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ArticleRNA biology2021

Ribosome profiling analysis of human skeletal muscle identifies reduced translation of mitochondrial proteins with age.

Ravi Tharakan, Ceereena Ubaida-Mohien, Yulan Piao, Myriam Gorospe, Luigi Ferrucci

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Article in RNA biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cyclo His-Pro Attenuates Muscle Degeneration in Murine Myopathy Models.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  7. Impaired age-associated mitochondrial translation is mitigated by exercise and PGC-1α.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  8. Translational control in cell ageing: an update.Biochemical Society transactions · 2021
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ravi TharakanTranslational Gerontology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ceereena Ubaida-MohienTranslational Gerontology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yulan PiaoLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Myriam GorospeLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Luigi FerrucciTranslational Gerontology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Institute on Aging · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Post-transcriptional regulation of energy usage: glucose and lipid metabolismZIAAG000394 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GOROSPE, MYRIAM · 2009 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With advancing age, human muscle loses strength and function, but the molecular causes of these losses are unknown. Skeletal muscle shows an age-dependent decline in the levels of different proteins, but whether such decline is associated with reduced translation has not been studied. To address this gap of knowledge, we used the technique of ribosome profiling to study translation in muscle from middle-aged and old individuals. Using ribosome occupancy as a measure of translation status, several mRNAs showed differential translation with age. Older age was associated with lower translation of myosin and titin isoforms and more broadly with the translation of proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Based on our findings, we propose that mitochondrial proteins are less translated in old skeletal muscle.

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Protein BiosynthesisAdultAged, 80 and overAge FactorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitochondrial ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalOxidative PhosphorylationRibosomesRNA, MessengerMitochondrial ProteinsRNA, MessengerAgeingribosome profilingskeletal muscletranslation regulation

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PMID33472542
PMCPMC8583053
OpenAlexW3123588791

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