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Base-resolution mapping reveals distinct classes of N1-methyladenosine methylome in nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded transcripts

ABSTRACT: Gene expression can be post-transcriptionally regulated via dynamic and reversible RNA modifications. N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is a recently identified mRNA modification; however, little is known about its precise location, regulation and function. Here, we develop a single-nucleotide resolution m1A profiling method, based on m1A-induced misincorporation during reverse transcription, and report distinct classes of m1A methylome in the human transcriptome. m1A in the 5’-untranslated region, particularly those located exactly at the first nucleotide of mRNA transcripts, associates with increased translation efficiency. A different subset of m1A sites exhibit a GUUCRA tRNA-like motif, are evenly distributed in the transcriptome and are dependent on the methyltransferase complex TRMT6/61A. Additionally, we show for the first time that m1A is prevalent in the mitochondrial-encoded transcripts. Manipulation of m1A level via TRMT61B, a mitochondria-localizing m1A methyltransferase, demonstrates that m1A in mitochondrial mRNA interferes with translation. Collectively, our approaches reveal distinct classes of m1A methylome and provide a resource for functional studies of m1A-mediated epitranscriptomic regulation.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE102040 | GEO | 2017/10/18

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA396456

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Following synthesis, RNA can be modified with over 100 chemically distinct modifications, and in recent years it was shown that processing, localization, stability and translation of mRNAs can be impacted by an increasing number of these modifications. An emerging modification, present across all three domains of life, is N1-methyladenosine (m1A). m1A is of particular interest, as its methyl group disrupts Watson-Crick base pairing and it thus harbors substantial regulatory potential. Recent studies have suggested this modification to be relatively common in mammalian mRNA, but lacked the resolution of identifying individual m1A containing bases, and did not identify specific sequence motifs required for their modification or the enzymatic machinery catalyzing them. This rendered it challenging to validate the putative substrates and to address their function and mechanisms of action. Here we develop a highly sensitive and specific approach allowing the semi-quantitative mapping of m1A at single nucleotide resolution and in a transcriptome-wide manner. We found m1A to be present in cytosolic and mitochondrial mRNAs. In the cytosol m1A is present in a low number of mRNAs, typically at very low stoichiometry, almost invariably in the loop of hairpin structures, where it is introduced by the TRMT6/TRMT61A complex. In contrast, we found a single site in the mitochondrial ND5 mRNA, catalyzed by TRMT10C, with tightly regulated methylation levels in human development, ranging from nearly 100% up to the 8-cell stage and down to ~20% at the late blastocyst stage. We find that methylation at this site is the hallmark of hyper-stable transcripts, which are maternally transmitted and persist until the onset of zygotic mitochondrial transcription. Finally, we found that polysomes are strongly depleted from methylated mRNAs and that reporters harboring m1A in regions encountered by ribosomes (5’ UTR and CDS), but not in 3’ UTRs, are translated at reduced rates. Our findings suggest that m1A on mRNA, likely due to its dramatic impact on base pairing, lead to repression of translation which is by and large avoided by cells, while revealing one case - in mitochondria - where tight spatiotemporal control over m1A levels was adopted by cells as a potential means of post-transcriptional regulation.

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Base-resolution mapping reveals distinct classes of N1-methyladenosine methylome in nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded transcripts

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