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ArticleNature communications2025

RNA G-quadruplexes control mitochondria-localized mRNA translation and energy metabolism.

Leïla Dumas, Sauyeun Shin, Quentin Rigaud, Marie Cargnello, Beatriz Hernández-Suárez, Pauline Herviou, Nathalie Saint-Laurent, Marjorie Leduc, Morgane Le Gall, David Monchaud and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Leïla Dumas *Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Sauyeun Shin *Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Quentin RigaudCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Marie CargnelloCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Beatriz Hernández-SuárezCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-6609
Pauline HerviouCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1927-1843
Nathalie Saint-LaurentCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Marjorie LeducProteom'IC facility, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM Institut Cochin, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-3976
Morgane Le GallProteom'IC facility, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM Institut Cochin, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-7065
David MonchaudInstitut de Chimie Moléculaire (ICMUB), UBFC Dijon CNRS UMR6302, Dijon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-9295
Erik DassiLaboratory of RNA Regulatory Networks, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Trento, TN, Italy. erik.dassi@unitn.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-0449
Anne CammasCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. anne.cammas@inserm.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-9172
Stefania MillevoiCentre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse, Equipe Labellisée Fondation ARC, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. stefania.millevoi@inserm.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1659-3552

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-17-CE12- 0017-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells rely on mitochondria for their bioenergetic supply and macromolecule synthesis. Central to mitochondrial function is the regulation of mitochondrial protein synthesis, which primarily depends on the cytoplasmic translation of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial mRNAs whose protein products are imported into mitochondria. Despite the growing evidence that mitochondrial protein synthesis contributes to the onset and progression of cancer, and can thus offer new opportunities for cancer therapy, knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanisms remains limited. Here, we show that RNA G-quadruplexes (RG4s) regulate mitochondrial function by modulating cytoplasmic mRNA translation of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Our data support a model whereby the RG4 folding dynamics, under the control of oncogenic signaling and modulated by small molecule ligands or RG4-binding proteins, modifies mitochondria-localized cytoplasmic protein synthesis. Ultimately, this impairs mitochondrial functions, affecting energy metabolism and consequently cancer cell proliferation.

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Energy MetabolismG-QuadruplexesMitochondriaProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansMitochondrial ProteinsNeoplasmsRNA, MitochondrialMitochondrial ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Mitochondrial

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PMID40195294
PMCPMC11977240

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