Translation velocity determines the efficacy of engineered suppressor tRNAs on pathogenic nonsense mutations.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 20 09 2023
accepted: 20 03 2024
medline: 6 4 2024
pubmed: 6 4 2024
entrez: 5 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Nonsense mutations - the underlying cause of approximately 11% of all genetic diseases - prematurely terminate protein synthesis by mutating a sense codon to a premature stop or termination codon (PTC). An emerging therapeutic strategy to suppress nonsense defects is to engineer sense-codon decoding tRNAs to readthrough and restore translation at PTCs. However, the readthrough efficiency of the engineered suppressor tRNAs (sup-tRNAs) largely varies in a tissue- and sequence context-dependent manner and has not yet yielded optimal clinical efficacy for many nonsense mutations. Here, we systematically analyze the suppression efficacy at various pathogenic nonsense mutations. We discover that the translation velocity of the sequence upstream of PTCs modulates the sup-tRNA readthrough efficacy. The PTCs most refractory to suppression are embedded in a sequence context translated with an abrupt reversal of the translation speed leading to ribosomal collisions. Moreover, modeling translation velocity using Ribo-seq data can accurately predict the suppression efficacy at PTCs. These results reveal previously unknown molecular signatures contributing to genotype-phenotype relationships and treatment-response heterogeneity, and provide the framework for the development of personalized tRNA-based gene therapies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38580646
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47258-9
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-47258-9
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

2957

Subventions

Organisme : Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CF Foundation)
ID : IGNATO2010

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Nikhil Bharti (N)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Leonardo Santos (L)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Marcos Davyt (M)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Stine Behrmann (S)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Marie Eichholtz (M)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Alejandro Jimenez-Sanchez (A)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.

Jeong S Hong (JS)

Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

Andras Rab (A)

Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

Eric J Sorscher (EJ)

Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

Suki Albers (S)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. suki.albers@uni-hamburg.de.

Zoya Ignatova (Z)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. zoya.ignatova@uni-hamburg.de.

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