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ArticleJournal of virology2011

Noncytotoxic inhibition of viral infection through eIF4F-independent suppression of translation by 4EGi-1.

Robert McMahon, Izabela Zaborowska, Derek Walsh

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Article in Journal of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Translational control during poxvirus infection.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2019
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  11. Therapeutic Opportunities in Eukaryotic Translation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2018
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  18. Proteasome modulates positive and negative translational regulators in long-term synaptic plasticity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert McMahonNational Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Izabela Zaborowska
Derek Walsh
Dublin City University · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The eukaryotic initiation factor eIF4F recruits ribosomes to capped mRNAs while eIF2 mediates start codon recognition to initiate protein synthesis. Increasing interest in targeting translation to suppress tumor growth has led to the development of new classes of inhibitors, including 4EGi-1, which disrupts eIF4F complexes. However, the full effects of this inhibitor and its potential uses in the treatment of other disease states remain unclear. Here, we show that overall rates of protein synthesis in primary human cells were affected only modestly by eIF4F disruption using the mTOR inhibitor Torin1, yet were highly sensitive to 4EGi-1. Translational suppression occurred even at concentrations of 4EGi-1 that were below those required to significantly alter eIF4F levels but were instead found to increase the association of ribosomal complexes containing inactive eIF2α. Although highly stable in culture, the effects of 4EGi-1 on both cellular protein synthesis and ribosome association were readily reversible upon inhibitor removal. In addition, despite potently inhibiting translation, prolonged exposure to 4EGi-1 had only modest effects on cell morphology and protein abundance without affecting viability or stress tolerance to any significant degree, although differential effects on heat shock protein (hsp) expression highlighted distinct 4EGi-1-sensitive modes of hsp induction. In contrast, 4EGi-1 potently suppressed poxvirus replication as well as both reactivation and lytic phases of herpesvirus infection. These findings identify a novel way in which 4EGi-1 affects the host cell's protein synthesis machinery and demonstrate its potential as a noncytotoxic inhibitor of diverse forms of viral infection.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsCells, CulturedCell SurvivalEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansHydrazonesNitro CompoundsProtein BiosynthesisThiazolesVaccinia virusVirus ActivationVirus Replication4EGI-1 compoundAntiviral AgentsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FHydrazonesNitro CompoundsThiazoles

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PMID21068241
PMCPMC3019991
OpenAlexW1984306542

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