Abstract
PHAS-I or the eIF4E-binding protein 1 regulates the cap-binding activity of eIF4E by sequestering eIF4E. Binding of eIF4E to PHAS-I is regulated by phosphorylation of PHAS-I. PC12 cells were used to study the signal transduction pathway leading to phosphorylation of PHAS-I. Both EGF and NGF induced phosphorylation of PHAS-I. Wortmannin, a PI-3 kinase inhibitor, staurosporine, a PKC inhibitor, and rapamycin, a FRAP inhibitor all blocked the phosphorylation of PHAS-I. Of the three inhibitors, only wortmannin was able to inhibit MAPK phosphorylation. This excludes a role for MAPK in NGF- and EGF-induced PHAS-I phosphorylation in PC12 cells. Apparently, PHAS-I was phosphorylated in a PI-3 kinase-, PKC-, and FRAP-dependent manner after EGF or NGF stimulation. Only PI-3 kinase and FRAP are involved in the regulation of the basal level of PHAS-I phosphorylation.
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