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Ballard DJ, Peng HY, Das JK, Kumar A, Wang L, Ren Y, Xiong X, Ren X, Yang JM, Song J. Insights Into the Pathologic Roles and Regulation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor-2 Kinase. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:727863. [PMID: 34532346 PMCID: PMC8438118 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.727863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic Elongation Factor-2 Kinase (eEF2K) acts as a negative regulator of protein synthesis, translation, and cell growth. As a structurally unique member of the alpha-kinase family, eEF2K is essential to cell survival under stressful conditions, as it contributes to both cell viability and proliferation. Known as the modulator of the global rate of protein translation, eEF2K inhibits eEF2 (eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2) and decreases translation elongation when active. eEF2K is regulated by various mechanisms, including phosphorylation through residues and autophosphorylation. Specifically, this protein kinase is downregulated through the phosphorylation of multiple sites via mTOR signaling and upregulated via the AMPK pathway. eEF2K plays important roles in numerous biological systems, including neurology, cardiology, myology, and immunology. This review provides further insights into the current roles of eEF2K and its potential to be explored as a therapeutic target for drug development.
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- Darby J. Ballard
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States
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Progress in the Development of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 Kinase (eEF2K) Natural Product and Synthetic Small Molecule Inhibitors for Cancer Chemotherapy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052408. [PMID: 33673713 PMCID: PMC7957638 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K or Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, CAMKIII) is a new member of an atypical α-kinase family different from conventional protein kinases that is now considered as a potential target for the treatment of cancer. This protein regulates the phosphorylation of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) to restrain activity and inhibit the elongation stage of protein synthesis. Mounting evidence shows that eEF2K regulates the cell cycle, autophagy, apoptosis, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis in several types of cancers. The expression of eEF2K promotes survival of cancer cells, and the level of this protein is increased in many cancer cells to adapt them to the microenvironment conditions including hypoxia, nutrient depletion, and acidosis. The physiological function of eEF2K and its role in the development and progression of cancer are here reviewed in detail. In addition, a summary of progress for in vitro eEF2K inhibitors from anti-cancer drug discovery research in recent years, along with their structure-activity relationships (SARs) and synthetic routes or natural sources, is also described. Special attention is given to those inhibitors that have been already validated in vivo, with the overall aim to provide reference context for the further development of new first-in-class anti-cancer drugs that target eEF2K.
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Melick CH, Meng D, Jewell JL. A-kinase anchoring protein 8L interacts with mTORC1 and promotes cell growth. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:8096-8105. [PMID: 32312749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ac120.012595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) senses nutrients to mediate anabolic processes within the cell. Exactly how mTORC1 promotes cell growth remains unclear. Here, we identified a novel mTORC1-interacting protein called protein kinase A anchoring protein 8L (AKAP8L). Using biochemical assays, we found that the N-terminal region of AKAP8L binds to mTORC1 in the cytoplasm. Importantly, loss of AKAP8L decreased mTORC1-mediated processes such as translation, cell growth, and cell proliferation. AKAPs anchor protein kinase A (PKA) through PKA regulatory subunits, and we show that AKAP8L can anchor PKA through regulatory subunit Iα. Reintroducing full-length AKAP8L into cells restored mTORC1-regulated processes, whereas reintroduction of AKAP8L missing the N-terminal region that confers the interaction with mTORC1 did not. Our results suggest a multifaceted role for AKAPs in the cell. We conclude that mTORC1 appears to regulate cell growth, perhaps in part through AKAP8L.
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- Chase H Melick
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 .,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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McCamphill PK, Ferguson L, Sossin WS. A decrease in eukaryotic elongation factor 2 phosphorylation is required for local translation of sensorin and long-term facilitation in Aplysia. J Neurochem 2017; 142:246-259. [PMID: 28345161 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)-dependent protein synthesis is required for many forms of synaptic plasticity and memory, but the downstream pathways important for synaptic plasticity are poorly understood. Long-term facilitation (LTF) in Aplysia is a form of synaptic plasticity that is closely linked to behavioral memory and an attractive model system for examining the important downstream targets for mTORC1 in regulating synaptic plasticity. Although mTORC1-regulated protein synthesis has been strongly linked to translation initiation, translation elongation is also regulated by mTORC1 and LTF leads to an mTORC1-dependent decrease in eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) phosphorylation. The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the decrease in eEF2 phosphorylation is required for mTORC1-dependent translation and plasticity. We show that the LTF-induced decrease in eEF2 phosphorylation is blocked by expression of an eEF2 kinase (eEF2K) modified to be resistant to mTORC1 regulation. We found that expression of this modified kinase blocked LTF. LTF requires local protein synthesis of the neuropeptide sensorin and importantly, local sensorin synthesis can be measured using a dendra fluorescent protein containing the 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of sensorin. Using this construct, we show that blocking eEF2 dephosphorylation also blocks the increase in local sensorin synthesis. These results identify decreases in eEF2 phosphorylation as a critical downstream effector of mTOR required for long-term plasticity and identify an important translational target regulated by decreases in eEF2 phosphorylation.
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- Patrick K McCamphill
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hosseini L, Lotfi Kashani F, Akbari S, Akbari ME, Sarafraz Mehr S. The Islamic Perspective of Spiritual Intervention Effectiveness on Bio-Psychological Health Displayed by Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Patients. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION 2016; 9:e6360. [PMID: 27482335 PMCID: PMC4951763 DOI: 10.17795/ijcp-6360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Background During the last two decades, there have been spiritual/religious interventions in cancer patients to prevent or treat a range of physical problems, including managing chronic pain, coping with the disease, boosting hope and mental health. Although societies are of different faiths and belief systems, what they all share is spirituality. Objectives Upon this we put forward the hypothesis of changes in gene receptor expressions as a result of spiritual intervention for the first time in the world. Materials and Methods In this study, the spiritual intervention was conducted on 57 volunteer females with early breast cancer involvement. Blood samples were collected prior to and after the spiritual intervention to analyze the changes in dopamine gene receptor expressions as the main site of effect. In order to administer the spiritual intervention backed by Quran, Islam and international standards, issues, with emphasis on peace, human growth and perfection, accepting God as an eternal source of power and kindness to build trust and reduce stress, were selected. They included prayer, patience, reliance, self-sacrifice and forgiveness, altruism and kindness, remission and repentance, thankfulness, zikr (mantra), meditation, and death concept. Results Obtained results from peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples analyzed by real time-PCR showed significant reduction in dopamine gene receptor (DRD1-5) expressions in comparison with those of pre-test scores and the control group. Conclusions Spiritual intervention based on Islamic principals can bring back mental health, increase hope and quality of life and eventually change dopamine gene receptor expressions resulting in reduction of cell proliferation, thus better prevention and management in breast cancer patients compared to other forms of treatment.
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- Leili Hosseini
- Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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Faller WJ, Jackson TJ, Knight JR, Ridgway RA, Jamieson T, Karim SA, Jones C, Radulescu S, Huels DJ, Myant KB, Dudek KM, Casey HA, Scopelliti A, Cordero JB, Vidal M, Pende M, Ryazanov AG, Sonenberg N, Meyuhas O, Hall MN, Bushell M, Willis AE, Sansom OJ. mTORC1-mediated translational elongation limits intestinal tumour initiation and growth. Nature 2015; 517:497-500. [PMID: 25383520 PMCID: PMC4304784 DOI: 10.1038/nature13896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Inactivation of APC is a strongly predisposing event in the development of colorectal cancer, prompting the search for vulnerabilities specific to cells that have lost APC function. Signalling through the mTOR pathway is known to be required for epithelial cell proliferation and tumour growth, and the current paradigm suggests that a critical function of mTOR activity is to upregulate translational initiation through phosphorylation of 4EBP1 (refs 6, 7). This model predicts that the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin, which does not efficiently inhibit 4EBP1 (ref. 8), would be ineffective in limiting cancer progression in APC-deficient lesions. Here we show in mice that mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) activity is absolutely required for the proliferation of Apc-deficient (but not wild-type) enterocytes, revealing an unexpected opportunity for therapeutic intervention. Although APC-deficient cells show the expected increases in protein synthesis, our study reveals that it is translation elongation, and not initiation, which is the rate-limiting component. Mechanistically, mTORC1-mediated inhibition of eEF2 kinase is required for the proliferation of APC-deficient cells. Importantly, treatment of established APC-deficient adenomas with rapamycin (which can target eEF2 through the mTORC1-S6K-eEF2K axis) causes tumour cells to undergo growth arrest and differentiation. Taken together, our data suggest that inhibition of translation elongation using existing, clinically approved drugs, such as the rapalogs, would provide clear therapeutic benefit for patients at high risk of developing colorectal cancer.
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Inserm U845, Université Paris Descartes, Necker Medical School, 75015 Paris, France
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit; Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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Hua G, Du J, Slawin AMZ, Woollins JD. 2,4-Diaryl-1,3-chalcogen azoles bearing pentafluorosulfanyl SF5 groups: a synthetic and structural study. J Org Chem 2014; 79:3876-86. [PMID: 24678675 DOI: 10.1021/jo500316v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A series of new 2,4-diaryl-1,3-chalcogen azoles having pentafluorosulfanyl SF5 functional groups has been prepared by means of the two-component cyclization of the selenoamide or thioamide with α-bromoketones. The selenoamides or thioamides were obtained from the reaction of Woollins' reagent or Lawesson's reagent with 4-pentafluorosulfanylbenzonitrile, followed by hydrolysis with water. All new compounds were characterized by (1)H, (13)C, (77)Se, (19)F NMR spectroscopy, and accurate mass measurement. X-ray crystal structure analysis of the selenoamide, thioamide, and 2,4-diarylpentafluorosulfanyl-1,3-chalcogen azoles reveal that the selenoamide and thioamide have very similar structural features along with similar intermolecular interactions such as the π-π stacking and the weak N-H···E (E = S or Se) hydrogen bonding. The 2,4-diarylpentafluorosulfanyl-1,3-chalcogen azoles show the newly formed five-membered N(1)-C(2)-E(3)-C(4)-C(5) ring is either perfectly planar (and coplanar with two peripheral aryl ring planes) or near-planar. The π-π intermolecular interactions and the weak C-H···π and C-H···X (X = Br, F, O) hydrogen bonding are discussed in the cases of 2,4-diarylpentafluorosulfanyl-1,3-chalcogen azoles.
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- Guoxiong Hua
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews , Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K
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Hirai I, Ebara M, Nakanishi S, Yamamoto C, Sasaki T, Ikuta K, Yamamoto Y. Jurkat cell proliferation is suppressed by Chlamydia (Chlamydophila) pneumoniae infection accompanied with attenuation of phosphorylation at Thr389 of host cellular p70S6K. Immunobiology 2012; 218:527-32. [PMID: 22795649 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Revised: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chlamydia (Chlamydophila) pneumoniae infects T lymphocytes and multiplies within them. Our previous studies have indicated that C. pneumoniae infection suppresses proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with Staphylococcus-enterotoxin B; however, the mechanism of suppression was unclear. In this study, we explored the molecular mechanism involved in C. pneumoniae infection by using human acute T cell leukemia cell line, Jurkat E6-1. Proliferation of Jurkat cells was suppressed in an m.o.i.-dependent manner by C. pneumoniae infection. The suppression by the infection was particularly evident during the initial 24h of the infection, and down modulation of cyclin D3 protein levels were observed at the same time period by immunoblot analysis. The suppression of the Jurkat cell proliferation and the down modulation of cyclin D3 protein level were only induced by viable C. pneumoniae infection, not by exposure to UV-killed or heat-killed C. pneumoniae. Phosphorylations at Thr308 and Ser473 of AKT were induced by C. pneumoniae infection; however, phosphorylation at Thr389 of the downstream kinase, p70S6K was inhibited by unidentified mechanism associated with C. pneumoniae infection. Taking into account that G1 arrest of the C. pneumoniae infected Jurkat cells were not observed and that p70S6K is one of the most important regulators of protein synthesis, it was suggested that the suppression of Jurkat cell proliferation by C. pneumoniae was at least in part mediated by down modulation of protein synthesis through attenuation of Thr389 phosphorylation of p70S6K.
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- Itaru Hirai
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Jung GA, Shin BS, Jang YS, Sohn JB, Woo SR, Kim JE, Choi G, Lee KM, Min BH, Lee KH, Park GH. Methylation of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 induced by basic fibroblast growth factor via mitogen-activated protein kinase. Exp Mol Med 2012; 43:550-60. [PMID: 21778808 DOI: 10.3858/emm.2011.43.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Protein arginine methylation is important for a variety of cellular processes including transcriptional regulation, mRNA splicing, DNA repair, nuclear/cytoplasmic shuttling and various signal transduction pathways. However, the role of arginine methylation in protein biosynthesis and the extracellular signals that control arginine methylation are not fully understood. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) has been identified as a potent stimulator of myofibroblast dedifferentiation into fibroblasts. We demonstrated that symmetric arginine dimethylation of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) is induced by bFGF without the change in the expression level of eEF2 in mouse embryo fibroblast NIH3T3 cells. The eEF2 methylation is preceded by ras-raf-mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2)- p21Cip/WAF1 activation, and suppressed by the mitogenactivated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor PD98059 and p21Cip/WAF1 short interfering RNA (siRNA). We determined that protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) is responsible for the methylation, and that PRMT5 acts as a coordinator. Collectively, we demonstrated that eEF2, a key factor involved in protein translational elongation is symmetrically arginine-methylated in a reversible manner, being regulated by bFGF through MAPK signaling pathway.
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- Gyung Ah Jung
- Department of Biochemistry, BK 21 Program, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul
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White-Gilbertson S, Kurtz DT, Voelkel-Johnson C. The role of protein synthesis in cell cycling and cancer. Mol Oncol 2009; 3:402-8. [PMID: 19546037 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2009.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2009] [Revised: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cell cycling and protein synthesis are both key physiological tasks for cancer cells. Here we present a model for how the elongation phase of protein synthesis, governed by elongation factor 2 and elongation factor 2 kinase, both modulates and responds to cell cycling. Within this framework we also discuss survivin, a protein with both pro-mitotic and anti-apoptotic roles whose persistence in the cell is tied to protein synthesis due to its short half-life. Finally, we provide a brief overview of efforts of cancer researchers to target EF2 and EF2 kinase.
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- Shai White-Gilbertson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Garud DR, Tanahashi N, Ninomiya M, Koketsu M. Synthesis of 2-selenoxoperhydro-1,3-selenazin-4-ones via diselenocarbamate intermediates. Tetrahedron 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Koketsu M, R. Garud D. One-Pot Synthesis of 2-Imino-1,3-oxaselenolanes by Reaction of Isoselenocyanates with 2-Bromoethanol. HETEROCYCLES 2009. [DOI: 10.3987/com-08-11525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Misior AM, Deshpande DA, Loza MJ, Pascual RM, Hipp JD, Penn RB. Glucocorticoid- and protein kinase A-dependent transcriptome regulation in airway smooth muscle. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 41:24-39. [PMID: 19059887 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0266oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) and protein kinase A (PKA)-activating agents (beta-adrenergic receptor agonists) are mainstream asthma therapies based on their ability to prevent or reverse excessive airway smooth muscle (ASM) constriction. Their abilities to regulate another important feature of asthma--excessive ASM growth--are poorly understood. Recent studies have suggested that GCs render agents of inflammation such as IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha mitogenic to ASM, via suppression of (antimitogenic) induced cyclooxygenase-2-dependent PKA activity. To further explore the mechanistic basis of these observations, we assessed the effects of epidermal growth factor and IL-1 beta stimulation, and the modulatory effects of GC treatment and PKA inhibition, on the ASM transcriptome by microarray analysis. Results demonstrate that ASM stimulated with IL-1 beta, in a manner that is often cooperative with stimulation with epidermal growth factor, exhibit a profound capacity to function as immunomodulatory cells. Moreover, results implicate an important role for induced autocrine/paracrine factors (many whose regulation was minimally affected by GCs or PKA inhibition) as regulators of both airway inflammation and ASM growth. Induction of numerous chemokines, in conjunction with regulation of proteases and agents of extracellular matrix remodeling, is suggested as an important mechanism promoting upregulated G protein-coupled receptor signaling capable of stimulating ASM growth. Additional functional assays suggest that intracellular PKA plays a critical role in suppressing the promitogenic effects of induced autocrine factors in ASM. Finally, identification and comparison of GC- and PKA-sensitive genes in ASM provide insight into the complementary effects of beta-agonist/GC combination therapies, and suggest specific genes as important targets for guiding the development of new generations of GCs and adjunct asthma therapies.
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- Anna M Misior
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Human Genomics, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Naderi S, Blomhoff HK. Activation of cAMP signaling enhances Fas-mediated apoptosis and activation-induced cell death through potentiation of caspase 8 activation. Hum Immunol 2008; 69:833-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 09/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kloster MM, Hafte TT, Moltzau LR, Naderi EH, Dahle MK, Skålhegg BS, Gaudernack G, Levy FO, Naderi S, Blomhoff HK. EBV infection renders B cells resistant to growth inhibition via adenylyl cyclase. Cell Signal 2008; 20:1169-78. [PMID: 18406106 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2007] [Revised: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is an important physiological growth inhibitor of lymphoid cells, and the cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway is disrupted in several immunological disorders and cancers. Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection of B lymphocytes is responsible for the development of lymphoproliferative disease as well as certain B-lymphoid malignancies. Here we hypothesized that EBV infection might render B lymphocytes resistant to cAMP/PKA-mediated growth inhibition. To test this, we assessed the growth-inhibitory response of cAMP-elevating compounds such as forskolin and isoproterenol, as well as the PKA activator 8-CPT-cAMP in normal B lymphocytes, EBV-infected B cells and in the EBV-negative B lymphoid cell line Reh. We could demonstrate that EBV infection indeed abolished cAMP-mediated growth inhibition of B cells. The defect was pinpointed to defective adenylyl cyclase (AC) activation by forskolin and isoproterenol, resulting in reduced formation of cAMP and lack of PKA activation and CREB phosphorylation. In contrast, 8-CPT-cAMP which directly activates PKA was able to inhibit EBV-infected B cell growth. The physiological implications of these results were underlined by the observation that the ability of forskolin to inhibit camptothecin-induced apoptosis was abolished in EBV-infected B cells. We conclude that EBV infection of B cells abrogates the activation of AC and thereby cAMP formation, and that this dysfunction renders the cells resistant to growth inhibition via the cAMP/PKA pathway.
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- Martine Müller Kloster
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
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Synthesis, Reaction and Antiviral Activity of 2,4-Diaryl-1,3-selenazoles. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DAEHAN HWAHAK HOE JEE 2008. [DOI: 10.5012/jkcs.2008.52.1.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kolltveit KM, Granum S, Aasheim HC, Forsbring M, Sundvold-Gjerstad V, Dai KZ, Molberg O, Schjetne KW, Bogen B, Shapiro VS, Johansen FE, Schenck K, Spurkland A. Expression of SH2D2A in T-cells is regulated both at the transcriptional and translational level. Mol Immunol 2007; 45:2380-90. [PMID: 18160104 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The T-cell specific adapter protein (TSAd) encoded by the SH2D2A gene is up-regulated in activated human CD4+ T-cells in a cAMP-dependent manner. Expression of SH2D2A is important for proper activation of T-cells. Here, we show that SH2D2A expression is regulated both at the transcriptional and translational level. cAMP signaling alone induces TSAd-mRNA expression but fails to induce increased TSAd protein levels. By contrast, TCR engagement provides signals for both TSAd transcription and translation. We further show that cAMP signaling can prime T-cells for a more prompt expression of TSAd protein upon TCR stimulation. Our study thus points to a novel mechanism for how cAMP signaling may modulate T-cell activation through transcriptional priming of resting cells.
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Garud DR, Ando H, Kawai Y, Ishihara H, Koketsu M. Synthesis of Novel Selenapenams, Selenacephems, and Selenazepines Using a 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethyl Protection Approach. Org Lett 2007; 9:4455-8. [PMID: 17892295 DOI: 10.1021/ol701761t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Selenapenams, selenacephems, and selenazepines were synthesized using a 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl (TSE) protection approach in an extremely simple way. TSE protection for selenium is used for the first time in the synthesis of selenium-containing beta-lactam. Novel intramolecular cycloaddition reaction of selenium with alkynes and allenes is used in the present synthesis.
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- Dinesh R Garud
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu-501-1193, Japan
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Engedal N, Gjevik T, Blomhoff R, Blomhoff HK. All-trans retinoic acid stimulates IL-2-mediated proliferation of human T lymphocytes: early induction of cyclin D3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:2851-61. [PMID: 16920920 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.2851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vitamin A is established as an important immune regulator, but the mechanisms whereby vitamin A regulates T cell biology are poorly defined. In this study, we show that an active metabolite of vitamin A, all-trans retinoic acid (RA), potently stimulates T cell proliferation by modulating IL-2-mediated signaling downstream of IL-2R and independent of the induction of IL-2. Thus, at concentrations as low as 0.1 nM, RA enhanced the division of normal human T lymphocytes that were simultaneously stimulated with anti-CD3 mAbs and saturating concentrations of IL-2. At the optimal concentration of RA (50 nM), a 3-fold increase in T cell proliferation was observed. The induced proliferation was preceded by increased phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein and enhanced G1- to S-phase progression. Interestingly, the promitogenic effect of RA was found to be particularly directed toward increased expression of cyclin D3 at both the mRNA and protein level. Furthermore, the stimulatory effect of RA on cyclin D3 expression as well as on cell proliferation was completely abolished in the presence of the JAK inhibitor AG-490 or blocking IL-2R alpha mAbs, and RA also enhanced cyclin D3 expression and T cell proliferation in the presence of IL-2 alone. Finally, we showed that the proliferative effect of RA was mimicked by agonists of the retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and completely inhibited by a RAR-selective antagonist. In conclusion, our results indicate that RA, via RAR, stimulates IL-2-induced signaling in a JAK-dependent manner to enhance cyclin D3 expression and thereby promote T cell proliferation.
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- Nikolai Engedal
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Koketsu M, Kiyokuni T, Sakai T, Ando H, Ishihara H. Synthesis of 1,3-Selenazines and 1,3-Selenazolidines via Intramolecular Addition ofN-Allylselenoureas. CHEM LETT 2006. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2006.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Låhne HU, Kloster MM, Lefdal S, Blomhoff HK, Naderi S. Degradation of cyclin D3 independent of Thr-283 phosphorylation. Oncogene 2006; 25:2468-76. [PMID: 16331257 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cyclin D3 has been shown to play a major role in the regulation of cell cycle progression in lymphocytes. It is therefore important to understand the mechanisms involved in the regulation of this protein. We have previously shown that both basal and cAMP-induced degradation of cyclin D3 in Reh cells is dependent on Thr-283 phosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta). We now provide evidence of an alternative mechanism being involved in the regulation of cyclin D3 degradation. Treatment of lymphoid cells with okadaic acid (OA), an inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A (PP1 and PP2A), induces rapid phosphorylation and proteasomal degradation of cyclin D3. This degradation is not inhibited by the GSK-3beta inhibitors lithium or Kenpaullone, or by substitution of Thr-283 with Ala on cyclin D3, indicating that cyclin D3 can be degraded independently of Thr-283 phosphorylation and GSK-3beta activity. Interestingly, in vitro experiments revealed that PP1, but not PP2A, was able to dephosphorylate cyclin D3 efficiently, and PP1 was found to associate with His-tagged cyclin D3. These results support the hypothesis that PP1 constitutively keeps cyclin D3 in a stable, dephosphorylated state, and that treatment of cells with OA leads to phosphorylation and degradation of cyclin D3 through inhibition of PP1.
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- H U Låhne
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1112 Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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Koketsu M, Kanoh K, Ando H, Ishihara H. A facile synthesis of 2-amino-1,3-selenazole by reaction ofN,N-unsubstituted selenourea with ketone. HETEROATOM CHEMISTRY 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/hc.20180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Casanovas O, Jaumot M, Paules AB, Agell N, Bachs O. P38SAPK2 phosphorylates cyclin D3 at Thr-283 and targets it for proteasomal degradation. Oncogene 2004; 23:7537-44. [PMID: 15326477 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cyclin D3 plays a critical role in maturation of precursor T cells and their levels are tightly regulated during this process. Alteration of cyclin D3 levels has been proposed to be important in the development of different human cancers, including malignancies of the lymphoid system. Thus, we have analysed the mechanisms involved in the regulation of cyclin D3 levels. Our results indicate that cyclin D3 is degraded via proteasome and that Thr-283 is essential for its degradation. Wild-type cyclin D3 but not the Thr-283A mutant accumulated ubiquitylated forms after treatment with proteasome inhibitors. We also observed that different type of stresses promote the Thr-283-dependent in vivo degradation of cyclin D3. The analysis of the kinases involved in Thr-283 phosphorylation indicates that all the members of the p38SAPK family of serine-threonine kinases are able to phosphorylate cyclin D3 at this specific site. Moreover, we found that the overexpression of p38alphaSAPK2 induce the decrease of cyclin D3 in vivo. These results indicate that p38SAPK might be involved in the regulation of cyclin D3 levels and suggest that this mechanism is involved in the maturation of precursor T-cells. Alterations of this mechanism might be important for oncogenesis.
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- Oriol Casanovas
- Departament de Biologia Cel lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, 08036, Spain
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Koketsu M, Taura M, Ishihara H. Synthesis and characterization of 2-iminoperhydro-1,3-selenazin-4-ones by reaction ofN,N'-disubstituted selenoureas with acryloyl chloride. J Heterocycl Chem 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.5570410522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Naderi S, Gutzkow KB, Låhne HU, Lefdal S, Ryves WJ, Harwood AJ, Blomhoff HK. cAMP-induced degradation of cyclin D3 through association with GSK-3beta. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:3769-83. [PMID: 15252116 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In this study we report a new mechanism whereby cyclic AMP (cAMP) regulates the cell-cycle machinery. We demonstrate that elevation of intracellular levels of cAMP promotes degradation of cyclin D3 in proteasomes, and that this occurs via glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta)-mediated phosphorylation of cyclin D3 at Thr-283. Elevation of cAMP did not change the subcellular distribution of either cyclin D3 or GSK-3beta. However, cAMP promoted the interaction between cyclin D3 and GSK-3beta both in vitro and in vivo, indicating that GSK-3beta-mediated phosphorylation of cyclin D3 might require the association between the two proteins. These results demonstrate how cAMP enhances degradation of cyclin D3. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a novel mechanism by which GSK-3beta might phosphorylate unprimed substrates in vivo.
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- Soheil Naderi
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1112 Blindern, Oslo, N-0317, Norway
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Sans MD, Xie Q, Williams JA. Regulation of translation elongation and phosphorylation of eEF2 in rat pancreatic acini. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 319:144-51. [PMID: 15158453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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While pancreatic protein synthesis and the initiation of translation are regulated by hormones and neurotransmiters, whether the elongation process is also regulated is unknown. Stimulatory doses of cholecystokinin (CCK) (100 pM), bombesin (10 nM), and carbachol (10 microM) increased elongation rates (measured as ribosomal half-transit time) in pancreatic acini in vitro. At the same time these secretagogues reduced elongation factor 2 (eEF2) phosphorylation, the main factor known to regulate elongation, and increased the phosphorylation of the eEF2 kinase. The mTOR inhibitor rapamycin reversed the dephosphorylation of eEF2 induced by CCK, as did treatment with the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB202190, the MEK inhibitor PD98059, and the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A. Neither rapamycin, SB202190, PD98059 nor calyculin A had an effect on CCK mediated eEF2 kinase phosphorylation. Translation elongation in pancreatic acinar cells is likely regulated by eEF2 through the mTOR, p38, and MEK pathways, and modulated through PP2A.
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- Maria Dolors Sans
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0622, USA.
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