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Yang M, Zheng X, Fan J, Cheng W, Yan TM, Lai Y, Zhang N, Lu Y, Qi J, Huo Z, Xu Z, Huang J, Jiao Y, Liu B, Pang R, Zhong X, Huang S, Luo GZ, Lee G, Jobin C, Eren AM, Chang EB, Wei H, Pan T, Wang X. Antibiotic-Induced Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Modulates Host Transcriptome and m 6A Epitranscriptome via Bile Acid Metabolism. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024:e2307981. [PMID: 38713722 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
Abstract
Gut microbiota can influence host gene expression and physiology through metabolites. Besides, the presence or absence of gut microbiome can reprogram host transcriptome and epitranscriptome as represented by N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant mammalian mRNA modification. However, which and how gut microbiota-derived metabolites reprogram host transcriptome and m6A epitranscriptome remain poorly understood. Here, investigation is conducted into how gut microbiota-derived metabolites impact host transcriptome and m6A epitranscriptome using multiple mouse models and multi-omics approaches. Various antibiotics-induced dysbiotic mice are established, followed by fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) into germ-free mice, and the results show that bile acid metabolism is significantly altered along with the abundance change in bile acid-producing microbiota. Unbalanced gut microbiota and bile acids drastically change the host transcriptome and the m6A epitranscriptome in multiple tissues. Mechanistically, the expression of m6A writer proteins is regulated in animals treated with antibiotics and in cultured cells treated with bile acids, indicating a direct link between bile acid metabolism and m6A biology. Collectively, these results demonstrate that antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis regulates the landscape of host transcriptome and m6A epitranscriptome via bile acid metabolism pathway. This work provides novel insights into the interplay between microbial metabolites and host gene expression.
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- Meng Yang
- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, The University of Chicago Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Wang Y, Wang Z, Chen W, Ren ZH, Gao H, Dai J, Luo GZ, Wu Z, Ji Q. A KDPG sensor RccR governs Pseudomonas aeruginosa carbon metabolism and aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:967-976. [PMID: 38096062 PMCID: PMC10810197 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa harbors sophisticated transcription factor (TF) networks to coordinately regulate cellular metabolic states for rapidly adapting to changing environments. The extraordinary capacity in fine-tuning the metabolic states enables its success in tolerance to antibiotics and evading host immune defenses. However, the linkage among transcriptional regulation, metabolic states and antibiotic tolerance in P. aeruginosa remains largely unclear. By screening the P. aeruginosa TF mutant library constructed by CRISPR/Cas12k-guided transposase, we identify that rccR (PA5438) is a major genetic determinant in aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance, the deletion of which substantially enhances bacterial tolerance. We further reveal the inhibitory roles of RccR in pyruvate metabolism (aceE/F) and glyoxylate shunt pathway (aceA and glcB), and overexpression of aceA or glcB enhances bacterial tolerance. Moreover, we identify that 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate (KDPG) is a signal molecule that directly binds to RccR. Structural analysis of the RccR/KDPG complex reveals the detailed interactions. Substitution of the key residue R152, K270 or R277 with alanine abolishes KDPG sensing by RccR and impairs bacterial growth with glycerol or glucose as the sole carbon source. Collectively, our study unveils the connection between aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance and RccR-mediated central carbon metabolism regulation in P. aeruginosa, and elucidates the KDPG-sensing mechanism by RccR.
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- Yujue Wang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Gene Editing Center, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai 201210, China
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Liu XH, Liu Z, Ren ZH, Chen HX, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Cao N, Luo GZ. Co-effects of m6A and chromatin accessibility dynamics in the regulation of cardiomyocyte differentiation. Epigenetics Chromatin 2023; 16:32. [PMID: 37568210 PMCID: PMC10416456 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-023-00506-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiomyocyte growth and differentiation rely on precise gene expression regulation, with epigenetic modifications emerging as key players in this intricate process. Among these modifications, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) stands out as one of the most prevalent modifications on mRNA, exerting influence over mRNA metabolism and gene expression. However, the specific function of m6A in cardiomyocyte differentiation remains poorly understood. RESULTS We investigated the relationship between m6A modification and cardiomyocyte differentiation by conducting a comprehensive profiling of m6A dynamics during the transition from pluripotent stem cells to cardiomyocytes. Our findings reveal that while the overall m6A modification level remains relatively stable, the m6A levels of individual genes undergo significant changes throughout cardiomyocyte differentiation. We discovered the correlation between alterations in chromatin accessibility and the binding capabilities of m6A writers, erasers, and readers. The changes in chromatin accessibility influence the recruitment and activity of m6A regulatory proteins, thereby impacting the levels of m6A modification on specific mRNA transcripts. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrate that the coordinated dynamics of m6A modification and chromatin accessibility are prominent during the cardiomyocyte differentiation.
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- Xue-Hong Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74 Zhongshan Rd.2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74 Zhongshan Rd.2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74 Zhongshan Rd.2, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Zhong ZD, Xie YY, Chen HX, Lan YL, Liu XH, Ji JY, Wu F, Jin L, Chen J, Mak DW, Zhang Z, Luo GZ. Systematic comparison of tools used for m 6A mapping from nanopore direct RNA sequencing. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1906. [PMID: 37019930 PMCID: PMC10076423 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37596-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been increasingly recognized as a new and important regulator of gene expression. To date, transcriptome-wide m6A detection primarily relies on well-established methods using next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform. However, direct RNA sequencing (DRS) using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) platform has recently emerged as a promising alternative method to study m6A. While multiple computational tools are being developed to facilitate the direct detection of nucleotide modifications, little is known about the capabilities and limitations of these tools. Here, we systematically compare ten tools used for mapping m6A from ONT DRS data. We find that most tools present a trade-off between precision and recall, and integrating results from multiple tools greatly improve performance. Using a negative control could improve precision by subtracting certain intrinsic bias. We also observed variation in detection capabilities and quantitative information among motifs, and identified sequencing depth and m6A stoichiometry as potential factors affecting performance. Our study provides insight into the computational tools currently used for mapping m6A based on ONT DRS data and highlights the potential for further improving these tools, which may serve as the basis for future research.
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- Zhen-Dong Zhong
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China.
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Chen LQ, Zhang Z, Chen HX, Xi JF, Liu XH, Ma DZ, Zhong YH, Ng WH, Chen T, Mak DW, Chen Q, Chen YQ, Luo GZ. High-precision mapping reveals rare N 6-deoxyadenosine methylation in the mammalian genome. Cell Discov 2022; 8:138. [PMID: 36575183 PMCID: PMC9794812 DOI: 10.1038/s41421-022-00484-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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N6-deoxyadenosine methylation (6mA) is the most widespread type of DNA modification in prokaryotes and is also abundantly distributed in some unicellular eukaryotes. However, 6mA levels are remarkably low in mammals. The lack of a precise and comprehensive mapping method has hindered more advanced investigations of 6mA. Here, we report a new method MM-seq (modification-induced mismatch sequencing) for genome-wide 6mA mapping based on a novel detection principle. We found that modified DNA bases are prone to form a local open region that allows capture by antibody, for example, via a DNA breathing or base-flipping mechanism. Specified endonuclease or exonuclease can recognize the antibody-stabilized mismatch-like structure and mark the exact modified sites for sequencing readout. Using this method, we examined the genomic positions of 6mA in bacteria (E. coli), green algae (C. reinhardtii), and mammalian cells (HEK239T, Huh7, and HeLa cells). In contrast to bacteria and green algae, human cells possess a very limited number of 6mA sites which are sporadically distributed across the genome of different cell types. After knocking out the RNA m6A methyltransferase METTL3 in mouse ES cells, 6mA becomes mostly diminished. Our results imply that rare 6mA in the mammalian genome is introduced by RNA m6A machinery via a non-targeted mechanism.
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- Li-Qian Chen
- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China ,grid.410643.4Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Medical Research Center, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XSchool of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XSchool of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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Lan QN, Yu JL, Yu J, Luo GZ, Zou Q, Zou ZW. [A two-stitch continuous suture method for single-lumen ileostomy]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 25:1020-1024. [PMID: 36396378 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441530-20220810-00342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Objective: To explore the value of a two-stitch continuous suture in single- lumen ileostomy. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. Data for 98 patients who underwent single-lumen enterostomy were retrospectively collected between 1 January 2021 and 1 May 2022 at Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University. All patients met the indications for prophylactic single-lumen ileostomy. Those older than 80 years of age, with complex underlying diseases, extremely poor systemic conditions who could not tolerate surgery, poor blood supply at the end of the bowel, and severe edema or severe infection at the end of the bowel were excluded. Among the included patients, patients who underwent surgery before 1 October 2021 underwent ileostomy with interrupted suture (control group, n=60), and patients operated on and after 1 October 2021 routinely underwent two-stitch continuous suture ileostomy (two-stitch stoma group, n=38). Two-stitch continuous suture ileostomy is performed as follows: the first continuous suture is used to suture the intestinal seromuscular layer, peritoneum, posterior sheath, and anterior sheath from deep to superficial layers. The bowel wall is then opened. The second continuous suture is used to suture the full thickness of the bowel and the skin. The differences in postoperative ostomy-related complications and operation time were compared between the groups. Results: There were no significant differences in baseline data between the groups (all, P>0.05). The operative time in the two-stitch stoma group was shorter than that of the control group (16.6±2.2 minutes vs. 25.1±2.4 minutes, respectively; t=-17.874;P<0.001). The incidences of mucocutaneous separation, dermatitis, and stoma rebound in the two-stitch stoma group were lower than those of the control group [5.3% (2/38) vs. 31.7% (19/60), χ2=9.633, P=0.002;5.3% (2/38) vs. 28.3% (17/60), χ2=7.923, P=0.005; and 2.6% (1/38) vs. 18.3% (11/60), P=0.026, respectively], while the incidences of parastomal hernia and stoma prolapse, and the postoperative visual analog scale scores in the two groups were similar (all P>0.05). Conclusion: Compared with traditional single-lumen ileostomy, two-stitch continuous suture ileostomy has the advantages of short operation time, simplicity, esthetic appearance of the stoma, and a significant reduction in the postoperative complications associated with ileostomy.
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- Q N Lan
- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510220,China
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Li Y, Zhi S, Wu T, Chen HX, Kang R, Ma DZ, Songyang Z, He C, Liang P, Luo GZ. Systematicidentification of CRISPR off-target effects by CROss-seq. Protein Cell 2022; 14:299-303. [PMID: 37084235 PMCID: PMC10120991 DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwac018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Yan Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago , IL, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago , IL, USA
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, China
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Chen T, Li Y, Ma DZ, Zhang Z, Xi JF, Luo GZ. Establishment of transposase-assisted low-input m 6A sequencing technique. J Genet Genomics 2021; 48:1036-1039. [PMID: 34474182 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Tao Chen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Chen W, Ren ZH, Tang N, Chai G, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Ma J, Wu Z, Shen X, Huang X, Luo GZ, Ji Q. Targeted genetic screening in bacteria with a Cas12k-guided transposase. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109635. [PMID: 34469724 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Microbes employ sophisticated cellular networks encoded by complex genomes to rapidly adapt to changing environments. High-throughput genome engineering methods are valuable tools for functionally profiling genotype-phenotype relationships and understanding the complexity of cellular networks. However, current methods either rely on special homologous recombination systems and are thus applicable in only limited bacterial species or can generate only nonspecific mutations and thus require extensive subsequent screening. Here, we report a site-specific transposon-assisted genome engineering (STAGE) method that allows high-throughput Cas12k-guided mutagenesis in various microorganisms, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Exploiting the powerful STAGE technique, we construct a site-specific transposon mutant library that focuses on all possible transcription factors (TFs) in P. aeruginosa, enabling the comprehensive identification of essential genes and antibiotic-resistance-related factors. Given its broad host range activity and easy programmability, this method can be widely adapted to diverse microbial species for rapid genome engineering and strain evolution.
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- Weizhong Chen
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou 510120, China.
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Pan HR, Dai XC, Qu C, Chen YH, Niu F, Liu ZW, Luo GZ, Li WJ. [A comparative study on the construction methods of animal models of aortic arch dissection]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:647-653. [PMID: 33685047 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200629-01991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the effectiveness and safety of different methods to construct animal models of aortic arch dissection (AAD), and explore safe and effective methods for constructing AAD animal models. Methods: Twenty-four healthy mongrel dogs were divided into 4 groups by random number table (n=6). Group A: Venous incision needle high pressure water flow impact method; Group B: Venous incision needle non-high pressure water flow impact method; Group C: Transarterial sheath non-high pressure water flow impact method; Group D: Two-way balloon expansion combined with elastase perfusion method. Imaging examinations were performed immediately and 7 days after operation, aortic tissue biopsy and pathological staining were performed 15 days after operation to observe the formation of AAD. The operation time, aortic blood flow block time, model construction success rate, dissection tear length, postoperative survival rate and survival time of four groups of experimental dogs were collected to compare the effectiveness and safety of different construction methods. Results: There were no significant difference of the gender, age and weight between four groups of experimental dogs (all P>0.05). The operation time of four groups of experimental dogs were (111.6±8.0), (168.0±17.4), (164.4±13.9), (202.8±21.5)min, and the difference was statistically significant (F=39.973, P<0.001). The operation time of group A was significantly lower than group B, C and D (all P<0.001). The aortic blood flow block time of four groups of experimental dogs were (5.2±1.8), (19.6±3.8), (20.6±3.9), and (18.6±3.0) min, and the difference was statistically significant (all P<0.001). The aortic blood flow block time of group A was significantly lower than group B, C and D (F=27.598, P<0.001). The four groups of experimental dogs had 5, 5, 4, and 1 model were successfully constructed, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.008). The successful rate of model construction in group A was significantly higher than that in group D (P=0.040). The dissection tear length of four groups were (14.4±3.0), (11.3±4.2), (7.0±2.3), (4.7±0.6) cm,and the difference was statistically significant (F=8.103, P=0.003). The dissection tear length of group A was significantly longer than group C, D (all P<0.05). The postoperative survival time were 15.0(10.0, 15.0), 5.0(3.0, 10.0), 3.5(1.5, 4.8), 10.0(2.8, 15.0) days, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=7.825,P=0.036). The postoperative survival time of group A was significantly higher than group B, C (all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the survival rate of the four groups (P=1.000). The pathological staining results showed that the elastic fiber at the tearing point of AAD was destroyed, and the elastic fiber on the outer wall of the false cavity was over-stretched, which was consistent with the pathological changes of aortic dissection. Conclusion: Transvenous incision needle high-pressure water flow impact modeling method is easy to operate. The aortic blood flow block time is short, the dissection tear length is wide, and the postoperative survival time is long, can be used as the preferred method of animal AAD model construction.
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- H R Pan
- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin General Surgery Institute, Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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Wang M, Xiao Y, Li Y, Wang X, Qi S, Wang Y, Zhao L, Wang K, Peng W, Luo GZ, Xue X, Jia G, Wu L. RNA m 6A Modification Functions in Larval Development and Caste Differentiation in Honeybee (Apis mellifera). Cell Rep 2021; 34:108580. [PMID: 33406439 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Genetically identical female honeybee larvae with different diets develop into sterile workers or fertile queens. It remains unknown whether the reversible RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) mark functionally impact this "caste differentiation." Here, we profile the transcriptome-wide m6A methylome of honeybee queen and worker larvae at three instar stages and discover that m6A methylation dynamics are altered by differential feeding. Multiple methylome comparisons show an obvious increase in m6A marks during larval development and reveal a negative correlation between gene expression and m6A methylation. Notably, we find that worker larvae contain more hypermethylated m6A peaks than do queen larvae, and many caste-differentiation-related transcripts are differentially methylated. Chemical suppression of m6A methylation in worker larvae by 3-deazaadenosine (DAA) reduces overall m6A methylation levels and triggers worker larvae to develop queen caste features. Thus, our study demonstrates that m6A functionally impacts caste differentiation and larval development, yet it does not exclude potential contributions from other factors.
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- Miao Wang
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China.
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China.
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Chen LQ, Zhao WS, Luo GZ. Mapping and editing of nucleic acid modifications. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:661-667. [PMID: 32257049 PMCID: PMC7113611 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Modification on nucleic acid plays a pivotal role in controlling gene expression. Various kinds of modifications greatly increase the information-encoding capacity of DNA and RNA by introducing extra chemical group to existing bases instead of altering the genetic sequences. As a marker on DNA or RNA, nucleic acid modification can be recognized by specific proteins, leading to versatile regulation of gene expression. However, modified and regular bases are often indistinguishable by most conventional molecular methods, impeding detailed functional studies that require the information of genomic location. Recently, new technologies are emerging to resolve the positions of varied modifications on both DNA and RNA. Intriguingly, by integrating regional targeting tools and effector proteins, researchers begin to actively control the modification status of desired gene in vivo. In this review, we summarize the characteristics of DNA and RNA modifications, the available mapping and editing tools, and the potential application as well as deficiency of these technologies in basic and translational researches.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhang Z, Chen LQ, Zhao YL, Yang CG, Roundtree IA, Zhang Z, Ren J, Xie W, He C, Luo GZ. Single-base mapping of m 6A by an antibody-independent method. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaax0250. [PMID: 31281898 PMCID: PMC6609220 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant messenger RNA modifications in eukaryotes involved in various pivotal processes of RNA metabolism. The most popular high-throughput m6A identification method depends on the anti-m6A antibody but suffers from poor reproducibility and limited resolution. Exact location information is of great value for understanding the dynamics, machinery, and functions of m6A. Here, we developed a precise and high-throughput antibody-independent m6A identification method based on the m6A-sensitive RNA endoribonuclease recognizing ACA motif (m6A-sensitive RNA-Endoribonuclease-Facilitated sequencing or m6A-REF-seq). Whole-transcriptomic, single-base m6A maps generated by m6A-REF-seq quantitatively displayed an explicit distribution pattern with enrichment near stop codons. We used independent methods to validate methylation status and abundance of individual m6A sites, confirming the high reliability and accuracy of m6A-REF-seq. We applied this method on five tissues from human, mouse, and rat, showing that m6A sites are conserved with single-nucleotide specificity and tend to cluster among species.
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- Zhang Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Corresponding author.
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Wang PF, Luo GZ, Yu HY, Li YJ, Wang MQ, Zhou XL, Chen WX, Zhang YJ, Pan JQ. Improving the performance of optical antenna for optical phased arrays through high-contrast grating structure on SOI substrate. Opt Express 2019; 27:2703-2712. [PMID: 30732304 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.002703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A novel optical antenna for optical phased arrays is proposed and simulated. A high-contrast grating structure is used to achieve extremely efficient emission. The emission efficiency is as high as 93.94% at 1.55 μm, which exceeds 50% in a range of wavelength from 1.48 μm to 1.62 μm. The antenna can achieve a perfect grating lobe suppression with background suppression of 28.4 dB when the phase difference between adjacent waveguides is 0. A 16-wire optical phased array can easily achieve a scan range of ± 22.8° × 20.2° with a beam width of 2.4° × 2.5°, by employing the optical antenna proposed.
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Luo GZ, Hao Z, Luo L, Shen M, Sparvoli D, Zheng Y, Zhang Z, Weng X, Chen K, Cui Q, Turkewitz AP, He C. N 6-methyldeoxyadenosine directs nucleosome positioning in Tetrahymena DNA. Genome Biol 2018; 19:200. [PMID: 30454035 PMCID: PMC6245762 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1573-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND N6-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA or m6dA) was shown more than 40 years ago in simple eukaryotes. Recent studies revealed the presence of 6mA in more prevalent eukaryotes, even in vertebrates. However, functional characterizations have been limited. RESULTS We use Tetrahymena thermophila as a model organism to examine the effects of 6mA on nucleosome positioning. Independent methods reveal the enrichment of 6mA near and after transcription start sites with a periodic pattern and anti-correlation relationship with the positions of nucleosomes. The distribution pattern can be recapitulated by in vitro nucleosome assembly on native Tetrahymena genomic DNA but not on DNA without 6mA. Model DNA containing artificially installed 6mA resists nucleosome assembling compared to unmodified DNA in vitro. Computational simulation indicates that 6mA increases dsDNA rigidity, which disfavors nucleosome wrapping. Knockout of a potential 6mA methyltransferase leads to a transcriptome-wide change of gene expression. CONCLUSIONS These findings uncover a mechanism by which DNA 6mA assists to shape the nucleosome positioning and potentially affects gene expression.
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- Guan-Zheng Luo
- The State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Graduate Program in Biophysics, Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 Univ. Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Graduate Program in Biophysics, Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 Univ. Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Graduate Program in Biophysics, Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 Univ. Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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Roundtree IA, Luo GZ, Zhang Z, Wang X, Zhou T, Cui Y, Sha J, Huang X, Guerrero L, Xie P, He E, Shen B, He C. YTHDC1 mediates nuclear export of N 6-methyladenosine methylated mRNAs. eLife 2017; 6:31311. [PMID: 28984244 PMCID: PMC5648532 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 723] [Impact Index Per Article: 103.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification of eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA) and plays critical roles in RNA biology. The function of this modification is mediated by m6A-selective ‘reader’ proteins of the YTH family, which incorporate m6A-modified mRNAs into pathways of RNA metabolism. Here, we show that the m6A-binding protein YTHDC1 mediates export of methylated mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in HeLa cells. Knockdown of YTHDC1 results in an extended residence time for nuclear m6A-containing mRNA, with an accumulation of transcripts in the nucleus and accompanying depletion within the cytoplasm. YTHDC1 interacts with the splicing factor and nuclear export adaptor protein SRSF3, and facilitates RNA binding to both SRSF3 and NXF1. This role for YTHDC1 expands the potential utility of chemical modification of mRNA, and supports an emerging paradigm of m6A as a distinct biochemical entity for selective processing and metabolism of mammalian mRNAs.
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- Ian A Roundtree
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,University of Chicago Medical Scientist Training Program, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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Feng G, Tong M, Xia B, Luo GZ, Wang M, Xie D, Wan H, Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Wang XJ. Ubiquitously expressed genes participate in cell-specific functions via alternative promoter usage. EMBO Rep 2016; 17:1304-13. [PMID: 27466324 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201541476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
How do different cell types acquire their specific identities and functions is a fundamental question of biology. Previously significant efforts have been devoted to search for cell-type-specifically expressed genes, especially transcription factors, yet how do ubiquitously expressed genes participate in the formation or maintenance of cell-type-specific features remains largely unknown. Here, we have identified 110 mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC) specifically expressed transcripts with cell-stage-specific alternative transcription start sites (SATS isoforms) from 104 ubiquitously expressed genes, majority of which have active epigenetic modification- or stem cell-related functions. These SATS isoforms are specifically expressed in mESCs, and tend to be transcriptionally regulated by key pluripotency factors through direct promoter binding. Knocking down the SATS isoforms of Nmnat2 or Usp7 leads to differentiation-related phenotype in mESCs. These results demonstrate that cell-type-specific transcription factors are capable to produce cell-type-specific transcripts with alternative transcription start sites from ubiquitously expressed genes, which confer ubiquitously expressed genes novel functions involved in the establishment or maintenance of cell-type-specific features.
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- Guihai Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Deng X, Chen K, Luo GZ, Weng X, Ji Q, Zhou T, He C. Widespread occurrence of N6-methyladenosine in bacterial mRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:6557-67. [PMID: 26068471 PMCID: PMC4513869 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification in eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA). Recent discoveries of demethylases and specific binding proteins of m6A as well as m6A methylomes obtained in mammals, yeast and plants have revealed regulatory functions of this RNA modification. Although m6A is present in the ribosomal RNA of bacteria, its occurrence in mRNA still remains elusive. Here, we have employed ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography coupled with triple-quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QQQ-MS/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 m6A pattern that is distinct from those in eukaryotes. Most m6A peaks are located inside open reading frames and carry a unique consensus motif of GCCAU. Functional enrichment analysis of bacterial m6A peaks indicates that the majority of m6A-modified genes are associated with respiration, amino acids metabolism, stress response and small RNAs, suggesting potential functional roles of m6A in these pathways.
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- Xin Deng
- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Fu Y, Luo GZ, Chen K, Deng X, Yu M, Han D, Hao Z, Liu J, Lu X, Dore LC, Weng X, Ji Q, Mets L, He C. N6-methyldeoxyadenosine marks active transcription start sites in Chlamydomonas. Cell 2015; 161:879-892. [PMID: 25936837 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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N(6)-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA or m(6)A) is a DNA modification preserved in prokaryotes to eukaryotes. It is widespread in bacteria and functions in DNA mismatch repair, chromosome segregation, and virulence regulation. In contrast, the distribution and function of 6mA in eukaryotes have been unclear. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the 6mA landscape in the genome of Chlamydomonas using new sequencing approaches. We identified the 6mA modification in 84% of genes in Chlamydomonas. We found that 6mA mainly locates at ApT dinucleotides around transcription start sites (TSS) with a bimodal distribution and appears to mark active genes. A periodic pattern of 6mA deposition was also observed at base resolution, which is associated with nucleosome distribution near the TSS, suggesting a possible role in nucleosome positioning. The new genome-wide mapping of 6mA and its unique distribution in the Chlamydomonas genome suggest potential regulatory roles of 6mA in gene expression in eukaryotic organisms.
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- Ye Fu
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, 920 East 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Chen K, Lu Z, Wang X, Fu Y, Luo GZ, Liu N, Han D, Dominissini D, Dai Q, Pan T, He C. High-ResolutionN6-Methyladenosine (m6A) Map Using Photo-Crosslinking-Assisted m6A Sequencing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201410647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Chen K, Lu Z, Wang X, Fu Y, Luo GZ, Liu N, Han D, Dominissini D, Dai Q, Pan T, He C. High-resolution N(6) -methyladenosine (m(6) A) map using photo-crosslinking-assisted m(6) A sequencing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:1587-90. [PMID: 25491922 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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N(6) -methyladenosine (m(6) A) is an abundant internal modification in eukaryotic mRNA and plays regulatory roles in mRNA metabolism. However, methods to precisely locate the m(6) A modification remain limited. We present here a photo-crosslinking-assisted m(6) A sequencing strategy (PA-m(6) A-seq) to more accurately define sites with m(6) A modification. Using this strategy, we obtained a high-resolution map of m(6) A in a human transcriptome. The map resembles the general distribution pattern observed previously, and reveals new m(6) A sites at base resolution. Our results provide insight into the relationship between the methylation regions and the binding sites of RNA-binding proteins.
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- Kai Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 (USA) http://he-group.uchicago.edu
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Li W, Li X, Li T, Jiang MG, Wan H, Luo GZ, Feng C, Cui X, Teng F, Yuan Y, Zhou Q, Gu Q, Shuai L, Sha J, Xiao Y, Wang L, Liu Z, Wang XJ, Zhao XY, Zhou Q. Genetic modification and screening in rat using haploid embryonic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2013; 14:404-14. [PMID: 24360884 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The rat is an important animal model in biomedical research, but practical limitations to genetic manipulation have restricted the application of genetic analysis. Here we report the derivation of rat androgenetic haploid embryonic stem cells (RahESCs) as a tool to facilitate such studies. Our approach is based on removal of the maternal pronucleus from zygotes to generate androgenetic embryos followed by derivation of ESCs. The resulting RahESCs have 21 chromosomes, express pluripotency markers, differentiate into three germ layer cells, and contribute to the germline. Homozygous mutations can be introduced by both large-scale gene trapping and precise gene targeting via homologous recombination or the CRISPR-Cas system. RahESCs can also produce fertile rats after intracytoplasmic injection into oocytes and are therefore able to transmit genetic modifications to offspring. Overall, RahESCs represent a practical tool for functional genetic studies and production of transgenic lines in rat.
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin 150030, China
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- Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Network Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Translational Stem Cell Research, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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UNLABELLED Integrative Short Reads NAvigator (ISRNA) is an online toolkit for analyzing high-throughput small RNA sequencing data. Besides the high-speed genome mapping function, ISRNA provides statistics for genomic location, length distribution and nucleotide composition bias analysis of sequence reads. Number of reads mapped to known microRNAs and other classes of short non-coding RNAs, coverage of short reads on genes, expression abundance of sequence reads as well as some other analysis functions are also supported. The versatile search functions enable users to select sequence reads according to their sub-sequences, expression abundance, genomic location, relationship to genes, etc. A specialized genome browser is integrated to visualize the genomic distribution of short reads. ISRNA also supports management and comparison among multiple datasets. AVAILABILITY ISRNA is implemented in Java/C++/Perl/MySQL and can be freely accessed at http://omicslab.genetics.ac.cn/ISRNA/.
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- Guan-Zheng Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zhang Y, Teng F, Luo GZ, Wang M, Tong M, Zhao X, Wang L, Wang XJ, Zhou Q. MicroRNA-323-3p regulates the activity of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) via targeting the mRNA of embryonic ectoderm development (Eed) gene in mouse embryonic stem cells. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:23659-65. [PMID: 23821546 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.475608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PRC2 (Polycomb repressive complex 2) mediates epigenetic gene silencing by catalyzing the triple methylation of histone H3 Lys-27 (H3K27me3) to establish a repressive epigenetic state. PRC2 is involved in the regulation of many fundamental biological processes and is especially essential for embryonic stem cells. However, how the formation and function of PRC2 are regulated is largely unknown. Here, we show that a microRNA encoded by the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 region of mouse chromosome 12, miR-323-3p, targets Eed (embryonic ectoderm development) mRNA, which encodes one of the core components of PRC2, the EED protein. Binding of miR-323-3p to Eed mRNA resulted in reduced EED protein abundance and cellular H3K27me3 levels, indicating decreased PRC2 activity. Such regulation seems to be conserved among mammals, at least between mice and humans. We demonstrate that induced pluripotent stem cells with varied developmental abilities had different miR-323-3p as well as EED and H3K27me3 levels, indicating that miR-323-3p may be involved in the regulation of stem cell pluripotency through affecting PRC2 activity. Mouse embryonic fibroblast cells had much higher miR-323-3p expression and nearly undetectable H3K27me3 levels. These findings identify miR-323-3p as a new regulator for PRC2 and provide a new approach for regulating PRC2 activity via microRNAs.
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- Ying Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Li RC, Tao J, Guo YB, Wu HD, Liu RF, Bai Y, Lv ZZ, Luo GZ, Li LL, Wang M, Yang HQ, Gao W, Han QD, Zhang YY, Wang XJ, Xu M, Wang SQ. In vivo suppression of microRNA-24 prevents the transition toward decompensated hypertrophy in aortic-constricted mice. Circ Res 2013; 112:601-5. [PMID: 23307820 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.300806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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RATIONALE During the transition from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure, the signaling between L-type Ca(2+) channels in the cell membrane/T-tubules and ryanodine receptors in the sarcoplasmic reticulum becomes defective, partially because of the decreased expression of a T-tubule-sarcoplasmic reticulum anchoring protein, junctophilin-2. MicroRNA (miR)-24, a junctophilin-2 suppressing miR, is upregulated in hypertrophied and failing cardiomyocytes. OBJECTIVE To test whether miR-24 suppression can protect the structural and functional integrity of L-type Ca(2+) channel-ryanodine receptor signaling in hypertrophied cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS In vivo silencing of miR-24 by a specific antagomir in an aorta-constricted mouse model effectively prevented the degradation of heart contraction, but not ventricular hypertrophy. Electrophysiology and confocal imaging studies showed that antagomir treatment prevented the decreases in L-type Ca(2+) channel-ryanodine receptor signaling fidelity/efficiency and whole-cell Ca(2+) transients. Further studies showed that antagomir treatment stabilized junctophilin-2 expression and protected the ultrastructure of T-tubule-sarcoplasmic reticulum junctions from disruption. CONCLUSIONS MiR-24 suppression prevented the transition from compensated hypertrophy to decompensated hypertrophy, providing a potential strategy for early treatment against heart failure.
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- Rong-Chang Li
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Luo GZ, Hafner M, Shi Z, Brown M, Feng GH, Tuschl T, Wang XJ, Li X. Genome-wide annotation and analysis of zebra finch microRNA repertoire reveal sex-biased expression. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:727. [PMID: 23268654 PMCID: PMC3585881 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally in a wide range of biological processes. The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), an oscine songbird with characteristic learned vocal behavior, provides biologists a unique model system for studying vocal behavior, sexually dimorphic brain development and functions, and comparative genomics. RESULTS We deep sequenced small RNA libraries made from the brain, heart, liver, and muscle tissues of adult male and female zebra finches. By mapping the sequence reads to the zebra finch genome and to known miRNAs in miRBase, we annotated a total of 193 miRNAs. Among them, 29 (15%) are avian specific, including three novel zebra finch specific miRNAs. Many of the miRNAs exhibit sequence heterogeneity including length variations, untemplated terminal nucleotide additions, and internal substitution events occurring at the uridine nucleotide within a GGU motif. We also identified seven Z chromosome-encoded miRNAs. Among them, miR-2954, an avian specific miRNA, is expressed at significantly higher levels in males than in females in all tissues examined. Target prediction analysis reveals that miR-2954, but not other Z-linked miRNAs, preferentially targets Z chromosome-encoded genes, including several genes known to be expressed in a sexually dimorphic manner in the zebra finch brain. CONCLUSIONS Our genome-wide systematic analysis of mature sequences, genomic locations, evolutionary sequence conservation, and tissue expression profiles of the zebra finch miRNA repertoire provides a valuable resource to the research community. Our analysis also reveals a miRNA-mediated mechanism that potentially regulates sex-biased gene expression in avian species.
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- Guan-Zheng Luo
- State Kay Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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Du Y, Gao C, Liu Z, Wang L, Liu B, He F, Zhang T, Wang Y, Wang X, Xu M, Luo GZ, Zhu Y, Xu Q, Wang X, Kong W. Upregulation of a Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase With Thrombospondin Motifs-7 by miR-29 Repression Mediates Vascular Smooth Muscle Calcification. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012; 32:2580-8. [PMID: 22995515 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.300206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Yaoyao Du
- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (Y.D., C.G., Z.L., L.W., B.L., M.X., Y.Z., X.W., W.K.); Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (F.H.); Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (T.Z.); Department of Nephrology, Peking
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Xu M, Wu HD, Li RC, Zhang HB, Wang M, Tao J, Feng XH, Guo YB, Li SF, Lai ST, Zhou P, Li LL, Yang HQ, Luo GZ, Bai Y, Xi JJ, Gao W, Han QD, Zhang YY, Wang XJ, Meng X, Wang SQ. Mir-24 regulates junctophilin-2 expression in cardiomyocytes. Circ Res 2012; 111:837-41. [PMID: 22891046 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.277418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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RATIONALE Failing cardiomyocytes exhibit decreased efficiency of excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. The downregulation of junctophilin-2 (JP2), a protein anchoring the sarcoplasmic reticulum to T-tubules, has been identified as a major mechanism underlying the defective E-C coupling. However, the regulatory mechanism of JP2 remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine whether microRNAs regulate JP2 expression. METHODS AND RESULTS Bioinformatic analysis predicted 2 potential binding sites of miR-24 in the 3'-untranslated regions of JP2 mRNA. Luciferase assays confirmed that miR-24 suppressed JP2 expression by binding to either of these sites. In the aortic stenosis model, miR-24 was upregulated in failing cardiomyocytes. Adenovirus-directed overexpression of miR-24 in cardiomyocytes decreased JP2 expression and reduced Ca(2+) transient amplitude and E-C coupling gain. CONCLUSIONS MiR-24-mediated suppression of JP2 expression provides a novel molecular mechanism for E-C coupling regulation in heart cells and suggests a new target against heart failure.
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- Ming Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Third Hospital, College of Engineering and College of Life Sciences, Peking University, China
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Liu L, Luo GZ, Yang W, Zhao X, Zheng Q, Lv Z, Li W, Wu HJ, Wang L, Wang XJ, Zhou Q. Activation of the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 region correlates with pluripotency levels of mouse stem cells. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:19483-90. [PMID: 20382743 PMCID: PMC2885227 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.131995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Low reprogramming efficiency and reduced pluripotency have been the two major obstacles in induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research. An effective and quick method to assess the pluripotency levels of iPS cells at early stages would significantly increase the success rate of iPS cell generation and promote its applications. We have identified a conserved imprinted region of the mouse genome, the Dlk1-Dio3 region, which was activated in fully pluripotent mouse stem cells but repressed in partially pluripotent cells. The degree of activation of this region was positively correlated with the pluripotency levels of stem cells. A mammalian conserved cluster of microRNAs encoded by this region exhibited significant expression differences between full and partial pluripotent stem cells. Several microRNAs from this cluster potentially target components of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and may form a feedback regulatory loop resulting in the expression of all genes and non-coding RNAs encoded by this region in full pluripotent stem cells. No other genomic regions were found to exhibit such clear expression changes between cell lines with different pluripotency levels; therefore, the Dlk1-Dio3 region may serve as a marker to identify fully pluripotent iPS or embryonic stem cells from partial pluripotent cells. These findings also provide a step forward toward understanding the operating mechanisms during reprogramming to produce iPS cells and can potentially promote the application of iPS cells in regenerative medicine and cancer therapy.
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- Lei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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