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Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2001, p. 7971-7980, Vol. 21, No. 23
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.23.7971-7980.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Translation Initiation Control by Heme-Regulated Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2alpha Kinase in Erythroid Cells under Cytoplasmic Stresses

Linrong Lu,dagger An-Ping Han, and Jane-Jane Chen*

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Received 4 May 2001/Returned for modification 6 June 2001/Accepted 27 August 2001

Cytoplasmic stresses, including heat shock, osmotic stress, and oxidative stress, cause rapid inhibition of protein synthesis in cells through phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha ) by eIF2alpha kinases. We have investigated the role of heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI), a heme-regulated eIF2alpha kinase, in stress responses of erythroid cells. We have demonstrated that HRI in reticulocytes and fetal liver nucleated erythroid progenitors is activated by oxidative stress induced by arsenite, heat shock, and osmotic stress but not by endoplasmic reticulum stress or nutrient starvation. While autophosphorylation is essential for the activation of HRI, the phosphorylation status of HRI activated by different stresses is different. The contributions of HRI in various stress responses were assessed with the aid of HRI-null reticulocytes and fetal liver erythroid cells. HRI is the only eIF2alpha kinase activated by arsenite in erythroid cells, since HRI-null cells do not induce eIF2alpha phosphorylation upon arsenite treatment. HRI is also the major eIF2alpha kinase responsible for the increased eIF2alpha phosphorylation upon heat shock in erythroid cells. Activation of HRI by these stresses is independent of heme and requires the presence of intact cells. Both hsp90 and hsc70 are necessary for all stress-induced HRI activation. However, reactive oxygen species are involved only in HRI activation by arsenite. Our results provide evidence for a novel function of HRI in stress responses other than heme deficiency.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: E25-545, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: (617) 253-9674. Fax: (617) 253-3459. E-mail: j-jchen{at}mit.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2001, p. 7971-7980, Vol. 21, No. 23
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.23.7971-7980.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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