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The GCN2 eIF2α Kinase Is Required for Adaptation to Amino Acid Deprivation in Mice
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The GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase is essential for activation of the general amino acid control pathway in yeast when one or more amino acids become limiting for growth. GCN2's function in mammals is unknown, but must differ, since mammals, unlike yeast, can synthesize only half of the standard 20 amino acids. To investigate the function of mammalian GCN2, we have generated a Gcn2(-/-) knockout strain of mice. Gcn2(-/-) mice are viable, fertile, and exhibit no phenotypic abnormalities under standard growth conditions. However, prenatal and neonatal mortalities are significantly increased in Gcn2(-/-) mice whose mothers were reared on leucine-, tryptophan-, or glycine-deficient diets during gestation. Leucine deprivation produced the most pronounced effect, with a 63% reduction in the expected number of viable neonatal mice. Cultured embryonic stem cells derived from Gcn2(-/-) mice failed to show the normal induction of eIF2alpha phosphorylation in cells deprived of leucine. To assess the biochemical effects of the loss of GCN2 in the whole animal, liver perfusion experiments were conducted. Histidine limitation in the presence of histidinol induced a twofold increase in the phosphorylation of eIF2alpha and a concomitant reduction in eIF2B activity in perfused livers from wild-type mice, but no changes in livers from Gcn2(-/-) mice.
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- Zhang, P., McGrath, B. C., Reinert, J., Olsen, D. S., Lei, L., Gill, S., Wek, S. A., Vattem, K. M., Wek, R. C., Kimball, S. R., Jefferson, L. S., & Cavener, D. R.
- Venue
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
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- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 6681-6688
- ISSN
- 0270-7306 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5549
- OpenAlex
- W2129532016
- Cited by
- 438
- References
- 42
- FWCI
- 4.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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