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Review
. 2016 Sep 8;35(36):4675-88.
doi: 10.1038/onc.2015.515. Epub 2016 Feb 1.

Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1): a master regulator of mRNA translation involved in tumorigenesis

J Musa  1 , M F Orth  1 , M Dallmayer  1 , M Baldauf  1 , C Pardo  2 , B Rotblat  2 , T Kirchner  3   4   5 , G Leprivier  2   6 , T G P Grünewald  1
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Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1): a master regulator of mRNA translation involved in tumorigenesis

J Musa et al. Oncogene. .

Abstract

Protein synthesis activity is abnormally enhanced in cancer cells to support their uncontrolled growth. However, this process needs to be tightly restricted under metabolic stress-a condition often found within the tumor microenvironment-to preserve cell viability. mTORC1 is critical to link protein synthesis activity to nutrient and oxygen levels, in part by controlling the 4E-BP1-eIF4E axis. Whereas mTORC1 and eIF4E are known pro-tumorigenic factors, whose expression or activity is increased in numerous cancers, the role of 4E-BP1 in cancer is not yet definitive. On the one hand, 4E-BP1 has tumor suppressor activity by inhibiting eIF4E and, thus, blocking mRNA translation and proliferation. This is corroborated by elevated levels of phosphorylated and hence inactive 4E-BP1, which are detected in various cancers. On the other hand, 4E-BP1 has pro-tumorigenic functions as it promotes tumor adaptation to metabolic and genotoxic stress by selectively enhancing or preventing the translation of specific transcripts. Here we describe the molecular and cellular functions of 4E-BP1 and highlight the distinct roles of 4E-BP1 in cancer depending on the microenvironmental context of the tumor.

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