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Molecular and Cellular Biology, February 2001, p. 743-754, Vol. 21, No. 3
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.3.743-754.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal-Integrating Kinase Mnk2 Is a Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E Kinase with High Levels of Basal Activity in Mammalian Cells

Gert C. Scheper,1 Nick A. Morrice,2 Miranda Kleijn,1 and Christopher G. Proud1,*

School of Life Sciences1 and MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit,2 University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Received 26 June 2000/Returned for modification 1 August 2000/Accepted 7 November 2000

The cap-binding translation initiation factor eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is phosphorylated in vivo at Ser209 in response to a variety of stimuli. In this paper, we show that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal-integrating kinase Mnk2 phosphorylates eIF4E at this residue. Mnk2 binds to the scaffolding protein eIF4G, and overexpression of Mnk2 results in increased phosphorylation of endogenous eIF4E, showing that it can act as an eIF4E kinase in vivo. We have identified eight phosphorylation sites in Mnk2, of which at least three potential MAPK sites are likely to be essential for Mnk2 activity. In contrast to that of Mnk1, the activity of overexpressed Mnk2 is high under control conditions and could only be reduced substantially by a combination of PD98059 and SB203580, while the activity of endogenous Mnk2 in Swiss 3T3 cells was hardly affected upon treatment with these inhibitors. These compounds did not abolish phosphorylation of eIF4E, implying that Mnk2 may mediate phosphorylation of eIF4E in Swiss 3T3 cells. In vitro phosphorylation studies show that Mnk2 is a significantly better substrate than Mnk1 for extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2), p38MAPKalpha , and p38MAPKbeta . Therefore, the high levels of activity of Mnk2 under several conditions may be explained by efficient activation of Mnk2 by low levels of activity of the upstream kinases. Interestingly, we found that the association of both Mnk1 and Mnk2 with eIF4G increased upon inhibition of the MAPK pathways while activation of ERK resulted in decreased binding to eIF4G. This might reflect a mechanism to ensure rapid, but transient, phosphorylation of eIF4E upon stimulation of the MAPK pathways.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Life Sciences, MSI/WTB Complex, Dow St., University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-1382-344919. Fax: 44-1382-322424. E-mail: c.g.proud{at}dundee.ac.uk.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, February 2001, p. 743-754, Vol. 21, No. 3
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.3.743-754.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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