RING domain conferring an E3-ubiquitin ligase activity. In drosophila, IAPs are essential to ensure cell survival, preventing the uncontrolled activation of the apoptotic protease caspases. In mammals, IAPs can also regulate apoptosis through controlling caspase activity and caspase-activating platform formation. Mammalian IAPs, mainly X-linked IAP (XIAP) and cellular IAPs (cIAPs) appeared to be important determinants of the response of cells to endogenous or exogenous cellular injuries, able to convert the survival signal into a cell death-inducing signal. This review highlights the role of IAP in regulating apoptosis in Drosophila and Mammals.
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- Jean Berthelet
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), UMR866, Dijon F-21079, France.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), UMR866, Dijon F-21079, France.
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Marivin A, Berthelet J, Plenchette S, Dubrez L. The Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAPs) in Adaptive Response to Cellular Stress. Cells 2012; 1:711-37. [PMID: 24710527 PMCID: PMC3901146 DOI: 10.3390/cells1040711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 09/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cells are constantly exposed to endogenous and exogenous cellular injuries. They cope with stressful stimuli by adapting their metabolism and activating various "guardian molecules." These pro-survival factors protect essential cell constituents, prevent cell death, and possibly repair cellular damages. The Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAPs) proteins display both anti-apoptotic and pro-survival properties and their expression can be induced by a variety of cellular stress such as hypoxia, endoplasmic reticular stress and DNA damage. Thus, IAPs can confer tolerance to cellular stress. This review presents the anti-apoptotic and survival functions of IAPs and their role in the adaptive response to cellular stress. The involvement of IAPs in human physiology and diseases in connection with a breakdown of cellular homeostasis will be discussed.
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- Arthur Marivin
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), UMR866, Dijon F-21079, France.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), UMR866, Dijon F-21079, France.
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- Institut Fédératif de Recherche (IFR), Université de Bourgogne, 100, Dijon F-21079, France.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), UMR866, Dijon F-21079, France.
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Lemp NA, Hiraoka K, Kasahara N, Logg CR. Cryptic transcripts from a ubiquitous plasmid origin of replication confound tests for cis-regulatory function. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:7280-90. [PMID: 22618870 PMCID: PMC3424574 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A vast amount of research on the regulation of gene expression has relied on plasmid reporter assays. In this study, we show that plasmids widely used for this purpose constitutively produce substantial amounts of RNA from a TATA-containing cryptic promoter within the origin of replication. Readthrough of these RNAs into the intended transcriptional unit potently stimulated reporter activity when the inserted test sequence contained a 3′ splice site (ss). We show that two human sequences, originally reported to be internal ribosome entry sites and later to instead be promoters, mimic both types of element in dicistronic reporter assays by causing these cryptic readthrough transcripts to splice in patterns that allow efficient translation of the downstream cistron. Introduction of test sequences containing 3′ ss into monocistronic luciferase reporter vectors widely used in the study of transcriptional regulation also created the false appearance of promoter function via the same mechanism. Across a large number of variants of these plasmids, we found a very highly significant correlation between reporter activity and levels of such spliced readthrough transcripts. Computational estimation of the frequency of cryptic 3′ ss in genomic sequences suggests that misattribution of cis-regulatory function may be a common occurrence.
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- Nathan A Lemp
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Licursi M, Komatsu Y, Pongnopparat T, Hirasawa K. Promotion of viral internal ribosomal entry site-mediated translation under amino acid starvation. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:951-962. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.040386-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cap-dependent and internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-mediated translation are regulated differently within cells. Viral IRES-mediated translation often remains active when cellular cap-dependent translation is severely impaired under cellular stresses induced by virus infection. To investigate how cellular stresses influence the efficiency of viral IRES-mediated translation, we used a bicistronic luciferase reporter construct harbouring IRES elements from the following viruses: encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human rhinovirus (HRV). NIH3T3 cells transfected with these bicistronic reporter constructs were subjected to different cellular stresses. Increased translation initiation was only observed under amino acid starvation when EMCV or FMDV IRES elements were present. To identify cellular mechanisms that promoted viral IRES-mediated translation, we tested the involvement of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein (4E-BP), general control non-depressed 2 (GCN2) and eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF2B), as these are known to be modulated under amino acid starvation. Knockdown of 4E-BP1 impaired the promotion of EMCV and FMDV IRES-mediated translation under amino acid starvation, whereas GCN2 and eIF2B were not involved. To further investigate how 4E-BP1 regulates translation initiated by EMCV and FMDV IRES elements, we used a phosphoinositide kinase-3 inhibitor (LY294002), an mTOR inhibitor (Torin1) or leucine starvation to mimic 4E-BP1 dephosphorylation induced by amino acid starvation. 4E-BP1 dephosphorylation induced by the treatments was not sufficient to promote viral IRES-mediated translation. These results suggest that 4E-BP1 regulates EMCV and FMDV IRES-mediated translation under amino acid starvation, but not via its dephosphorylation.
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- Maria Licursi
- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John’s, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John’s, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John’s, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John’s, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
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Li XF, Gong RY, Wang M, Yan ZL, Yuan B, Wang K, Shi LH. Sorafenib down-regulates c-IAP expression post-transcriptionally in hepatic carcinoma cells to suppress apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 418:531-6. [PMID: 22285185 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.01.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of leading causes of cancer-related death with a heterogeneous patient demographic and divergent pathogenic pathways. Sorafenib is the first effective drug approved for the treatment of HCC. Although it is known that sorafenib promotes apoptosis of HCC cells, the underlying mechanism remains largely obscure. Here we report that sorafenib down-regulates protein expression of the anti-apoptotic protein c-IAP1 in a time- and dose-dependent manner in HCC cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we demonstrate that sorafenib represses c-IAP1 levels without altering its transcription or protein stability. Instead, sorafenib attenuates c-IAP1 translation by targeting the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) within the c-IAP1 mRNA. Finally, ectopic expression of c-IAP1 alleviates sorafenib induced cancer cell apoptosis. In conclusion, our data highlight a previously unidentified pathway that contributes to sorafenib mediated HCC cell apoptosis and as such provide novel mechanistic insight into the rational use of sorafenib in treating HCC.
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- Xi-feng Li
- Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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We created a novel tripartite reporter RNA to separately and simultaneously examine ribosome translation rates at the 5′- and 3′-ends of a large open reading frame (ORF) in vitro in HeLa cell lysates. The construct contained Renilla luciferase (RLuc), β-galactosidase and firefly luciferase (FLuc) ORFs linked in frame and separated by a viral peptide sequence that causes cotranslational scission of emerging peptide chains. The length of the ORF contributed to low ribosome processivity, a low number of initiating ribosomes completing translation of the entire ORF. We observed a time-dependent increase in FLuc production rate that was dependent on a poly(A) tail and poly(A)-binding protein, but was independent of eIF4F function. Stimulation of FLuc production occurred earlier on shorter RNA templates. Cleavage of eIF4G at times after ribosome loading on templates occurred did not cause immediate cessation of 5′-RLuc translation; rather, a delay was observed that shortened when shorter templates were translated. Electron microscopic analysis of polysome structures in translation lysates revealed a time-dependent increase in ribosome packing and contact that correlated with increased processivity on the FLuc ORF. The results suggest that ORF transit combined with PABP function contribute to interactions between ribosomes that increase or sustain processivity on long ORFs.
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- Jennifer M Bonderoff
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology and Interdepartmental Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Evasion of apoptosis as a cellular stress response in cancer. Int J Cell Biol 2010; 2010:370835. [PMID: 20182539 PMCID: PMC2825553 DOI: 10.1155/2010/370835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/06/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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One of the hallmarks of human cancers is the intrinsic or acquired resistance to apoptosis. Evasion of apoptosis can be part of a cellular stress response to ensure the cell's survival upon exposure to stressful stimuli. Apoptosis resistance may contribute to carcinogenesis, tumor progression, and also treatment resistance, since most current anticancer therapies including chemotherapy as well as radio- and immunotherapies primarily act by activating cell death pathways including apoptosis in cancer cells. Hence, a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms regarding how cellular stress stimuli trigger antiapoptotic mechanisms and how this contributes to tumor resistance to apoptotic cell death is expected to provide the basis for a rational approach to overcome apoptosis resistance mechanisms in cancers.
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Graber TE, Baird SD, Kao PN, Mathews MB, Holcik M. NF45 functions as an IRES trans-acting factor that is required for translation of cIAP1 during the unfolded protein response. Cell Death Differ 2009; 17:719-29. [PMID: 19893574 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Expression of the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (cIAP1) is unexpectedly repressed at the level of translation under normal physiological conditions in many cell lines. We have previously shown that the 5' untranslated region of cIAP1 mRNA contains a stress-inducible internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that governs expression of cIAP1 protein. Although inactive in unstressed cells, the IRES supports cap-independent translation of cIAP1 in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress. To gain an insight into the mechanism of cIAP1 IRES function, we empirically derived the minimal free energy secondary structure of the cIAP1 IRES using enzymatic cleavage mapping. We subsequently used RNA affinity chromatography to identify several cellular proteins, including nuclear factor 45 (NF45) as cIAP1 IRES binding proteins. In this report we show that NF45 is a novel RNA binding protein that enhances IRES-dependent translation of endogenous cIAP1. Further, we show that NF45 is required for IRES-mediated induction of cIAP1 protein during the unfolded protein response. The data presented are consistent with a model in which translation of cIAP1 is governed, at least in part, by NF45, a novel cellular IRES trans-acting factor.
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- T E Graber
- Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Zhao TT, Graber TE, Jordan LE, Cloutier M, Lewis SM, Goulet I, Côté J, Holcik M. hnRNP A1 regulates UV-induced NF-κB signalling through destabilization of cIAP1 mRNA. Cell Death Differ 2008; 16:244-52. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Kozak M. Faulty old ideas about translational regulation paved the way for current confusion about how microRNAs function. Gene 2008; 423:108-15. [PMID: 18692553 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Despite a recent surge of reports about how microRNAs might regulate translation, the question has not been answered. The proposed mechanisms contradict one another, and none is supported by strong evidence. This review explains some deficiencies in the experiments with microRNAs. Some of the problems are traceable to bad habits carried over from older studies of translational regulation, here illustrated by discussing two models involving mRNA binding proteins. One widely-accepted model, called into doubt by recent findings, is the maskin hypothesis for translational repression of cyclin B1 in Xenopus oocytes. The second dubious model postulates repression of translation of ceruloplasmin by mRNA binding proteins. A big fault in the latter case is reconstructing the imagined mechanism before looking carefully at the real thing--a criticism that applies also to studies with microRNAs. Experiments with microRNAs often employ internal ribosome entry sequences (IRESs) as tools, necessitating brief discussion of that topic. A sensitive new assay reveals that many putative IRESs promote expression of downstream cistrons via splicing rather than internal initiation of translation. Recent claims about the biological importance of IRES-binding proteins--including suggestions that these proteins might serve as targets for cancer therapy--are not supported by any meaningful evidence. The bottom line is that older studies of mRNA binding proteins and putative IRESs have created a confusing picture of translational regulation which is not helpful when trying to understand how microRNAs might work. The obvious biological importance of microRNAs makes it essential to understand how they do what they do. Fresh ways of thinking and looking are needed.
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- Marilyn Kozak
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Up-regulation of a cellular protein at the translational level by a retrovirus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:5543-8. [PMID: 18378896 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710526105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mink cell focus-forming (MCF) murine leukemia viruses (MLVs) are the etiologic agent of thymic lymphoma in mice. We have observed previously that superinfection by MCF13 MLV of certain cell types, such as preleukemic thymic lymphocytes and cultured mink epithelial cells, results in the accumulation of the viral envelope precursor polyprotein, leading to the induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. In this study, we demonstrate that the induction of ER stress by MCF13 MLV infection results in an increase in the phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2. In cells in which this occurs, we have detected an up-regulation of the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (c-IAP1). The results of real-time RT-PCR quantification of message levels and protein turnover assays indicate that up-regulation of c-IAP1 occurs at the translational level. Elevation of c-IAP1 levels at a posttranscriptional step was detectable in MCF13 MLV-induced thymic lymphomas and chronically infected mink epithelial cells. The ability of a simple retrovirus to regulate cellular gene expression at the translational level may be an important mechanism that contributes to pathogenesis.
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Lewis SM, Cerquozzi S, Graber TE, Ungureanu NH, Andrews M, Holcik M. The eIF4G homolog DAP5/p97 supports the translation of select mRNAs during endoplasmic reticulum stress. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:168-78. [PMID: 18003655 PMCID: PMC2248753 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DAP5/p97 is a member of the eIF4G family of translation initiation factors that has been suggested to play an important role in the translation of select messenger RNA molecules. We have shown previously that the caspase-cleaved form of DAP5/p97, termed p86, is required for the induction of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress-responsive internal ribosome entry site (IRES) of the caspase inhibitor HIAP2. We show here that expression of DAP5/p97 is enhanced during ER stress by selective recruitment of DAP5/p97 mRNA into polysomes via the DAP5/p97 IRES. Importantly, enhanced translation mediated by the DAP5/p97 IRES is dependent on DAP5/p97 itself, thus providing a positive feedback loop. In addition, we show that activation of DAP5/p97 and HIAP2 IRES during ER stress requires DAP5/p97. Significantly, the induction of DAP5/p97 during ER stress is caspase-independent, whereas the induction of HIAP2 requires proteolytic processing of DAP5/p97. Thus, DAP5/p97 is a translational activator that selectively modulates translation of specific mRNAs during conditions of cellular stress in both a caspase-dependent and caspase-independent manner.
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- Stephen M Lewis
- Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1 Canada
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Timmerman SL, Pfingsten JS, Kieft JS, Krushel LA. The 5' leader of the mRNA encoding the mouse neurotrophin receptor TrkB contains two internal ribosomal entry sites that are differentially regulated. PLoS One 2007; 3:e3242. [PMID: 18779873 PMCID: PMC2531235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A single internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in conjunction with IRES transactivating factors (ITAFs) is sufficient to recruit the translational machinery to a eukaryotic mRNA independent of the cap structure. However, we demonstrate that the mouse TrkB mRNA contains two independent IRESes. The mouse TrkB mRNA consists of one of two 5′ leaders (1428 nt and 448 nt), both of which include the common 3′ exon (Ex2, 344 nt). Dicistronic RNA transfections and in vitro translation of monocistronic RNA demonstrated that both full-length 5′ leaders, as well as Ex2, exhibit IRES activity indicating the IRES is located within Ex2. Additional analysis of the upstream sequences demonstrated that the first 260 nt of exon 1 (Ex1a) also contains an IRES. Dicistronic RNA transfections into SH-SY5Y cells showed the Ex1a IRES is constitutively active. However, the Ex2 IRES is only active in response to retinoic acid induced neural differentiation, a state which correlates with the synthesis of the ITAF polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB1). Correspondingly, addition or knock-down of PTB1 altered Ex2, but not Ex1a IRES activity in vitro and ex vivo, respectively. These results demonstrate that the two functionally independent IRESes within the mouse TrkB 5′ leader are differentially regulated, in part by PTB1.
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- Stephanie L. Timmerman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Kozak M. Lessons (not) learned from mistakes about translation. Gene 2007; 403:194-203. [PMID: 17888589 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2007] [Revised: 08/16/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Some popular ideas about translational regulation in eukaryotes have been recognized recently as mistakes. One example is the rejection of a long-standing idea about involvement of S6 kinase in translation of ribosomal proteins. Unfortunately, new proposals about how S6 kinase might regulate translation are based on evidence that is no better than the old. Recent findings have also forced rejection of some popular ideas about the function of sequences at the 3' end of viral mRNAs and rejection of some ideas about internal ribosome entry sequences (IRESs). One long-held belief was that tissue-specific translation via an IRES underlies the neurotropism of poliovirus and the attenuation of Sabin vaccine strains. Older experiments that appeared to support this belief and recent experiments that refute it are discussed. The hypothesis that dyskeratosis congenita is caused by a defect in IRES-mediated translation is probably another mistaken idea. The supporting evidence, such as it is, comes from a mouse model of the disease and is contradicted by studies carried out with cells from affected patients. The growing use of IRESs as tools to study other questions about translation is discussed and lamented. The inefficient function of IRESs (if they are IRESs) promotes misunderstandings. I explain again why it is not valid to invoke a special mechanism of initiation based on the finding that edeine (at very low concentrations) does not inhibit the translation of a putative IRES from cricket paralysis virus. I explain why new assays, devised to rule out splicing in tests with dicistronic vectors, are not valid and why experiments with IRESs are not a good way to investigate the mechanism whereby microRNAs inhibit translation.
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- Marilyn Kozak
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Bolinger C, Yilmaz A, Hartman TR, Kovacic MB, Fernandez S, Ye J, Forget M, Green PL, Boris-Lawrie K. RNA helicase A interacts with divergent lymphotropic retroviruses and promotes translation of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:2629-42. [PMID: 17426138 PMCID: PMC1885656 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The 5′ untranslated region (UTR) of retroviruses contain structured replication motifs that impose barriers to efficient ribosome scanning. Two RNA structural motifs that facilitate efficient translation initiation despite a complex 5′ UTR are internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and 5′ proximal post-transcriptional control element (PCE). Here, stringent RNA and protein analyses determined the 5′ UTR of spleen necrosis virus (SNV), reticuloendotheliosis virus A (REV-A) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) exhibit PCE activity, but not IRES activity. Assessment of SNV translation initiation in the natural context of the provirus determined that SNV is reliant on a cap-dependent initiation mechanism. Experiments with siRNAs identified that REV-A and HTLV-1 PCE modulate post-transcriptional gene expression through interaction with host RNA helicase A (RHA). Analysis of hybrid SNV/HTLV-1 proviruses determined SNV PCE facilitates Rex/Rex responsive element-independent Gag production and interaction with RHA is necessary. Ribosomal profile analyses determined that RHA is necessary for polysome association of HTLV-1 gag and provide direct evidence that RHA is necessary for efficient HTLV-1 replication. We conclude that PCE/RHA is an important translation regulatory axis of multiple lymphotropic retroviruses. We speculate divergent retroviruses have evolved a convergent RNA–protein interaction to modulate translation of their highly structured mRNA.
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- Cheryl Bolinger
- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1093, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed +1-614-292-1392+1-614-292-6473
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Huang BL, Dornbach LM, Lyons KM. The 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of CCN1, CCN2, and CCN4 exhibit cryptic promoter activity. J Cell Commun Signal 2007; 1:17-32. [PMID: 18481207 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-007-0003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Revised: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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CCNs are structurally related matricellular proteins that are highly expressed in many embryonic and adult tissues, including the skeletal system and tumors, where canonical cap-dependent translation is suppressed under hypoxic environments. CCNs are encoded by mRNAs containing long G/C rich 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTRs). Given that they are expressed under conditions of cellular stress, it has been suggested that the long G/C-rich regions contain internal ribosomal entry sites (IRES) that allow these mRNAS to be translated under conditions where cap-dependent translation is suppressed. Previously published work supported this possibility. However, recent studies have shown that a number of previously reported cellular IRES elements do not in fact possess IRES activity. Here we aimed to reveal whether the 5'UTRs of CCNs harbor IRES activities. The 5'UTRs of CCN1, 2, and 4 were tested in this study. Our results showed that the 5'UTRs of these genes do not contain IRES elements, but instead appear to contain cryptic promoters. Both promoterless and hairpin-containing dicistronic tests showed that transcription was initiated by cryptic promoter elements in 5'UTRs of CCN1, 2, and 4. When dicistronic mRNAs were translated in vitro or in vivo, no IRES activities were detected in the 5'UTRs of CCN1, 2, and 4. Furthermore, these cryptic promoter activities from 5'UTRs of CCN1, 2, and 4 could be detected in various cell types, including chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and endothelial cells, where the cryptic promoter permitted varying degrees of activation. In addition, the core promoter element of the CCN2 5'UTR was identified. CCNs are expressed under conditions of cellular stress, and it has been suggested that some CCN family members utilize IRES-mediated translation initiation to facilitate this expression. We found no evidence for IRES activity, but rather found that the unusually long 5'UTRs of CCNs 1, 2, and 4 harbor cryptic promoters that showed varying degrees of activity in different cell types. These results suggest that these promoters may contribute to the regulation of CCN genes in vivo.
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- Bau-Lin Huang
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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This review discusses the need to re-examine some popular but unproven ideas about regulation of translation in eukaryotes. Translational control is invoked often on superficial grounds, such as a discrepancy between mRNA and protein levels which could be explained instead by rapid turnover of the protein. It is essential to verify that there is translational control (i.e., essential to rule out alternative mechanisms) before asking how translation is regulated. Many of the postulated control mechanisms are dubious. It is easy to create artifactual regulation (a slight increase or decrease in translation) by over-expressing recombinant RNA-binding proteins. The internal-initiation hypothesis is the source of other misunderstandings. Recent claims about the involvement of internal ribosome entry sequences (IRESs) in cancer and other diseases are discussed. The scanning model for initiation provides a more credible framework for understanding many aspects of translation, including ways to restrict the production of potent regulatory proteins which would be harmful if over-expressed. The rare production in eukaryotes of dicistronic mRNAs (e.g., from retrotransposons) raises questions about how the 3' cistron gets translated. Some proposed mechanisms are discussed, but the available evidence does not allow resolution of the issue.
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- Marilyn Kozak
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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MacCallum PR, Jack SC, Egan PA, McDermott BT, Elliott RM, Chan SW. Cap-dependent and hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation are modulated by phosphorylation of eIF2alpha under oxidative stress. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:3251-3262. [PMID: 17030858 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Chronic hepatitis C is often associated with oxidative stress. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) utilizes an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element for translation, in contrast to cap-dependent translation of the majority of cellular proteins. To understand how virus translation is modulated under oxidative stress, HCV IRES-mediated translation was compared with cap-dependent translation using a bicistronic reporter construct and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a stress inducer. In H2O2-sensitive HeLa cells, H2O2 repressed translation in a time- and dose-dependent manner, concomitant with the kinetics of eIF2alpha phosphorylation. A phosphomimetic of eIF2alpha, which mimics the structure of the phosphorylated eIF2alpha, was sufficient to repress translation in the absence of H2O2. In H2O2-resistant HepG2 cells, H2O2 activated both HCV IRES-mediated and cap-dependent translation, associated with an increased level of phospho-eIF2alpha. It was postulated that H2O2 might stimulate translation in HepG2 cells via an eIF2alpha-independent mechanism, whereas the simultaneous phosphorylation of eIF2alpha repressed part of the translational activities. Indeed, the translational repression was released in the presence of a non-phosphorylatable mutant, eIF2alpha-SA, resulting in further enhancement of both translational activities after exposure to H2O2. In HuH7 cells, which exhibited an intermediate level of sensitivity towards H2O2, both HCV IRES-mediated and cap-dependent translational activities were upregulated after treatment with various doses of H2O2, but the highest level of induction was achieved with a low level of H2O2, which may represent the physiological level of H2O2. At this level, the HCV IRES-mediated translation was preferentially upregulated compared with cap-dependent translation.
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- Paul R MacCallum
- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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The cell has many ways to regulate the production of proteins. One mechanism is through the changes to the machinery of translation initiation. These alterations favor the translation of one subset of mRNAs over another. It was first shown that internal ribosome entry sites (IRESes) within viral RNA genomes allowed the production of viral proteins more efficiently than most of the host proteins. The RNA secondary structure of viral IRESes has sometimes been conserved between viral species even though the primary sequences differ. These structures are important for IRES function, but no similar structure conservation has yet to be shown in cellular IRES. With the advances in mathematical modeling and computational approaches to complex biological problems, is there a way to predict an IRES in a data set of unknown sequences? This review examines what is known about cellular IRES structures, as well as the data sets and tools available to examine this question. We find that the lengths, number of upstream AUGs, and %GC content of 5'-UTRs of the human transcriptome have a similar distribution to those of published IRES-containing UTRs. Although the UTRs containing IRESes are on the average longer, almost half of all 5'-UTRs are long enough to contain an IRES. Examination of the available RNA structure prediction software and RNA motif searching programs indicates that while these programs are useful tools to fine tune the empirically determined RNA secondary structure, the accuracy of de novo secondary structure prediction of large RNA molecules and subsequent identification of new IRES elements by computational approaches, is still not possible.
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- Stephen D Baird
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Vazquez-Pianzola P, Hernández G, Suter B, Rivera-Pomar R. Different modes of translation for hid, grim and sickle mRNAs in Drosophila. Cell Death Differ 2006; 14:286-95. [PMID: 16794603 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Protein synthesis is inhibited during apoptosis. However, the translation of many mRNAs still proceeds driven by internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs). Here we show that the 5'UTR of hid and grim mRNAs promote translation of uncapped-mRNA reporters in cell-free embryonic extracts and that hid and grim mRNA 5'UTRs drive IRES-mediated translation. The translation of capped-reporters proceeds in the presence of cap competitor and in extracts where cap-dependent translation is impaired. We show that the endogenous hid and grim mRNAs are present in polysomes of heat-shocked embryos, indicating that cap recognition is not required for translation. In contrast, sickle mRNA is translated in a cap-dependent manner in all these assays. Our results show that IRES-dependent initiation may play a role in the translation of Drosophila proapoptotic genes and suggest a variety of regulatory pathways.
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- P Vazquez-Pianzola
- Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abt. Molekulare Biologie, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen, Germany
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Bert AG, Grépin R, Vadas MA, Goodall GJ. Assessing IRES activity in the HIF-1alpha and other cellular 5' UTRs. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1074-83. [PMID: 16601206 PMCID: PMC1464860 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2320506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Dicistronic reporter plasmids, such as the dual luciferase-containing pR-F plasmid, have been widely used to assay cellular and viral 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) for IRES activity. We found that the pR-F dicistronic reporter containing the 5' UTRs from HIF-1alpha, VEGF, c-myc, XIAP, VEGFR-1, or Egr-1 UTRs all produce the downstream luciferase predominantly as a result of cryptic promoter activity that is activated by the SV40 enhancer elements in the plasmid. RNA transfection experiments using dicistronic or uncapped RNAs, which avoid the complication of cryptic promoter activity, indicate that the HIF-1alpha, VEGF, c-myc, and XIAP UTRs do have some IRES activity, although the activity was much less than that of the viral EMCV IRES. The translation of transfected monocistronic RNAs containing these cellular UTRs was greatly enhanced by the presence of a 5' cap, raising questions as to the strength or mechanism of IRES-mediated translation in these assays.
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- Andrew G Bert
- Division of Human Immunology, Hanson Institute, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS), Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Edgil D, Polacek C, Harris E. Dengue virus utilizes a novel strategy for translation initiation when cap-dependent translation is inhibited. J Virol 2006; 80:2976-86. [PMID: 16501107 PMCID: PMC1395423 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.6.2976-2986.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Viruses have developed numerous mechanisms to usurp the host cell translation apparatus. Dengue virus (DEN) and other flaviviruses, such as West Nile and yellow fever viruses, contain a 5' m7GpppN-capped positive-sense RNA genome with a nonpolyadenylated 3' untranslated region (UTR) that has been presumed to undergo translation in a cap-dependent manner. However, the means by which the DEN genome is translated effectively in the presence of capped, polyadenylated cellular mRNAs is unknown. This report demonstrates that DEN replication and translation are not affected under conditions that inhibit cap-dependent translation by targeting the cap-binding protein eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, a key regulator of cellular translation. We further show that under cellular conditions in which translation factors are limiting, DEN can alternate between canonical cap-dependent translation initiation and a noncanonical mechanism that appears not to require a functional m7G cap. This DEN noncanonical translation is not mediated by an internal ribosome entry site but requires the interaction of the DEN 5' and 3' UTRs for activity, suggesting a novel strategy for translation of animal viruses.
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- Dianna Edgil
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, 140 Warren Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA
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Li PWL, Li J, Timmerman SL, Krushel LA, Martin SL. The dicistronic RNA from the mouse LINE-1 retrotransposon contains an internal ribosome entry site upstream of each ORF: implications for retrotransposition. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:853-64. [PMID: 16464823 PMCID: PMC1361618 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Most eukaryotic mRNAs are monocistronic and translated by cap-dependent initiation. LINE-1 RNA is exceptional because it is naturally dicistronic, encoding two proteins essential for retrotransposition, ORF1p and ORF2p. Here, we show that sequences upstream of ORF1 and ORF2 in mouse L1 function as internal ribosome entry sites (IRESes). Deletion analysis of the ORF1 IRES indicates that RNA structure is critical for its function. Conversely, the ORF2 IRES localizes to 53 nt near the 3′ end of ORF1, and appears to depend upon sequence rather than structure. The 40 nt intergenic region (IGR) is not essential for ORF2 IRES function or retrotransposition. Because of strong cis-preference for both proteins during L1 retrotransposition, correct stoichiometry of the two proteins can only be achieved post-transcriptionally. Although the precise stoichiometry is unknown, the retrotransposition intermediate likely contains hundreds of ORF1ps for every ORF2p, together with one L1 RNA. IRES-mediated translation initiation is a well-established mechanism of message-specific regulation, hence, unique mechanisms for the recognition and control of these two IRESes in the L1 RNA could explain differences in translational efficiency of ORF1 and ORF2. In addition, translational regulation may provide an additional layer of control on L1 retrotransposition efficiency, thereby protecting the integrity of the genome.
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- Patrick Wai-Lun Li
- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
- Human Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
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- Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
- Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine12801 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 303 724 3467; Fax: +1 303 724 3420;
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Park EH, Lee JM, Pelletier J. The Tie2 5' untranslated region is inhibitory to 5' end-mediated translation initiation. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:1309-19. [PMID: 16457819 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tie2 is an endothelium-specific receptor tyrosine kinase required for normal blood vessel maturation, remodeling, and stability. Tie2 expression is also upregulated in various cancers implicating a role in tumor angiogenesis. Its mRNA transcript contains an unusually long (372 nucleotides) 5' untranslated region (UTR) with five upstream open reading frames (uORFs) and an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that allows this mRNA to be translated under hypoxic conditions. This sets up an alternative initiation pathway with the potential to clash with 5' end-mediated initiation from the same template. Herein, we define experimental conditions under which the Tie2 IRES is not active, allowing us to assess the contribution of the 5' UTR to cap-dependent translation on the Tie2 transcript. We find that the Tie2 5' UTR is inhibitory to translation initiation with ribosome flow decreasing following encounters with each uORF. No single uORF was found to harbor significant cis-acting inhibitory activity. Our results suggest that the uORFs within the Tie2 5' UTR serve to decrease the percent of ribosomes competent for reinitiation as these traverse the mRNA 5' UTR, thus minimizing interference with the IRES.
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- Eun-Hee Park
- Department of Biochemistry, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 810, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada H3G 1Y6
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Kozak M. A second look at cellular mRNA sequences said to function as internal ribosome entry sites. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:6593-602. [PMID: 16314320 PMCID: PMC1298923 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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This review takes a second look at a set of mRNAs that purportedly employ an alternative mechanism of initiation when cap-dependent translation is reduced during mitosis or stress conditions. A closer look is necessary because evidence cited in support of the internal initiation hypothesis is often flawed. When putative internal ribosome entry sequences (IRESs) are examined more carefully, they often turn out to harbor cryptic promoters or splice sites. This undermines the dicistronic assay, wherein IRES activity is measured by the ability to support translation of the 3' cistron. Most putative IRESs still have not been checked carefully to determine whether the dicistronic vector produces only the intended dicistronic mRNA. The widespread use of the pRF vector is a major problem because this vector, which has Renilla luciferase as the 5' cistron and firefly luciferase as the 3' cistron, has been found to generate spliced transcripts. RNA transfection assays could theoretically circumvent these problems, but most candidate IRESs score very weakly in that test. The practice of calling even very weak results 'positive' is one of the problems discussed herein. The extremely low efficiency of putative IRESs is inconsistent with their postulated biological roles.'
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- Marilyn Kozak
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Holcik M, Graber T, Lewis SM, Lefebvre CA, Lacasse E, Baird S. Spurious splicing within the XIAP 5' UTR occurs in the Rluc/Fluc but not the betagal/CAT bicistronic reporter system. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:1605-9. [PMID: 16177136 PMCID: PMC1370845 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2158605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis, XIAP, has been shown to contain a strong internal ribosome entry site (IRES) within its 5' untranslated region (UTR) that promotes translation of XIAP mRNA under conditions of cellular stress. This claim came under scrutiny in a recent report demonstrating that the XIAP 5' UTR undergoes splicing when inserted between the two reporter cistrons of the dual luciferase plasmid Rluc/Fluc. In this paper, we demonstrate that the splicing within the XIAP 5' UTR specifically occurs only in the context of mRNA produced from the Rluc/Fluc but not the pbetagal/CAT bicistronic reporter plasmid.
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- Martin Holcik
- Apoptosis Research Center, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
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Lewis SM, Holcik M. IRES in distress: translational regulation of the inhibitor of apoptosis proteins XIAP and HIAP2 during cell stress. Cell Death Differ 2005; 12:547-53. [PMID: 15818406 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Kozak M. Regulation of translation via mRNA structure in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Gene 2005; 361:13-37. [PMID: 16213112 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The mechanism of initiation of translation differs between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and the strategies used for regulation differ accordingly. Translation in prokaryotes is usually regulated by blocking access to the initiation site. This is accomplished via base-paired structures (within the mRNA itself, or between the mRNA and a small trans-acting RNA) or via mRNA-binding proteins. Classic examples of each mechanism are described. The polycistronic structure of mRNAs is an important aspect of translational control in prokaryotes, but polycistronic mRNAs are not usable (and usually not produced) in eukaryotes. Four structural elements in eukaryotic mRNAs are important for regulating translation: (i) the m7G cap; (ii) sequences flanking the AUG start codon; (iii) the position of the AUG codon relative to the 5' end of the mRNA; and (iv) secondary structure within the mRNA leader sequence. The scanning model provides a framework for understanding these effects. The scanning mechanism also explains how small open reading frames near the 5' end of the mRNA can down-regulate translation. This constraint is sometimes abrogated by changing the structure of the mRNA, sometimes with clinical consequences. Examples are described. Some mistaken ideas about regulation of translation that have found their way into textbooks are pointed out and corrected.
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- Marilyn Kozak
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Derrington EA, López-Lastra M, Darlix JL. Dicistronic MLV-retroviral vectors transduce neural precursors in vivo and co-express two genes in their differentiated neuronal progeny. Retrovirology 2005; 2:60. [PMID: 16194277 PMCID: PMC1266060 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-2-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2005] [Accepted: 09/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Dicistronic MLV-based retroviral vectors, in which two IRESes independently initiate the translation of two proteins from a single RNA, have been shown to direct co-expression of proteins in several cell culture systems. Here we report that these dicistronic retroviral vectors can drive co-expression of two gene products in brain cells in vivo. Injection of retroviral vector producer cells leads to the transduction of proliferating precursors in the external granular layer of the cerebellum and throughout the ventricular regions. Differentiated neurons co-expressing both transgenes were observed in the cerebellum and in lower numbers in distant brain regions such as the cortex. Thus, we describe an eukaryotic dicistronic vector system that is capable of transducing mouse neural precursors in vivo and maintaining the expression of genes after cell differentiation.
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- Edmund A Derrington
- LaboRétro, INSERM U412, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon 69364 Cedex 07, France
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Santiago, Chile
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- LaboRétro, INSERM U412, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon 69364 Cedex 07, France
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Hundsdoerfer P, Thoma C, Hentze MW. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4GI and p97 promote cellular internal ribosome entry sequence-driven translation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13421-6. [PMID: 16174738 PMCID: PMC1224658 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506536102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Numerous cellular mRNAs encoding proteins critical during cell stress, apoptosis, and the cell cycle seem to be translated by means of internal ribosome entry sequences (IRES) when cap-dependent translation is compromised. The underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Using a HeLa-based cell-free translation system that mirrors the function of cellular IRESs in vitro, we recently demonstrated that translation from the c-myc IRES continues after proteolytic cleavage of eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 4G. To address the role of eIF4G in cellular IRES-driven translation directly, we immunodepleted eIF4GI from the HeLa cell translation extracts. After efficient depletion of eIF4GI (>90%), both cap-dependent and c-myc IRES-dependent translations are diminished to residual levels (<5%). In striking contrast to cap-dependent translation, c-myc IRES-dependent translation is fully restored by addition of the conserved middle fragment of eIF4GI, harboring the eIF3- and eIF4A-binding sites. p97, an eIF4G-related protein that has been described both as an inhibitor of translation and as a modulator of apoptosis, not only suffices to also rescue c-myc IRES-driven (but not cap-dependent) translation, but it even superinduces IRES-mediated translation 3-fold compared with nondepleted extracts. Interestingly, both p97 and the middle fragment of eIF4GI also rescue translation driven by proapoptotic (p97) and antiapoptotic [X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1 (c-IAP1)] IRESs, reflecting a broader role of these polypeptides in cellular IRES-mediated translation and indicating their importance in apoptosis.
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- Patrick Hundsdoerfer
- Gene Expression Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wang Z, Weaver M, Magnuson NS. Cryptic promoter activity in the DNA sequence corresponding to the pim-1 5'-UTR. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:2248-58. [PMID: 15843687 PMCID: PMC1083428 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The serine/threonine kinase pim-1 mRNA contains a long and G/C rich 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR). Previous work suggested that the pim-1 5'-UTR harbors an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) allowing for internal initiation of translation. However, several previously reported eukaryotic IRES elements actually contain cryptic promoter activity. To test whether an IRES or a cryptic promoter is present in the pim-1 5'-UTR, the 5'-UTR was re-examined using stringent test procedures. Our results show the presence of strong promoter activity in the DNA sequence corresponding to the pim-1 5'-UTR. Both promoterless dicistronic test and northern blot analysis show transcripts being derived from the cryptic promoter in the pim-1 5'-UTR sequence. This cryptic promoter is active in all cell types tested, including Cos-7, NIH3T3, HEK293, Jurkat and K562 cells. When a dicistronic mRNA containing the pim-1 5'-UTR was translated in vitro or in vivo, no IRES activity could be detected. However, the control IRESs from both human rhinovirus and encephalomyocarditis virus exhibited strong IRES activities. In addition, both the RNase protection assay and the 5'-RACE assay detected endogenous pim-1 transcripts with shorter 5'-UTRs. Our data strongly suggest that the IRES activity reported earlier for the pim-1 5'-UTR sequence is due to cryptic promoter activity.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 509 335 0966; Fax: +1 509 335 1907;
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