Translational control of one-carbon metabolism underpins ribosomal protein phenotypes in cell division and longevity

  1. Nairita Maitra
  2. Chong He
  3. Heidi M Blank
  4. Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya
  5. Birgit Schilling
  6. Matt Kaeberlein
  7. Rodolfo Aramayo
  8. Brian K Kennedy  Is a corresponding author
  9. Michael Polymenis  Is a corresponding author
  1. Texas A&M University, United States
  2. Buck Institute for Research on Aging, United States
  3. University of Washington, United States
  4. Buck Institute For Research On Aging, United States
  5. National University of Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

A long-standing problem is how cells that lack one of the highly similar ribosomal proteins (RPs) often display distinct phenotypes. Yeast and other organisms live longer when they lack specific ribosomal proteins, especially of the large 60S subunit of the ribosome. However, longevity is neither associated with the generation time of RP deletion mutants nor with bulk inhibition of protein synthesis. Here, we queried actively dividing RP mutants through the cell cycle. Our data link transcriptional, translational, and metabolic changes to phenotypes associated with the loss of paralogous RPs. We uncovered translational control of transcripts encoding enzymes of methionine and serine metabolism, which are part of one-carbon (1C) pathways. Cells lacking Rpl22Ap, which are long-lived, have lower levels of metabolites associated with 1C metabolism. Loss of 1C enzymes increased the longevity of wild type cells. 1C pathways exist in all organisms and targeting the relevant enzymes could represent longevity interventions.

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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE135336. All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.

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  1. Nairita Maitra

    Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  2. Chong He

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  3. Heidi M Blank

    Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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  4. Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya

    Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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  5. Birgit Schilling

    Buck Institute For Research On Aging, Novato, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  6. Matt Kaeberlein

    Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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    Matt Kaeberlein, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  7. Rodolfo Aramayo

    Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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  8. Brian K Kennedy

    National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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    bkennedy@nus.edu.sg
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    No competing interests declared.
  9. Michael Polymenis

    Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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    polymenis@tamu.edu
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    No competing interests declared.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-1507-0936

Funding

National Institutes of Health (GM123139)

  • Rodolfo Aramayo
  • Brian K Kennedy
  • Michael Polymenis

National Center for Research Resources (1S10 OD016281)

  • Birgit Schilling

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Maitra et al.

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  1. Nairita Maitra
  2. Chong He
  3. Heidi M Blank
  4. Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya
  5. Birgit Schilling
  6. Matt Kaeberlein
  7. Rodolfo Aramayo
  8. Brian K Kennedy
  9. Michael Polymenis
(2020)
Translational control of one-carbon metabolism underpins ribosomal protein phenotypes in cell division and longevity
eLife 9:e53127.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53127

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