The discovery of ribosome heterogeneity and its implications for gene regulation and organismal life
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The ribosome has recently transitioned from being viewed as a passive, indiscriminate machine to a more dynamic macromolecular complex with specialized roles in the cell. Here, we discuss the historical milestones from the discovery of the ribosome itself to how this ancient machinery has gained newfound appreciation as a more regulatory participant in the central dogma of gene expression. The first emerging examples of direct changes in ribosome composition at the RNA and protein level, coupled with an increased awareness of the role individual ribosomal components play in the translation of specific mRNAs, is opening a new field of study centered on ribosome-mediated control of gene regulation. In this Perspective, we discuss our current understanding of the known functions for ribosome heterogeneity, including specialized translation of individual transcripts, and its implications for the regulation and expression of key gene regulatory networks. In addition, we suggest what the crucial next steps are to ascertain the extent of ribosome heterogeneity and specialization and its importance for regulation of the proteome within subcellular space, across different cell types, and during multi-cellular organismal development.
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Endurance-oriented stimuli may bias translational machinery toward oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial adaptation, whereas resistance exercise may favor ribosomal configurations more suitable for myofibrillar accretion, offering one explanation for the interference effect.
“This could offer one explanation for the interference effect observed during concurrent training: rather than entirely suppressing ribosome biogenesis, endurance-oriented stimuli may bias translational machinery toward proteins involved in oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial adaptation, whereas resistance exercise may favor ribosomal configurations more suitable for myofibrillar accretion [188,”
From Ribosome Biogenesis as a Putative Bottleneck to Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Mechanisms, Human Evidence, and Practical Modulators (2026) · cites this paper as [188]
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredHypertrophy depends on the sustained production of large structural and contractile proteins, including myosin heavy chain and titin.
“Hypertrophy does not simply require increased protein synthesis in a generic sense; it depends on the sustained production of large structural and contractile proteins, including myosin heavy chain and titin [188].”
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The Structural heterogeneity of the ribosome section (page unavailable) describes changes in ribosomal-protein mRNA abundance after a hypertrophic stimulus, but does not address which proteins hypertrophy requires. Searches for myosin heavy chain, titin, and sustained production found no passage linking hypertrophy to production of those proteins. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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Tamara, S., den Boer, M. A., & Heck, A. J. R. (2022) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00212 · Cited by 511 · see citing works
Neuronal ribosomes exhibit dynamic and context-dependent exchange of ribosomal proteins
Fusco, C. M., Desch, K., Dörrbaum, A. R., Wang, M., Staab, A., Chan, I. C. W., Vail, E., Villeri, V., Langer, J. D., & Schuman, E. M. (2021) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26365-x · Cited by 157 · see citing works
Translational control through ribosome heterogeneity and functional specialization
Gay, D. M., Lund, A. H., & Jansson, M. D. (2022) · Trends in Biochemical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2021.07.001 · Cited by 141 · see citing works
Endogenous rRNA Sequence Variation Can Regulate Stress Response Gene Expression and Phenotype
Kurylo, C. M., Parks, M. M., Juette, M. F., Zinshteyn, B., Altman, R. B., Thibado, J. K., Vincent, C. T., & Blanchard, S. C. (2018) · Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.093 · Cited by 117 · see citing works
The Role of Translation Control in Tumorigenesis and Its Therapeutic Implications
Xu, Y., & Ruggero, D. (2020) · Annual Review of Cancer Biology · doi:10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030419-033420 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
Weng, C., Xi, J., Li, H., Cui, J., Gu, A., Lai, S., Leskov, K., Ke, L., Jin, F., & Li, Y. (2020) · Nature Metabolism · doi:10.1038/s42255-020-00314-2 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
Specialized Ribosomes in Health and Disease
Miller, S. C., MacDonald, C. C., Kellogg, M. K., Karamysheva, Z. N., & Karamyshev, A. L. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24076334 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Muñoz López, M., López-Gil, J. F., Ramírez de la piscina Viúdez, X., Baz-Valle, E., & Tornero Aguilera, J. F. (2026) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells15111041 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
“Hypertrophy does not simply require increased protein synthesis in a generic sense; it depends on the sustained production of large structural and contractile proteins, including myosin heavy chain and titin [188].”
Influential
- Authors
- Genuth, N. R., & Barna, M.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barna, Maria
- Venue
- Molecular Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 364-374
- ISSN
- 1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6092941
- OpenAlex
- W2886956635
- Cited by
- 511
- References
- 94
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 76 · 2024: 82 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 12 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 4.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 366 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Molecular Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (DGE-114747)
- New York Stem Cell Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (1R01HD086634)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Keywords
- ribosome heterogeneity, ribosome biogenesis, ribosomal proteins, ribosomal RNA, proteome regulation, cell type-specific translation, multicellular organism development
- MeSH terms
- Internal Ribosome Entry Sites, Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Ribosomal Proteins, Ribosomes, RNA, RNA, Messenger, Protein Biosynthesis, Gene Regulatory Networks
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