title: Cell cycle dependent intracellular distribution of two spliced isoforms of TCP/ILF3 proteins.
abstract: TCP80 is an approximately 80kDa mammalian cytoplasmic protein that binds to a set of mRNAs and inhibits their translation in vitro and ex vivo. This protein has high sequence similarity to interleukin-2 enhancer-binding factors (NF90/ILF3) and the M-phase phosphoprotein (MPP4)/DRBP76. A 110kDa immunologic isoform of TCP80/NF90/MPP4/DRBP76, termed TCP110, also is present in cytoplasm and nuclei of many types of cells. A cDNA sequence coding for TCP110 was derived by 5(')RACE. The TCP110 sequence is identical to ILF3. The gene coding for TCP110/ILF3 mapped to human chromosome 19 and the gene organization was analyzed using TCP80 and TCP110/ILF3 cDNA sequences. The TCP/ILF3 gene spans >34.8kb and contains 21 exons. At least one alternatively spliced product involving exons 19-21 exists and predicts the formation of either TCP80 or TCP110/ILF3. However, the functional relationships of TCP80 and TCP110/ILF3 required elucidation. The metabolic turnover rates and subcellular distribution of TCP80 and TCP110/ILF3 during the cell cycle showed TCP80 to be relatively stable (t(1/2)=5 days) in the cytoplasmic compartment. In comparison, TCP110/ILF3 migrated between the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments during the cell cycle. The TCP110 C-terminal segment contains an additional nuclear localizing signal that plays a role in its nuclear translocation. This study indicates that the multiple cellular functions, i.e., translation control, interleukin-2 enhancer binding, or cell division, of TCP/ILF3 are fulfilled by alternatively spliced isoforms.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. greg.grabowski@chmcc.org
authors.forename: You Hai
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leonova
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005091:Exons; D005136:Eye Proteins; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D050779:Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; C429643:ILF3 protein, human; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D050779:Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; C470950:MPP4 protein, human