Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: 4E-BP1 differentially regulates translation of a subset of human mRNAs
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110976
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of eIF4E on the translation yields of m 7 G- and ApppG-capped HIF-1α, p53 A , FGF-9, and p53 B -5′UTR-Luc mRNA transcripts . Translation yields of m 7 G-capped ( A – D ) and ApppG-capped ( E – H ) mRNA transcripts of HIF-1α-, p53 A -, FGF-9-, and p53 B -UTR-Luc mRNAs, respectively, following treatment of the RRL with 50 nM of 4E-BP1 and increasing concentrations of eIF4E. Conditions included 50 nM (denoted as +), and 150 nM (denoted as ++) of eIF4E. For m 7 G-capped mRNAs, 4E-BP1 alone ( diagonally striped bar , - -); increasing eIF4E concentration ( vertically striped bar , - -). For ApppG-capped mRNAs, 4E-BP1 alone ( white bar , - -); increasing eIF4E concentration ( vertically striped bar , - -).4E-BP1 was held constant at 50 nM in all conditions. Relative luciferase activity was normalized to the respective controls (ApppG-capped-UTR-Luc mRNA) for each reporter constructs with no 4E-BP1 added to RRL. Bar heights and error bars correspond to the average and standard deviations, respectively, of three independent luciferase activity measurements. Data were analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test, where p represents the probability that differences occurred by chance: n.s, p = 0.12; ∗, p < 0.033; ∗∗, p = 0.002; ∗∗∗, p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Ethanol precipitation followed using the mRNA Clean and Concentrator Kit from Zymo Research following the manufacturer’s protocol ( ).
Techniques: Concentration Assay, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Construct, Two Tailed Test