Mitotic cell-cycle progression is regulated by CPEB1 and CPEB4-dependent translational control

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Novoa, I (Author) Other; Gallego, J (Author) Other; Ferreira, PG (Author) Other; Mendez, R (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Nature Cell Biology

Vol. 12

Pages: 447-U82

ISSN: 1465-7392

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Molecular biology ; Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Computational biology

FOS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences ; Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-FDR

DOI: 10.1038/ncb2046

Abstract (EN): Meiotic and early-embryonic cell divisions in vertebrates take place in the absence of transcription and rely on the translational regulation of stored maternal messenger RNAs. Most of these mRNAs are regulated by the cytoplasmic-polyadenylation-element-binding protein (CPEB), which mediates translational activation and repression through cytoplasmic changes in their poly(A) tail length. It was unknown whether translational regulation by cytoplasmic polyadenylation and CPEB can also regulate mRNAs at specific points of mitotic cell-cycle divisions. Here we show that CPEB-mediated post-transcriptional regulation by phase-specific changes in poly(A) tail length is required for cell proliferation and specifically for entry into M phase in mitotically dividing cells. This translational control is mediated by two members of the CPEB family of proteins, CPEB1 and CPEB4. We conclude that regulation of poly(A) tail length is not only required to compensate for the lack of transcription in specialized cell divisions but also acts as a general mechanism to control mitosis.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 19