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Plassart, L.

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bioRxiv2025

Translatome and translation dynamics analysis of a RiboCancer cell line panel reveals that leukemia-associated Rps15 mutations rewire translation through codon-specific tRNA accommodation defects.

Deletions and point mutations targeting ribosomal proteins (RPs) have been identified in cancer. Yet, their role in translational dysregulation remains poorly understood. We performed an integrated genome-wide translatome analysis (proteome, Ribo-seq and total RNA-seq) as well as RiboMethSeq on an isogenic cell line library modeling the most recurrent RP defects in cancer (Rpl5+/-, Rpl11+/-, Rpl22+/-, Rpl22-/-, Rpl10 R98S, Rps15 P131S and Rps15 H137Y). RP knock-out had minimal effects on translation, whereas RP point mutations induced a significant number of translation efficiency changes, affecting up to 10% of expressed genes in Rps15 mutants associated with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical analyses revealed that the Rps15 mutations destabilize the C-terminal Rps15 domain, affecting the translation elongation cycle dynamics, and deregulating accommodation of aminoacylated tRNAs at the ribosomal A-site. Using Ribo-seq and translation reporter assays, we show that this accommodation defect shows codon specificity, explaining the reduced translation efficiency of genes enriched for these codons in Rps15 mutant cells, such as histones. Notably, genes with reduced translation efficiency in Rps15 mutated cells were enriched for transcriptional regulators such as transcription factor Runx3, resulting in downregulation of Runx3 target genes involved in immune regulation. Altogether, this study provides a comparative map of the translational rewiring driven by the most frequent somatic RP mutations. We provide unprecedented mechanistic insights in the translation defects induced by CLL-associated Rps15 mutations, and reveal an unappreciated cross-talk between translational and transcriptional dysregulation in these RP mutant cells. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=102 SRC="FIGDIR/small/687986v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (19K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@cd2846org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@10f3c49org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@13f1595org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@a212df_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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bioRxiv2025

R2TP-like Quaternary Chaperones: a comprehensive overview to understand the dynamic R2SP complex

The human R2SP complex belongs to the R2TP-like quaternary chaperone family and consists of RUVBL1, RUVBL2, SPAG1 and PIH1D2. R2SP is crucial for the correct assembly of motile cilia (SPAG1 null mutations cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia) and the organization of the synaptic zone. RUVBL1/2 ATPases are the powerhouse of this molecular machinery, while SPAG1 and PIH1D2 would be adaptors that interact with specific clients to promote their quaternary assembly. Despite these functional data, little is known about the structure of R2SP and the precise mode of action of these R2TP-like complexes. We have combined biochemical and structural approaches (NMR, structural mass spectrometry and cryo-EM) to investigate the 3D organization of the human R2SP complex, its mode of assembly and ATPase activity. Our study reveals a three-dimensional structure similar to that of the canonical R2TP complex, but also highlights differences in the mode of action of its RUVBL1/2 ATPase core as well as the binding of its adaptors SPAG1 and PIH1D2.

biophysics↗

bioRxiv2020

The final step of 40S ribosomal subunit maturation is controlled by a dual key lock

Preventing premature interaction of preribosomes with the translation apparatus is essential to translation accuracy. Hence, the final maturation step releasing functional 40S ribosomal subunits, namely processing of the 18S ribosomal RNA 3 end, is safeguarded by protein DIM2, which both interacts with the endoribonuclease NOB1 and masks the rRNA cleavage site. To elucidate the control mechanism that unlocks NOB1 activity, we performed cryo-EM analysis of late human pre-40S particles purified using a catalytically-inactive form of ATPase RIO1. These structures, together with in vivo and in vitro functional analyses, support a model in which ATP-loaded RIO1 cooperates with ribosomal protein RPS26/eS26 to displace DIM2 from the 18S rRNA 3 end, thereby triggering final cleavage by NOB1; release of ADP then leads to RIO1 dissociation from the 40S subunit. This dual key lock mechanism requiring RIO1 and RPS26 guarantees the precise timing of pre-40S particle conversion into translation-competent ribosomal subunits.

molecular biology↗