TY - JOUR
T1 - Ischemia-induced calpain activation causes eukaryotic (translation) initiation factor 4G1 (eIF4GI) degradation, protein synthesis inhibition, and neuronal death
AU - Vosler, Peter S.
AU - Gao, Yanqin
AU - Brennan, Christopher S.
AU - Yanagiya, Akiko
AU - Gan, Yu
AU - Cao, Guodong
AU - Zhang, Feng
AU - Morley, Simon J.
AU - Sonenberg, Nahum
AU - Bennett, Michael V.L.
AU - Chen, Jun
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - Persistent protein synthesis inhibition (PSI) is a robust predictor of eventual neuronal death following cerebral ischemia. We thus tested the hypothesis that persistent PSI inhibition and neuronal death are causally linked. Neuronal viability strongly correlated with both protein synthesis and levels of eukaryotic (translation) initiation factor 4G1 (eIF4G1). We determined that in vitro ischemia activated calpain, which degraded eIF4G1. Overexpression of the calpain inhibitor calpastatin or eIF4G1 resulted in increased protein synthesis and increased neuronal viability compared with controls. The neuroprotective effect of eIF4G1 overexpression was due to restoration of cap-dependent protein synthesis, as well as protein synthesis-independent mechanisms, as inhibition of protein synthesis with cycloheximide did not completely prevent the protective effect of eIF4G1 overexpression. In contrast, shRNA-mediated silencing of eIF4G1 exacerbated ischemia-induced neuronal injury, suggesting eIF4G1 is necessary for maintenance of neuronal viability. Finally, calpain inhibition following global ischemia in vivo blocked decreases in eIF4G1, facilitated protein synthesis, and increased neuronal viability in ischemia-vulnerable hippocampal CA1 neurons. Collectively, these data demonstrate that calpain-mediated degradation of a translation initiation factor, eIF4G1, is a cause of both persistent PSI and neuronal death.
AB - Persistent protein synthesis inhibition (PSI) is a robust predictor of eventual neuronal death following cerebral ischemia. We thus tested the hypothesis that persistent PSI inhibition and neuronal death are causally linked. Neuronal viability strongly correlated with both protein synthesis and levels of eukaryotic (translation) initiation factor 4G1 (eIF4G1). We determined that in vitro ischemia activated calpain, which degraded eIF4G1. Overexpression of the calpain inhibitor calpastatin or eIF4G1 resulted in increased protein synthesis and increased neuronal viability compared with controls. The neuroprotective effect of eIF4G1 overexpression was due to restoration of cap-dependent protein synthesis, as well as protein synthesis-independent mechanisms, as inhibition of protein synthesis with cycloheximide did not completely prevent the protective effect of eIF4G1 overexpression. In contrast, shRNA-mediated silencing of eIF4G1 exacerbated ischemia-induced neuronal injury, suggesting eIF4G1 is necessary for maintenance of neuronal viability. Finally, calpain inhibition following global ischemia in vivo blocked decreases in eIF4G1, facilitated protein synthesis, and increased neuronal viability in ischemia-vulnerable hippocampal CA1 neurons. Collectively, these data demonstrate that calpain-mediated degradation of a translation initiation factor, eIF4G1, is a cause of both persistent PSI and neuronal death.
KW - Eukaryotic (translation) initiation factor 4g1 cleavage
KW - Global ischemia
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1112635108
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1112635108
M3 - Article
C2 - 22006312
AN - SCOPUS:81055145388
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 108
SP - 18102
EP - 18107
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 44
ER -