PMID- 36786012 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230427 LR - 20230919 IS - 2198-3844 (Electronic) IS - 2198-3844 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Apr TI - CDKAL1 Drives the Maintenance of Cancer Stem-Like Cells by Assembling the eIF4F Translation Initiation Complex. PG - e2206542 LID - 10.1002/advs.202206542 [doi] LID - 2206542 AB - Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) have a unique translation mode, but little is understood about the process of elongation, especially the contribution of tRNA modifications to the maintenance of CSCs properties. Here, it is reported that, contrary to the initial aim, a tRNA-modifying methylthiotransferase CDKAL1 promotes CSC-factor SALL2 synthesis by assembling the eIF4F translation initiation complex. CDKAL1 expression is upregulated in patients with worse prognoses and is essential for maintaining CSCs in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and common cancers. Translatome analysis reveals that a group of mRNAs whose translation is CDKAL1-dependent contains cytosine-rich sequences in the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR). Mechanistically, CDKAL1 promotes the translation of such mRNAs by organizing the eIF4F translation initiation complex. This complex formation does not require the enzyme activity of CDKAL1 but requires only the NH(2) -terminus domain of CDKAL1. Furthermore, sites in CDKAL1 essential for forming the eIF4F complex are identified and discovered candidate inhibitors of CDKAL1-dependent translation. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Huang, Rongsheng AU - Huang R AD - Department of Cellular Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. FAU - Yamamoto, Takahiro AU - Yamamoto T AD - Department of Molecular Physiology, Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan. FAU - Nakata, Eiji AU - Nakata E AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. FAU - Ozaki, Toshifumi AU - Ozaki T AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. FAU - Kurozumi, Kazuhiko AU - Kurozumi K AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan. FAU - Wei, Fanyan AU - Wei F AD - Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan. FAU - Tomizawa, Kazuhito AU - Tomizawa K AD - Department of Molecular Physiology, Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan. FAU - Fujimura, Atsushi AU - Fujimura A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8638-5460 AD - Department of Cellular Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. AD - Neutron Therapy Research Center, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. LA - eng GR - 18077107/Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development/ GR - 20318557/Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development/ GR - The Naito Foundation/ GR - JP20K07618/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230214 PL - Germany TA - Adv Sci (Weinh) JT - Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) JID - 101664569 RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.8.4.5 (CDKAL1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (tRNA Methyltransferases) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Biosynthesis/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - *Neoplasms MH - tRNA Methyltransferases/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC10131790 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CDKAL1 OT - CG-rich 5'UTR OT - SALL2 OT - cancer stem-like cells OT - eIF4F complex COIS- Atsushi Fujimura is applying a patent that might be connected to the manuscript. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/02/15 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/27 06:42 PMCR- 2023/02/14 CRDT- 2023/02/14 03:33 PHST- 2023/01/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/27 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/14 03:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ADVS5234 [pii] AID - 10.1002/advs.202206542 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Apr;10(12):e2206542. doi: 10.1002/advs.202206542. Epub 2023 Feb 14.