Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25304425›Full record

ReviewFEBS letters2014

tRNA modifications regulate translation during cellular stress.

Chen Gu, Thomas J Begley, Peter C Dedon

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Review in FEBS letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers.

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131citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chen GuDepartment of Biological Engineering and Center for Environmental Health Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Thomas J BegleyState University of New York - College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Albany, NY, United States; The RNA Institute at the University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States. Electronic address: tbegley@sunycnse.com.
Peter C DedonDepartment of Biological Engineering and Center for Environmental Health Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: pcdedon@mit.edu.
Center for Environmental Health · USSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology · SGUniversity at Albany, State University of New York · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LEVINE, STUART S · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
The Roles of Trm9 and tRNA Methylation in the DNA Damage ResponseR01ES015037 · NIEHS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI BEGLEY, THOMAS J · 2006 to 2010
$2.4M
RNA Modifications as Biomarkers of Environmental Stress and InflammationR01ES017010 · NIEHS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI BEGLEY, THOMAS J · 2009 to 2013
$2.1M
Translational Control of ROS ManagementR01ES024615 · NIEHS · SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI BEGLEY, THOMAS J · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
Translational Machinery in Stress Signaling and Tumor SuppressionR21ES017146 · NIEHS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI AGUIRRE-GHISO, JULIO A., BEGLEY, THOMAS J · 2009 to 2010
$454k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIEHS NIH HHS ES017010NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES015037NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES017010NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES024615NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES017146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regulation of gene expression in response to stress is an essential cellular protection mechanism. Recent advances in tRNA modification analysis and genome-based codon bias analytics have facilitated studies that lead to a novel model for translational control, with translation elongation dynamically regulated during stress responses. Stress-induced increases in specific anticodon wobble bases are required for the optimal translation of stress response transcripts that are significantly biased in the use of degenerate codons keyed to these modified tRNA bases. These findings led us to introduce the notion of tRNA modification tunable transcripts (MoTTs - transcripts whose translation is regulated by tRNA modifications), which are identifiable using genome-wide codon counting algorithms. In support of this general model of translational control of stress response, studies making use of detailed measures of translation, tRNA methyltransferase mutants, and computational and mass spectrometry approaches reveal that stress reprograms tRNA modifications to translationally regulate MoTTs linked to arginine and leucine codons, which helps cells survive insults by damaging agents. These studies highlight how tRNA methyltransferase activities and MoTTs are key components of the cellular stress response.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAnimalsCellsDiseaseHumansRNA, TransferStress, PhysiologicalRNA, TransferCodon usageModified ribonucleosideStress responseTransfer RNATranslation

Identifiers

PMID25304425
PMCPMC4403629
OpenAlexW2016480108

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