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Regulated Translation Initiation Controls Stress-Induced Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells

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Harding, Heather P, Novoa, Isabel, Zhang, Yuhong, Zeng, Huiqing, Wek, Ron, Schapira, Matthieu, Ron, David·2000·Molecular Cell

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Protein kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha) are activated in stressed cells and negatively regulate protein synthesis. Phenotypic analysis of targeted mutations in murine cells reveals a novel role for eIF2alpha kinases in regulating gene expression in the unfolded protein response (UPR) and in amino acid starved cells. When activated by their cognate upstream stress signals, the mammalian eIF2 kinases PERK and GCN2 repress translation of most mRNAs but selectively increase translation of Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4), resulting in the induction of the downstream gene CHOP (GADD153). This is the first example of a mammalian signaling pathway homologous to the well studied yeast general control response in which eIF2alpha phosphorylation activates genes involved in amino acid biosynthesis. Mammalian cells thus utilize an ancient pathway to regulate gene expression in response to diverse stress signals.

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Authors
Harding, H. P., Novoa, I., Zhang, Y., Zeng, H., Wek, R., Schapira, M., & Ron, D.
Venue
Molecular Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000-11
Volume
6
Issue
5
Pages
1099-1108
ISSN
1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
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journal article
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en
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