Perturbants of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), including Ca-mobilizing agents, provoke a rapid suppression of translational initiation in conjunction with an increased phosphorylation of the -subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-2. Depletion of ER Ca stores was found to signal the activation of a specific eIF-2 kinase. Analysis of extracts derived from cultured cells that had been pretreated with Ca ionophore A23187 or thapsigargin revealed a 2-3-fold increase in eIF-2 kinase activity without detectable changes in eIF-2 phosphatase activity. A peptide of 65-68 kDa, which was phosphorylated concurrently with eIF-2 in extracts of pretreated cells, was identified as the interferon-inducible, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-regulated protein kinase (PKR). Depletion of ER Ca stores did not alter the PKR contents of extracts. When incubated with reovirus dsRNA, extracts derived from cells with depleted ER Ca stores displayed greater degrees of phosphorylation of PKR and of eIF-2 than did control extracts. The enhanced dsRNA-dependent phosphorylation of PKR was observed regardless of prior induction of the kinase with interferon. Lower concentrations of dsRNA were required for maximal phosphorylation of PKR in extracts of treated as compared to control preparations. These findings suggest that PKR mediates the translational suppression occurring in response to perturbation of ER Ca homeostasis.

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