Project description:RNA m5C methylation profile of MCF10A and MDA486 by using MeRIP-Seq protocol Immunoprecipitation of Methylated mRNA at Cytosine (m5C) residues: Affinity purified of anti-methyl cytosine (m5C) polyclonal antibody 7ug (Zymo Research, Catalog#A3001-50) was conjugated with protein-A magnetic beads for 2 h at 4°C in end to end rotator. After that, conjugated beads were extensively washed with RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) wash buffer to remove unbound antibody. Fragmented 25 ug polyA RNA (mRNA) was incubated with m5C conjugated beads for overnight at 4°C in in the rotating platform in RIP buffer. RIP was done using Megna RNA Immunoprecipitation kit (Millipore, Catalog#17-700). m5C mRNA-immune bead complex was treated with proteinase K buffer to release m5C mRNA from the conjugated antibody. To isolate m5C, mRNA was treated with phenol:chloroform:isoamyl and mixed with 400 ul of chloroform, which was centrifuged at 14000 rpm for 10 minutes to separate aqueous phase. The aqueous phase was ethanol precipitated at -80°C for overnight, to get m5C mRNA. This precipitated m5C mRNA pellet was washed twice with 70% ethanol and air dried. Finally, m5C mRNA pellet was dissolved in nuclease free Water. The m5C mRNA integrity and conentration was quantified by bioanalyzer (Agilent) and Qubit 2.0 flurometer (Invitrogen). The fragmented mRNA was used by following TruSeq RNA Sample Preparation Guide to develop RNA-Seq library for sequencing.
Project description:The epigenetic modifications play important regulatory roles in tissue development, maintenance of physiological functions and pathological process. RNA methylations, including newly identified m1A, m5C, m6A and m7G, are important epigenetic modifications. However, how these modifications are distributed in the transcriptome of vertebrate brains and whether their abundance is altered under pathological conditions are still poorly understood. In this study, we chose the model animal of zebrafish to conduct a systematic study to investigate the mRNA methylation atlas in the brain. By performing unbiased analyses of the m1A, m5C, m6A and m7G methylation of mRNA, we found that within the whole brain transcriptome, with the increase of the gene expression levels, the overall level of each of these four modifications on the related genes was also progressively increased. Further bioinformatics analysis indicated that the zebrafish brain has an abundance of m1A modifications. In the hypoxia-treated zebrafish brains, the proportion of m1A is decreased, affecting the RNA splicing and zebrafish endogenous retroviruses. Our study presents the first comprehensive atlas of m1A, m5C, m6A and m7G in the epitranscriptome of the zebrafish brain and reveals the distribution of these modifications in mRNA under hypoxic conditions. These data provide an invaluable resource for further research on the involvement of m1A, m5C, m6A and m7G in the regulation of miRNA and repeat elements in vertebrates, and provide new thoughts to study the brain hypoxic injury on the aspect of epitranscriptome.
Project description:EV-packaged PIAT mediates EGR1, NTRK1 and SMAD7 mRNA stability in a YBX1-dependent manner. To explore whether YBX1 enhances EGR1, NTRK1 and SMAD7 mRNA stability in an m5C-dependent manner, we conducted m5C-seq in PANC-1 cells to map the m5C methylome of PANC-1 cells treated with CAF-derived EVs.
Project description:Methylation of carbon 5 in cytosine (5-methylcytosine; m5C) is a well-characterized DNA modification, and is also predominantly reported in highly abundant noncoding RNAs, such as rRNA and tRNA, in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, the distribution and biological functions of m5C in plant mRNAs remain largely unknown. Here we develop an m5C RNA immunoprecipitation followed by deep sequencing approach (m5C-RIP-seq) to achieve transcriptome-wide profiling of RNA m5C in Arabidopsis thaliana. Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and dot blot analyses reveal a dynamic pattern of m5C mRNA modification in various tissues and at different developmental stages. m5C-RIP-seq analysis identifies 6,045 putative m5C peaks in 4,465 expressed genes in young seedlings. m5C is enriched in coding sequences with two peaks located immediately after start codons and before stop codons, and is associated with mRNAs with low translation activity. We further show that a RNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase, tRNA specific methyltransferase 4B (TRM4B), exhibits the m5C mRNA methyltransferase activity. Mutations in TRM4B display defects in root development and decreased m5C levels in root mRNA. Furthermore, TRM4B affects transcript levels of the genes involved in root development, which is positively correlated with their mRNA stability and m5C levels. Our results suggest that m5C in mRNA is a new epitranscriptome marker widely distributed in plant genes, and that regulation of this modification is an integral part of gene regulatory networks underlying plant development.
Project description:We report the application of RNA bisulfite sequencing(RNA-BS-seq) technology for high-throughput profiling of mouse neuron. Here, we successfully constructed a neuronal oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) model,1.5 hours and 3 hours respectively, and obtained an overview of the transcriptome-wide m5C profiles using RNA-BS-seq. We discovered that the distribution of neuronal m5C modifications was highly conserved, significantly enriched in CG-rich regions and concentrated in the mRNA translation initiation regions. After OGD/R, modification level of m5C increased, whereas the number of methylated mRNA genes decreased. The amount of overlap of m5C sites with the binding sites of most RBPs increased significantly, except for that of the RBM3-binding protein. Moreover, hypermethylated genes in neurons were significantly enriched in pathological processes, and the hub hypermethylated genes RPL8 and RPS9 identified by the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network were significantly related to cerebral injury. This study identified novel m5C mRNAs associated with ischemia-reperfusion in neurons, providing valuable perspectives for future studies on the role of the RNA methylation in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Project description:We performed a transcriptome analysis of two Helicobacter pylori wild-type strains and their corresponding mutants lacking a highly conserved GCGC-specific m5C-MTase (JHP1050) that was predicted to be active in all of 459 H. pylori genome sequences analyzed. Transcriptome data revealed that m5C-methylation modifies the transcription of multiple genes related to adherence to host cells, natural competence for DNA uptake or susceptibility to copper.