Translation (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2016-01-28eCollection Date: 2016-01-01DOI: 10.1080/21690731.2016.1143076
Namit Ranjan, Marina V Rodnina
{"title":"tRNA wobble modifications and protein homeostasis.","authors":"Namit Ranjan, Marina V Rodnina","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2016.1143076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2016.1143076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>tRNA is a central component of the protein synthesis machinery in the cell. In living cells, tRNAs undergo numerous post-transcriptional modifications. In particular, modifications at the anticodon loop play an important role in ensuring efficient protein synthesis, maintaining protein homeostasis, and helping cell adaptation and survival. Hypo-modification of the wobble position of the tRNA anticodon loop is of particular relevance for translation regulation and is implicated in various human diseases. In this review we summarize recent evidence of how methyl and thiol modifications in eukaryotic tRNA at position 34 affect cellular fitness and modulate regulatory circuits at normal conditions and under stress. </p>","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"4 1","pages":"e1143076"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21690731.2016.1143076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34604840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Translation (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2016-01-08eCollection Date: 2016-01-01DOI: 10.1080/21690731.2015.1138018
Botao Liu, Shu-Bing Qian
{"title":"Characterizing inactive ribosomes in translational profiling.","authors":"Botao Liu, Shu-Bing Qian","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1138018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2015.1138018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The broad impact of translational regulation has emerged explosively in the last few years in part due to the technological advance in genome-wide interrogation of gene expression. During mRNA translation, the majority of actively translating ribosomes exist as polysomes in cells with multiple ribosomes loaded on a single transcript. The importance of the monosome, however, has been less appreciated in translational profiling analysis. Here we report that the monosome fraction isolated by sucrose sedimentation contains a large quantity of inactive ribosomes that do not engage on mRNAs to direct translation. We found that the elongation factor eEF2, but not eEF1A, stably resides in these non-translating ribosomes. This unique feature permits direct evaluation of ribosome status under various stress conditions and in the presence of translation inhibitors. Ribosome profiling reveals that the monosome has a similar but not identical pattern of ribosome footprints compared to the polysome. We show that the association of free ribosomal subunits minimally contributes to ribosome occupancy outside of the coding region. Our results not only offer a quantitative method to monitor ribosome availability, but also uncover additional layers of ribosome status needed to be considered in translational profiling analysis. </p>","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"4 1","pages":"e1138018"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21690731.2015.1138018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34604835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Translation (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2016-01-04eCollection Date: 2016-01-01DOI: 10.1080/21690731.2015.1137381
Regina Cencic, Jerry Pelletier
{"title":"Hippuristanol - A potent steroid inhibitor of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A.","authors":"Regina Cencic, Jerry Pelletier","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1137381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2015.1137381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Protein synthesis and its regulatory signaling pathways play essential roles in the initiation and maintenance of the cancer phenotype. Insight obtained over the last 3 decades on the mechanisms regulating translation in normal and transformed cells have revealed that perturbed control in cancer cells may offer an Achilles' heel for the development of novel anti-neoplastic agents. Several small molecule inhibitors have been identified and characterized that target translation initiation - more specifically, the rate-limiting step where ribosomes are recruited to mRNA templates. Among these, hippuristanol, a polyhydroxysteroid from the gorgonian Isis hippuris has been found to inhibit translation initiation by blocking the activity of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A, an essential RNA helicase involved in this process. Herein, we highlight the biological properties of this compound, its potential development as an anti-cancer agent, and its use to validate eIF4A as an anti-neoplastic target. </p>","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"4 1","pages":"e1137381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21690731.2015.1137381","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34604834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. M. Bowen, S. Musalgaonkar, Christine A. Moomau, Suna P. Gulay, Mary Mirvis, J. Dinman
{"title":"Ribosomal protein uS19 mutants reveal its role in coordinating ribosome structure and function","authors":"A. M. Bowen, S. Musalgaonkar, Christine A. Moomau, Suna P. Gulay, Mary Mirvis, J. Dinman","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1117703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2015.1117703","url":null,"abstract":"Prior studies identified allosteric information pathways connecting functional centers in the large ribosomal subunit to the decoding center in the small subunit through the B1a and B1b/c intersubunit bridges in yeast. In prokaryotes a single SSU protein, uS13, partners with H38 (the A-site finger) and uL5 to form the B1a and B1b/c bridges respectively. In eukaryotes, the SSU component was split into 2 separate proteins during the course of evolution. One, also known as uS13, participates in B1b/c bridge with uL5 in eukaryotes. The other, called uS19 is the SSU partner in the B1a bridge with H38. Here, polyalanine mutants of uS19 involved in the uS19/uS13 and the uS19/H38 interfaces were used to elucidate the important amino acid residues involved in these intersubunit communication pathways. Two key clusters of amino acids were identified: one located at the junction between uS19 and uS13, and a second that appears to interact with the distal tip of H38. Biochemical analyses reveal that these mutations shift the ribosomal rotational equilibrium toward the unrotated state, increasing ribosomal affinity for tRNAs in the P-site and for ternary complex in the A-site, and inhibit binding of the translocase, eEF2. These defects in turn affect specific aspects of translational fidelity. These findings suggest that uS19 plays a critical role as a conduit of information exchange between the large and small ribosomal subunits directly through the B1a, and indirectly through the B1b/c bridges.","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81519077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harland E Brandon, Jenna Friedt, Graeme D Glaister, Suneet K Kharey, Dustin D. Smith, Zak K Stinson, Hans-Joachim Wieden
{"title":"Introducing a class of standardized and interchangeable parts utilizing programmed ribosomal frameshifts for synthetic biology applications","authors":"Harland E Brandon, Jenna Friedt, Graeme D Glaister, Suneet K Kharey, Dustin D. Smith, Zak K Stinson, Hans-Joachim Wieden","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1112458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2015.1112458","url":null,"abstract":"Synthetic biology and the rational design of biological devices depend on the availability of standardized and interchangeable biological parts with diverse range of functions. Reliable access to different reading frames during translation has largely been overlooked as functionality for bioengineering applications. Here we report the construction and initial characterization of the first member of such a class of biological parts that conforms to the BioBrick Standard (RFC25), allowing its interchangeable use in biological devices. Using our standardized frameshifting signal consisting of a UUUAAAG slippery sequence, a 6 nt spacer and an engineered pseudoknot based on the infectious bronchitis virus pseudoknot PK401 embedded in a dual reporter construct, we confirm that the frameshifting activity is comparable to the previously published frequency despite the introduced sequence changes. The frameshifting activity is demonstrated using SDS-PAGE and fluorescence spectroscopy. Standardized programmable ribosomal frameshift parts with specific frameshifting frequencies will be of utility for applications such as double coding DNA sequences by expanding the codable space into the -1 frame. Programmed shifting into the -1 frame to bypass a stop codon allows labeling of a protein pool with a fixed stoichiometry of fusion protein, as well as the construction of multi-enzyme expression constructs with specific expression ratios. A detailed understanding of the structural basis of programmed frameshifting will provide the opportunities to rationally design frameshifting elements with a wide range of applications in synthetic biology, including signals that are regulated by small ligands.","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87296783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Translation (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2015-02-03eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/21690731.2015.1009331
Qinqin Zhuang, Tianshu Feng, Mathew L Coleman
{"title":"Modifying the maker: Oxygenases target ribosome biology.","authors":"Qinqin Zhuang, Tianshu Feng, Mathew L Coleman","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1009331","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1009331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complexity of the eukaryotic protein synthesis machinery is partly driven by extensive and diverse modifications to associated proteins and RNAs. These modifications can have important roles in regulating translation factor activity and ribosome biogenesis and function. Further investigation of 'translational modifications' is warranted considering the growing evidence implicating protein synthesis as a critical point of gene expression control that is commonly deregulated in disease. New evidence suggests that translation is a major new target for oxidative modifications, specifically hydroxylations and demethylations, which generally are catalyzed by a family of emerging oxygenase enzymes that act at the interface of nutrient availability and metabolism. This review summarizes what is currently known about the role or these enzymes in targeting rRNA synthesis, protein translation and associated cellular processes. </p>","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"14 1","pages":"e1009331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77565447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulation of global and specific mRNA translation by the mTOR signaling pathway","authors":"N. Nandagopal, Philippe P Roux","doi":"10.4161/21690731.2014.983402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/21690731.2014.983402","url":null,"abstract":"The translation of mRNA into polypeptides is a key step in eukaryotic gene expression. Translation is mostly controlled at the level of initiation, which is partly regulated by the mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. Whereas mTOR controls global protein synthesis through specific effector proteins, its role in the translation of select groups of mRNAs, such as those harboring a terminal oligopyrimidine (TOP) tract at their 5’ end, remains more enigmatic. In this article, we describe the current knowledge on the role of mTOR in global mRNA translation, but also focus on the potential molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of specific translational programs.","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86302439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paradigms of ribosome synthesis: Lessons learned from ribosomal proteins","authors":"M. Gamalinda, J. Woolford","doi":"10.4161/21690731.2014.975018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/21690731.2014.975018","url":null,"abstract":"The proteome in all cells is manufactured via the intricate process of translation by multimolecular factories called ribosomes. Nevertheless, these ribonucleoprotein particles, the largest of their kind, also have an elaborate assembly line of their own. Groundbreaking discoveries that bacterial ribosomal subunits can be self-assembled in vitro jumpstarted studies on how ribosomes are constructed. Until recently, ribosome assembly has been investigated almost entirely in vitro with bacterial small subunits under equilibrium conditions. In light of high-resolution ribosome structures and a more sophisticated toolkit, the past decade has been defined by a burst of kinetic studies in vitro and, importantly, also a shift to examining ribosome maturation in living cells, especially in eukaryotes. In this review, we summarize the principles governing ribosome assembly that emerged from studies focusing on ribosomal proteins and their interactions with rRNA. Understanding these paradigms has taken center stage, given the linkage between anomalous ribosome biogenesis and proliferative disorders.","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79824171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summary of the 2014 meeting on translational control","authors":"J. Hershey, V. Polunovsky","doi":"10.1080/21690731.2015.1037581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21690731.2015.1037581","url":null,"abstract":"The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Translational Control took place on September 2-6, 2014, and was organized by Drs. Thomas Dever (NIH), Rachel Green (John Hopkins U.) and Robert Schneider (New York U.). More than 350 participants attended 8 oral sessions chaired by: Initiation Dr. Graham Pavitt (U. Manchester) Turnover Dr. Toshikazu Inada (Tohoku U.) Ribosomes Dr. Daniel Wilson (U. Munich) Elongation and Termination Dr. Scott Blanchard (Cornell U.) Development Dr. Elizabeth Gavis (Princeton U.) Disease Dr. Peter Todd (U. Michigan) Regulation I. Dr. Cornelis Calkhoven (U.M.C. Groningen) Regulation II. Dr. Nicholas Ingolia (U. California, Berkeley)","PeriodicalId":90376,"journal":{"name":"Translation (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78099558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}