Ribosome biogenesis in cancer: new players and therapeutic avenues

J Pelletier, G Thomas, S Volarević - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The ribosome is a complex molecular machine composed of numerous distinct proteins and
nucleic acids and is responsible for protein synthesis in every living cell. Ribosome …

Regulation of ribosomal RNA gene copy number, transcription and nucleolus organization in eukaryotes

Y Hori, C Engel, T Kobayashi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
One of the first biological machineries to be created seems to have been the ribosome.
Since then, organisms have dedicated great efforts to optimize this apparatus. The …

A chemical probe targeting the PWWP domain alters NSD2 nucleolar localization

D Dilworth, RP Hanley, R Ferreira de Freitas… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Nuclear receptor-binding SET domain-containing 2 (NSD2) is the primary enzyme
responsible for the dimethylation of lysine 36 of histone 3 (H3K36), a mark associated with …

Sirtuins in epigenetic regulation

H Jing, H Lin - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1.1. Discovery of Sirtuins The founding member of sirtuin is the yeast-silencing information
regulator 2 (SIR2) protein, one of four proteins (SIR1− 4) required for silencing the mating …

'View from a bridge': a new perspective on eukaryotic rRNA base modification

S Sharma, DLJ Lafontaine - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Eukaryotic rRNA are modified frequently, although the diversity of modifications is low: in
yeast rRNA, there are only 12 different types out of a possible natural repertoire exceeding …

Biomarkers associated with low, moderate, and high vastus lateralis muscle hypertrophy following 12 weeks of resistance training

CB Mobley, CT Haun, PA Roberson, PW Mumford… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
We sought to identify biomarkers which delineated individual hypertrophic responses to
resistance training. Untrained, college-aged males engaged in full-body resistance training …

SAMMSON fosters cancer cell fitness by concertedly enhancing mitochondrial and cytosolic translation

R Vendramin, Y Verheyden, H Ishikawa… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Synchronization of mitochondrial and cytoplasmic translation rates is critical for the
maintenance of cellular fitness, with cancer cells being especially vulnerable to translational …

Regulation of RNA polymerase I transcription in development, disease, and aging

S Sharifi, H Bierhoff - Annual review of biochemistry, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Ribosome biogenesis is a complex and highly energy-demanding process that requires the
concerted action of all three nuclear RNA polymerases (Pol I–III) in eukaryotes. The three …

Nucleolus and chromatin

C Schöfer, K Weipoltshammer - Histochemistry and cell biology, 2018 - Springer
The nucleolus as site of ribosome biogenesis holds a pivotal role in cell metabolism. It is
composed of ribosomal DNA (rDNA), which is present as tandem arrays located in nucleolus …

Deacetylation of NAT10 by Sirt1 promotes the transition from rRNA biogenesis to autophagy upon energy stress

X Liu, S Cai, C Zhang, Z Liu, J Luo, B Xing… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Anabolism and catabolism are tightly regulated according to the cellular energy supply.
Upon energy stress, ribosomal RNA (rRNA) biogenesis is inhibited, and autophagy is …