Translational control mechanisms in metabolic regulation: critical role of RNA binding proteins, microRNAs, and cytoplasmic RNA granules

Author:

Adeli Khosrow1

Affiliation:

1. Molecular Structure and Function, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Regulated cell metabolism involves acute and chronic regulation of gene expression by various nutritional and endocrine stimuli. To respond effectively to endogenous and exogenous signals, cells require rapid response mechanisms to modulate transcript expression and protein synthesis and cannot, in most cases, rely on control of transcriptional initiation that requires hours to take effect. Thus, co- and posttranslational mechanisms have been increasingly recognized as key modulators of metabolic function. This review highlights the critical role of mRNA translational control in modulation of global protein synthesis as well as specific protein factors that regulate metabolic function. First, the complex lifecycle of eukaryotic mRNAs will be reviewed, including our current understanding of translational control mechanisms, regulation by RNA binding proteins and microRNAs, and the role of RNA granules, including processing bodies and stress granules. Second, the current evidence linking regulation of mRNA translation with normal physiological and metabolic pathways and the associated disease states are reviewed. A growing body of evidence supports a key role of translational control in metabolic regulation and implicates translational mechanisms in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes. The review also highlights translational control of apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA by insulin as a clear example of endocrine modulation of mRNA translation to bring about changes in specific metabolic pathways. Recent findings made on the role of 5′-untranslated regions (5′-UTR), 3′-UTR, RNA binding proteins, and RNA granules in mediating insulin regulation of apoB mRNA translation, apoB protein synthesis, and hepatic lipoprotein production are discussed.

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Physiology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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