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The Ribosome Biogenesis—Cancer Connection

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Penzo, Marianna, Montanaro, Lorenzo, Treré, Davide, Derenzini, Massimo·2019·Cells

Abstract

Multifaceted relations link ribosome biogenesis to cancer. Ribosome biogenesis takes place in the nucleolus. Clarifying the mechanisms involved in this nucleolar function and its relationship with cell proliferation: (1) allowed the understanding of the reasons for the nucleolar changes in cancer cells and their exploitation in tumor pathology, (2) defined the importance of the inhibition of ribosome biogenesis in cancer chemotherapy and (3) focused the attention on alterations of ribosome biogenesis in the pathogenesis of cancer. This review summarizes the research milestones regarding these relevant relationships between ribosome biogenesis and cancer. The structure and function of the nucleolus will also be briefly described.

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  • Disruption of specific pseudouridylation events impairs translation of structurally demanding mRNAs in experimental models.

    “In experimental models, disruption of specific pseudouridylation events impairs translation of structurally demanding mRNAs, which may be especially relevant for the synthesis of major contractile proteins [192].”

    From Ribosome Biogenesis as a Putative Bottleneck to Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Mechanisms, Human Evidence, and Practical Modulators (2026) · cites this paper as [192]

    Section 4.2 reports that DKC1 mutations produce defectively pseudouridylated ribosomes and alter translation of specific mRNAs in X-DC. It does not identify disrupted individual pseudouridylation events or describe those mRNAs as structurally demanding; it also says translation is altered, not uniformly impaired. The proposed relevance to contractile proteins is the citing authors’ own inference. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • The pattern of rRNA modification may change during periods of cellular growth, including modifications catalyzed by DKC1.

    “Recent data suggest that the pattern of rRNA modification may change during periods of cellular growth, including modifications catalyzed by complexes such as dyskerin (DKC1) [190,192].”

    From Ribosome Biogenesis as a Putative Bottleneck to Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Mechanisms, Human Evidence, and Practical Modulators (2026) · cites this paper as [192]

    The Introduction (page not provided) says rRNA undergoes site-specific modifications, and section 4.2 (page not provided) identifies DKC1 as encoding the pseudouridine synthase dyskerin and discusses defectively pseudouridylated ribosomes. Neither passage says that the pattern of rRNA modification changes during periods of cellular growth; the growth-related part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  1. [18]Derenzini M. Ploton D. Interphase nucleolar organizer regions Molecular Biology in Histopathology Crocker J. Wiley New York, NY, USA 1994 231 249

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Authors
Penzo, M., Montanaro, L., Treré, D., & Derenzini, M.
Affiliations
University of Bologna (IT)
Corresponding author
Derenzini, Massimo
Venue
Cells
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-01-15
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
55
ISSN
2073-4409 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2910848742
Cited by
242
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 12
FWCI
2.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cells (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (MFAG-19941, IG-16962)
  • Roberto and Cornelia Pallotti's Legacy for Cancer Research (000)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA modifications and cancer
Keywords
ribosome biogenesis, cancer, nucleolus, cell proliferation, cancer chemotherapy, carcinogenesis
MeSH terms
Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Nucleolus, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Humans, Neoplasms, Ribosomal Proteins, Ribosomes, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cell Proliferation, Mice

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