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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2005, p. 6436-6453, Vol. 25, No. 15
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.15.6436-6453.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

hnRNP K Binds a Core Polypyrimidine Element in the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E (eIF4E) Promoter, and Its Regulation of eIF4E Contributes to Neoplastic Transformation

Mary Lynch,¹ Li Chen,¹ Michael J. Ravitz,¹ Sapna Mehtani,¹ Kevin Korenblat,² Michael J. Pazin,³ and Emmett V. Schmidt^1,4*

Cancer Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114,¹ Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,² NIA-NIH, LCMB Box 12, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224,³ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114⁴

Received 20 November 2004/ Returned for modification 23 December 2004/ Accepted 2 May 2005

Translation initiation factor eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) plays a key role in regulation of cellular proliferation. Its effects on the m⁷GpppN mRNA cap are critical because overexpression of eIF4E transforms cells, and eIF4E function is rate-limiting for G₁ passage. Although we identified eIF4E as a c-Myc target, little else is known about its transcriptional regulation. Previously, we described an element at position –25 (TTACCCCCCCTT) that was critical for eIF4E promoter function. Here we report that this sequence (named 4EBE, for eIF4E basal element) functions as a basal promoter element that binds hnRNP K. The 4EBE is sufficient to replace TATA sequences in a heterologous reporter construct. Interactions between 4EBE and upstream activator sites are position, distance, and sequence dependent. Using DNA affinity chromatography, we identified hnRNP K as a 4EBE-binding protein. Chromatin immunoprecipitation, siRNA interference, and hnRNP K overexpression demonstrate that hnRNP K can regulate eIF4E mRNA. Moreover, hnRNP K increased translation initiation, increased cell division, and promoted neoplastic transformation in an eIF4E-dependent manner. hnRNP K binds the TATA-binding protein, explaining how the 4EBE might replace TATA in the eIF4E promoter. hnRNP K is an unusually diverse regulator of multiple steps in growth regulation because it also directly regulates c-myc transcription, mRNA export, splicing, and translation initiation.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cancer Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114. Phone: (617) 726-5707. Fax: (617) 726-8623. E-mail: Schmidt{at}helix.mgh.harvard.edu.

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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2005, p. 6436-6453, Vol. 25, No. 15
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Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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