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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4GI and p97 promote cellular internal ribosome entry sequence-driven translation.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Hundsdoerfer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1224658 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4GI and p97 promote cellular internal ribosome entry sequence-driven translation.

Hundsdoerfer Patrick P   Thoma Christian C   Hentze Matthias W MW  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050907 38


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 trans  ...[more]

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