title: Tissue transglutaminase expression affects hypusine metabolism in BALB/c 3T3 cells.
abstract: Post-translational formation of hypusine in eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is essential for cell viability. Recently, we showed that hypusine protein is an in vitro substrate for transglutaminases (TGases). We report the effect of tissue TGase expression on the in vivo hypusine metabolic pathway. The stable expression of tTGase in BALB/c 3T3 cells induced a 100-fold reduction of hypusine levels and a 50% increase of gamma-glutamyl-omega-hypusine formation. Such changes were paralleled by a consistent decrease in the free polyamine pool and an enhancement of their excretion and of the formation of their gamma-glutamyl derivatives. These effects occurred together with a significant reduction of cell proliferation. In this report we suggest, for the first time, that tTGase affects hypusine metabolism, thus regulating the eIF-5A activity and cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, II University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beninati
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caraglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lentini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tagliaferri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbruzzese
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000032:analysis; D011073:Polyamines / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A
chemical_list: D008239:Lysine; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D011073:Polyamines; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011503:Transglutaminases; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A; C100028:hypusine