Modulated expression of specific tRNAs drives gene expression and cancer progression

H Goodarzi, HCB Nguyen, S Zhang, BD Dill, H Molina… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are primarily viewed as static contributors to gene expression. By
developing a high-throughput tRNA profiling method, we find that specific tRNAs are …

Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression

AM Pinzaru, SF Tavazoie - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) have been historically viewed as non-dynamic adaptors that decode
the genetic code into proteins. Recent work has uncovered dynamic regulatory roles for …

tRNA dysregulation and disease

EA Orellana, E Siegal, RI Gregory - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract tRNAs are key adaptor molecules that decipher the genetic code during translation
of mRNAs in protein synthesis. In contrast to the traditional view of tRNAs as ubiquitously …

Two isoleucyl tRNAs that decode synonymous codons divergently regulate breast cancer metastatic growth by controlling translation of proliferation-regulating genes

LB Earnest-Noble, D Hsu, S Chen, H Asgharian… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The human genome contains 61 codons encoding 20 amino acids. Synonymous codons
representing a given amino acid are decoded by a set of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) called …

Quantitative tRNA-sequencing uncovers metazoan tissue-specific tRNA regulation

O Pinkard, S McFarland, T Sweet, J Coller - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNA) are quintessential in deciphering the genetic code; disseminating
nucleic acid triplets into correct amino acid identity. While this decoding function is clear, an …

Overexpression of initiator methionine tRNA leads to global reprogramming of tRNA expression and increased proliferation in human epithelial cells

M Pavon-Eternod, S Gomes, MR Rosner, T Pan - Rna, 2013 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are typically considered housekeeping products with little regulatory
function. However, several studies over the past 10 years have linked tRNA misregulation to …

Repertoires of tRNAs: the couplers of genomics and proteomics

R Rak, O Dahan, Y Pilpel - Annual review of cell and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The pool of transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules in cells allows the ribosome to decode genetic
information. This repertoire of molecular decoders is positioned in the crossroad of the …

tRNA modifications: insights into their role in human cancers

Y Wang, EW Tao, J Tan, QY Gao, YX Chen… - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) plays a central role in translation by functioning as a biological link
between messenger RNA (mRNA) and proteins. One prominent feature of the tRNA …

Global analysis of tRNA and translation factor expression reveals a dynamic landscape of translational regulation in human cancers

Z Zhang, Y Ye, J Gong, H Ruan, CJ Liu… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
The protein translational system, including transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and several categories of
enzymes, plays a key role in regulating cell proliferation. Translation dysregulation also …

Emerging roles of tRNA in adaptive translation, signalling dynamics and disease

S Kirchner, Z Ignatova - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract tRNAs, nexus molecules between mRNAs and proteins, have a central role in
translation. Recent discoveries have revealed unprecedented complexity of tRNA …