Translational offsetting as a mode of estrogen receptor α‐dependent regulation of gene expression

J Lorent, EP Kusnadi, V van Hoef, RJ Rebello… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Estrogen receptor alpha (ER α) activity is associated with increased cancer cell proliferation.
Studies aiming to understand the impact of ER α on cancer‐associated phenotypes have …

Disease-associated mutations in a bifunctional aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene elicit the integrated stress response

D Jin, SA Wek, NT Kudlapur, WA Cantara… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) catalyze the charging of specific amino acids onto
cognate tRNAs, an essential process for protein synthesis. Mutations in ARSs are frequently …

Increased levels of eIF2A inhibit translation by sequestering 40S ribosomal subunits

DJ Grove, DJ Levine, MG Kearse - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract eIF2A was the first eukaryotic initiator tRNA carrier discovered but its exact function
has remained enigmatic. Uncharacteristic of translation initiation factors, eIF2A is reported to …

Inhibition of PERK kinase, an orchestrator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), significantly reduces apoptosis and inflammation of lung epithelial cells triggered …

P Keramidas, E Papachristou, RM Papi, A Mantsou… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a accessory protein was found to be involved in virus release,
immunomodulation and exhibited a pro-apoptotic character. In order to unravel a potential …

IBtkα Activates the β-Catenin-Dependent Transcription of MYC through Ubiquitylation and Proteasomal Degradation of GSK3β in Cancerous B Cells

E Vecchio, N Nisticò, G Golino, E Iaccino… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The IBTK gene encodes the IBtkα protein that is a substrate receptor of E3 ubiquitin ligase,
Cullin 3. We have previously reported the pro-tumorigenic activity of Ibtk in MYC-dependent …

The emerging role of uORF-encoded uPeptides and HLA uLigands in cellular and tumor biology

L Jürgens, K Wethmar - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The biological relevance of peptides that originate from non-canonical
translational initiation sites have been increasingly recognized over the years. Peptides …

Translation regulation of the glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetase gene EPRS through bypass of upstream open reading frames with noncanonical initiation codons

SK Young, TD Baird, RC Wek - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
In the integrated stress response, phosphorylation of eIF2α (eIF2α-P) reduces protein
synthesis while concomitantly promoting preferential translation of specific transcripts …

Translational Upregulation of an Individual p21Cip1 Transcript Variant by GCN2 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Survival under Nutrient Stress

SL Lehman, GJ Cerniglia, GJ Johannes, J Ye… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Multiple transcripts encode for the cell cycle inhibitor p21Cip1. These transcripts produce
identical proteins but differ in their 5'untranslated regions (UTRs). Although several stresses …

Inhibition of the PERK-dependent unfolded protein response signaling pathway involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

W Rozpędek, D Pytel, T Popławski… - Current Alzheimer …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Objectives: There is a body of evidence that neurodegenerative disease entities are directly
correlated with the perturbations on the molecular level. Hence, the ER stress-mediated …

A peptide encoded within a 5′ untranslated region promotes pain sensitization in mice

P Barragan-Iglesias, N Kunder, A Wanghzou, B Black… - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
A peptide encoded within a 5′ untranslated region promotes p... : PAIN A peptide encoded
within a 5′ untranslated region promotes pain sensitization in mice : PAIN International …