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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 1999, p. 1871-1880, Vol. 19, No. 3
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Phosphorylation of the Cap-Binding Protein
Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E by Protein Kinase Mnk1
In Vivo
Andrew Jan
Waskiewicz,1
Jeffrey C.
Johnson,1
Bennett
Penn,1,2
Malathy
Mahalingam,1
Scot R.
Kimball,3 and
Jonathan A.
Cooper1,*
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, Washington 981091; Medical
Scientist Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington 981952; and Department of
Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
170333
Received 13 August 1998/Returned for modification 15 September
1998/Accepted 25 November 1998
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ABSTRACT |
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) binds to the
mRNA 5' cap and brings the mRNA into a complex with other protein
synthesis initiation factors and ribosomes. The activity of mammalian
eIF4E is important for the translation of capped mRNAs and is thought
to be regulated by two mechanisms. First, eIF4E is sequestered by
binding proteins, such as 4EBP1, in quiescent cells. Mitogens induce
the release of eIF4E by stimulating the phosphorylation of 4EBP1.
Second, mitogens and stresses induce the phosphorylation of eIF4E at
Ser 209, increasing the affinity of eIF4E for capped mRNA and for an
associated scaffolding protein, eIF4G. We previously showed that a
mitogen- and stress-activated kinase, Mnk1, phosphorylates eIF4E in
vitro at the physiological site. Here we show that Mnk1 regulates eIF4E
phosphorylation in vivo. Mnk1 binds directly to eIF4G and copurifies
with eIF4G and eIF4E. We identified activating phosphorylation sites in
Mnk1 and developed dominant-negative and activated mutants. Expression of dominant-negative Mnk1 reduces mitogen-induced eIF4E
phosphorylation, while expression of activated Mnk1 increases basal
eIF4E phosphorylation. Activated mutant Mnk1 also induces extensive
phosphorylation of eIF4E in cells overexpressing 4EBP1. This suggests
that phosphorylation of eIF4E is catalyzed by Mnk1 or a very similar
kinase in cells and is independent of other mitogenic signals that
release eIF4E from 4EBP1.
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INTRODUCTION |
Mitogens stimulate protein and RNA
synthesis (56, 65). The increase in protein synthesis is
partly due to increased initiation on preexisting mRNAs, with the
result that those mRNAs are recruited into larger polysomes. In
addition to an increase in basal translation, specific mRNAs are
preferentially upregulated, suggesting that mitogenic signal
transduction pathways impinge on the components of the translation
machinery that interact with the mRNA.
mRNAs are brought to the ribosome by eukaryotic initiation factor
(eIF4F) (for reviews, see references 58, 60, and
61). eIF4F is a multiprotein complex formed from
25-, 46- and 220-kDa subunits, called eIF4E, eIF4A, and eIF4G,
respectively. eIF4E, also known as cap-binding protein, is responsible
for binding the 5'-terminal 7-methyl-GTP (m7GTP) cap found
on all eukaryotic mRNAs. eIF4A is a subunit of an RNA helicase that
seems to unwind secondary structure in the mRNA. eIF4G is the
scaffolding subunit, to which the other subunits bind. It also has a
binding site for eIF3, which links the eIF4F-mRNA complex to the 40S
ribosomal subunit. In yeast, eIF4G has an additional functional region,
to which the poly(A)-binding protein and the 3' end of the mRNA bind
(64). Besides serving as a passive scaffold, eIF4G plays a
regulatory role, stimulating the binding of capped mRNA to eIF4E
(24). Thus, the eIF4F complex promotes interactions between
the 5' end of the mRNA, the ribosome, and an RNA helicase.
As the main mRNA-binding component of the translation machinery, the
eIF4F complex has the potential to distinguish between mRNAs for
differential translation in mitogen-treated cells. The eIF4E subunit is
thought to be the main regulatory component since it is present in
limiting molar amounts (11, 26, 53), and eIF4E availability
in quiescent cells is further restricted by eIF4E-binding proteins,
including 4EBP1 or PHAS-I (61). 4EBPs prevent eIF4E binding
to eIF4G without altering mRNA binding to eIF4E (23, 44,
52). Mitogenic stimuli induce the phosphorylation of 4EBPs and
the release of eIF4E, allowing eIF4E to associate with eIF4G and
participate in translation. In addition, mitogens stimulate the
phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 and several translation
initiation factors, including eIF4E. Phosphorylation of 40S ribosomal
protein S6 specifically stimulates the translation of a class of mRNAs
that have pyrimidine-rich 5' ends (29). However, cells
lacking the S6 protein kinase still exhibit mitogen-induced increases
in basal translation (32), indicating that other mechanisms, such as 4EBP1 and eIF4E phosphorylation, also mediate mitogenic stimulation of translation.
Several lines of evidence suggest that phosphorylation of eIF4E
stimulates translation initiation. Mitogen-enhanced eIF4E phosphorylation usually correlates with increased protein synthesis (36), and phosphorylation increases the binding of eIF4E to capped mRNA and to eIF4G in vitro (5, 39, 48). The location of Ser 209 adjacent to the cap-binding pocket is consistent with an
effect of phosphorylation on mRNA binding (45, 46).
Significantly, overexpression of wild-type eIF4E, but not of a
substitution mutant that is not phosphorylated, leads to malignant
transformation and high rates of protein synthesis (10, 41).
Studies of cells transformed by eIF4E overexpression show an increased
ability to translate mRNAs with increased cap-proximal secondary
structure (37, 55, 59), consistent with increased binding of
the eIF4F complex and its associated helicase activity. While some
other reports indicate that changes in eIF4E phosphorylation do not invariably correlate with increased translation (34, 49, 51, 54,
57, 70), it seems likely that eIF4E phosphorylation modulates
translation initiation in cells.
Different signal transduction pathways control the phosphorylation of
4EBP1, S6, and eIF4E. In fibroblasts, the phosphorylation of 4EBP1 and
S6 occurs by an extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase-independent signaling pathway that is sensitive to a specific inhibitor, rapamycin (4, 6, 18, 25, 68, 69). In contrast, mitogen-stimulated eIF4E
phosphorylation occurs via a rapamycin-insensitive, Ras- and ERK/MAP
kinase-dependent pathway (14-16). This means that
phosphorylation of eIF4E is independent of phosphorylation of 4EBPs.
eIF4E is also phosphorylated in response to stresses, including
anisomycin and hypertonicity, dependent on the p38 MAP kinase (49,
51, 70). This suggests that the MAP kinases ERK and p38, or a
protein kinase activated by ERK or p38, may phosphorylate eIF4E in
cells. However, neither ERK nor p38 is a candidate to phosphorylate
eIF4E directly, because the residue phosphorylated, Ser 209 (13,
31), lacks proline residues required for MAP kinase recognition
(1, 7). Therefore, eIF4E is more likely to be phosphorylated
by one or more MAP kinase-dependent protein kinases.
A number of MAP kinase-dependent kinases are now known, and of these,
Mnk1, MAPKAPK-3 (3pK), and Msk1 are activated by both ERK and p38
(9, 17, 43, 71). Direct in vitro phosphorylation assays
suggest that MAPKAPK-3 and Mnk1 can both phosphorylate eIF4E directly,
while certain other MAP kinase-dependent protein kinases, including Rsk
and MAPKAPK-2, cannot (51, 52a, 71). Under a variety of
stimulation and inhibitor conditions, the in vivo phosphorylation of
eIF4E correlates with the activity of Mnk1 (70). This
correlative evidence suggests that Mnk1, or a similarly activated
protein kinase, phosphorylates eIF4E in cells. In view of the potential
importance of eIF4E phosphorylation in regulating translation
initiation, we have investigated whether Mnk1 phosphorylates eIF4E in
vivo. In this report, we demonstrate that Mnk1 is a member of the eIF4F
complex, binding directly to eIF4G. We have identified activating
phosphorylation sites in Mnk1 and created activated and dominant
negative mutants. Coexpression of a dominant negative mutant Mnk1
inhibits mitogen-induced and basal phosphorylation of eIF4E, while
expression of an activated mutant Mnk1 results in constitutive
phosphorylation of eIF4E. Phosphorylation of eIF4E by Mnk1 also occurs
in the presence of excess 4EBP1. We suggest that Mnk1 or a protein
kinase with similar binding properties and enzymatic specificity
phosphorylates eIF4E in mitogen- and stress-stimulated cells.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Plasmids and mutagenesis.
The plasmids pLexA-Mnk1,
pEBG-Mnk1, and pEBG-T2A2 (Mnk1 containing Thr197Ala/Thr202Ala
mutations) have been described previously (71). Untagged
Mnk1 was expressed from pCS2+ (66), and myc-tagged (MT-) Mnk1 from pCS3+MT (66a) (this vector encodes six myc
tags at the N terminus of the fusion protein). The mutations Thr197Ser (T197S), Thr202Ser (T202S), Thr332Ser (T332S), Thr197Asp/Thr202Asp (T2D2), Thr332Asp (T332D), Thr197Asp/Thr202Asp/Thr332Asp (T3D3), and
Thr197Ala/Thr202Ala/Thr332Ala (T3A3) were created by
Pfu-mediated mutagenesis (Quickchange, Stratagene) and
confirmed by nucleotide sequencing.
N Mnk1 was created by
Taq-mediated PCR (Perkin-Elmer), resulting in a 23-residue
deletion from the N terminus, and
C Mnk1 was made similarly to
delete 85 residues from the C terminus. The human eIF4E open reading
frame was PCR amplified from a bacterial expression clone
(62) and inserted into the BglII site of
pcDL-SR
456 (63) to encode eIF4E with a single HA tag at
the N terminus. eIF4E-209Ala was subcloned into the same vector by
using a mutant C-terminal oligonucleotide and Taq-mediated PCR. Its
sequence was confirmed. The eIF4E open reading frame was also cloned
into pCS3+MT for expression of MT-eIF4E. Vectors expressing HA-tagged and Flag-tagged 4EBP1 were the kind gifts of Anne-Claude Gingras and
Nahum Sonenberg (18).
Two-hybrid screens.
Strain L40 yeast cells (67)
expressing pLexA-Mnk1 were transformed with a human HeLa cDNA library
(Clontech). From an estimated 5 × 106 primary
transformants, 51 HIS3-positive colonies were selected. Of
25 which possessed strong
-galactosidase activity, 12 were specific
for the original bait plasmid and did not interact with
N Mnk1.
Three of these clones encoded p220-2 or eIF4GII (22) (human
EST Z34918), and nine of them encoded human hRch1, a form of
-importin (19, 21).
In vitro binding to eIF4G.
Recombinant eIF4GI was made in
Sf9 cells by using the baculovirus expression system and purified as
described for eIF2 (33). Glutathione
S-transferase (GST)-Mnk1 or GST-T2A2 proteins were made in
Escherichia coli and purified on glutathione-Sepharose. Beads were mixed with eIF4G in a buffer containing 100 mM
CH3COOK, 2 mM (CH3COO)2Mg, 1 mM
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 7 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, and 50 mM HEPES
(pH 7.4). Samples were mixed at 4°C for 1 h and washed three
times by centrifugation with the same buffer containing 0.1% Triton
X-100. Bound proteins were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blotting with rabbit antiserum to eIF4G, raised as described previously (35).
Copurification assays.
293 cells in 50-mm dishes were
transiently transfected (Lipofectamine; Gibco-BRL) with pEBG-Mnk1 or
pCS3+MT-Mnk1 DNA (4 µg) and grown for 48 h after the addition of
DNA. The cells were then serum starved overnight with 0.1 to 0.5%
fetal bovine serum. They were lysed in buffer containing 1% Triton
X-100 and immunoprecipitated (anti-myc monoclonal antibody 9E10 for
MT-Mnk1) or purified with glutathione-Sepharose (GST-Mnk1)
(71). The glutathione-Sepharose was washed three times in
the same buffer before SDS-PAGE and Western blotting were performed.
Anti-HA monoclonal antibody 12CA5 was from D. Kremer and L. Breeden.
Anti-Flag monoclonal antibody M2 was from Kodak. Rabbit antiserum to
the 9E10 epitope, used for Western blotting, was from Babco. Rabbit
antiserum to GST was raised by standard procedures.
Immunolocalization.
NIH 3T3 cells were transiently
transfected with pSR
-eIF4E, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in
phosphate-buffered saline, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100, and
stained with 12CA5 anti-HA antibody or chicken anti-Mnk1 antiserum.
Antiserum was raised to GST-Mnk1, made in E. coli
(71), by immunizing chickens. Immunoglobulin was purified
from eggs (Aves Inc., Tigard, Oregon) and affinity purified with
GST-Mnk1, coupled to CNBr-Sepharose, and eluted with urea. Secondary
antibodies were fluorescein-conjugated anti-chicken antibody and Texas
red-conjugated anti-mouse antibodies (Jackson Immunoresearch
Laboratories). Images were obtained with a Deltavision image-deconvoluting microscope and represent optical sections.
Phosphopeptide analysis.
For labeling, 50-mm dishes of 293 cells were transfected with pEBG-Mnk1 and starved as described above;
at 4.5 h before lysis, the cells were washed once and incubated
for 30 min in phosphate-free Dulbecco modified Eagle medium containing
1 mM pyruvate, 1 mg of fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin per ml, and
20 mM HEPES (pH 7.4). The fluids were replaced with the same mixture
containing 0.5 mCi of [32P]orthophosphate (NEN) per ml,
and incubation was continued for 4 h. The cells were stimulated as
needed, and GST-Mnk1 was isolated by using glutathione-Sepharose and
SDS-PAGE. The protein was eluted from the dried gel, oxidized with
performic acid, and digested with trypsin followed by thermolysin as
described previously (3). Phosphopeptides were resolved by
electrophoresis in cellulose thin layers at pH 1.9 followed by
ascending chromatography in a buffer containing isobutyric acid
(3), with the anode at the left. Individual phosphopeptides
were extracted from the cellulose, partially hydrolyzed in 6 M HCl at
110°C for 2 h, mixed with nonradioactive phosphoserine,
phosphothreonine, and phosphotyrosine, and analyzed by electrophoresis
at pH 3.5 (3).
In vitro kinase assays.
GST-Mnk1 was purified from starved
or tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA)-stimulated 293 cells as
described above, except that a wash in 0.5 M LiCl was used to remove
associated MAP kinases, as described previously (71).
Protein kinase assays were performed (71) with 5 µg of
recombinant eIF4E substrate and 10 µCi of [
-32P]ATP.
Recombinant eIF4E was prepared as described previously (62)
and was the kind gift of C. G. Proud (University of Dundee).
Analysis of the eIF4E phosphorylation state.
293 cells were
transiently transfected with the following plasmids as needed (the
quantity of DNA per 50-mm dish is given in parentheses): wild-type or
mutant Mnk1 in vector pEBG (4 µg), HA-eIF4E in vector pSR
(1 µg), and Flag-4EBP1 in vector pcDNA3 (4 µg). Vector DNA was added
as needed. Transfected cells were serum starved between 48 and 60 h after DNA addition), labeled with [32P]orthophosphate
between 60 and 64 h as described above, and treated with 0 or 100 nM TPA for the last 15 min before lysis. [32P]HA-eIF4E
was recovered from cells lysed in 1% Triton buffer by using
immunoprecipitation with 12CA5 anti-HA antibody and analyzed by
SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. Samples for isoelectric focusing were
prepared by lysing nonradioactive cells (in 100-mm dishes) by Dounce
homogenization in 4E buffer (50 mM
-glycerophosphate, 1 mM
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 2 mM Na3 VO4, 1 µM microcystine [Calbiochem]). Protein concentrations were
equalized, and samples were removed for immunoprecipitation and for
eIF4E purification as needed. Immunoprecipitations were performed as
above, and the immunoprecipitates were washed with 1% Triton buffer.
eIF4E was purified with m7GTP-Sepharose (Pharmacia).
Samples were washed in four times in 4E buffer, eluted in buffer
containing urea and ampholytes, and separated on a one-dimensional
denaturing isoelectric focusing gel containing equal parts of pH 4 to 6 and pH 6 to 8 ampholytes, as described previously (13).
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RESULTS |
Mnk1 binds to eIF4G and other components of the eIF4F initiation
complex.
The Mnk1 primary sequence predicts a protein kinase
domain flanked by an N-terminal region of unknown function and a
C-terminal region that binds the MAP kinases ERK1, ERK2, and p38
(17, 71). To identify potential substrates for Mnk1, we used
the yeast two-hybrid system (67, 71). From 5 × 106 transformants, we isolated 2 cDNAs that encoded
proteins that interacted with full-length Mnk1 but not with control
proteins. The cDNAs encoded portions of an
-importin relative
(20, 21) and of eIF4GII, one of two known forms of eIF4G
(22). Both fragments bind to full-length Mnk1 and to a
mutant which lacks the C-terminal 85 amino acids but do not bind to a
mutant in which the N-terminal 23 amino acids are deleted (Fig.
1A and data not shown). Since the C
terminus is needed for ERK or p38 MAP kinase binding (71), this suggests that the binding of
-importin and eIF4GII is not mediated by MAP kinase. The
-importin clone encodes residues 43 to
239, which contain the region hypothesized to interact with nuclear
localization signal peptides. Since the N terminus of Mnk1 is rich in
basic residues, it may be recognized by
-importin as a nuclear
localization signal. However, we have not detected a significant
portion of Mnk1 within the nucleus (Fig.
2), suggesting that Mnk1 may not bind
functionally to
-importin in mammalian cells. The two-hybrid isolate
of eIF4GII encodes the C-terminal 192 residues, implying that this
region of eIF4GII is sufficient to confer Mnk1 binding. The amino acid
sequences of eIF4GI and eIF4GII are 68% identical in this region,
suggesting that Mnk1 may bind to both forms of eIF4G.

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FIG. 1.
(A) Growth of yeast strain L40 expressing LexA-Mnk1 and
VP16-eIF4GII (top), LexA-Mnk1- N and VP16-eIF4GII (middle), and
LexA-Mnk1- C and VP16-eIF4GII (bottom) on medium lacking histidine.
Growth indicates transactivation of the HIS3 reporter gene.
(B) GST-Mnk1 and GST-Mnk1-T2A2 (T197A/T202A) were purified from
E. coli and incubated with purified mammalian eIF4G. GST
fusion proteins were isolated, and bound eIF4G was eluted and analyzed
by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. Input lanes represent one-fifth of
the sample used for binding. (C to E) 293 cells were transiently
transfected with pEBG, pEBG-Mnk1, or pEBG-Mnk1 N, together with
pCS3+eIF4E. GST-Mnk1 was purified with glutathione-Sepharose, and bound
proteins were visualized with GST antibody (C), eIF4G antibody (D), or
9E10 anti-MT antibody (E). Lysate lanes represent 1/10 of the sample
used for purification. (F) Diagram of characterized eIF4G binding
sites. See the text for details. aa, amino acids.
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FIG. 2.
Subcellular localization of Mnk1 and eIF4E. NIH 3T3
cells were transfected with pCS2-Mnk1 and pSR -eIF4E. Untagged Mnk1
and HA-eIF4E were visualized with an affinity-purified
chicken-anti-Mnk1 antibody and 12CA5 (anti-HA) ascites fluid, followed
by fluorescein-conjugated anti-chicken antibody and Texas
red-conjugated anti-mouse antibody. (A and C) Mnk1 immunofluorescence;
(B and D) HA-eIF4E. Cells were either serum starved (A and B) or
treated with phorbol ester for 60 min (C and D).
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To test whether eIF4GI, like eIF4GII, would bind Mnk1 and to test
whether the binding is direct, we mixed purified eIF4GI
with a GST
fusion protein encoding full-length Mnk1. In this experiment,
full-length eIF4G and a breakdown product bound to GST-Mnk1 and
to a
GST-Mnk1 mutant lacking two predicted phosphorylation sites
(T197A/T202A, denoted T2A2 [see below]) (Fig.
1B). To determine
whether Mnk1 binds to eIF4G in cells, we transiently transfected
293-HEK cells with a plasmid encoding GST-Mnk1. GST-Mnk1 was recovered
with glutathione-Sepharose (Fig.
1C), and associated eIF4GI was
detected by immunoblotting (Fig.
1D). In cells overexpressing
Mnk1, 5%
of the endogenous eIF4GI copurified with Mnk1. Deletion
of the
N-terminal 23 residues abrogated this interaction, as expected
from the
yeast two-hybrid experiment (Fig.
1D).
The binding sites on eIF4G for eIF4E, eIF4A, and eIF3 have been mapped
(
27,
38,
44,
50). eIF4E binds residues 319
to 479, eIF3
binds 480 to 886, and eIF4A binds 887 to 1402 (numbering
from rabbit
eIF4GI) (Fig.
1F). A Mnk1-binding site is contained
in the two-hybrid
isolate, residues 1210 to 1402. This implies
that Mnk1 may bind to
eIF4G without displacing eIF4E or eIF3,
although it may interfere with
eIF4A binding. To test whether
Mnk1 complexes contain eIF4E, we
cotransfected cells with vectors
encoding GST-Mnk1 and myc-tagged
(MT)-eIF4E. A small fraction
of MT-eIF4E was found associated with
GST-Mnk1 (Fig.
1E). This
eIF4E-Mnk1 interaction is likely to be partly
mediated by eIF4G,
since the N-terminal deletion mutant of Mnk1 which
does not bind
eIF4G has reduced binding of eIF4E (Fig.
1E). However,
there is
also eIF4G-independent binding of eIF4E to the N-terminal
mutant
of Mnk1. This alternative mode of Mnk1-eIF4E binding may occur
via another eIF4F component, because Mnk1 and eIF4E do not interact
in
the yeast two-hybrid system (data not shown). It remains to
be
determined whether Mnk1 also interacts with eIF4A and
eIF3.
Subcellular localization of Mnk1.
The initiation factors eIF4E
and eIF4G are localized predominantly in the cytoplasm, with 12 to 25%
of eIF4E being found in the nucleus (40, 42). To determine
the subcellular distribution of Mnk1 within cells, we expressed
untagged Mnk1 and HA-tagged eIF4E in NIH 3T3 cells and examined their
localization by indirect immunofluorescence. Anti-Mnk1 antiserum did
not stain untransfected cells significantly. When Mnk1 was
overexpressed, the bulk of Mnk1 localized in the cytoplasm in
serum-starved cells and a small population was found within the nucleus
(Fig. 2A). Upon stimulation with TPA, Mnk1 shifted to a perinuclear
ring (Fig. 2C). HA-eIF4E was also mostly cytoplasmic and shifted to a
perinuclear ring in a similar way after TPA stimulation (Fig. 2B and
D). The shift in localization of both Mnk1 and eIF4E after TPA
treatment could reflect a general reorganization of the cytoplasm or a
change in the localization of a subset of proteins. Under both
unstimulated and stimulated conditions, the majority of Mnk1 and eIF4E
colocalize, consistent with the binding of Mnk1 to eIF4G and eIF4E. To
confirm these data, we fractionated extracts of cells expressing Mnk1 or HA-eIF4E. Both Mnk1 and eIF4E were present predominantly within the
cytosolic compartment, consistent with our immunofluorescence data
(data not shown).
Phosphorylation site substitution mutants of Mnk1.
The binding
of Mnk1 to eIF4G and eIF4E and the in vitro phosphorylation of eIF4E by
Mnk1 suggested that Mnk1 may phosphorylate eIF4E in cells. To test
this, we designed dominant negative and activated mutants of Mnk1.
Because Mnk1 is activated by phosphorylation by ERK or p38 MAP kinases,
we reasoned that replacement of regulatory phosphorylation sites by
nonphosphorylated or acidic residues might inhibit or activate Mnk1,
respectively. We examined the Mnk1 sequence for likely MAP kinase
phosphorylation sites. The MAP kinase consensus,
X[S/T]P, where
is proline or aliphatic (1, 7), occurs three times in
Mnk1, at Thr 197, Thr 202, and Thr 332. Thr 197 and Thr 202 are located
within the T-loop or activation loop (30) of Mnk1, and Thr
332 is close to the COOH terminus. We tested whether these residues are
phosphorylated in vivo by peptide mapping.
GST-Mnk1 was expressed by transient transfection of 293 cells, which
were then serum starved and labeled with
[
32P]orthophosphate. Before cell lysis, cultures were
treated with
mitogenic (TPA) or stress (NaCl) stimuli. GST-Mnk1 was
recovered
on glutathione-Sepharose and digested with proteases. To
distinguish
between phosphorylation at Thr 197 and Thr 202, which are
contained
in the same predicted tryptic peptide, trypsin digests were
further
treated with thermolysin. Phosphopeptides were separated by
thin-layer
electrophoresis and chromatography and detected by
autoradiography.
Wild-type Mnk1 is phosphorylated on two major and several minor tryptic
and thermolytic phosphopeptides (Fig.
3A). The major
peptides (peptides 2 and 7 in Fig.
3F) contained phosphothreonine
and phosphoserine, respectively
(Fig.
3E, top). Stimulation of
cells with either TPA or NaCl resulted
in the increased labeling
of phosphopeptides 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Fig.
3B, C, and F). Phosphoamino
acid analysis of individual phosphopeptides
showed that peptides
1 to 3 contained phosphothreonine while peptides 4 to 7 contained
phosphoserine (Fig.
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FIG. 3.
Phosphopeptide analysis of Mnk1. 293 cells were
transfected with wild-type Mnk1 (A to C and E), T197A/T202A (T2A2)
mutant Mnk1 (D), or various mutants (E) of EBG-Mnk1 and metabolically
labeled with [32P]orthophosphate. The cells were serum
starved (A and E) or stimulated with 100 nM TPA for 15 min (B, D, and
E) or 0.4 M NaCl (C) for 30 min. GST-Mnk1 was purified by
glutathione-Sepharose and SDS-PAGE and digested with trypsin and
thermolysin. Phosphopeptides were resolved by electrophoresis and
chromatography and detected by autoradiography (A to D). (E) The
Phosphoamino acid content of individual phosphopeptides was determined.
The top panel shows phosphoamino acid analysis of phosphopeptides 1 to
7; the bottom panel shows phosphoamino acid analysis of phosphopeptides
2 and 3 from wild-type (WT), T197S, and T202S mutants of Mnk1.
Radioactive phosphoamino acids were detected by autoradiography, and
the positions of nonradioactive internal standards, phosphoserine (s),
and phosphothreonine (t) were detected with ninhydrin. (F) Schematic
showing phosphoserine-containing (grey symbols),
phosphothreonine-containing (black symbols), and unanalyzed (open
symbols) phosphopeptides. Phosphopeptide 2' was detected in maps of
T202S mutant only.
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To identify which phosphopeptides correspond to the MAP kinase
consensus sites, we created GST-Mnk1 mutants with Thr 197,
Thr 202, or
Thr 332 individually or combinatorially replaced with
alanine or serine
and labeled the proteins with [
32P]orthophosphate in 293 cells. A mutant (T2A2), containing both
Thr 197 and Thr 202 replaced
with Ala, was not phosphorylated
at peptides 1, 2, or 3 in control or
TPA- or NaCl-treated cells
(Fig.
3D and data not shown). This suggests
that peptides 1 to
3 either contain Thr 197 or Thr 202 or are dependent
on them for
their phosphorylation. In contrast, all phosphopeptides
were detected
in a T332A mutant (data not shown). When Thr 197 or Thr
332 was
individually replaced with Ser, the phosphopeptide maps were
indistinguishable
from that of wild-type Mnk1 (data not shown).
Phosphopeptides
1 to 3 were phosphorylated only on threonine in the
T332S mutant
(data not shown). This suggests that residue 332 is not a
phosphorylation
site. In contrast, phosphoamino acid analysis of
individual phosphopeptides
showed that replacement of Thr 197 with Ser
(T197S) resulted in
an increased phosphoserine content in peptide 2 and
a total shift
from phosphothreonine to phosphoserine in peptide 3 (Fig.
3E,
bottom). This suggests that residue 197 is a phosphorylation site
in Mnk1. Peptide 2 may actually be a mixture of two peptides,
one
phosphorylated at serine and one phosphorylated at threonine
in the
T197S mutant. Similar analysis of a T202S mutant showed
a novel peptide
2' (Fig.
3F) that was exclusively phosphorylated
on serine (Fig.
3E,
bottom). This suggests that the tryptic or
thermolytic peptide 2 is
composed of two distinct, comigrating
peptides, one containing Thr 197 and one containing Thr 202. Peptide
3 contains only Thr 197. These
results indicate that Mnk1 is phosphorylated
at Thr 197 and Thr 202 but
is probably not phosphorylated at Thr
332.
Effects of phosphorylation site mutants on Mnk1 kinase
activity.
The kinase activities of substitution mutants of Mnk1
were assessed by expressing wild-type or mutant GST-Mnk1 in 293 cells. Cells were unstimulated or stimulated with TPA before purification of
GST-Mnk1 and assay with recombinant eIF4E substrate (Fig.
4B). Expression levels were assessed by
Western blotting and found to be comparable (Fig. 4A). When incubated
with radioactive ATP, all mutants were autophosphorylated or
phosphorylated by a contaminating kinase, but the mutants differed in
their ability to phosphorylate eIF4E (Fig. 4B). Wild-type GST-Mnk1
exhibits TPA-stimulated eIF4E phosphorylating activity, whereas two
mutants lacking the T-loop threonines, T197A/T202A (T2A2) and
T197A/T202A/T332A (T3A3), were unable to phosphorylate eIF4E in vitro
(Fig. 4B) (71). Consistent with our negative evidence for
phosphorylation at Thr 332, replacement of Thr 332 with Ala did not
inactivate Mnk1 and actually caused partial activation (T332A) (Fig.
4B).

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FIG. 4.
Expression and kinase activity of Mnk1 mutants. GST-Mnk1
and mutants T2A2 (T197A/T202A), T332A, T3A3 (T197A/T202A/T332A), T2D2
(T197D/T202D), and T332D were synthesized in 293 cells. Transfected
cells were serum starved and treated with TPA or left untreated. Mnk1
was purified with glutathione-Sepharose. (A) Samples were immunoblotted
with polyclonal anti-GST antibody. (B) The same samples were incubated
with radiolabeled ATP and eIF4E. Products were detected by SDS-PAGE and
autoradiography.
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In an attempt to activate GST-Mnk1 further, the T-loop phosphorylation
sites, Thr 197 and Thr 202, were replaced with Asp.
However, this
mutant, T197D/T202D (T2D2), was inactive in phosphorylation
of eIF4E in
vitro (Fig.
4B), suggesting that introduction of acidic
residues does
not functionally substitute for phosphorylation
of these sites.
Surprisingly, altering Thr 332 to Asp stimulated
both basal and
TPA-dependent eIF4E phosphorylating activity (T332D)
(Fig.
4). This
unexpected activation may be a result of a posttranslational
modification, such as phosphorylation, because GST-Mnk1-T332D
expressed
in
E. coli is inactive unless incubated with ERK (data
not
shown). Thus, the activation of the T332D mutant is probably
due to
structural changes that alter the access of other sites
for
phosphorylation. Whatever the explanation of the increased
activity of
the T332D mutant, this mutant provides a useful tool
to study the
effects of deregulated Mnk1 activity in
cells.
Mnk1 regulates eIF4E phosphorylation in cells.
To determine
the ability of Mnk1 to phosphorylate eIF4E in vivo, we cotransfected
293 cells with HA-tagged eIF4E and wild-type or mutant GST-Mnk1. The
phosphorylation status of eIF4E was analyzed either by metabolic
labeling with [32P]orthophosphate labeling or by
isoelectric focusing and Western blotting (Fig.
5).

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FIG. 5.
Phosphorylation of eIF4E in cells overexpressing Mnk1.
293 cells were transfected with pSR -eIF4E and either vector pEBG,
wild-type Mnk1, Mnk1-T2A2 (T197A/T202A), or Mnk1-T332D. (A) Cells were
serum starved, metabolically labeled with 32P, and treated
with TPA or left untreated. HA-eIF4E was isolated by
immunoprecipitation (IP) and detected by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography.
Incorporation was quantified with a PhosphorImager and normalized to
incorporation in unstimulated cells expressing vector DNA. (B) Cells
were serum starved and treated with TPA or left untreated. HA-eIF4E was
purified with m7GTP-Sepharose and subjected to
one-dimensional isoelectric focusing (IEF) and Western blotting with
anti-HA antibodies. The amounts of the two basic and two acidic species
were quantified, yielding a percentage value for acidic species for
each sample (indicated below the gel). The inhibition of HA-eIF4E
phosphorylation by T2A2 mutant Mnk1 was confirmed by using the pCS3+MT
vector, which expresses MT-Mnk1-T2A2 (data not shown).
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Epitope-tagged HA-eIF4E was recovered from
[
32P]orthophosphate-labeled cells by
immunoprecipitation, resolved by SDS-PAGE, and
quantified (Fig.
5A).
Control experiments showed that the expression
of HA-eIF4E was not
affected by coexpression of wild-type or mutant
GST-Mnk1 (data not
shown; see also Fig.
6). Phosphate incorporation
into HA-eIF4E was
enhanced 2.4-fold by TPA treatment of cells
that were not
overexpressing Mnk1 (Fig.
5A). Expression of either
wild-type or
activated T332D mutant GST-Mnk1 led to a three- to
eightfold increase
in eIF4E labeling in the absence of TPA stimulation,
suggesting that
increased basal or constitutive mutant Mnk1 activity
stimulates eIF4E
phosphorylation in vivo. These increases were
approximately additive
with the increase due to TPA stimulation,
suggesting that
overexpression of Mnk1 does not interfere with
the endogenous
activation process. Expression of the inactive
T197A/T202A (T2A2)
mutant Mnk1 suppressed both the basal and TPA-stimulated
phosphate
incorporation into eIF4E, suggesting that this mutant
is dominant
negative and interferes with the normal mechanism
of eIF4E
phosphorylation in
vivo.
To determine whether this increase in eIF4E kinase activity resulted in
increased steady-state levels of eIF4E phosphorylation,
transfected
HA-eIF4E was purified from unlabeled cells by using
m
7GTP-Sepharose and analyzed by isoelectric focusing
followed by
Western blotting (Fig.
5B). This method resolved two
species of
endogenous eIF4E, an acidic phosphorylated form and a basic
nonphosphorylated
form (data not shown). When anti-HA antibodies were
used, two
acidic and two basic species, corresponding to phosphorylated
and nonphosphorylated forms of HA-eIF4E, were detected (Fig.
5B).
We
assume that the splitting of each form into two is an artifact
of the
HA tag. In unstimulated cells, approximately one-third
of HA-eIF4E was
acidic, and this increased to 45% following TPA
stimulation.
Coexpression of wild-type Mnk1 increased the stoichiometry
of eIF4E
acidic isoforms to approximately 70%, while the activated
T332D mutant
caused an increase to 95%. The expression of the
dominant interfering
mutant, T197A/T202A (T2A2), reduced the stoichiometry
to approximately
10% and inhibited the response to
TPA.
These results show that overexpression of wild-type or activated mutant
Mnk1 increases eIF4E phosphorylation stoichiometry
as well as phosphate
incorporation. The nonproportionality between
phosphorylation
stoichiometry and phosphate incorporation assays
is consistent
with non-steady-state phosphate labeling and an
increase in
dephosphorylation as well as phosphorylation when
Mnk1 is overexpressed
(
12). Overexpression of the inactive mutant
of Mnk1
decreases the rate and stoichiometry of eIF4E phosphorylation,
suggesting a dominant negative effect on the endogenous eIF4E
kinase.
Effects of overexpressed activated mutant Mnk1 in cells
overexpressing 4EBP1.
The preceding results indicate that
increased Mnk1 activity leads to increased phosphorylation of eIF4E in
transfected cells. However, these experiments had made use of
overexpressed, epitope-tagged eIF4E to assay the phosphorylation state
of eIF4E in the cells that were overexpressing Mnk1. Thus, the normal
balance between eIF4E and 4EBP1 levels was not maintained in the
transfected cells. To determine whether increased Mnk1 activity would
also increase eIF4E phosphorylation in cells where eIF4E is associated
with 4EBP1 and to test whether eIF4E phosphorylation altered the
binding of eIF4E to either eIF4G or 4EBP1, we cotransfected 293 cells with various combinations of plasmids expressing mutant GST-Mnk1, HA-tagged eIF4E, and Flag-tagged 4EBP1 (18) and analyzed
HA-eIF4E complexes and phosphorylation state (Fig.
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FIG. 6.
Effect of Mnk1 overexpression on complex formation and
phosphorylation of eIF4E. 293 cells were transfected with vectors
encoding HA-eIF4E, Flag-4EBP1, and GST-Mnk1-T2A2 (T197A/T202A) or
GST-Mnk1-T332D. Proteins were purified by immunoprecipitation (IP) with
antibody to HA (12CA5 monoclonal antibody) or with
m7GTP-Sepharose and subjected to SDS-PAGE (A and B) or
isoelectric focusing (IEF) (C) and Western blotting with antibodies to
HA (A and C), eIF4G (A), or Flag (B). All samples are from the same
experiment, which was repeated with similar results. Note that basal
eIF4E phosphorylation was low, so that inhibitory effects of
GST-Mnk1-T2A2 were not detectable. lys, lysate.
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As expected, immunoprecipitation with anti-HA antibodies efficiently
recovered HA-eIF4E (Fig.
6A, top; compare lysate and
immunoprecipitate). Endogenous eIF4G was recovered in the anti-HA
immunoprecipitates only when cells were co-transfected with HA-eIF4E
(Fig.
6A, bottom). Coexpression of dominant negative (T2A2) or
activated (T332D) mutant GST-Mnk1 did not significantly alter
the
coprecipitation of eIF4G with HA-eIF4E. However, as expected
(
61), overexpression of 4EBP1 competed with eIF4G for
binding
to HA-eIF4E, so that eIF4G was not present in anti-HA
immunoprecipitates
when Flag-4EBP1 was overexpressed. This shows that
the expression
level of Flag-4EBP1 was sufficient to sequester most of
the HA-eIF4E
in inactive complexes. Flag-4EBP1 was efficiently
recovered in
anti-HA immunoprecipitates only when cells were
co-transfected
with HA-eIF4E (Fig.
6B, bottom). Neither the binding of
4EBP1
nor the displacement of eIF4G from HA-eIF4E was significantly
altered by coexpression of dominant negative (T2A2) or activated
(T332D) mutant GST-Mnk1 (Fig.
6A and
B).
Isoelectric focusing and anti-HA Western blotting showed that
phosphorylation of HA-eIF4E was strongly stimulated by overexpression
of activated mutant GST-Mnk1 T332D (Fig.
6C), even in the presence
of
4EBP1 in amounts sufficient to displace all detectable eIF4G
from
HA-eIF4E. This suggests that activated Mnk1 can drive high-level
phosphorylation of eIF4E even in cells where most eIF4E is present
in
complexes with 4EBP1. Thus, Mnk1 activation may lead to eIF4E
phosphorylation independent of the release of eIF4E from 4EBP1
complexes. Furthermore, changes in the eIF4E phosphorylation state
do
not alter the stability of eIF4E-4EBP1 or eIF4E-eIF4G
complexes.
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DISCUSSION |
Previous studies have shown that the cap-binding protein eIF4E is
phosphorylated at a single site, Ser 209, when cells are stimulated
with a variety of mitogens or stresses, but the kinase responsible has
not been identified. The ERK and p38 MAP kinase-activated protein
kinase, Mnk1, is able to phosphorylate eIF4E in vitro at Ser 209 (71). We have now found that Mnk1 is bound to the eIF4E-associated scaffold eIF4G and regulates the phosphorylation state
of eIF4E in transfected cells. This suggests that endogenous Mnk1 may
phosphorylate eIF4E in response to mitogen and stress stimuli. We have
also found that Mnk1 can lead to extensive eIF4E phosphorylation under
conditions where most eIF4E is associated with the inhibitor, 4EBP1.
This suggests that Mnk1 can operate independently of 4EBP1
phosphorylation and may explain how eIF4E becomes phosphorylated in
stressed cells, where 4EBP1 is not phosphorylated (51, 70).
The detection of the C-terminal region of eIF4G as a binding partner
for Mnk1 in an unbiased yeast two-hybrid screen suggests that Mnk1 has
a high specificity for binding eIF4G in cells. eIF4E could be
copurified with Mnk1 and eIF4G from transfected cells. The proximity of
Mnk1 to eIF4E bound to eIF4G suggests that Mnk1 is likely to
phosphorylate eIF4E even when not overexpressed. Mnk1 binds to eIF4G
independently of the C terminus of Mnk1, to which ERK and p38 MAP
kinases bind. Thus, it seems likely that a complex of Mnk1 and MAP
kinase is associated with eIF4G in cells. Together with the specificity
of Mnk1 for the physiological phosphorylation site in eIF4E in vitro
(71) and the effects of overexpressing Mnk1 mutants, it is
highly likely that Mnk1 phosphorylates eIF4E in vivo when ERK or p38 is
activated. In addition, Mnk1 may phosphorylate other components of the
eIF4F complex. This possibility remains to be explored.
The second protein found to bind to Mnk1 in the yeast two-hybrid screen
was
-importin.
-Importin binding requires the N-terminal basic
region of Mnk1, which resembles a nuclear localization signal. However,
our immunofluorescence experiments suggest that the large majority of
Mnk1 is cytosolic in fibroblasts, under unstimulated and stimulated
conditions. Mnk1 redistributed to the perinuclear region in
TPA-stimulated cells but still appeared to be outside the nucleus (Fig.
2). It remains to be determined whether Mnk1 enters the nucleus under
certain conditions or perhaps shuttles rapidly out of the nucleus once
it enters. We also found that the majority of epitope-tagged eIF4E is
in the cytoplasm, either by viewing immunofluorescence or by cell
fractionation. While the cytoplasmic localization of eIF4E is
consistent with an Mnk1-eIF4G-eIF4E complex, it is not fully consistent
with the results of a previous study of eIF4E localization
(42). Those authors found that a monoclonal antibody to
eIF4E stained the nucleus more intensely than it stained the cytoplasm.
In addition, biochemical fractionation showed that about 12 to 25% of
the protein was nuclear and the remainder was split equally between
perinuclear membranes and the cytosol (42). It is possible
that perinuclear eIF4E appears to be inside the nucleus under some
conditions. Newly synthesized capped RNA is bound to a distinct
cap-binding protein inside the nucleus (28) and may be
transferred to perinuclear eIF4E during export.
Biochemical and mutational analysis shows that phosphorylation of Mnk1
occurs in mitogen- and stress-stimulated cells at a common set of
serine and threonine residues. We found that Thr 197 and probably Thr
202, both in the T loop of the Mnk1 kinase domain, are phosphorylated
at increased levels in mitogen- or stress-stimulated cells. These sites
both lie in the known MAP kinase phosphorylation consensus,
X[S/T]P, and thus are likely to be phosphorylated directly by ERK
and p38 MAP kinases. The MAP kinase-activated protein kinases, Rsk and
MAPKAPK-2, are similarly phosphorylated in their T loops by ERK and
p38, respectively (2, 8). T-loop phosphorylation is critical
for activation of a variety of protein kinases, and in some cases,
replacement of T-loop phosphorylation site residues with acidic
residues is sufficient for activation (30). However,
replacement of Thr 197 and Thr 202 with aspartate did not activate
Mnk1. Instead, replacement of a C-terminal residue, Thr 332, which does
not appear to be phosphorylated, is sufficient for Mnk1 activation when
expressed in mammalian cells. This residue may be critical for
maintaining an inhibitory conformation, since small C-terminal
deletions also activate Mnk1 (61a). It is likely that the
activation of Mnk1 mutant T332D involves phosphorylation, since this
mutant is activated further by mitogens and is not activated when made
in bacteria. Detailed analysis of Rsk and MAPKAPK-2 has shown that
phosphorylation at several sites in the C- and N-terminal noncatalytic
regions contributes to activity (2, 8). Additional
phosphorylation sites in Mnk1 may well regulate activity and remain to
be identified.
Previous evidence has indicated that eIF4E phosphorylation depends on
ERK MAP kinase in mitogen-stimulated cells and on p38 MAP kinase in
stressed cells (14-16, 49, 51, 70). Mnk1 binds to and is
activated by the ERK and p38 MAP kinases in vitro and in transfected
cells (17, 71). Of the MAP kinase-activated protein kinases
tested, Mnk1, its relative Mnk2, and MAPKAPK-3 can specifically
phosphorylate eIF4E at Ser 209 in vitro (51, 70a, 71).
MAPKAPK-3 was reported to be activated by the ERK, p38, and Jun
N-terminal kinase (JNK) classes of MAP kinases (43). Since
JNK is activated by stresses and since blockade of p38 but not JNK
inhibits eIF4E phosphorylation in stressed cells (51, 70),
it is unlikely that a JNK-stimulated protein kinase such as MAPKAPK-3
phosphorylates eIF4E in vivo. Our new results indicate that Mnk1 can
phosphorylate eIF4E in cells when overexpressed, and they implicate
Mnk1 in stimulating eIF4E phosphorylation in mitogen-stimulated 293 cells. However, it is also possible that a kinase other than Mnk1 is
the physiological eIF4E kinase in other cell types or under other
stimulation conditions. By binding to the C terminus of eIF4G, the
kinase-defective T197A/T202A (T2A2) mutant Mnk1 may displace the
physiological eIF4E kinase and inhibit eIF4E phosphorylation. One
obvious candidate for another in vivo eIF4E kinase is Mnk2. However, it
is unlikely that Mnk2 is responsible for stress activation of eIF4E
phosphorylation, since Mnk2 is not activated by p38 MAP kinase
(71).
The relationship between eIF4E phosphorylation and 4EBP1
phosphorylation is complex. As discussed above, inhibitor studies indicate that different signal transduction pathways activate the
kinases that phosphorylate eIF4E and 4EBP1. In particular, rapamycin
inhibits 4EBP1 phosphorylation (61). However, Mendez et al.
(47) showed that insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of eIF4E
is inhibited by rapamycin and Morley and McKendrick (51) showed that rapamycin inhibited serum-induced eIF4E phosphorylation. On
the other hand, the latter authors also showed that rapamycin did not
inhibit stress (anisomycin)-induced eIF4E phosphorylation (51). Wang et al. (70) found that 4EBP1 reduced
eIF4E phosphorylation by Mnk1 in vitro, although they used large
quantities of 4EBP1. We have now found that excess 4EBP1 did not
prevent eIF4E phosphorylation by overexpressed Mnk1. This suggests
either that Mnk1 can phosphorylate the eIF4E-4EBP1 complex or that free
eIF4E is phosphorylated by Mnk1 and exchanges with unphosphorylated
eIF4E in the 4EBP1 complex. Either way, it is clear that eIF4E can be
phosphorylated to high stoichiometry when Mnk1 is activated in the
absence of 4EBP1 phosphorylation. Our experiments do not address the
possibility that eIF4E bound to the eIF4G-Mnk1 complex is
phosphorylated faster than the free eIF4E or eIF4E bound to 4EBP1.
In conclusion, we have shown that Mnk1 binds to the C terminus of eIF4G
and that overexpressed activated Mnk1 increases the stoichiometry of
eIF4E phosphorylation in transfected cells, even in the presence of
excess 4EBP1. Mnk1 activation correlates with stress- and
mitogen-stimulated eIF4E phosphorylation, and dominant-negative Mnk1
interferes with mitogen-stimulated and basal eIF4E phosphorylation, suggesting that Mnk1 regulates eIF4E phosphorylation independently of
4EBP1 phosphorylation in vivo.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
We are very grateful to A.-C. Gingras, A. Vojtek, D. Turner, Y. Gotoh, C. Proud, L. Breeden, I. Scheffler, L. Shantz, E. Foulstone, and
A. Geballe for reagents; R. Fukunaga, T. Hunter, N. Sonenberg, and C. Proud for interesting discussions; and B. Howell, S. Morris, and C. Sachsenmaier for their comments on the manuscript.
This work was supported by NIH grants R01-CA-73987 (to J.A.C.) and
R01-DK-13499 (to S.R.K.).
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FOOTNOTES |
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, A2-025, 1100 Fairview Ave. North, Seattle, WA
98109. Phone: (206) 667-4454. Fax: (206) 667-6522. E-mail: jcooper{at}fhcrc.org.
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