title: Inhibition of translation and modification of translation factors during apoptosis induced by the DNA-damaging agent MMS in sea urchin embryos.
abstract: Translational control was investigated in sea urchin eggs and embryos in response to the DNA-damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). We have shown in this report that exposure of sea urchin embryos to MMS induces drastic effects on protein synthesis activity, and on translation factors level, integrity and post-translational modifications. In response to the treatment of embryos by the DNA-damaging agent MMS, protein synthesis is inhibited independently of the translation inhibitor 4E-BP and in correlation with phosphorylation of the translation factor eIF2alpha subunit. Furthermore, a low molecular weight form of translation initiation factor eIF4G is detected correlatively with MMS-induced apoptosis. We propose that modifications of translation factors play an important role in protein synthesis modulation that occurs during DNA-damage induced apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Equipe Cycle Cellulaire et Développement, CNRS, UMR 7150, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Le Bouffant
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boulben
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cormier
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mulner-Lorillon
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellé
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G / Q000032:analysis; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010063:Ovum; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012617:Sea Urchins
chemical_list: D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate