Project description:RNA modifications are essential for the establishment of cellular identity. Although increasing evidence indicates that RNA modifications control the innate immune response, their role in monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarisation is unclear. We profile translatomes of monocytes and macrophages at resting, pro- and anti-inflammatory states.
Project description:RNA modifications are essential for the establishment of cellular identity. Although increasing evidence indicates that RNA modifications control the innate immune response, their role in monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarisation is unclear. We profile 5hmC epitranscriptomes of monocytes and macrophages at resting, pro- and anti-inflammatory states.
Project description:RNA modifications are essential for the establishment of cellular identity. Although increasing evidence indicates that RNA modifications control the innate immune response, their role in monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarisation is unclear. We profile m6A epitranscriptomes of monocytes and macrophages at resting, pro- and anti-inflammatory states.
Project description:N6-methyl-adenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification on messenger RNAs and is linked to human diseases, but its functions in mammalian development are poorly understood. Here we reveal the evolutionary conservation and function of m6A by mapping the m6A methylome in mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Thousands of messenger and long noncoding RNAs show conserved m6A modification, including transcripts encoding core pluripotency transcription factors. m6A is enriched over 3M-bM-^@M-^Y untranslated regions at defined sequence motifs, and marks unstable transcripts, including transcripts turned over upon differentiation. Genetic inactivation or depletion of mouse and human Mettl3, one of the m6A methylases, led to m6A erasure on select target genes, prolonged Nanog expression upon differentiation, and impaired ESCM-bM-^@M-^Ys exit from self-renewal towards differentiation into several lineages in vitro and in vivo. Thus, m6A is a mark of transcriptome flexibility required for stem cells to differentiate to specific lineages. Examing m6A modification differences in two different cell types
Project description:Our study demonstrated that the expression of Igf2bp1 in activated microglia was significantly up-regulated, implying a role of Igf2bp1 in LPS-induced m6A modifications in microglia. To understand the roles of Igf2bp1 on LPS-induced m6A modification in microglia, we performed Igf2bp1 loss-of-function (LOF) approach. Microglia stimulated by LPS were transfected with either scrambled siRNA control or Igf2bp1 siRNA for 48 hours. To m6A modification profiles in control and Igf2bp1 LOF microglia were determined by MeRIP-seq analysis.
Project description:Here we determine the map of RNA methylation (m6A) in mouse embrionic stem cells, and Mettl3 knock out cells Examination of m6A modification sites on the transcriptome of mouse Embryonic stem cells and Embryonic Mettl3 knock out cells, using a m6A specific antibody.