eprintid: 10106330
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/10/10/63/30
datestamp: 2020-08-05 09:37:12
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Yang, T
creators_name: Low, JJA
creators_name: Woon, ECY
title: A general strategy exploiting m⁵C duplex-remodelling effect for selective detection of RNA and DNA m⁵C methyltransferase activity in cells
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C08
divisions: D10
divisions: G09
keywords: methyltransferase activity in cells.
note: © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: RNA:5-methylcytosine (m⁵C) methyltransferases are currently the focus of intense research following a series of high-profile reports documenting their physiological links to several diseases. However, no methods exist which permit the specific analysis of RNA:m⁵C methyltransferases in cells. Herein, we described how a combination of biophysical studies led us to identify distinct duplex-remodelling effects of m5C on RNA and DNA duplexes. Specifically, m⁵C induces a C3′-endo to C2′-endo sugar-pucker switch in CpG RNA duplex but triggers a B-to-Z transformation in CpG DNA duplex. Inspired by these different ‘structural signatures’, we developed a m⁵C-sensitive probe which fluoresces spontaneously in response to m5C-induced sugar-pucker switch, hence useful for sensing RNA:m⁵C methyltransferase activity. Through the use of this probe, we achieved real-time imaging and flow cytometry analysis of NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase 2 (NSUN2) activity in HeLa cells. We further applied the probe to the cell-based screening of NSUN2 inhibitors. The developed strategy could also be adapted for the detection of DNA:m⁵C methyltransferases. This was demonstrated by the development of DNA m⁵C-probe which permits the screening of DNA methyltransferase 3A inhibitors. To our knowledge, this study represents not only the first examples of m⁵C-responsive probes, but also a new strategy for discriminating RNA and DNA m⁵C methyltransferase activity in cells.
date: 2020-01-10
date_type: published
publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz1047
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1800363
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz1047
lyricists_name: Woon, Esther
lyricists_id: ECYWO60
actors_name: Woon, Esther
actors_id: ECYWO60
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Nucleic Acids Research
volume: 48
number: 1
article_number: e5
pages: 17
issn: 0305-1048
citation:        Yang, T;    Low, JJA;    Woon, ECY;      (2020)    A general strategy exploiting m⁵C duplex-remodelling effect for selective detection of RNA and DNA m⁵C methyltransferase activity in cells.                   Nucleic Acids Research , 48  (1)    , Article e5.  10.1093/nar/gkz1047 <https://doi.org/10.1093/nar%2Fgkz1047>.       Green open access   
 
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