Upstream open reading frames differentially regulate gene-specific translation in the integrated stress response

SK Young, RC Wek - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Translation regulation largely occurs during initiation, which features ribosome assembly
onto mRNAs and selection of the translation start site. Short, upstream ORFs (uORFs) …

Translation reinitiation at alternative open reading frames regulates gene expression in an integrated stress response

PD Lu, HP Harding, D Ron - The Journal of cell biology, 2004 - rupress.org
Stress-induced eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) α phosphorylation
paradoxically increases translation of the metazoan activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) …

Ribosome elongation stall directs gene-specific translation in the integrated stress response

SK Young, LR Palam, C Wu, MS Sachs… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Upon exposure to environmental stress, phosphorylation of the α subunit of eIF2 (eIF2α-P)
represses global protein synthesis, coincident with preferential translation of gene …

Ribosome reinitiation directs gene-specific translation and regulates the integrated stress response

SK Young, JA Willy, C Wu, MS Sachs… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
In the integrated stress response, phosphorylation of eIF2α (eIF2α-P) reduces protein
synthesis to conserve resources and facilitate preferential translation of transcripts that …

Surviving and adapting to stress: translational control and the integrated stress response

RC Wek, TG Anthony, KA Staschke - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Organisms adapt to changing environments by engaging cellular stress
response pathways that serve to restore proteostasis and enhance survival. A primary …

Phosphorylation of eIF2 Facilitates Ribosomal Bypass of an Inhibitory Upstream ORF to Enhance CHOP Translation*♦

LR Palam, TD Baird, RC Wek - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011 - ASBMB
In response to different environmental stresses, phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation
factor-2 (eIF2) rapidly reduces protein synthesis, which lowers energy expenditure and …

Translation of 5′ leaders is pervasive in genes resistant to eIF2 repression

DE Andreev, PBF O'Connor, C Fahey, EM Kenny… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Eukaryotic cells rapidly reduce protein synthesis in response to various stress conditions.
This can be achieved by the phosphorylation-mediated inactivation of a key translation …

Reinitiation involving upstream ORFs regulates ATF4 mRNA translation in mammalian cells

KM Vattem, RC Wek - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
During cellular stresses, phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2) elicits gene
expression designed to ameliorate the underlying cellular disturbance. Central to this stress …

Role of eIF2α kinases in translational control and adaptation to cellular stress

RC Wek - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
A central mechanism regulating translation initiation in response to environmental stress
involves phosphorylation of the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α) …

Translation from the 5′ untranslated region shapes the integrated stress response

SR Starck, JC Tsai, K Chen, M Shodiya, L Wang… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Protein synthesis is controlled by a plethora of developmental and
environmental conditions. One intracellular signaling network, the integrated stress …