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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 20, Issue 23, Pages 4885-4898Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0550
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- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health [DK-57819, DK-61972, DK-68491]
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All mammalian cells depend on polyamines for normal growth and proliferation, but the exact roles of polyamines at the molecular level remain largely unknown. The RNA-binding protein HuR modulates the stability and translation of many target mRNAs. Here, we show that in rat intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), polyamines enhanced HuR association with the 3'-untranslated region of the c-Myc mRNA by increasing HuR phosphorylation by Chk2, in turn promoting c-Myc translation. Depletion of cellular polyamines inhibited Chk2 and reduced the affinity of HuR for c-Myc mRNA; these effects were completely reversed by addition of the polyamine putrescine or by Chk2 overexpression. In cells with high content of cellular polyamines, HuR silencing or Chk2 silencing reduced c-Myc translation and c-Myc expression levels. Our findings demonstrate that polyamines regulate c-Myc translation in IECs through HuR phosphorylation by Chk2 and provide new insight into the molecular functions of cellular polyamines.
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