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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E harnesses hyaluronan production to drive its malignant activity.
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- Escorting mRNAs - the multifunctional and divergent roles of cap-chaperones in post-transcriptional gene expression.Journal of cell science · 2026Review
- eIF4E and Ezrin cooperate in pseudopods to drive a localized migratory translation program in acute myeloid leukemia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Multipurpose RNA maturation factors dysregulate multiple mRNA processing steps simultaneously and provide new therapeutic opportunities.RNA biology · 2025Review
- Nuclear RNA cap-chaperones eIF4E and NCBP2 govern distinct fates for 1000s of mRNAs uncovering an unexpected regulatory point in gene expression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- eIF4E orchestrates mRNA processing, RNA export and translation to modify specific protein production.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2024Review
- The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E unexpectedly acts in splicing thereby coupling mRNA processing with translation: eIF4E induces widescale splicing reprogramming providing system-wide connectivity between splicing, nuclear mRNA export and translation.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2024Article
- The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E reprograms alternative splicing.The EMBO journal · 2023Article
- Cancer cells hijack RNA processing to rewrite the message.Biochemical Society transactions · 2022Article
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- The Nuclear Pore Complex and mRNA Export in Cancer.Cancers · 2020Review
- The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E elevates steady-state mProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- The diversity, plasticity, and adaptability of cap-dependent translation initiation and the associated machinery.RNA biology · 2020Review
- Structural studies of the eIF4E-VPg complex reveal a direct competition for capped RNA: Implications for translation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Nuclear eIF4E Stimulates 3'-End Cleavage of Target RNAs.Cell reports · 2019Article
- The Impact of Post-transcriptional Control: Better Living Through RNA Regulons.Frontiers in genetics · 2018Review
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Abstract
The microenvironment provides a functional substratum supporting tumour growth. Hyaluronan (HA) is a major component of this structure. While the role of HA in malignancy is well-defined, the mechanisms driving its biosynthesis in cancer are poorly understood. We show that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E, an oncoprotein, drives HA biosynthesis. eIF4E stimulates production of enzymes that synthesize the building blocks of HA, UDP-Glucuronic acid and UDP-N-Acetyl-Glucosamine, as well as hyaluronic acid synthase which forms the disaccharide chain. Strikingly, eIF4E inhibition alone repressed HA levels as effectively as directly targeting HA with hyaluronidase. Unusually, HA was retained on the surface of high-eIF4E cells, rather than being extruded into the extracellular space. Surface-associated HA was required for eIF4E's oncogenic activities suggesting that eIF4E potentiates an oncogenic HA program. These studies provide unique insights into the mechanisms driving HA production and demonstrate that an oncoprotein can co-opt HA biosynthesis to drive malignancy.
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