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M6A RNA modification controls cell fate transition in mammalian embryonic stem cells

ABSTRACT: N6-methyl-adenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification on messenger RNAs and is linked to human diseases, but its functions in mammalian development are poorly understood. Here we reveal the evolutionary conservation and function of m6A by mapping the m6A methylome in mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Thousands of messenger and long noncoding RNAs show conserved m6A modification, including transcripts encoding core pluripotency transcription factors. m6A is enriched over 3’ untranslated regions at defined sequence motifs, and marks unstable transcripts, including transcripts turned over upon differentiation. Genetic inactivation or depletion of mouse and human Mettl3, one of the m6A methylases, led to m6A erasure on select target genes, prolonged Nanog expression upon differentiation, and impaired ESC’s exit from self-renewal towards differentiation into several lineages in vitro and in vivo. Thus, m6A is a mark of transcriptome flexibility required for stem cells to differentiate to specific lineages.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE52600 | GEO | 2014/10/20

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA229454

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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m6A RNA modification controls cell fate transition in mammalian embryonic stem cells

Project description:N6-methyl-adenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification on messenger RNAs and is linked to human diseases, but its functions in mammalian development are poorly understood. Here we reveal the evolutionary conservation and function of m6A by mapping the m6A methylome in mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Thousands of messenger and long noncoding RNAs show conserved m6A modification, including transcripts encoding core pluripotency transcription factors. m6A is enriched over 3M-bM-^@M-^Y untranslated regions at defined sequence motifs, and marks unstable transcripts, including transcripts turned over upon differentiation. Genetic inactivation or depletion of mouse and human Mettl3, one of the m6A methylases, led to m6A erasure on select target genes, prolonged Nanog expression upon differentiation, and impaired ESCM-bM-^@M-^Ys exit from self-renewal towards differentiation into several lineages in vitro and in vivo. Thus, m6A is a mark of transcriptome flexibility required for stem cells to differentiate to specific lineages. Examing m6A modification differences in two different cell types

2014-10-20 | E-GEOD-52600 | biostudies-arrayexpress

N6-methyladenosine modification is not a general trait of positive-sense RNA viral genomes

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Widespread Occurrence of m6A in bacterial mRNA

Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant modifications in eukaryotic RNA. Recent mapping of m6A methylomes in mammals, yeast, and plants as well as characterization of m6A methyltransferases, demethylases, and binding proteins have revealed regulatory functions of this dynamic RNA modification. In bacteria, although m6A is present in ribosomal RNA (rRNA), its occurrence in messenger RNA (mRNA) still remains elusive. Here, we used liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to calculate the m6A/A ratio in mRNA from a wide range of bacterial species, which demonstrates that m6A is an abundant mRNA modification in tested bacteria. Subsequent transcriptome-wide m6A profiling in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa revealed a conserved distinct m6A pattern that is significantly different from that in eukaryotes. Most m6A peaks are located inside open reading frames (ORF), and carry a unique consensus motif (GCCAU). Functional enrichment analysis of bacterial m6A peaks indicates that the majority of m6A-modified transcripts are associated with respiration, amino acids metabolism, stress response, and small RNAs genes, suggesting potential regulatory roles of m6A in these pathways. m6A profiling in E.coli and P.aeruginosa mRNA

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Targeted RNA N6-Methyladenosine Demethylation Controls Cell Fate Transition in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Project description:Deficiency of the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methyltransferase complex results in global reduction of m6A abundance and defective cell development in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). However, it’s unclear whether regional m6A methylation would affect cell fate decisions due to the inability to modulate individual m6A modification in ESCs with precise temporal control. Here, we develop a targeted RNA m6A erasure (TRME) system to achieve site-specific demethylation of RNAs in human ESCs (hESCs). TRME, in which a stably transfected, doxycycline-inducible dCas13a is fused to the catalytic domain of ALKBH5, can precisely and reversibly demethylate the targeted m6A site of mRNA and increase mRNA stability with limited off-target effects. We further demonstrate that temporal m6A erasure on a single site of SOX2 is sufficient to control the differentiation of hESCs. This study provides a versatile toolbox to reveal the function of individual m6A modification in hESCs, enabling cell fate control studies at the epitranscriptional level.

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N6-methyladenosine Modulates Messenger RNA Translation Efficiency

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2015-06-09 | E-GEOD-63591 | biostudies-arrayexpress

YTHDF3 facilitates translation and decay of the N6-methyladenosine-modified RNA

Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification in eukaryotic messenger RNAs (mRNAs), and plays important roles in cell differentiation and organism development. It regulates multiple steps throughout the RNA life cycle including RNA processing, translation, and metabolism, via the recognition by selective binding proteins. In cytoplasm, m6A binding protein YTHDF1 facilitates translation of m6A-modified mRNAs, and YTHDF2 accelerates the decay of m6A-modified transcripts. The biological function of YTHDF3, another cytoplasmic m6A binder of the YTH domain family, remains unknown. Here, we report that YTHDF3 promotes protein synthesis in synergy with YTHDF1, and affects methylated mRNA decay mediated by YTHDF2. Cells deficient in all of YTHDF proteins experience the most dramatic accumulation of the m6A-methylated transcripts. These results indicate that in cytoplasm, YTHDF proteins act in an integrated and cooperative network to accelerate metabolism of m6A-modified mRNAs. The combinative and dynamic nature of YTHDF proteins may collectively impact fundamental biological processes and diseases related to m6A RNA methylation.

2016-09-15 | GSE86214 | GEO

Identification and Characterization of the Mammalian Nuclear RNA N6-Adenosine Methyltransferase Core Complex

Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal modification found in mammalian messenger and non-coding RNAs. The discoveries of functionally significant demethylases that reverse this methylation as well as the recently revealed m6A distributions in mammalian transcriptomes strongly indicate regulatory functions of this modification. Here we report the identification and characterization of the mammalian nuclear RNA N6-adenosine methyltransferase core (RNMTC) complex. Besides METTL3, a methyltransferase which was the only known component of RNMTC in the past, we discovered that a previously uncharacterized methyltransferase, METTL14, exhibits a N6-adenosine methyltransferase activity higher than METTL3. Together with WTAP, the third component that dramatically affects the cellular m6A level, these three proteins form the core complex that orchestrates m6A deposition on mammalian nuclear RNA. Biochemistry assays, imaging experiments, as well as transcriptome-wide analyses of the binding sites and their effects on m6A methylation support methylation function and reveal new insights of RNMTC. PAR-CLIP and m6A-seq in HeLa cells

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TimeLapse-seq reveals that ALKBH5 modulates RNA stability of metabolic transcripts

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2023-02-01 | GSE194148 | GEO

Structural basis of YTH domain as m6A reader

Project description:The N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification in almost all eukaryotic messenger RNAs, and is dynamically regulated. Therefore, identification of m6A readers is especially important in determining the cellular function of m6A. YTHDF2 has recently been characterized as the first m6A reader that regulates the cytoplasmic stability of methylated RNA. Here we show that YTHDC1 is a nuclear m6A reader and report the crystal structure of the YTH domain of YTHDC1 bound to m6A-containing RNA. We further determined the structure of another YTH domain, YTHDF1, and found that the YTH domain utilizes a conserved aromatic cage to specifically recognize the methyl group of m6A. Our structural characterizations of the YTHDC1-m6A RNA complex also shed light on the molecular basis for the preferential binding of the GG(m6A)C sequence by YTHDC1 and confirm the YTH domain as a specific m6A RNA reader. PAR-CLIP (Photoactivatable-Ribonucleoside-Enhanced Crosslinking and Immunoprecipitation) was applied to human YTHDC1 protein to identify its binding sites.

2014-09-18 | E-GEOD-58352 | biostudies-arrayexpress

N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications.

Project description:Internal N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is widespread in messenger RNAs(mRNAs) and catalyzed by heterodimers of methyltransferase-like protein 3 (Mettl3) andMettl14. To understand the role of m6A in development, we deleted Mettl14 in embryonicneural stem cells (NSCs) in a mouse model. Phenotypically, NSCs lacking Mettl14 displaymarkedly decreased proliferation and premature differentiation, suggesting m6Amodification enhances NSC self-renewal. Decreased NSC pool led to decreased numberlate-born neurons during cortical neurogenesis. Mechanistically, we discovered a genomewide increase in specific histone modifications in Mettl14 knockout vs. control NSCs. Thesechanges correlated with altered gene expression and observed cellular phenotypes,suggesting their functional significance. Finally, we showed that m6A regulates histonemodification in part by destabilizing transcripts encoding histone-modifying enzymes. Ourstudy demonstrated an essential role of m6A in development and revealed m6A-regulatedhistone modifications as a novel gene regulatory mechanism in mammalian cells.

2017-11-21 | GSE104686 | GEO

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