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. 2021 Mar;99(3):843-857.
doi: 10.1002/jnr.24763. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Epitranscriptomic m6A regulation following spinal cord injury

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Epitranscriptomic m6A regulation following spinal cord injury

Lingyan Xing et al. J Neurosci Res. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

RNA methylation is involved in multiple physiological and pathological processes. However, the role of RNA methylation in spinal cord regeneration has not been reported. In this study, we find an altered m6A (N6-methyladenosine) RNA methylation profiling following zebrafish spinal cord injury (SCI), in line with an altered transcription level of the m6A methylase Mettl3. Interestingly, many of the differential m6A-tagged genes associated with neural regeneration are hypomethylated, but their transcription levels are upregulated in SCI. Moreover, we find that METTL3 may be important for spinal cord regeneration. We also show a conserved feature of METTL3 changes in mouse SCI model, in which the expression of METTL3 is increased in both astrocytes and neural stem cells. Together, our results indicate that m6A RNA methylation is dynamic and conserved following SCI and may contribute to spinal cord regeneration.

Keywords: Mettl3 (Methyltransferase Like 3); RNA methylation; RRID:AB_11212597; RRID:AB_2338072; RRID:AB_2338840; RRID:AB_2721254; RRID:AB_305313; m6A (N6-methyladenosine); spinal cord injury.

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