PMID- 32989041 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210621 LR - 20230829 IS - 1477-9137 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9533 (Print) IS - 0021-9533 (Linking) VI - 133 IP - 20 DP - 2020 Oct 28 TI - UV damage induces G3BP1-dependent stress granule formation that is not driven by mTOR inhibition-mediated translation arrest. LID - 10.1242/jcs.248310 [doi] LID - jcs248310 AB - Translation arrest is a part of the cellular stress response that decreases energy consumption and enables rapid reprioritisation of gene expression. Often translation arrest leads to condensation of untranslated messenger ribonucleoproteins (mRNPs) into stress granules (SGs). Studies into mechanisms of SG formation and functions are complicated because various types of stress cause formation of SGs with different properties and composition. In this work, we focused on the mechanism of SG formation triggered by UV damage. We demonstrate that UV-induced inhibition of translation does not involve inhibition of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling or dissociation of the 48S preinitiation complexes. The general control non-derepressible 2 (GCN2; also known as EIF2AK4) kinase contributes to UV-induced SG formation, which is independent of the phosphorylation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha. Like many other types of SGs, condensation of UV-induced granules requires the Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3-domain-binding protein 1 (G3BP1). Our work reveals that, in UV-treated cells, the mechanisms of translation arrest and SG formation may be unlinked, resulting in SGs that do not contain the major type of polysome-free preinitiation complexes that accumulate in the cytoplasm.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. CI - (c) 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. FAU - Ying, Shan AU - Ying S AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada. FAU - Khaperskyy, Denys A AU - Khaperskyy DA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0583-7179 AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada d.khaperskyy@dal.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201028 PL - England TA - J Cell Sci JT - Journal of cell science JID - 0052457 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA Recognition Motif Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.4.- (DNA Helicases) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Carrier Proteins MH - Cytoplasmic Granules MH - *DNA Helicases MH - Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins MH - *RNA Helicases/genetics MH - RNA Recognition Motif Proteins MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics PMC - PMC7648617 OTO - NOTNLM OT - G3BP1 OT - GCN2 OT - Stress granule OT - UVC OT - mTOR COIS- Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests. EDAT- 2020/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/28 CRDT- 2020/09/29 05:31 PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/29 05:31 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcs.248310 [pii] AID - JCS248310 [pii] AID - 10.1242/jcs.248310 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Cell Sci. 2020 Oct 28;133(20):jcs248310. doi: 10.1242/jcs.248310.