Nature Communications (May 2022)
Developmental mRNA m5C landscape and regulatory innovations of massive m5C modification of maternal mRNAs in animals
- Jianheng Liu,
- Tao Huang,
- Wanying Chen,
- Chenhui Ding,
- Tianxuan Zhao,
- Xueni Zhao,
- Bing Cai,
- Yusen Zhang,
- Song Li,
- Ling Zhang,
- Maoguang Xue,
- Xiuju He,
- Wanzhong Ge,
- Canquan Zhou,
- Yanwen Xu,
- Rui Zhang
Affiliations
- Jianheng 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
- Tao Huang
- 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
- Wanying 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
- Chenhui Ding
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Tianxuan Zhao
- 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
- Xueni Zhao
- 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
- Bing Cai
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Yusen Zhang
- 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
- Song Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Ling Zhang
- 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
- Maoguang Xue
- Division of Human Reproduction and Developmental Genetics, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Xiuju He
- 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
- Wanzhong Ge
- Division of Human Reproduction and Developmental Genetics, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Canquan Zhou
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Yanwen Xu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Rui Zhang
- 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
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30210-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
mRNAs are known to be decorated with m5C at a low-to-medium level. Here, the authors generate atlases of mRNA m5C during animal development in 6 species and identify convergent and unexpected massive methylation of maternal mRNAs by NSUN2 and NSUN6.