Title:Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, Indispensable Players in Lung Tumorigenesis
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Author(s): Pratyasha Bhowal, Priyanka Biswas Karmakar, Debkanya Dey, Riya Manna, Debraj Roy and Rajat Banerjee*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B.C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science,
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Keywords:
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), AIMPs, MSC, lung cancer, signal pathways, inhibitors.
Abstract: Being an essential enzyme in protein synthesis, the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
(aaRSs) have a conserved function throughout evolution. However, research has uncovered altered
expressions as well as interactions of aaRSs, in league with aaRS-interacting multi-functional proteins
(AIMPs), forming a multi-tRNA synthetase complex (MSC) and divulging into their roles outside
the range of protein synthesis. In this review, we have directed our focus into the rudimentary
structure of this compact association and also how these aaRSs and AIMPs are involved in the
maintenance and progression of lung cancer, the principal cause of most cancer-related deaths.
There is substantial validation that suggests the crucial role of these prime housekeeping proteins
in lung cancer regulation. Here, we have addressed the biological role that the three AIMPs and the
aaRSs play in tumorigenesis, along with an outline of the different molecular mechanisms involved
in the same. In conclusion, we have introduced the potentiality of these components as possible
therapeutics for the evolution of new-age treatments of lung tumorigenesis.