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Cell Transformation Results in the Loss of the Density-dependent Translational Regulation of the Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Isoforms¹

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U397, Endocrinologie et Communication Cellulaire, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Louis Bugnard, Centre Hospitalier Regional Rangueil, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 04, France

Alternative initiation of translation at three CUG and one AUG start codons leads to the synthesis of four isoforms of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) that have distinct intracellular localizations and affect the cell phenotype differently. We show here that the expression of FGF-2 CUG-initiated isoforms decreases in a cell-density-dependent manner in normal human skin fibroblasts (HSFs) concomitantly with the FGF-2 mRNA level. In contrast, CUG-initiated FGF-2 expression is constitutive in SK-HEP-1 cells and in HSFs transformed with SV40 large T antigen. Cell transfection using a plasmid containing the FGF-2 mRNA leader fused to chloramphenicol acetyl transferase demonstrated that up-regulation of the CUG codons depends on cis-elements located in this leader. Furthermore, UV cross-linking experiments revealed a correlation between CUG codons utilization and the binding of several proteins to the mRNA leader. On the basis of the presence of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) in the FGF-2 mRNA, we used bicistronic vectors to transfect normal and transformed cells. The density-dependent regulation in normal HSFs was cap-dependent, whereas the constitutive CUG-initiated FGF-2 expression in transformed cells occurred essentially by an IRES-dependent mechanism. Unexpectedly, the use of the AUG start codon occurred exclusively by internal entry, which suggests the presence of a second independent IRES in the FGF-2 mRNA that would be constitutive. A study of the eIF-4E levels and of the 4E-BP1 phosphorylation state at increasing cell densities showed a decrease of the eIF-4E level, concomitant with 4E-BP1 dephosphorylation in normal cells but not in transformed cells. These data point out a complex mechanism for the regulation of FGF-2 isoforms expression involving both the cap-dependent and the cap-independent initiation of translation and favor a positive role of CUG-initiated FGF-2 in cellular proliferation and transformation.

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