Examples of translationally regulated genes with relevance to mature B-cell neoplasms

Gene(s)Protein functionAssociation with B-cell neoplasmsEvidence for translational control via eIFsRefs
MYCCell growth

  • Translocations are a hallmark of Burkitt’s lymphoma

  • Recurrent mutations in double/triple hit DLBCL

  • Increased expression following BCR stimulation is associated with increased mRNA translation

  • Inhibition of eIF4A reduces MYC expression in B-cell lymphoma cell lines

  • Inhibition of eIF4E reduces MYC mRNA translation and nuclear export in DLBCL cell lines

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MCL1Cell survival (anti-apoptotic)

  • Expression induced following BCR stimulation

  • Inhibition of eIF4A reduces MCL1 expression in B-cell lymphoma cell lines

[103]
BCL2Cell survival (anti-apoptotic)

  • Translocations are a hallmark of FL

  • Recurrent translocations in GCB-DLBCL and double/triple hit DLBCL

  • Inhibition of eIF4E reduces BCL2 mRNA translation and nuclear export in DLBCL cell lines

[101]
CCND1Cell cycle progression

  • Translocations are a hallmark of mantle cell lymphoma

  • Inhibition of eIF4A reduces cyclin D1 expression in B-cell lymphoma cell lines

[103]
BCL6Transcriptional repression

  • Recurrent translocations in double/triple hit DLBCL

  • Inhibition of eIF4E reduces BCL6 mRNA translation and nuclear export in DLBCL cell lines

[101]
CARD11, BCL10, MALT1CBM complex components which control NF-κB activation

  • Recurrent mutations in subset of ABC-DLBCL

  • Mediates NF-κB activation downstream of BCR

  • Inhibition of eIF4A reduces CBM complex expression in DLBCL cell lines

[102]