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ArticlePLoS genetics2017

Development of a tissue-specific ribosome profiling approach in Drosophila enables genome-wide evaluation of translational adaptations.

Xun Chen, Dion Dickman

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2 authors.

Xun ChenDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6871-2758
Dion DickmanDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-284X

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
Molecular Mechanisms Governing the Homeostatic Control of Synaptic StrengthR01NS091546 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI DICKMAN, DION KAI · 2015 to 2024
$4.3M
NIH HHS P40 OD018537NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in next-generation sequencing approaches have revolutionized our understanding of transcriptional expression in diverse systems. However, measurements of transcription do not necessarily reflect gene translation, the process of ultimate importance in understanding cellular function. To circumvent this limitation, biochemical tagging of ribosome subunits to isolate ribosome-associated mRNA has been developed. However, this approach, called TRAP, lacks quantitative resolution compared to a superior technology, ribosome profiling. Here, we report the development of an optimized ribosome profiling approach in Drosophila. We first demonstrate successful ribosome profiling from a specific tissue, larval muscle, with enhanced resolution compared to conventional TRAP approaches. We next validate the ability of this technology to define genome-wide translational regulation. This technology is leveraged to test the relative contributions of transcriptional and translational mechanisms in the postsynaptic muscle that orchestrate the retrograde control of presynaptic function at the neuromuscular junction. Surprisingly, we find no evidence that significant changes in the transcription or translation of specific genes are necessary to enable retrograde homeostatic signaling, implying that post-translational mechanisms ultimately gate instructive retrograde communication. Finally, we show that a global increase in translation induces adaptive responses in both transcription and translation of protein chaperones and degradation factors to promote cellular proteostasis. Together, this development and validation of tissue-specific ribosome profiling enables sensitive and specific analysis of translation in Drosophila.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsDrosophilaFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMolecular ChaperonesProtein BiosynthesisProteostasisRibosome SubunitsRNA, MessengerSensitivity and SpecificitySequence Analysis, RNAMolecular ChaperonesRNA, Messenger

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PMID29194454
PMCPMC5728580

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