PMID- 25477072 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150821 LR - 20211203 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1849 IP - 7 DP - 2015 Jul TI - Translational control by oncogenic signaling pathways. PG - 753-65 LID - S1874-9399(14)00290-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.11.006 [doi] AB - Messenger RNA (mRNA) translation is highly regulated in cells and plays an integral role in the overall process of gene expression. The initiation phase of translation is considered to be the most rate-limiting and is often targeted by oncogenic signaling pathways to promote global protein synthesis and the selective translation of tumor-promoting mRNAs. Translational control is a crucial component of cancer development as it allows cancer cells to adapt to the altered metabolism that is generally associated with the tumor state. The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are strongly implicated in cancer etiology, and they exert their biological effects by modulating both global and specific mRNA translation. In addition to having respective translational targets, these pathways also impinge on the mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which acts as a critical signaling node linking nutrient sensing to the coordinated regulation of cellular metabolism. mTOR is best known as a central regulator of protein synthesis and has been implicated in an increasing number of pathological conditions, including cancer. In this article, we describe the current knowledge on the roles and regulation of mRNA translation by various oncogenic signaling pathways, as well as the relevance of these molecular mechanisms to human malignancies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translation and cancer. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Gao, Beichen AU - Gao B AD - Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Roux, Philippe P AU - Roux PP AD - Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: philippe.roux@umontreal.ca. LA - eng GR - mop123408/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20141202 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Neoplasm) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - *Protein Biosynthesis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Neoplasm/genetics/*metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - ras Proteins/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer OT - MAPK OT - Protein synthesis OT - mRNA translation OT - mTOR OT - mTORC1 EDAT- 2014/12/06 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/22 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/06 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/11/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/22 06:00 [medline] AID - S1874-9399(14)00290-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.11.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Jul;1849(7):753-65. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.11.006. Epub 2014 Dec 2.