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ArticleCell reports2025

DDX3X acts as a selective dual switch regulator of mRNA translation in acute ER stress.

Abd-El Monsif A Shawky, Allison V Eckhardt, Josef B Mick, Mahmoud F Dondeti, Kenneth Avanzino, Constantine A Simintiras, Maria Hatzoglou, Anastasios Vourekas

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Abd-El Monsif A ShawkyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt.
Allison V EckhardtDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Josef B MickDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Mahmoud F DondetiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Kenneth AvanzinoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Constantine A SimintirasSchool of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Maria HatzoglouDepartment of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Anastasios VourekasDepartment of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. Electronic address: avourekas@lsu.edu.

Funding

Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronald G Collman · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
Translational Control by NutrientsR01DK060596 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MARIA HATZOGLOU · 2002 to 2026
$6.3M
Translational Control by Osmotically Active SolutesR37DK060596 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HATZOGLOU, MARIA · 2011 to 2020
$5.3M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060596NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK060596
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of eukaryotic mRNA translation initiation greatly impacts gene expression and is critical for cellular stress response. DDX3X is a ubiquitous DEAD-box RNA helicase whose precise role in scanning and translation regulation in non-stressed and stressed cells remains incompletely understood. Here, we show that DDX3X associates with thousands of mRNAs as part of the eIF4F-mediated 48S scanning complex and exerts dual regulatory effects, promoting or repressing translation of select mRNAs under basal conditions and reversing this regulation during acute endoplasmic reticulum stress. Initiation profiling reveals mechanistically distinct modes of DDX3X action linked to its binding patterns across the 5' UTR and coding sequence. We further uncover that mRNAs selectively regulated by DDX3X exhibit specific patterns of cytidine N4-acetylation near start codons, with shared de-repression observed upon NAT10 knockdown. Together, our findings reveal DDX3X as a context-sensitive regulator that has a possible functional connection with epitranscriptomic features in translation control.

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DEAD-box RNA HelicasesEndoplasmic Reticulum StressProtein BiosynthesisRNA, Messenger5' Untranslated RegionsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FHEK293 CellsHumans5' Untranslated RegionsDDX3X protein, humanDEAD-box RNA HelicasesEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FRNA, Messengerac4CCP: Molecular biologyDDX3XeIF3endoplasmic reticulum stresspost-transcriptional modificationspost-transcriptional regulation of gene expressionRNA helicasetranslation initiation

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PMID41166308
PMCPMC12767904

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