Youn Daehwa, Kim Boseon, Jeong Dahee, Lee Ju Yeon, Kim Seha, Sumberzul Dulguun, Ginting Rehna Paula, Lee Min-Woo, Song Ju Hwan, Park Ye Seul, Kim Yumin, Oh Chang-Myung, Lee Mihye, Cho Jun
Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Republic of Korea.
Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 9;16(1):3373. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58665-x.
Whether and how regulatory events at the translation stage shape the cellular and metabolic features of thermogenic adipocytes is hardly understood. In this study, we report two hitherto unidentified cross-talk pathways between metabolic and translational regulation in beige adipocytes. By analysing temporal profiles of translation activity and protein level changes during precursor-to-beige differentiation, we found selective translational down-regulation of OXPHOS component-coding mRNAs. The down-regulation restricted to Complexes I, III, IV, and V, is coordinated with enhanced translation of TCA cycle genes, engendering distinct stoichiometry of OXPHOS and TCA cycle components and altering the related metabolic activities in mitochondria of thermogenic adipocytes. Our high-resolution description of ribosome positioning unveiled potentiated ribosome pausing at glutamate codons. The increased stalling is attributable to remodelled glutamate metabolism that decreases glutamates for tRNA charging during pan-adipocyte differentiation. The ribosome pauses decrease protein synthesis and mRNA stability of glutamate codon-rich genes, such as actin cytoskeleton-associated genes.
翻译阶段的调控事件是否以及如何塑造产热脂肪细胞的细胞和代谢特征,目前还知之甚少。在本研究中,我们报告了米色脂肪细胞中代谢调控与翻译调控之间迄今尚未发现的两种相互作用途径。通过分析前体向米色脂肪细胞分化过程中翻译活性和蛋白质水平变化的时间概况,我们发现氧化磷酸化(OXPHOS)组分编码mRNA存在选择性翻译下调。这种下调仅限于复合体I、III、IV和V,与三羧酸循环(TCA)基因的翻译增强相协调,导致OXPHOS和TCA循环组分的化学计量比不同,并改变了产热脂肪细胞线粒体中的相关代谢活动。我们对核糖体定位的高分辨率描述揭示了核糖体在谷氨酸密码子处的停顿增强。停顿增加归因于重塑的谷氨酸代谢,这种代谢在泛脂肪细胞分化过程中减少了用于tRNA充电的谷氨酸。核糖体停顿降低了富含谷氨酸密码子的基因(如肌动蛋白细胞骨架相关基因)的蛋白质合成和mRNA稳定性。