PMID- 22904092 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130114 LR - 20211203 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 19 DP - 2012 Oct TI - Translation termination efficiency modulates ATF4 response by regulating ATF4 mRNA translation at 5' short ORFs. PG - 9557-70 LID - 10.1093/nar/gks762 [doi] AB - The activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) promotes transcriptional upregulation of specific target genes in response to cellular stress. ATF4 expression is regulated at the translational level by two short open reading frames (uORFs) in its 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR). Here, we describe a mechanism regulating ATF4 expression in translation termination-deficient human cells. Using microarray analysis of total RNA and polysome-associated mRNAs, we show that depletion of the eucaryotic release factor 3a (eRF3a) induces upregulation of ATF4 and of ATF4 target genes. We show that eRF3a depletion modifies ATF4 translational control at regulatory uORFs increasing ATF4 ORF translation. Finally, we show that the increase of REDD1 expression, one of the upregulated targets of ATF4, is responsible for the mTOR pathway inhibition in eRF3a-depleted cells. Our results shed light on the molecular mechanisms connecting eRF3a depletion to mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway inhibition and give an example of ATF4 activation that bypasses the signal transduction cascade leading to the phosphorylation of eIF2alpha. We propose that in mammals, in which the 5'-UTR regulatory elements of ATF4 mRNA are strictly conserved, variations in translation termination efficiency allow the modulation of the ATF4 response. FAU - Ait Ghezala, Hayet AU - Ait Ghezala H AD - UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS-FRE 3402, Biologie de l'ARN, 9 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France. FAU - Jolles, Beatrice AU - Jolles B FAU - Salhi, Samia AU - Salhi S FAU - Castrillo, Katia AU - Castrillo K FAU - Carpentier, Wassila AU - Carpentier W FAU - Cagnard, Nicolas AU - Cagnard N FAU - Bruhat, Alain AU - Bruhat A FAU - Fafournoux, Pierre AU - Fafournoux P FAU - Jean-Jean, Olivier AU - Jean-Jean O LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120816 PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 0 (ATF4 protein, human) RN - 0 (DDIT4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Peptide Termination Factors) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (peptide-chain-release factor 3) RN - 145891-90-3 (Activating Transcription Factor 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 4/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - *Open Reading Frames MH - *Peptide Chain Termination, Translational MH - Peptide Termination Factors/genetics/physiology MH - RNA Stability MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transcriptome PMC - PMC3479206 EDAT- 2012/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/15 06:00 PMCR- 2012/08/13 CRDT- 2012/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/08/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gks762 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gks762 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Oct;40(19):9557-70. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks762. Epub 2012 Aug 16.