Clemens, MJ; Elia, A; Morley, SJ
(2013)
Requirement for the eIF4E Binding Proteins for the Synergistic Down-Regulation of Protein Synthesis by Hypertonic Conditions and mTOR Inhibition.
PLOS ONE, 8 (8).
e71138.
ISSN 1932-6203
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071138
SGUL Authors: Elia, Androulla
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Abstract
The protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates the phosphorylation and activity of several proteins that have the potential to control translation, including p70S6 kinase and the eIF4E binding proteins 4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2. In spite of this, in exponentially growing cells overall protein synthesis is often resistant to mTOR inhibitors. We report here that sensitivity of wild-type mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) to mTOR inhibitors can be greatly increased when the cells are subjected to the physiological stress imposed by hypertonic conditions. In contrast, protein synthesis in MEFs with a double knockout of 4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2 remains resistant to mTOR inhibitors under these conditions. Phosphorylation of p70S6 kinase and protein kinase B (Akt) is blocked by the mTOR inhibitor Ku0063794 equally well in both wild-type and 4E-BP knockout cells, under both normal and hypertonic conditions. The response of protein synthesis to hypertonic stress itself does not require the 4E-BPs. These data suggest that under certain stress conditions: (i) translation has a greater requirement for mTOR activity and (ii) there is an absolute requirement for the 4E-BPs for regulation by mTOR. Importantly, dephosphorylation of p70S6 kinase and Akt is not sufficient to affect protein synthesis acutely.
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Additional Information: | Copyright: © 2013 Clemens et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) > Cell Sciences (INCCCS) |
Journal or Publication Title: | PLOS ONE |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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PubMed ID: | 23940704 |
Web of Science ID: | 23940704 |
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/102275 |
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