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Witte, F.* ; Ruiz-Orera, J.* ; Mattioli, C.C.* ; Blachut, S.* ; Adami, E.* ; Schulz, J.F.* ; Schneider-Lunitz, V.* ; Hummel, O.* ; Patone, G.* ; Mücke, M.B.* ; Silhavý, J.* ; Heinig, M. ; Bottolo, L.* ; Sanchis, D.* ; Vingron, M.* ; Chekulaeva, M.* ; Pravenec, M.* ; Hubner, N.* ; Van Heesch, S.*

A trans locus causes a ribosomopathy in hypertrophic hearts that affects mRNA translation in a protein length-dependent fashion.

Genome Biol. 22:191 (2021)
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impact of trans-acting genetic variation on the rates with which proteins are synthesized by ribosomes. Here, we investigate the influence of such distant genetic loci on the efficiency of mRNA translation and define their contribution to the development of complex disease phenotypes within a panel of rat recombinant inbred lines. RESULTS: We identify several tissue-specific master regulatory hotspots that each control the translation rates of multiple proteins. One of these loci is restricted to hypertrophic hearts, where it drives a translatome-wide and protein length-dependent change in translational efficiency, altering the stoichiometric translation rates of sarcomere proteins. Mechanistic dissection of this locus across multiple congenic lines points to a translation machinery defect, characterized by marked differences in polysome profiles and misregulation of the small nucleolar RNA SNORA48. Strikingly, from yeast to humans, we observe reproducible protein length-dependent shifts in translational efficiency as a conserved hallmark of translation machinery mutants, including those that cause ribosomopathies. Depending on the factor mutated, a pre-existing negative correlation between protein length and translation rates could either be enhanced or reduced, which we propose to result from mRNA-specific imbalances in canonical translation initiation and reinitiation rates. CONCLUSIONS: We show that distant genetic control of mRNA translation is abundant in mammalian tissues, exemplified by a single genomic locus that triggers a translation-driven molecular mechanism. Our work illustrates the complexity through which genetic variation can drive phenotypic variability between individuals and thereby contribute to complex disease.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Corresponding Author
Keywords Cardiac Hypertrophy ; Complex Disease ; Genetic Variation ; Hxb/bxh Rat Recombinant Inbred Panel ; Ribosome Biogenesis ; Ribosome Profiling ; Ribosomopathy ; Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (shr) ; Translational Efficiency ; Trans Qtl Mapping
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1474-760X
e-ISSN 1465-6906
Journal Genome Biology
Quellenangaben Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: , Article Number: 191 Supplement: ,
Publisher BioMed Central
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Grants Akademie Věd České Republiky
European Research Council
European Molecular Biology Organization