Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Mettl3-mediated m6A RNA methylation regulates the fate of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and osteoporosis

  • Yunshu Wu,
  • Liang Xie,
  • Mengyuan Wang,
  • Qiuchan Xiong,
  • Yuchen Guo,
  • Yu Liang,
  • Jing Li,
  • Rui Sheng,
  • Peng Deng,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Rixin Zheng,
  • Yizhou Jiang,
  • Ling Ye,
  • Qianming Chen,
  • Xuedong Zhou,
  • Shuibin Lin,
  • Quan Yuan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06898-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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mRNA modifications have been shown to regulate mammalian development and disease. Here the authors show that the m6A methyltransferase Mettl3 ensures translational efficiency of the mesenchymal stem cell lineage allocator Pth1r, promoting osteogenesis and protecting from osteoporosis.