title: 15-deoxyspergualin inhibits eukaryotic protein synthesis through eIF2alpha phosphorylation.
abstract: DSG (15-deoxyspergualin), an immunosuppressant with tumoricidal properties, binds potently to the regulatory C-terminal 'EEVD' motif of Hsps (heat-shock proteins). In the present study we demonstrate that DSG inhibits eukaryotic protein synthesis by sequestering Hsp70 which is required for maintaining HRI (haem-regulated inhibitor), a kinase of the eIF2alpha (eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha), inactive. DSG stalled initiation of protein synthesis through phosphorylation of HRI and eIF2alpha. Addition of a recombinant eIF2alpha (S51A) protein, which lacks the phosphorylation site, lowered the inhibitory potential of DSG in reticulocyte lysate. The inhibitory effect of DSG was also attenuated in HRI knockdown cells. Moreover, exogenous addition of Hsp70 or the peptide 'EEVD' reversed the inhibitory effect of DSG. Interestingly, the inhibitory effect of DSG in different mammalian cancer cells was found to negatively correlate with the amount of Hsp70 expressed in the cells, emphasizing the link with Hsp70 in DSG inhibition of eukaryotic translation.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: T N C
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ramya
authors.forename: Namita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Surolia
authors.forename: Avadhesha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surolia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D020014:K562 Cells; D051379:Mice; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2; D006146:Guanidines; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase; C037258:gusperimus