Functional and Structural Aspects of La Protein Overexpression in Lung Cancer.

Journal of Molecular Biology
Eleni G KaliatsiConstantinos Stathopoulos

Abstract

La is an abundant phosphoprotein that protects polymerase III transcripts from 3'-5' exonucleolytic degradation and facilitates their folding. Consisting of the evolutionary conserved La motif (LAM) and two consecutive RNA Recognition Motifs (RRMs), La was also found to bind additional RNA transcripts or RNA domains like internal ribosome entry site (IRES), through sequence-independent binding modes which are poorly understood. Although it has been reported overexpressed in certain cancer types and depletion of its expression sensitizes cancer cells to certain chemotherapeutic agents, its role in cancer remains essentially uncharacterized. Herein, we study the effects of La overexpression in A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells, which leads to increased cell proliferation and motility. Expression profiling of several transcription and translation factors indicated that La overexpression leads to downregulation of global translation through hypophosphorylation of 4E-BPs and upregulation of IRES-mediated translation. Moreover, analysis of La localization after nutrition deprivation of the transfected cells showed a normal distribution in the nucleus and nucleoli. Although the RNA binding capacity of La has been primarily linked to the ...Continue Reading

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