Ringraziamo i membri del laboratorio di Wan e il laboratorio di Nagarajan per le discussioni informative. N.Nagarajan è supportato da finanziamenti da A * STAR. Y.Wan è sostenuto da finanziamenti da A * STAR e dalla Società in borsa Science-Branco Weiss.

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Qui descriviamo in dettaglio il flusso di lavoro sperimentale e computazionale per SPLASH, un metodo che ci permette di identificare le interazioni RNA a due mani in modo genico-wide. Abbiamo utilizzato con successo SPLASH nelle colture batteriche, lieviti e umane e anticipo che la strategia possa essere ampiamente applicata a organismi diversi in diversi stati cellulari. Uno dei passaggi critici del protocollo è quello di iniziare con almeno 20 μg di RNA reticolato per avere materiale adeguato per i processi a valle....

Studiare come macromolecole si piegano e interagiscono tra loro è la chiave per comprendere la regolazione del gene nella cellula. Mentre molti sforzi sono stati focalizzati nell&#39;ultimo decennio per comprendere come il DNA e le proteine ​​contribuiscono alla regolazione del gene, è relativamente meno noto circa la regolazione post-trascrizionale dell&#39;espressione genica. L&#39;RNA trasporta informazioni sia nella sequenza lineare che nella struttura secondaria e terziaria 1 . La sua capacità di fondare la coppia con se stessa e con gli altri è importante per la sua funzione in vivo . I progressi recenti nel sondaggio della struttura secondaria RNA a elevata produttività hanno fornito preziosi approfondimenti sulle posizioni delle regioni a doppia e singola banda nel transcriptoma 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , howeVer le informazioni sui partner di interazione di coppia sono ancora in gran parte mancanti. Per determinare quale sequenza RNA interagisce con un&#39;altra regione RNA nel trascrittoma, abbiamo bisogno di informazioni globali a livello di coppia. La mappatura delle interazioni RNA in coppia in maniera globale e imparziale è stata tradizionalmente una grande sfida. Mentre gli approcci precedenti, come CLASH 9 , hiCLIP 10 e RAP 11 , vengono utilizzati per identificare le interazioni RNA in modo scalare, queste tecniche tipicamente mappano l&#39;accoppiamento base di RNA per un sottoinsieme di RNA che interagiscono con una particolare specie di proteine ​​o RNA. Gli sviluppi recenti nello studio delle interazioni globali di RNA includono il metodo RPL 12 , che non stabilizza le interazioni RNA in vivo e quindi può solo catturare un sottoinsieme di interazioni in vivo . Per superare queste sfide, noi e gli altri abbiamo sviluppato strategie prive di genoma e maestoseP interazioni di RNA in vivo , utilizzando versioni modificate del psoralen 13 , 14 , 15 del reticolatore. In questo protocollo, descriviamo i dettagli per eseguire l&#39;equilibrio di S di P soralen incrociato, L igato e S eligibriti (SPLASH), che utilizza il psoralene biotinilato in RNA in accoppiamento a base di collegamento in vivo in seguito alla legatura di prossimità e ad alta sequenza di throughput a Individuare i partner RNA base-pairing in tutto il genoma ( Figura 1 ) 15 . In questo manoscritto descriviamo i passaggi per eseguire SPLASH utilizzando cellule aderenti colte, in questo caso le cellule HeLa. Lo stesso protocollo può essere facilmente adattato alle cellule di mammiferi di sospensione e alle cellule di lievito e batteri. In breve, le cellule HeLa vengono trattate con psoralene biotinilato e irradiati a 365 nm per incrociare in coppia le coppie di RNA interattive in vivo. I RNA vengono quindi estratti dalle cellule, frammentati e arricchiti per le regioni di reticolazione usando perline di streptavidina. I frammenti RNA interattivi vengono quindi legati insieme usando la legatura di prossimità e fatti in una libreria di cDNA per la sequenza profonda. Al sequenziamento, gli RNA chimerici vengono mappati sul transcriptome / genoma per identificare le regioni interagenti RNA che sono accoppiate tra loro. Abbiamo utilizzato con successo SPLASH per identificare migliaia di interazioni RNA in vivo in lieviti e diverse cellule umane, tra cui l&#39;accoppiamento base di RNA intramolecolare e intermolecolare in diverse classi di RNA, come snoRNA, lncRNA e mRNA, per intravedere nell&#39;organizzazione strutturale e nei modelli di interazione Di RNA nella cella.

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Blue</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>B0126-25G</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chloroform</td><td>Merck</td><td>1.02445.1000</td><td>RNA extraction</td></tr><tr><td>Single strand DNA ligase</td><td>Epicentre</td><td>CL9025K</td><td>CircLigase II ssDNA Ligase</td></tr><tr><td>Centrifuge tube filters</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>CLS8160-96EA</td><td>Costar Spin-X centrifuge tube filters</td></tr><tr><td>D5628-1G DIGITONIN CRYSTALLINE</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>D5628-1G</td><td>For cell treatment</td></tr><tr><td>Dark Reader Transilluminator&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Clare Chemical Research</td><td>Dark Reader DR89X Transilluminator</td><td>Blue light transilluminator</td></tr><tr><td>DNA Gel Loading Dye (6x)</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>R0611</td><td>Required for agarose gel electroporation</td></tr><tr><td>Dulbecco&#039;s Modified Eagle Medium</td><td>Pan BioTech</td><td>P04-03500</td><td>For Hela cell culture</td></tr><tr><td>Streptavidin magnetic beads</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>65002</td><td>Dynabeads MyOne Streptavidin C1&amp;nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Magnetic stand for 15&amp;nbsp;mL tubes</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>12301D</td><td>DynaMag-15</td></tr><tr><td>Magnetic stand for 15&amp;nbsp;mL tubes</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>12321D</td><td>DynaMag-2</td></tr><tr><td>ThermoMixer</td><td>Eppendorf</td><td>5382 000.015</td><td>Eppendorf ThermoMixer&amp;nbsp;C</td></tr><tr><td>Biotinylated psoralen</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>29986</td><td>EZ-Link Psoralen-PEG3-Biotin</td></tr><tr><td>F8T5/BL&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Hitachi</td><td>F8T5/BL&amp;nbsp;</td><td>365 nm UV bulb</td></tr><tr><td>Fetal Bovine Serum</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>10270106&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Components of Hela medium</td></tr><tr><td>Formamide</td><td>Promega</td><td>H5052&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Component in hybridization buffer</td></tr><tr><td>G8T5</td><td>Sankyo-Denki</td><td>G8T5</td><td>254 nm UV bulb</td></tr><tr><td>Glycogen</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>10814010</td><td>Required for nucleic acid precipitation</td></tr><tr><td>Nanodrop</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>Nanodrop 2000</td><td>Spectrophotometer for nucleic acidquantification</td></tr><tr><td>Nuclease free water&amp;nbsp;</td><td>First BASE</td><td>BUF-1180-500ml&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Penicillin Streptomycin&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>15140122&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Components of Hela medium</td></tr><tr><td>High-Fidelity DNA polymerase (2x)</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>F531L&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Phusion High-Fidelity PCR Master Mix with HF Buffer (2x)</td></tr><tr><td>Primers Set 1</td><td>New England Biolabs</td><td>E7335L&amp;nbsp;</td><td>PCR primers</td></tr><tr><td>DNA Gel Extraction Kit</td><td>QIAgen</td><td>28106</td><td>QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit</td></tr><tr><td>Fluorometric Quantification kit</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>Q32854</td><td>Qubit dsDNA HS Assay Kit</td></tr><tr><td>RNA clean up kit</td><td>Qiagen</td><td>74106</td><td>RNeasy Mini Kit Silica-membrane column</td></tr><tr><td>Rnase Inhibitor</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>AM2696</td><td>SUPERase In</td></tr><tr><td>Reverse transcriptase</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>18080400</td><td>SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis SuperMix</td></tr><tr><td>Nucleic Acid Gel Stain</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>S11494</td><td>SYBR GOLD NUCLEIC ACID 500 UL</td></tr><tr><td>T4 Polynucleotide Kinase</td><td>New England Biolabs</td><td>M0201L</td><td>End repair enzyme</td></tr><tr><td>T4 RNA Ligase 1</td><td>New England Biolabs</td><td>M0204L</td><td>Enzyme for proximity ligation</td></tr><tr><td>T4 RNA Ligase 2, truncated KQ</td><td>New England Biolabs</td><td>M0373L</td><td>Enzyme for adaptor ligation</td></tr><tr><td>Temed</td><td>Bio-Rad</td><td>1610801</td><td>TBE Urea gel component</td></tr><tr><td>Guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform</td><td>Life Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd</td><td>15596018</td><td>TRIzol&amp;reg; Reagent for RNA extraction</td></tr><tr><td>Urea</td><td>First BASE</td><td>BIO-2070-5kg&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>UV crosslinker</td><td>Stratagene</td><td>400072</td><td>UV Stratalinker 1800</td></tr><tr><td>UV Transilluminator</td><td>UVP</td><td>95-0417-01</td><td>For visualizing of bands</td></tr><tr><td>Xylene Cyanol FF</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>X4126-10G</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>DNA cleanup it</td><td>Zymo Research&amp;nbsp;</td><td>D4004</td><td>Zymo DNA concentrator-5&amp;nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;List of software required&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>FastQC software</td><td>0.11.4</td><td>http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SeqPrep software</td><td>1.0.7</td><td>https://github.com/jstjohn/SeqPrep</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>BWA software</td><td>0.7.12</td><td>http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SAMTOOLS software</td><td>1.2.1</td><td>http://www.htslib.org/</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>PULLSEQ software</td><td>1.0.2</td><td>https://github.com/bcthomas/pullseq</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>STAR software</td><td>2.5.0c</td><td>https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>rem_dups.py PYTHON script</td><td>PYTHON 2.7.11</td><td>https://github.com/CSB5/splash/tree/master/src</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>find_chimeras.py PYTHON script</td><td>PYTHON 2.7.11</td><td>https://github.com/CSB5/splash/tree/master/src</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pickJunctionReads.awk AWK script</td><td>AWK GNU 4.1.2</td><td>https://github.com/CSB5/splash/tree/master/src</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;Buffer composition&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;Elution buffer&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.3 M sodium acetate</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;Lysis Buffer&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10 mM EDTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1% SDS</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Always add Superase-in fresh before use except when washing beads</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;Proteinase K Buffer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>100 mM NaCl</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 mM EDTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.5% SDS</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;Hybridization Buffer&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>750 mM NaCl</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1% SDS</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 mM EDTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15% formamide (store in the dark at 4 &amp;deg;C)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Always add Superase-in fresh before use</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;2x SSC Wash Buffer&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2x NaCl and Sodium citrate (SSC) (diluted from 20x SSC Invitrogen stock)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.5% SDS</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;2x RNA fragmentation buffer&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18 mM MgCl&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>450 mM KCl</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>300 mM Tris-Cl pH 8.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>&lt;strong&gt;2x RNA loading Dye&lt;/strong&gt;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>95% Formamide</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.02% SDS</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.02% bromophenol blue</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.01% Xylene Cyanol</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 mM EDTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">3&#039; RNA adapter sequence:&lt;br /&gt;
5rAppCTGTAGGCACCATCAAT/3ddC</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">RT primer sequence:&lt;br /&gt;
AGATCGGAAGAGCGTCGTGTAGGGAAAGAGTGTAGATCTCGGTGGTCGC/iSp18/CACTCA/iSp18/TTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTATTGATGGTGCCTACAG</td></tr></tbody></table>

mapping rna-rna interactions globally using biotinylated psoralen

Sapere come i RNA interagiscono con se stessi e con gli altri è fondamentale per capire la regolazione del gene basato su RNA nella cellula. Mentre esempi di interazioni RNA-RNA come le interazioni di microRNA-mRNA sono state dimostrate per regolare l&#39;espressione genica, l&#39;intero grado in cui si verificano interazioni RNA nella cella è ancora sconosciuto. I metodi precedenti per studiare le interazioni di RNA si sono concentrati principalmente su subsets di RNA che interagiscono con una particolare proteina o specie di RNA. Qui, abbiamo dettagliato un metodo denominato S equencing di P soralen crosslinked, L igated, e S eletti H ybrids (SPLASH) che consente la cattura genoma di interazioni RNA in vivo in modo imparziale. SPLASH utilizza la reticolazione in vivo , la legatura di prossimità e il sequenziamento ad alta velocità per identificare partner globalmente associati alla base di RNA intramolecolare e intermolecolare. SPLASH può essere applicato a diversi organismi, compresi batteri, lieviti e cellule umane, nonché aS diverse condizioni cellulari per facilitare la comprensione della dinamica dell&#39;organizzazione di RNA in diversi contesti cellulari. L&#39;intero protocollo sperimentale SPLASH richiede circa 5 giorni per completare e il flusso di lavoro computazionale richiede circa 7 giorni per completare.

La figura 1 rappresenta lo schema del flusso di lavoro SPLASH. Dopo l&#39;aggiunta di psoralene biotinilato in presenza di 0,01% di digitonina e di reticolazione UV, viene estratto un totale di RNA dalle cellule e viene eseguita una macchia di punti per assicurare che il collegamento a biotinilato con l&#39;RNA sia accaduto in modo efficace ( Figura 2 ). Utilizziamo oligosini biotinilati 20 come controlli positivi per titolare l...

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Novel RNA-Binding Proteins Isolation by the RaPID Methodology

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play important roles in every aspect of RNA metabolism and regulation. Their identification is a major challenge in modern biology. Only a few in vitro and in vivo methods enable the identification of RBPs associated with a particular target mRNA. However, their main limitations are the identification of RBPs in a non-cellular environment (in vitro) or the low efficiency isolation of RNA of interest (in vivo). An RNA-binding protein purification and identification (RaPID) methodology was designed to overcome these limitations in yeast and enable efficient isolation of proteins that are associated in vivo. To achieve this, the RNA of interest is tagged with MS2 loops, and co-expressed with a fusion protein of an MS2-binding protein and a streptavidin-binding protein (SBP). Cells are then subjected to crosslinking and lysed, and complexes are isolated through streptavidin beads. The proteins that co-purify with the tagged RNA can then be determined by mass spectrometry. We recently used this protocol to identify novel proteins associated with the ER-associated PMP1 mRNA. Here, we provide a detailed protocol of RaPID, and discuss some of its limitations and advantages.

RNA-protein interactions lie at the heart of many cellular processes. Here, we describe an in vivo method to isolate specific RNA and identify novel proteins that are associated with it. This could shed new light on how RNAs are regulated in the cell.

Novel RNA-Proteine ​​leganti isolamento dalla rapida Metodologia

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play important roles in every aspect of RNA metabolism and regulation. Their identification is a major challenge in modern ...

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Single Molecule Analysis of Laser Localized Psoralen Adducts

The DNA Damage Response (DDR) has been extensively characterized in studies of double strand breaks (DSBs) induced by laser micro beam irradiation in live cells. The DDR to helix distorting covalent DNA modifications, including interstrand DNA crosslinks (ICLs), is not as well defined. We have studied the DDR stimulated by ICLs, localized by laser photoactivation of immunotagged psoralens, in the nuclei of live cells. In order to address fundamental questions about adduct distribution and replication fork encounters, we combined laser localization with two other technologies. DNA fibers are often used to display the progress of replication forks by immunofluorescence of nucleoside analogues incorporated during short pulses. Immunoquantum dots have been widely employed for single molecule imaging. In the new approach, DNA fibers from cells carrying laser localized ICLs are spread onto microscope slides. The tagged ICLs are displayed with immunoquantum dots and the inter-lesion distances determined. Replication fork collisions with ICLs can be visualized and different encounter patterns identified and quantitated.

Lasers are frequently used in studies of the cellular response to DNA damage. However, they generate lesions whose spacing, frequency, and collisions with replication forks are rarely characterized. Here, we describe an approach that enables the determination of these parameters with laser localized interstrand crosslinks.

Singolo Analisi Molecola di laser localizzati psoraleni addotti

The DNA Damage Response (DDR) has been extensively characterized in studies of double strand breaks (DSBs) induced by laser micro beam irradiation in live ...

Sample Preparation for Mass Spectrometry-based Identification of RNA-binding Regions

Noncoding RNAs play important roles in several nuclear processes, including regulating gene expression, chromatin structure, and DNA repair. In most cases, the action of noncoding RNAs is mediated by proteins whose functions are in turn regulated by these interactions with noncoding RNAs. Consistent with this, a growing number of proteins involved in nuclear functions have been reported to bind RNA and in a few cases the RNA-binding regions of these proteins have been mapped, often through laborious, candidate-based methods.
Here, we report a detailed protocol to perform a high-throughput, proteome-wide unbiased identification of RNA-binding proteins and their RNA-binding regions. The methodology relies on the incorporation of a photoreactive uridine analog in the cellular RNA, followed by UV-mediated protein-RNA crosslinking, and mass spectrometry analyses to reveal RNA-crosslinked peptides within the proteome. Although we describe the procedure for mouse embryonic stem cells, the protocol should be easily adapted to a variety of cultured cells.

We describe a protocol to identify RNA-binding proteins and map their RNA-binding regions in live cells using UV-mediated photocrosslinking and mass spectrometry.

Preparazione dei campioni per l'identificazione basati sulla spettrometria di massa di RNA-binding Regions

Noncoding RNAs play important roles in several nuclear processes, including regulating gene expression, chromatin structure, and DNA repair. In most ...

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mRNA Interactome Capture from Plant Protoplasts

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) determine the fates of RNAs. They participate in all RNA biogenesis pathways and especially contribute to post-transcriptional gene regulation (PTGR) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs). In the past few years, a number of mRNA-bound proteomes from yeast and mammalian cell lines have been successfully isolated through the use of a novel method called &#34;mRNA interactome capture,&#34; which allows for the identification of mRNA-binding proteins (mRBPs) directly from a physiological environment. The method is composed of in vivo ultraviolet (UV) crosslinking, pull-down and purification of messenger ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs) by oligo(dT) beads, and the subsequent identification of the crosslinked proteins by mass spectrometry (MS). Very recently, by applying the same method, several plant mRNA-bound proteomes have been reported simultaneously from different Arabidopsis tissue sources: etiolated seedlings, leaf tissue, leaf mesophyll protoplasts, and cultured root cells. Here, we present the optimized mRNA interactome capture method for Arabidopsis thaliana leaf mesophyll protoplasts, a cell type that serves as a versatile tool for experiments that include various cellular assays. The conditions for optimal protein yield include the amount of starting tissue and the duration of UV irradiation. In the mRNA-bound proteome obtained from a medium-scale experiment (107 cells), RBPs noted to have RNA-binding capacity were found to be overrepresented, and many novel RBPs were identified. The experiment can be scaled up (109 cells), and the optimized method can be applied to other plant cell types and species to broadly isolate, catalog, and compare mRNA-bound proteomes in plants.

Here, we present an interactome capture protocol applied to Arabidopsis thaliana leaf mesophyll protoplasts. This method critically relies on in vivo UV crosslinking and allows for the isolation and identification of plant mRNA-binding proteins from a physiological environment.

Cattura di Interactome mRNA da protoplasti vegetali

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) determine the fates of RNAs. They participate in all RNA biogenesis pathways and especially contribute to post-transcriptional ...

Capture and Identification of RNA-binding Proteins by Using Click Chemistry-assisted RNA-interactome Capture (CARIC) Strategy

A comprehensive identification of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) is key to understanding the posttranscriptional regulatory network in cells. A widely used strategy for RBP capture exploits the polyadenylation [poly(A)] of target RNAs, which mostly occurs on eukaryotic mature mRNAs, leaving most binding proteins of non-poly(A) RNAs unidentified. Here we describe the detailed procedures of a recently reported method termed click chemistry-assisted RNA-interactome capture (CARIC), which enables the transcriptome-wide capture of both poly(A) and non-poly(A) RBPs by combining the metabolic labeling of RNAs, in vivo UV cross-linking, and bioorthogonal tagging.

Capture and Identification of RNA-binding Proteins by Using Click Chemistry-assisted RNA-interactome Capture CARIC Strategy

A detailed protocol for applying the click chemistry-assisted RNA-interactome capture (CARIC) strategy to identify proteins binding to both coding and noncoding RNAs is presented.

Cattura e identificazione delle proteine RNA-leganti utilizzando clic chimica-assistita RNA-Interactoma (Castaldi) strategia di acquisizione

A comprehensive identification of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) is key to understanding the posttranscriptional regulatory network in cells. A widely used ...

In Vitro Biochemical Assays using Biotin Labels to Study Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions

Protein-nucleic acid interactions play important roles in biological processes such as transcription, recombination, and RNA metabolism. Experimental methods to study protein-nucleic acid interactions require the use of fluorescent tags, radioactive isotopes, or other labels to detect and analyze specific target molecules. Biotin, a non-radioactive nucleic acid label, is commonly used in electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) but has not been regularly employed to monitor protein activity during nucleic acid processes. This protocol illustrates the utility of biotin labeling during in vitro enzymatic reactions, demonstrating that this label works well with a range of different biochemical assays. Specifically, in alignment with previous findings using radioisotope 32P-labeled substrates, it is confirmed via biotin-labeled EMSA that MEIOB (a protein specifically involved in the meiotic recombination) is a DNA-binding protein, that MOV10 (an RNA helicase) resolves biotin-labeled RNA duplex structures, and that MEIOB cleaves biotin-labeled single-stranded DNA. This study demonstrates that biotin is capable of substituting 32P in various nucleic acid-related biochemical assays in vitro.&#160;

Presented here are protocols for in vitro biochemical assays using biotin labels that may be widely&#160;applicable for studying protein-nucleic acid interactions.

Analisi biochimiche in Vitro che utilizzano etichette di biotina per studiare le interazioni proteina-nucleica dell'acido

Protein-nucleic acid interactions play important roles in biological processes such as transcription, recombination, and RNA metabolism. Experimental ...

Single-step Purification of Macromolecular Complexes Using RNA Attached to Biotin and a Photo-cleavable Linker

For many years, the exceptionally strong and rapidly formed interaction between biotin and streptavidin has been successfully utilized for partial purification of biologically important RNA/protein complexes. However, this strategy suffers from one major disadvantage that limits its broader utilization: the biotin/streptavidin interaction can be broken only under denaturing conditions that also disrupt the integrity of the eluted complexes, hence precluding their subsequent functional analysis and/or further purification by other methods. In addition, the eluted samples are frequently contaminated with the background proteins that nonspecifically associate with streptavidin beads, complicating the analysis of the purified complexes by silver staining and mass spectrometry. To overcome these limitations, we developed a variant of the biotin/streptavidin strategy in which biotin is attached to an RNA substrate via a photo-cleavable linker and the complexes immobilized on streptavidin beads are selectively eluted to solution in a native form by long wave UV, leaving the background proteins on the beads. Shorter RNA binding substrates can be synthesized chemically with biotin and the photo-cleavable linker covalently attached to the 5&#39; end of the RNA, whereas longer RNA substrates can be provided with the two groups by a complementary oligonucleotide. These two variants of the UV-elution method were tested for purification of the U7 snRNP-dependent processing complexes that cleave histone pre-mRNAs at the 3&#39; end and they both proved to compare favorably to other previously developed purification methods. The UV-eluted samples contained readily detectable amounts of the U7 snRNP that was free of major protein contaminants and suitable for direct analysis by mass spectrometry and functional assays. The described method can be readily adapted for purification of other RNA binding complexes and used in conjunction with single- and double-stranded DNA binding sites to purify DNA-specific proteins and macromolecular complexes.

RNA/protein complexes purified using botin-streptavidin strategy are eluted to solution under denaturing conditions in a form unsuitable for further purification and functional analysis. Here, we describe a modification of this strategy that utilizes a photo-cleavable linker in RNA and a gentle UV-elution step, yielding native and fully functional RNA/protein complexes.

Single-step purificazione di complessi macromolecolari usando RNA attaccato alla biotina e un Linker foto-spaccabili

For many years, the exceptionally strong and rapidly formed interaction between biotin and streptavidin has been successfully utilized for partial ...

Identification of RNAs Engaged in Direct RNA-RNA Interaction with a Long Non-Coding RNA

The growing role attributed nowadays to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) in physiology and pathophysiology makes it crucial to characterize their interactome by identifying their molecular partners, DNA, proteins and/or RNAs. The latter can interact with lncRNA through networks involving proteins, but they can also be engaged in direct RNA/RNA interactions. We, therefore, developed an easy-to-use RNA pull-down procedure that allowed identification of RNAs engaged in direct RNA/RNA interaction with a lncRNA using psoralen, a molecule that cross-links only RNA/RNA interactions. Bioinformatics modeling of the lncRNA secondary structure allowed the selection of several specific antisense DNA oligonucleotide probes with a strong affinity for regions displaying a low probability of internal base pairing. Since the specific probes that were designed targeted accessible regions throughout the length of the lncRNA, the RNA-interaction zones could be delineated in the sequence of the lncRNA. When coupled with a high throughput RNA sequencing, this protocol can be used for the whole direct RNA interactome studies of a lncRNA of interest.

<meta charset="utf8"></head><body>Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

An easy-to-use RNA pull-down protocol is designed for the identification of RNAs engaged in direct RNA/RNA interaction with a long non-coding RNA. The protocol uses psoralen as a fixative to cross-link only RNA/RNA interactions and provides the whole direct RNA interactome of a long non-coding RNA when coupled with RNA sequencing.

Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

The growing role attributed nowadays to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) in physiology and pathophysiology makes it crucial to characterize their interactome ...

PAR-CliP - A Method to Identify Transcriptome-wide the Binding Sites of RNA Binding Proteins

RNA transcripts are subjected to post-transcriptional gene regulation by interacting with hundreds of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and microRNA-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes (miRNPs) that are often expressed in a cell-type dependently. To understand how the interplay of these RNA-binding factors affects the regulation of individual transcripts, high resolution maps of in vivo protein-RNA interactions are necessary1.
A combination of genetic, biochemical and computational approaches are typically applied to identify RNA-RBP or RNA-RNP interactions. Microarray profiling of RNAs associated with immunopurified RBPs (RIP-Chip)2 defines targets at a transcriptome level, but its application is limited to the characterization of kinetically stable interactions and only in rare cases3,4 allows to identify the RBP recognition element (RRE) within the long target RNA. More direct RBP target site information is obtained by combining in vivo UV crosslinking5,6 with immunoprecipitation7-9 followed by the isolation of crosslinked RNA segments and cDNA sequencing (CLIP)10. CLIP was used to identify targets of a number of RBPs11-17. However, CLIP is limited by the low efficiency of UV 254 nm RNA-protein crosslinking, and the location of the crosslink is not readily identifiable within the sequenced crosslinked fragments, making it difficult to separate UV-crosslinked target RNA segments from background non-crosslinked RNA fragments also present in the sample.
We developed a powerful cell-based crosslinking approach to determine at high resolution and transcriptome-wide the binding sites of cellular RBPs and miRNPs that we term PAR-CliP (Photoactivatable-Ribonucleoside-Enhanced Crosslinking and Immunoprecipitation) (see Fig. 1A for an outline of the method). The method relies on the incorporation of photoreactive ribonucleoside analogs, such as 4-thiouridine (4-SU) and 6-thioguanosine (6-SG) into nascent RNA transcripts by living cells. Irradiation of the cells by UV light of 365 nm induces efficient crosslinking of photoreactive nucleoside-labeled cellular RNAs to interacting RBPs. Immunoprecipitation of the RBP of interest is followed by isolation of the crosslinked and coimmunoprecipitated RNA. The isolated RNA is converted into a cDNA library and deep sequenced using Solexa technology. One characteristic feature of cDNA libraries prepared by PAR-CliP is that the precise position of crosslinking can be identified by mutations residing in the sequenced cDNA. When using 4-SU, crosslinked sequences thymidine to cytidine transition, whereas using 6-SG results in guanosine to adenosine mutations. The presence of the mutations in crosslinked sequences makes it possible to separate them from the background of sequences derived from abundant cellular RNAs.
Application of the method to a number of diverse RNA binding proteins was reported in Hafner et al.18

RNA transcripts are subject to extensive posttranscriptional regulation that is mediated by a multitude of trans-acting RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Here we present a generalizable method to identify precisely and on a transcriptome-wide scale the RNA binding sites of RBPs.

PAR-Clip - un metodo per identificare trascrittoma livello i siti di legame delle proteine ​​RNA binding

RNA transcripts are subjected to post-transcriptional gene regulation by interacting with hundreds of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and microRNA-containing ...

Mappatura delle interazioni RNA-RNA globalmente utilizzando Psoralen biotinilato

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Novel RNA-Proteine leganti isolamento dalla rapida Metodologia

Singolo Analisi Molecola di laser localizzati psoraleni addotti

Preparazione dei campioni per l'identificazione basati sulla spettrometria di massa di RNA-binding Regions

Cattura di Interactome mRNA da protoplasti vegetali

Cattura e identificazione delle proteine RNA-leganti utilizzando clic chimica-assistita RNA-Interactoma (Castaldi) strategia di acquisizione

Analisi biochimiche in Vitro che utilizzano etichette di biotina per studiare le interazioni proteina-nucleica dell'acido

Single-step purificazione di complessi macromolecolari usando RNA attaccato alla biotina e un Linker foto-spaccabili

Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

PAR-Clip - un metodo per identificare trascrittoma livello i siti di legame delle proteine RNA binding

Mappatura delle interazioni RNA-RNA globalmente utilizzando Psoralen biotinilato

Riepilogo

Esplora Altri Video

Novel RNA-Proteine ​​leganti isolamento dalla rapida Metodologia

Singolo Analisi Molecola di laser localizzati psoraleni addotti

Preparazione dei campioni per l'identificazione basati sulla spettrometria di massa di RNA-binding Regions

Cattura di Interactome mRNA da protoplasti vegetali

Cattura e identificazione delle proteine RNA-leganti utilizzando clic chimica-assistita RNA-Interactoma (Castaldi) strategia di acquisizione

Analisi biochimiche in Vitro che utilizzano etichette di biotina per studiare le interazioni proteina-nucleica dell'acido

Single-step purificazione di complessi macromolecolari usando RNA attaccato alla biotina e un Linker foto-spaccabili

Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

Identificazione di RNA impegnati nell'interazione diretta RNA-RNA con un RNA lungo non codificante

PAR-Clip - un metodo per identificare trascrittoma livello i siti di legame delle proteine ​​RNA binding

Novel RNA-Proteine leganti isolamento dalla rapida Metodologia

PAR-Clip - un metodo per identificare trascrittoma livello i siti di legame delle proteine RNA binding