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Alternative translation of human fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA occurs by internal entry of ribosomes

S Vagner et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1995 Jan.

Abstract

Alternative initiations of translation of the human fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) mRNA, at three CUG start codons and one AUG start codon, result in the synthesis of four isoforms of FGF-2. This process has important consequences on the fate of FGF-2: the CUG-initiated products are nuclear and their constitutive expression is able to induce cell immortalization, whereas the AUG-initiated product, mostly cytoplasmic, can generate cell transformation. Thus, the different isoforms probably have distinct targets in the cell. We show here that translation initiation of the FGF-2 mRNA breaks the rule of the cap-dependent ribosome scanning mechanism. First, translation of the FGF-2 mRNA was shown to be cap independent in vitro. This cap-independent translation required a sequence located between nucleotides (nt) 192 and 256 from the 5' end of the 318-nt-long 5' untranslated region. Second, expression of bicistronic vectors in COS-7 cells indicated that the FGF-2 mRNA is translated through a process of internal ribosome entry mediated by the mRNA leader sequence. By introducing additional AUG codons into the RNA leader sequence, we localized an internal ribosome entry site to between nt 154 and 318 of the 5' untranslated region, just upstream of the first CUG. The presence of an internal ribosome entry site in the FGF-2 mRNA suggests that the process of internal translation initiation, by controlling the expression of a growth factor, could have a crucial role in the control of cell proliferation and differentiation.

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