Roles of YB-1 under arsenite-induced stress: Translational activation of HSP70 mRNA and control of the number of stress granules
2014
Tanaka, Tōru | Ohashi, Sachiyo | Kobayashi, Shunsuke
When cells become stressed, they form stress granules (SGs) and show an increase of the molecular chaperone HSP70. The translational regulator YB-1 is a component of SGs, but it is unclear whether it contributes to the translational induction of HSP70 mRNA. Here we examined the roles of YB-1 in SG assembly and translational regulation of HSP70 mRNA under arsenite-induced stress.Using arsenite-treated NG108-15 cells, we examined whether YB-1 was included in SGs with GluR2 mRNA, a target of YB-1, and investigated the interaction of YB-1 with HSP70 mRNA and its effect on translation of the mRNA. We also investigated the distribution of these mRNAs to SGs or polysomes, and evaluated the role of YB-1 in SG assembly.Arsenite treatment reduced the translation level of GluR2 mRNA; concomitantly, YB-1-bound HSP70 mRNA was increased and its translation was induced. Sucrose gradient analysis revealed that the distribution of GluR2 mRNA was shifted from heavy-sedimenting to much lighter fractions, and also to SG-containing non-polysomal fractions. Conversely, HSP70 mRNA was shifted from the non-polysomal to polysome fractions. YB-1 depletion abrogated the arsenite-responsive activation of HSP70 synthesis, but SGs harboring both mRNAs were still assembled. The number of SGs was increased by YB-1 depletion and decreased by its overexpression.In arsenite-treated cells, YB-1 mediates the translational activation of HSP70 mRNA and also controls the number of SGs through inhibition of their assembly.Under stress conditions, YB-1 exerts simultaneous but opposing actions on the regulation of translation via SGs and polysomes.
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