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Guimaraes GJ, Kim J, Bartlett MG. Characterization of mRNA therapeutics. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:1066-1090. [PMID: 37401740 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
Abstract
Therapeutic messenger RNAs (mRNAs) have emerged as powerful tools in the treatment of complex diseases, especially for conditions that lack efficacious treatment. The successful application of this modality can be attributed to its ability to encode entire proteins. While the large nature of these molecules has supported their success as therapeutics, its extended size creates several analytical challenges. To further support therapeutic mRNA development and its deployment in clinical trials, appropriate methods to support their characterization must be developed. In this review, we describe current analytical methods that have been used in the characterization of RNA quality, identity, and integrity. Advantages and limitations from several analytical techniques ranging from gel electrophoresis to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and from shotgun sequencing to intact mass measurements are discussed. We comprehensively describe the application of analytical methods in the measurements of capping efficiency, poly A tail analysis, as well as their applicability in stability studies.
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- Guilherme J Guimaraes
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Yang HC, Scruggs SS, Chai M, Mathai G, Taylor JS, Gross ML. Distinguishing Isomeric Cyclobutane Thymidine Dimers by Ion Mobility and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:1768-1774. [PMID: 38952267 PMCID: PMC11305913 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
Abstract
Irradiation of the major conformation of duplex DNA found in cells (B form) produces cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) from adjacent pyrimidines in a head-to-head orientation (syn) with the C5 substituents in a cis stereochemistry. These CPDs have crucial implications in skin cancer. Irradiation of G-quadruplexes and other non-B DNA conformations in vitro produces, however, CPDs between nonadjacent pyrimidines in nearby loops with syn and head-to-tail orientations (anti) with both cis and trans stereochemistry to yield a mixture of six possible isomers of the T=T dimer. This outcome is further complicated by formation of mixtures of nonadjacent CPDs of C=T, T=C, and C=C, and successful analysis depends on development of specific and sensitive methods. Toward meeting this need, we investigated whether ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS) and MS/MS can distinguish the cis,syn and trans,anti T=T CPDs. Ion mobility can afford baseline separation and give relative mobilities that are in accord with predicted cross sections. Complementing this ability to distinguish isomers is MS/MS collisional activation where fragmentation also distinguishes the two isomers and confirms conclusions drawn from ion mobility analysis. The observations offer early support that ion mobility and MS/MS can enable the distinction of DNA photoproduct isomers.
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- Hsin-Chieh Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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Deng L, Kumar J, Rose R, McIntyre W, Fabris D. Analyzing RNA posttranscriptional modifications to decipher the epitranscriptomic code. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:5-38. [PMID: 36052666 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The discovery of RNA silencing has revealed that non-protein-coding sequences (ncRNAs) can cover essential roles in regulatory networks and their malfunction may result in severe consequences on human health. These findings have prompted a general reassessment of the significance of RNA as a key player in cellular processes. This reassessment, however, will not be complete without a greater understanding of the distribution and function of the over 170 variants of the canonical ribonucleotides, which contribute to the breathtaking structural diversity of natural RNA. This review surveys the analytical approaches employed for the identification, characterization, and detection of RNA posttranscriptional modifications (rPTMs). The merits of analyzing individual units after exhaustive hydrolysis of the initial biopolymer are outlined together with those of identifying their position in the sequence of parent strands. Approaches based on next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry technologies are covered in depth to provide a comprehensive view of their respective merits. Deciphering the epitranscriptomic code will require not only mapping the location of rPTMs in the various classes of RNAs, but also assessing the variations of expression levels under different experimental conditions. The fact that no individual platform is currently capable of meeting all such demands implies that it will be essential to capitalize on complementary approaches to obtain the desired information. For this reason, the review strived to cover the broadest possible range of techniques to provide readers with the fundamental elements necessary to make informed choices and design the most effective possible strategy to accomplish the task at hand.
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- L Deng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Advanced Research Technologies, New York University Langone Health Center, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Savarino P, Demeyer M, Decroo C, Colson E, Gerbaux P. Mass spectrometry analysis of saponins. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023; 42:954-983. [PMID: 34431118 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Saponins are amphiphilic molecules of pharmaceutical interest and most of their biological activities (i.e., cytotoxic, hemolytic, fungicide, etc.) are associated to their membranolytic properties. These molecules are secondary metabolites present in numerous plants and in some marine animals, such as sea cucumbers and starfishes. Structurally, all saponins correspond to the combination of a hydrophilic glycan, consisting of sugar chain(s), linked to a hydrophobic triterpenoidic or steroidic aglycone, named the sapogenin. Saponins present a high structural diversity and their structural characterization remains extremely challenging. Ideally, saponin structures are best established using nuclear magnetic resonance experiments conducted on isolated molecules. However, the extreme structural diversity of saponins makes them challenging from a structural analysis point of view since, most of the time, saponin extracts consist in a huge number of congeners presenting only subtle structural differences. In the present review, we wish to offer an overview of the literature related to the development of mass spectrometry for the study of saponins. This review will demonstrate that most of the past and current mass spectrometry methods, including electron, electrospray and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization ionizations, gas/liquid chromatography coupled to (tandem) mass spectrometry, collision-induced dissociation including MS3 experiments, multiple reaction monitoring based quantification, ion mobility experiments, and so forth, have been used for saponin investigations with great success on enriched extracts but also directly on tissues using imaging methods.
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- Philippe Savarino
- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biosciences Research Institute, University of Mons-UMONS, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biosciences Research Institute, University of Mons-UMONS, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biosciences Research Institute, University of Mons-UMONS, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biosciences Research Institute, University of Mons-UMONS, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biosciences Research Institute, University of Mons-UMONS, Mons, Belgium
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Lauman R, Kim HJ, Pino LK, Scacchetti A, Xie Y, Robison F, Sidoli S, Bonasio R, Garcia BA. Expanding the Epitranscriptomic RNA Sequencing and Modification Mapping Mass Spectrometry Toolbox with Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility and Electrochemical Elution Liquid Chromatography. Anal Chem 2023; 95:5187-5195. [PMID: 36916610 PMCID: PMC10190205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/15/2023]
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Post-transcriptional modifications of RNA strongly influence the RNA structure and function. Recent advances in RNA sequencing and mass spectrometry (MS) methods have identified over 140 of these modifications on a wide variety of RNA species. Most next-generation sequencing approaches can only map one RNA modification at a time, and while MS can assign multiple modifications simultaneously in an unbiased manner, MS cannot accurately catalog and assign RNA modifications in complex biological samples due to limitations in the fragment length and coverage depth. Thus, a facile method to identify novel RNA modifications while simultaneously locating them in the context of their RNA sequences is still lacking. We combined two orthogonal modes of RNA ion separation before MS identification: high-field asymmetric ion mobility separation (FAIMS) and electrochemically modulated liquid chromatography (EMLC). FAIMS RNA MS increases both coverage and throughput, while EMLC LC-MS orthogonally separates RNA molecules of different lengths and charges. The combination of the two methods offers a broadly applicable platform to improve the length and depth of MS-based RNA sequencing while providing contextual access to the analysis of RNA modifications.
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- Richard Lauman
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Epigenetic Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Epigenetic Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Epigenetic Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Janssen KA, Xie Y, Kramer MC, Gregory BD, Garcia BA. Data-Independent Acquisition for the Detection of Mononucleoside RNA Modifications by Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:885-893. [PMID: 35357823 PMCID: PMC9425428 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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RNA is dynamically modified in cells by a plethora of chemical moieties to modulate molecular functions and processes. Over 140 modifications have been identified across species and RNA types, with the highest density and diversity of modifications found in tRNA (tRNA). The methods used to identify and quantify these modifications have developed over recent years and continue to advance, primarily in the fields of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and mass spectrometry (MS). Most current NGS methods are limited to antibody-recognized or chemically derivatized modifications and have limitations in identifying multiple modifications simultaneously. Mass spectrometry can overcome both of these issues, accurately identifying a large number of modifications in a single run. Here, we present advances in MS data acquisition for the purpose of RNA modification identification and quantitation. Using this approach, we identified multiple tRNA wobble position modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana that are upregulated in salt-stressed growth conditions and may stabilize translation of salt stress induced proteins. This work presents improvements in methods for studying RNA modifications and introduces a possible regulatory role of wobble position modifications in A. thaliana translation.
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- Kevin A. Janssen
- Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Corresponding Author: Correspondence to: Benjamin A. Garcia;
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Sosic A, Göttlich R, Fabris D, Gatto B. B-CePs as cross-linking probes for the investigation of RNA higher-order structure. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:6660-6672. [PMID: 34125908 PMCID: PMC8266612 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Elucidating the structure of RNA and RNA ensembles is essential to understand biological functions. In this work, we explored the previously uncharted reactivity of bis-chloropiperidines (B-CePs) towards RNA. We characterized at the molecular level the different adducts induced by the fast reacting compound B-CeP 1 with RNA. Following an approach based on solution thermal melting coupled with ESI mass spectrometry (STHEM-ESI), we proved the ability of B-CePs to induce inter-molecular cross-links between guanines in double stranded RNA. These results open the possibility of using B-CePs as structural probes for investigating higher-order structures, such as the kissing loop complex established by the dimerization initiation site (DIS) of the HIV-1 genome. We confirmed the potential of B-CePs to reveal the identity of RNA structures involved in long-range interactions, expecting to benefit the characterization of samples that are not readily amenable to traditional high-resolution techniques, and thus promoting the elucidation of pertinent RNA systems associated with old and new diseases.
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- Alice Sosic
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, University at Albany-SUNY, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Demelenne A, Servais AC, Crommen J, Fillet M. Analytical techniques currently used in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality control of RNA-based therapeutics and ongoing developments. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1651:462283. [PMID: 34107400 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The number of RNA-based therapeutics has significantly grown in number on the market over the last 20 years. This number is expected to further increase in the coming years as many RNA therapeutics are being tested in late clinical trials stages. The first part of this paper considers the mechanism of action, the synthesis and the potential impurities resulting from synthesis as well as the strategies used to increase RNA-based therapeutics efficacy. In the second part of this review, the tests that are usually performed in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality testing of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) will be described. In the last part, the remaining challenges and the ongoing developments to meet them are discussed.
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- Alice Demelenne
- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium.
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Sarkar A, Gasperi W, Begley U, Nevins S, Huber SM, Dedon PC, Begley TJ. Detecting the epitranscriptome. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2021; 12:e1663. [PMID: 33987958 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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RNA modifications and their corresponding epitranscriptomic writer and eraser enzymes regulate gene expression. Altered RNA modification levels, dysregulated writers, and sequence changes that disrupt epitranscriptomic marks have been linked to mitochondrial and neurological diseases, cancer, and multifactorial disorders. The detection of epitranscriptomics marks is challenging, but different next generation sequencing (NGS)-based and mass spectrometry-based approaches have been used to identify and quantitate the levels of individual and groups of RNA modifications. NGS and mass spectrometry-based approaches have been coupled with chemical, antibody or enzymatic methodologies to identify modifications in most RNA species, mapped sequence contexts and demonstrated the dynamics of specific RNA modifications, as well as the collective epitranscriptome. While epitranscriptomic analysis is currently limited to basic research applications, specific approaches for the detection of individual RNA modifications and the epitranscriptome have potential biomarker applications in detecting human conditions and diseases. This article is categorized under: RNA Structure and Dynamics > Influence of RNA Structure in Biological Systems RNA Processing > tRNA Processing RNA in Disease and Development > RNA in Disease.
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- Anwesha Sarkar
- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA.,The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA.,The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA.,The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Nanoscale Science Constellation, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA.,The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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Santos IC, Brodbelt JS. Recent developments in the characterization of nucleic acids by liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, ion mobility, and mass spectrometry (2010-2020). J Sep Sci 2021; 44:340-372. [PMID: 32974962 PMCID: PMC8378248 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202000833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The development of new strategies for the analysis of nucleic acids has gained momentum due to the increased interest in using these biomolecules as drugs or drug targets. The application of new mass spectrometry ion activation techniques and the optimization of separation methods including liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and ion mobility have allowed more detailed characterization of nucleic acids and oligonucleotide therapeutics including confirmation of sequence, localization of modifications and interaction sites, and structural analysis as well as identification of failed sequences and degradation products. This review will cover tandem mass spectrometry methods as well as the recent developments in liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and ion mobility coupled to mass spectrometry for the analysis of nucleic acids and oligonucleotides.
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- Inês C Santos
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Bhanu NV, Sidoli S, Garcia BA. A Workflow for Ultra-rapid Analysis of Histone Post-translational Modifications with Direct-injection Mass Spectrometry. Bio Protoc 2020; 10:e3756. [PMID: 33659415 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Chromatin modifications, like histone post translational modifications (PTMs), are critical for tuning gene expression and many other aspects of cell phenotype. Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has become the most suitable method to analyze histones and histone PTMs in a large-scale manner. Selected histone PTMs have known functions, and their aberrant regulation is linked to a wide variety of diseases, including cancer. However, histone analysis is scarcely used in diagnostics, partially due to the limited throughput and not ideal reproducibility of LC-MS based analysis. We describe a workflow that allows for high-throughput sample preparation is less than a day using 96-well plates. Following preparation, samples are sprayed into MS without LC, using an automated direct injection (DI-MS) method. Each analysis provides accurate quantification for 29 peptide sequences with 45 PTMs (methylations, acetylations and phosphorylations) for a total of 151 histone marks plus 16 unmodified histone peptides for relative quantification of histone variants. This workflow allows for < 1 min MS runs and higher reproducibility and robustness due to the absence of carryover or LC-based batch effects. Finally, we describe an engineered peptide sequence used to accurately monitor the efficiency of sample preparation, which can be detected during the DI-MS run.
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- Natarajan V Bhanu
- Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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The discovery and analysis of modifications on proteins and nucleic acids has provided functional information that has rapidly accelerated the field of epigenetics. While protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), especially on histones, have been highlighted as critical components of epigenetics, the post-transcriptional modification of RNA has been a subject of more recently emergent interest. Multiple RNA modifications have been known to be present in tRNA and rRNA since the 1960s, but the exploration of mRNA, small RNA, and inducible tRNA modifications remains nascent. Sequencing-based methods have been essential to the field by creating the first epitranscriptome maps of m6A, m5C, hm5C, pseudouridine, and inosine; however, these methods possess significant limitations. Here, we discuss the past, present, and future of the application of mass spectrometry (MS) to the study of RNA modifications.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Humans
- Mass Spectrometry
- Molecular Structure
- Nucleosides
- Nucleotides
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
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- Richard Lauman
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Cui Y, Yuan J, Wang P, Wu J, Yu Y, Wang Y. Collision-Induced Dissociation Studies of Protonated Ions of Alkylated Thymidine and 2'-Deoxyguanosine. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:927-937. [PMID: 32134268 PMCID: PMC7362892 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mass spectrometry and tandem MS (MS/MS) have been widely employed for the identification and quantification of damaged nucleosides in DNA, including those induced by alkylating agents. Upon collisional activation, protonated ions of alkylated nucleosides frequently undergo facile neutral loss of a 2-deoxyribose in MS/MS, and further cleavage of the resulting protonated nucleobases in MS3 can sometimes be employed for differentiating regioisomeric alkylated DNA lesions. Herein, we investigated systematically the collision-induced dissociation (CID) of the protonated ions of O4-alkylthymidine (O4-alkyldT), O2-alkyldT, O6-alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (O6-alkyldG), and N2-alkyldG through MS3 analysis. The MS3 of O2- and O4-MedT exhibit different fragmentation patterns from each other and from other O2- and O4-alkyldT adducts carrying larger alkyl groups. Meanwhile, elimination of alkene via a six-membered ring transition state is the dominant fragmentation pathway for O2-alkyldT, O4-alkyldT, and O6-alkyldG adducts carrying larger alkyl groups, whereas O6-MedG mainly undergoes elimination of ammonia. The breakdown of N2-alkyldG is substantially influenced by the structure of the alkyl group, where the relative ease in eliminating ammonia and alkene is modulated by the chain length and branching of the alkyl groups. We also rationalize our observations with density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
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Kenderdine T, Nemati R, Baker A, Palmer M, Ujma J, FitzGibbon M, Deng L, Royzen M, Langridge J, Fabris D. High-resolution ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry of isomeric/isobaric ribonucleotide variants. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2020; 55:e4465. [PMID: 31697854 PMCID: PMC8363168 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this report, we explored the benefits of cyclic ion mobility (cIM) mass spectrometry in the analysis of isomeric post-transcriptional modifications of RNA. Standard methyl-cytidine samples were initially utilized to test the ability to correctly distinguish different structures sharing the same elemental composition and thus molecular mass. Analyzed individually, the analytes displayed characteristic arrival times (tD ) determined by the different positions of the modifying methyl groups onto the common cytidine scaffold. Analyzed in mixture, the widths of the respective signals resulted in significant overlap that initially prevented their resolution on the tD scale. The separation of the four isomers was achieved by increasing the number of passes through the cIM device, which enabled to fully differentiate the characteristic ion mobility behaviors associated with very subtle structural variations. The placement of the cIM device between the mass-selective quadrupole and the time-of-flight analyzer allowed us to perform gas-phase activation of each of these ion populations, which had been first isolated according to a common mass-to-charge ratio and then separated on the basis of different ion mobility behaviors. The observed fragmentation patterns confirmed the structures of the various isomers thus substantiating the benefits of complementing unique tD information with specific fragmentation data to reach more stringent analyte identification. These capabilities were further tested by analyzing natural mono-nucleotide mixtures obtained by exonuclease digestion of total RNA extracts. In particular, the combination of cIM separation and post-mobility dissociation allowed us to establish the composition of methyl-cytidine and methyl-adenine components present in the entire transcriptome of HeLa cells. For this reason, we expect that this technique will benefit not only epitranscriptomic studies requiring the determination of identity and expression levels of RNA modifications, but also metabolomics investigations involving the analysis of natural extracts that may possibly contain subsets of isomeric/isobaric species.
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- Waters Corporation, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, UK
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- Waters Corporation, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, UK
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- Waters Corporation, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, UK
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- University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
- University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
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- University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
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- University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
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Lagies S, Schlimpert M, Braun LM, Kather M, Plagge J, Erbes T, Wittel UA, Kammerer B. Unraveling altered RNA metabolism in pancreatic cancer cells by liquid-chromatography coupling to ion mobility mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:6319-6328. [PMID: 31037374 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-01814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Ion mobility coupling to mass spectrometry facilitates enhanced identification certitude. Further coupling to liquid chromatography results in multi-dimensional analytical methods, especially suitable for complex matrices with structurally similar compounds. Modified nucleosides represent a large group of very similar members linked to aberrant proliferation. Besides basal production under physiological conditions, they are increasingly excreted by transformed cells and subsequently discussed as putative biomarkers for various cancer types. Here, we report a method for modified nucleosides covering 37 species. We determined collisional cross-sections with high reproducibility from pure analytical standards. For sample purification, we applied an optimized phenylboronic acid solid-phase extraction on media obtained from four different pancreatic cancer cell lines. Our analysis could discriminate different subtypes of pancreatic cancer cell lines. Importantly, they could clearly be separated from a pancreatic control cell line as well as blank medium. m1A, m27G, and Asm were the most important features discriminating cancer cell lines derived from well-differentiated and poorly differentiated cancers. Eventually, we suggest the analytical method reported here for future tumor-marker identification studies. Graphical abstract.
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- Simon Lagies
- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology II, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Albertstr. 19A, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology II, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Albertstr. 19A, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of General- and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Hebelstr. 27, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Hermann Staudinger Graduate School, University of Freiburg, Hebelstr. 27, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of General- and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Freiburg, Germany. .,BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 16, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Bei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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Sosic A, Zuravka I, Schmitt NK, Miola A, Göttlich R, Fabris D, Gatto B. Direct and Topoisomerase II Mediated DNA Damage by Bis-3-chloropiperidines: The Importance of Being an Earnest G. ChemMedChem 2017; 12:1471-1479. [PMID: 28724198 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Bis-3-chloropiperidines are a new class of DNA-active compounds capable of alkylating nucleobases and inducing strand cleavage. In this study, we investigated the reactivity of these mustard-based agents with both single- and double-stranded DNA constructs. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) were used to obtain valuable insight into their mechanism at the molecular level and to investigate their time- and concentration-dependent activity. The results revealed the preferential formation of mono- and bifunctional adducts at nucleophilic guanine sites. In a stepwise fashion, alkylation was followed by depurination and subsequent strand scission at the ensuing apurinic site. We demonstrated that the covalent modifications introduced by this new class of compounds can inhibit the activity of essential DNA-processing proteins, such as topoisomerase IIα, thereby suggesting that bis-3-chloropiperidines may have excellent anticancer potential.
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- Alice Sosic
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.,Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, University at Albany - SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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A common feature of ribonucleic acids (RNAs) is that they can undergo a variety of chemical modifications. As nearly all of these chemical modifications result in an increase in the mass of the canonical nucleoside, mass spectrometry has long been a powerful approach for identifying and characterizing modified RNAs. Over the past several years, significant advances have been made in method development and software for interpreting tandem mass spectra resulting in approaches that can yield qualitative and quantitative information on RNA modifications, often at the level of sequence specificity. We discuss these advances along with instrumentation developments that have increased our ability to extract such information from relatively complex biological samples. With the increasing interest in how these modifications impact the epitranscriptome, mass spectrometry will continue to play an important role in bioanalytical investigations revolving around RNA.
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- Collin Wetzel
- Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 210172. and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172, USA.
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Rose RE, Pazos MA, Curcio MJ, Fabris D. Global Epitranscriptomics Profiling of RNA Post-Transcriptional Modifications as an Effective Tool for Investigating the Epitranscriptomics of Stress Response. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:932-44. [PMID: 26733207 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.054718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The simultaneous detection of all the post-transcriptional modifications (PTMs) that decorate cellular RNA can provide comprehensive information on the effects of changing environmental conditions on the entire epitranscriptome. To capture this type of information, we performed the analysis of ribonucleotide mixtures produced by hydrolysis of total RNA extracts from S. cerevisiae that was grown under hyperosmotic and heat shock conditions. Their global PTM profiles clearly indicated that the cellular responses to these types of stresses involved profound changes in the production of specific PTMs. The observed changes involved not only up-/down-regulation of typical PTMs, but also the outright induction of new ones that were absent under normal conditions, or the elimination of others that were normally present. Pointing toward the broad involvement of different classes of RNAs, many of the newly observed PTMs differed from those engaged in the known tRNA-based mechanism of translational recoding, which is induced by oxidative stress. Some of the expression effects were stress-specific, whereas others were not, thus suggesting that RNA PTMs may perform multifaceted activities in stress response, which are subjected to distinctive regulatory pathways. To explore their signaling networks, we implemented a strategy based on the systematic deletion of genes that connect established response genes with PTM biogenetic enzymes in a putative interactomic map. The results clearly identified PTMs that were under direct HOG control, a well-known protein kinase pathway involved in stress response in eukaryotes. Activation of this signaling pathway has been shown to result in the stabilization of numerous mRNAs and the induction of selected lncRNAs involved in chromatin remodeling. The fact that PTMs are capable of altering the activity of the parent RNAs suggest their possible participation in feedback mechanisms aimed at modulating the regulatory functions of such RNAs. This tantalizing hypothesis will be the object of future studies.
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- Rebecca E Rose
- From the ‡The RNA Institute, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York 12222
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- From the ‡The RNA Institute, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York 12222
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- From the ‡The RNA Institute, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York 12222; ‖Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York 12208
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- From the ‡The RNA Institute, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York 12222;
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Gaston KW, Limbach PA. The identification and characterization of non-coding and coding RNAs and their modified nucleosides by mass spectrometry. RNA Biol 2015; 11:1568-85. [PMID: 25616408 PMCID: PMC4615682 DOI: 10.4161/15476286.2014.992280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The analysis of ribonucleic acids (RNA) by mass spectrometry has been a valuable analytical approach for more than 25 years. In fact, mass spectrometry has become a method of choice for the analysis of modified nucleosides from RNA isolated out of biological samples. This review summarizes recent progress that has been made in both nucleoside and oligonucleotide mass spectral analysis. Applications of mass spectrometry in the identification, characterization and quantification of modified nucleosides are discussed. At the oligonucleotide level, advances in modern mass spectrometry approaches combined with the standard RNA modification mapping protocol enable the characterization of RNAs of varying lengths ranging from low molecular weight short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to the extremely large 23 S rRNAs. New variations and improvements to this protocol are reviewed, including top-down strategies, as these developments now enable qualitative and quantitative measurements of RNA modification patterns in a variety of biological systems.
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- Kirk W Gaston
- a Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry; Department of Chemistry ; University of Cincinnati ; Cincinnati , OH USA
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Basanta-Sanchez M, Temple S, Ansari SA, D'Amico A, Agris PF. Attomole quantification and global profile of RNA modifications: Epitranscriptome of human neural stem cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:e26. [PMID: 26438536 PMCID: PMC4756851 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Exploration of the epitranscriptome requires the development of highly sensitive and accurate technologies in order to elucidate the contributions of the more than 100 RNA modifications to cell processes. A highly sensitive and accurate ultra-high performance liquid chromatography—tandem mass spectrometry method was developed to simultaneously detect and quantify 28 modified and four major nucleosides in less than 20 min. Absolute concentrations were calculated using extinction coefficients of each of the RNA modifications studied. A comprehensive RNA modifications database of UV profiles and extinction coefficient is reported within a 2.3–5.2 % relative standard deviation. Excellent linearity was observed 0.99227–0.99999 and limit of detection values ranged from 63.75 attomoles to 1.21 femtomoles. The analytical performance was evaluated by analyzing RNA modifications from 100 ng of RNA from human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural cells. Modifications were detected at concentrations four orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding parental nucleosides, and as low as 23.01 femtograms, 64.09 attomoles. Direct and global quantitative analysis of RNA modifications are among the advantages of this new approach.
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- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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Rose RE, Quinn R, Sayre JL, Fabris D. Profiling ribonucleotide modifications at full-transcriptome level: a step toward MS-based epitranscriptomics. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:1361-74. [PMID: 25995446 PMCID: PMC4478354 DOI: 10.1261/rna.049429.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The elucidation of the biological significance of RNA post-transcriptional modifications is hampered by the dearth of effective high-throughput sequencing approaches for detecting, locating, and tracking their levels as a function of predetermined experimental factors. With the goal of confronting this knowledge gap, we devised a strategy for completing global surveys of all ribonucleotide modifications in a cell, which is based on the analysis of whole cell extracts by direct infusion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Our approach eschews chromatographic separation to promote instead the direct application of MS techniques capable of providing detection, differentiation, and quantification of post-transcriptional modifications (PTMs) in complex ribonucleotide mixtures. Accurate mass analysis was used to carry out database-aided identification of PTMs, whereas multistep tandem mass spectrometry (MS(n)) and consecutive reaction monitoring (CRM) provided the necessary structural corroboration. We demonstrated that heat-map plots afforded by ion mobility spectrometry mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) can provide comprehensive modification profiles that are unique for different cell types and metabolic states. We showed that isolated tRNA samples can be used as controlled sources of PTMs in standard-additions quantification. Intrinsic internal standards enable direct comparisons of heat-maps obtained under different experimental conditions, thus offering the opportunity to evaluate the global effects of such conditions on the expression levels of all PTMs simultaneously. This type of comparative analysis will be expected to support the investigation of the system biology of RNA modifications, which will be aimed at exploring mutual correlations of their expression levels and providing new valuable insights into their biological significance.
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- Rebecca E Rose
- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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Modified RNA molecules have recently been shown to regulate nervous system functions. This mini-review and associated mini-symposium provide an overview of the types and known functions of novel modified RNAs in the nervous system, including covalently modified RNAs, edited RNAs, and circular RNAs. We discuss basic molecular mechanisms involving RNA modifications as well as the impact of modified RNAs and their regulation on neuronal processes and disorders, including neural fate specification, intellectual disability, neurodegeneration, dopamine neuron function, and substance use disorders.
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Maurer MM, Donohoe GC, Valentine SJ. Advances in ion mobility-mass spectrometry instrumentation and techniques for characterizing structural heterogeneity. Analyst 2015; 140:6782-98. [PMID: 26114255 DOI: 10.1039/c5an00922g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Enabling IM-MS instrumentation and techniques for characterizing sample structural heterogeneity have developed rapidly over the last five years.
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- Megan M. Maurer
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry
- West Virginia University
- Morgantown
- USA
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry
- West Virginia University
- Morgantown
- USA
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Machon C, Jordheim LP, Puy JY, Lefebvre I, Dumontet C, Guitton J. Fully validated assay for the quantification of endogenous nucleoside mono- and triphosphates using online extraction coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:2925-41. [PMID: 24633509 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7711-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An analytical method coupling online solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed to quantify 16 endogenous nucleoside mono- and triphosphates in cellular samples. Separation was achieved on a porous graphitic carbon (PGC) column without ion-pairing agent in the mobile phase. Low levels of the ion-pairing agent diethylamine (DEA) added to the reconstitution solution were necessary to prevent peak tailing of nucleoside triphosphates. The mass spectrometer, a triple quadrupole with an electrospray ionisation source, was operated in positive mode. Two multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) segments were programmed, each an internal standard. Extraction and separation of nucleoside mono- and triphosphates were obtained within 20 min. The total duration of a single run was 37 min. Calibration curves, performed with labelled nucleotides added to the sample matrix, ranged from 0.29 to 18.8 pmol injected for deoxyribonucleotides and from 3.9 to 3,156 pmol for ribonucleotides. Accuracy did not deviate more than -14.6 and 10.2 % from nominal values for all compounds at all levels. CV results were all lower than 17.0 % for the LLOQ level and 14.6 % for the other levels. Quality control (QC) samples were also in agreement with acceptance criteria, except for the lower QC of GMP. Ion suppression, matrix effect, extraction recoveries and stability were assessed. After validation, the method was applied to the evaluation of the effects of gemcitabine and hydroxyurea on nucleotide pools in Messa cells.
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- Christelle Machon
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Toxicologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, 69495, Pierre-Bénite, France
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