eIF4E/mTOR-independent mRNA translation plasticity conferred by DAP5/eIF3d is required for breast cancer cell mesenchymal transition and metastasis

We report the application of polysome profiling sequencing technology for high-throughput transcriptomics and translatomics in 4T1 cells. We compare reduction of Dap5 to control in a BALB/c mouse breast cancer cell line in transcription and polysome enriched translation using RNA sequencing. Genome-wide transcriptomic and translatomic analyses indicate that DAP5 is required for translation of many transcription factors and their mRNA targets involved in EMT, angiogenesis, DNA repair and translation initiation, among other mRNAs. Metastatic potential of cells is significanlty decreased upon Dap5 silencing as confirmed by different in vivo models. Overall design: Examination of transcriptomics and translatomics in mouse breast cancer cells.