Phosphorylation of eIF2α at Serine 51 Is an Important Determinant of Cell Survival and Adaptation to Glucose Deficiency

Author:

Muaddi Hala12,Majumder Mithu3,Peidis Philippos12,Papadakis Andreas I.12,Holcik Martin4,Scheuner Donalyn5,Kaufman Randal J.5,Hatzoglou Maria3,Koromilas Antonis E.126

Affiliation:

1. *Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E2, Canada;

2. Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada;

3. Departments of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4954;

4. Apoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada;

5. Internal Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; and

6. Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S6, Canada

Abstract

Various forms of stress induce pathways that converge on the phosphorylation of the alpha (α) subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2 at serine 51 (S51), a modification that results in a global inhibition of protein synthesis. In many cases eIF2α phosphorylation is a biological response that facilitates cells to cope with stressful environments. Glucose deficiency, an important form of stress, is associated with an induction of apoptosis. Herein, we demonstrate that eIF2α phosphorylation is a key step in maintaining a balance between the life and death of a glucose-deficient cell. That is, eIF2α phosphorylation acts as a molecular switch that shifts cells from a proapoptotic to a cytoprotective state in response to prolonged glucose deficiency. This adaptation process is associated with the timely expression of proteins and activation of pathways with significant contributions to cell survival and adaptation including the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP). We also show that among the eIF2α kinases GCN2 plays a proapoptotic role whereas PERK and PKR play a cytoprotective one in response to glucose deficiency. Our data demonstrate that eIF2α phosphorylation is a significant determinant of survival and adaptation of glucose-deficient cells with possible important implications in biological processes that interfere with glucose metabolism.

Publisher

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Subject

Cell Biology,Molecular Biology

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