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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

A survey of dietary effects on tRNA abundance and modifications.

Simeiyun Liu, Andrew D Holmes, Ruoxia Zhao, Cassandra Herbert, Patrick A Limbach, Todd M Lowe, Upasna Sharma

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Simeiyun LiuDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States.
Andrew D HolmesDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States.
Ruoxia ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0172, United States.
Cassandra HerbertDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0172, United States.
Patrick A LimbachDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0172, United States.
Todd M LoweDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States.
Upasna SharmaDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States.

Funding

UPLC for Enhanced Mass Spectrometry of Modified RNAsR01GM058843 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIMBACH, PATRICK A · 1999 to 2025
$5.1M
A Unified Atlas of Dynamic tRNA FunctionR01HG006753 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI LOWE, TODD MICHAEL · 2012 to 2022
$4.6M
Paternal contributions to offspring health: Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance via sperm small RNAsDP2AG066622 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI SHARMA, UPASNA · 2019 to 2019
$2.3M
Mass Spectrometry of Ribosomal RNA:Protein InteractionsR56GM058843 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIMBACH, PATRICK A · 2009 to 2009
$330k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006753NIA NIH HHS DP2 AG066622NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058843NIGMS NIH HHS R56 GM058843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play a central role in protein translation and are increasingly recognized as dynamic regulators of gene expression. Both physiological and environmental signals can modulate tRNA abundance and chemical modifications, yet the impact of dietary cues on the tRNA landscape remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the effects of two distinct dietary interventions-low-protein and high-fat diets-on tRNA abundance and modification profiles across multiple mouse tissues. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of tRNA abundance and modification changes in response to these nutritional challenges using RNA mass spectrometry and Ordered Two-Template Relay sequencing (OTTR-seq), a modified-base-sensitive tRNA sequencing method. Our results reveal both shared and tissue-specific alterations in abundance and modifications of specific nuclear and mitochondrial genome-encoded tRNAs in response to dietary conditions at isotype, isoacceptor, and isodecoder levels. As many of the tissue-specific or diet-responsive tRNA modifications have been previously reported to affect decoding efficiency or translational fidelity, these results have implications for understanding translational adaptation in response to dietary conditions.

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PMCPMC12259088

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