Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels
Transcription is necessary for the synthesis of new proteins, often leading to the assumption that changes in transcript levels lead to changes in protein levels which directly impact a cell’s phenotype. Using a synchronized biological rhythm, we show that despite genome-wide partitioning of transcr...
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| author | Feltham, JE Xi, S Murray, SC Wouters, M Urdiain-Arraiza, J Heilig, R George, C Townley, AF Roberts, E Kessler, BM Liberatori, S Charles, PD Angel, A Fischer, R Jane Mellor |
| author_facet | Feltham, JE Xi, S Murray, SC Wouters, M Urdiain-Arraiza, J Heilig, R George, C Townley, AF Roberts, E Kessler, BM Liberatori, S Charles, PD Angel, A Fischer, R Jane Mellor |
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| description | Transcription is necessary for the synthesis of new proteins, often leading to the assumption that changes in transcript levels lead to changes in protein levels which directly impact a cell’s phenotype. Using a synchronized biological rhythm, we show that despite genome-wide partitioning of transcription, transcripts and translation levels into two phase-shifted expression clusters related to metabolism, detectable protein levels remain constant over time. This disconnect between cycling translation and constant protein levels can be explained by slow protein turnover rates, with overall protein levels maintained by low level pulses of new protein synthesis. Instead, rhythmic post-translational regulation of the activities of different proteins, influenced by the metabolic state of the cells, appears to be key to coordinating the physiology of the biological rhythm with cycling transcription. Thus, transcriptional and translational cycling reflects, rather than drives, metabolic and biosynthetic changes during biological rhythms. We propose that transcriptional changes are often the consequence, rather than the cause, of changes in cellular physiology and that caution is needed when inferring the activity of biological processes from transcript data. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0f960aa8-ca67-4ed0-a53a-ca8365371e4a2022-03-26T09:52:02ZTranscriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levelsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0f960aa8-ca67-4ed0-a53a-ca8365371e4aEnglishSymplectic ElementsCold Spring Harbor Laboratory2019Feltham, JEXi, SMurray, SCWouters, MUrdiain-Arraiza, JHeilig, RGeorge, CTownley, AFRoberts, EKessler, BMLiberatori, SCharles, PDAngel, AFischer, RJane MellorTranscription is necessary for the synthesis of new proteins, often leading to the assumption that changes in transcript levels lead to changes in protein levels which directly impact a cell’s phenotype. Using a synchronized biological rhythm, we show that despite genome-wide partitioning of transcription, transcripts and translation levels into two phase-shifted expression clusters related to metabolism, detectable protein levels remain constant over time. This disconnect between cycling translation and constant protein levels can be explained by slow protein turnover rates, with overall protein levels maintained by low level pulses of new protein synthesis. Instead, rhythmic post-translational regulation of the activities of different proteins, influenced by the metabolic state of the cells, appears to be key to coordinating the physiology of the biological rhythm with cycling transcription. Thus, transcriptional and translational cycling reflects, rather than drives, metabolic and biosynthetic changes during biological rhythms. We propose that transcriptional changes are often the consequence, rather than the cause, of changes in cellular physiology and that caution is needed when inferring the activity of biological processes from transcript data. |
| spellingShingle | Feltham, JE Xi, S Murray, SC Wouters, M Urdiain-Arraiza, J Heilig, R George, C Townley, AF Roberts, E Kessler, BM Liberatori, S Charles, PD Angel, A Fischer, R Jane Mellor Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title | Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title_full | Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title_fullStr | Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title_short | Transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
| title_sort | transcriptional changes are regulated by metabolic pathway dynamics but decoupled from protein levels |
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