Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Elife. 2020 Dec 24;9:e58461. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58461.
Different subsets of the tRNA pool in human cells are expressed in different cellular conditions. The 'proliferation-tRNAs' are induced upon normal and cancerous cell division, while the 'differentiation-tRNAs' are active in non-dividing, differentiated cells. Here we examine the essentiality of the various tRNAs upon cellular growth and arrest. We established a CRISPR-based editing procedure with sgRNAs that each target a tRNA family. We measured tRNA essentiality for cellular growth and found that most proliferation-tRNAs are essential compared to differentiation- tRNAs in rapidly growing cell lines. Yet in more slowly dividing lines, the differentiation-tRNAs were more essential. In addition, we measured the essentiality of each tRNA family upon response to cell cycle arresting signals. Here we detected a more complex behavior with both proliferation-tRNAs and differentiation tRNAs showing various levels of essentiality. These results provide the so-far most comprehensive functional characterization of human tRNAs with intricate roles in various cellular states.
不同亚群的 tRNA 在人类细胞中表达于不同的细胞状态。“增殖-tRNA”在正常和癌变细胞分裂时被诱导,而“分化-tRNA”在非分裂、分化的细胞中活跃。在此,我们研究了各种 tRNA 在细胞生长和停滞时的必要性。我们建立了一种基于 CRISPR 的编辑程序,使用 sgRNA 靶向每个 tRNA 家族。我们测量了 tRNA 对细胞生长的必要性,发现与分化-tRNA 相比,大多数增殖-tRNA 在快速生长的细胞系中是必需的。然而,在分裂较慢的细胞系中,分化-tRNA 更为必需。此外,我们测量了每个 tRNA 家族在响应细胞周期阻滞信号时的必要性。在这里,我们检测到一种更复杂的行为,增殖-tRNA 和分化-tRNA 表现出不同程度的必需性。这些结果提供了迄今为止最全面的人类 tRNA 功能特征,揭示了其在各种细胞状态下复杂的作用。