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ArticleeLife2019

HRI coordinates translation necessary for protein homeostasis and mitochondrial function in erythropoiesis.

Shuping Zhang, Alejandra Macias-Garcia, Jacob C Ulirsch, Jason Velazquez, Vincent L Butty, Stuart S Levine, Vijay G Sankaran, Jane-Jane Chen

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuping ZhangInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1586-0559
Alejandra Macias-GarciaInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
Jacob C UlirschDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Jason VelazquezInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
Vincent L ButtyBioMicro Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
Stuart S LevineBioMicro Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
Vijay G SankaranDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0044-443X
Jane-Jane ChenInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4372-6907
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

Systematic Genetic Dissection of Human ErythropoiesisR01DK103794 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Vijay Ganesh Sankaran · 2014 to 2026
$5.9M
HRI-eIF2a Phosphorylation Signaling in Oxidative Stress and ErythropoiesisR01DK087984 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHEN, JANE-JANE · 2010 to 2017
$2.1M
Identifying Genome-wide Association Study-Nominated Regulators of ErythropoiesisR33HL120791 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH · 2016 to 2018
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R33 HL120791NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087984NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103794NIDDK NIH HHS RO1 DK087984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron and heme play central roles in the production of red blood cells, but the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Heme-regulated eIF2α kinase (HRI) controls translation by phosphorylating eIF2α. Here, we investigate the global impact of iron, heme, and HRI on protein translation in vivo in murine primary erythroblasts using ribosome profiling. We validate the known role of HRI-mediated translational stimulation of integratedstressresponse mRNAs during iron deficiency in vivo. Moreover, we find that the translation of mRNAs encoding cytosolic and mitochondrial ribosomal proteins is substantially repressed by HRI during iron deficiency, causing a decrease in cytosolic and mitochondrial protein synthesis. The absence of HRI during iron deficiency elicits a prominent cytoplasmic unfolded protein response and impairs mitochondrial respiration. Importantly, ATF4 target genes are activated during iron deficiency to maintain mitochondrial function and to enable erythroid differentiation. We further identify GRB10 as a previously unappreciated regulator of terminal erythropoiesis.

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Activating Transcription Factor 4Anemia, Iron-DeficiencyAnimalsCell DifferentiationeIF-2 KinaseErythroblastsErythropoiesisEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2GRB10 Adaptor ProteinHemeIronMiceMice, KnockoutMitochondriaOxygenPhosphorylationActivating Transcription Factor 4Atf4 protein, mouseeIF-2 KinaseEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2GRB10 Adaptor ProteinGrb10 protein, mouseHemeIronOxygenRibosomal ProteinsATF4cell biologychromosomescytosolic and mitochondrial translationerythropoiesisgene expressionheme-regulated eIF2a kinaseintegrated stress responsemitochondrial respirationmouse

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PMID31033440
PMCPMC6533081
OpenAlexW2942563094

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