ELEVATED LEVELS OF EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION-FACTOR EIF-4E, MESSENGER-RNA IN A BROAD-SPECTRUM OF TRANSFORMED-CELL LINES

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作者
MIYAGI, Y [1 ]
SUGIYAMA, A [1 ]
ASAI, A [1 ]
OKAZAKI, T [1 ]
KUCHINO, Y [1 ]
KERR, SJ [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL CANC CTR, RES INST, DIV BIOPHYS, CHUO KU, TOKYO 104, JAPAN
关键词
EIF-4E MESSENGER-RNA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENESIS;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3835(95)03737-H
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Translation initiation factor eIF-4E, which binds to the 5' cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs, is believed to play an important role in the control of cell growth. Over-expression of eIF-4E in fibroblasts results in their malignant transformation. However, no information on eIF-4E expression in established transformed cell lines has been available. We report here that a variety of tumor Cell lines, chemically, virally and oncogenically transformed, exhibit elevated levels of eIF-4E mRNA expression as compared to their normal counterparts. Overexpression of eIF-4E, which is normally rate-limiting in protein synthesis, may stimulate the translation of regulatory and oncogenic proteins involved in transformation.
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