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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Dynamic changes in tRNA modifications and abundance during T cell activation.

Roni Rak, Michal Polonsky, Inbal Eizenberg-Magar, Yufeng Mo, Yuriko Sakaguchi, Orel Mizrahi, Aharon Nachshon, Shlomit Reich-Zeliger, Noam Stern-Ginossar, Orna Dahan and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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48 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Roni RakDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Michal PolonskyDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3871-460X
Inbal Eizenberg-MagarDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6940-6226
Yufeng MoDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, 113-8654 Tokyo, Japan.
Yuriko SakaguchiDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, 113-8654 Tokyo, Japan.
Orel MizrahiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Aharon NachshonDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-2283-5220
Shlomit Reich-ZeligerDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Noam Stern-GinossarDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3583-5932
Orna DahanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8096-5085
Tsutomu SuzukiDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, 113-8654 Tokyo, Japan.
Nir FriedmanDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1078-3921
Yitzhak PilpelDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel; pilpel@weizmann.ac.il.
Weizmann Institute of Science · ILThe University of Tokyo · JPAgricultural Research Organization · ILCalifornia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tRNA pool determines the efficiency, throughput, and accuracy of translation. Previous studies have identified dynamic changes in the tRNA (transfer RNA) supply and mRNA (messenger RNA) demand during cancerous proliferation. Yet dynamic changes may also occur during physiologically normal proliferation, and these are less well characterized. We examined the tRNA and mRNA pools of T cells during their vigorous proliferation and differentiation upon triggering their antigen receptor. We observed a global signature of switch in demand for codons at the early proliferation phase of the response, accompanied by corresponding changes in tRNA expression levels. In the later phase, upon differentiation, the response of the tRNA pool relaxed back to the basal level, potentially restraining excessive proliferation. Sequencing of tRNAs allowed us to evaluate their diverse base-modifications. We found that two types of tRNA modifications, wybutosine and ms

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Lymphocyte ActivationCell ProliferationCodonFrameshift MutationHumansRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, TransferT-LymphocytesCodonRNA, TransferHIVT cell activationtransfer RNAtRNA-modifications

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PMID34642250
PMCPMC8594584
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