Exploring m6A and m5C Epitranscriptomes upon Viral Infection: an Example with HIV.

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serval:BIB_5DC632351E38
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Exploring m6A and m5C Epitranscriptomes upon Viral Infection: an Example with HIV.
Journal
Journal of visualized experiments
Author(s)
Cristinelli S., Angelino P., Ciuffi A.
ISSN
1940-087X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1940-087X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Number
181
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Video-Audio Media ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
The role of RNA modifications in biological processes has been the focus of an increasing number of studies in the last few years and is known nowadays as epitranscriptomics. Among others, N6-methyladenosine (m <sup>6</sup> A) and 5-methylcytosine (m <sup>5</sup> C) RNA modifications have been described on mRNA molecules and may have a role in modulating cellular processes. Epitranscriptomics is thus a new layer of regulation that must be considered in addition to transcriptomic analyses, as it can also be altered or modulated by exposure to any chemical or biological agent, including viral infections. Here, we present a workflow that allows analysis of the joint cellular and viral epitranscriptomic landscape of the m <sup>6</sup> A and m <sup>5</sup> C marks simultaneously, in cells infected or not with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Upon mRNA isolation and fragmentation from HIV- infected and non-infected cells, we used two different procedures: MeRIP-Seq, an RNA immunoprecipitation-based technique, to enrich for RNA fragments containing the m <sup>6</sup> A mark and BS-Seq, a bisulfite conversion-based technique, to identify the m <sup>5</sup> C mark at a single nucleotide resolution. Upon methylation-specific capture, RNA libraries are prepared for high-throughput sequencing. We also developed a dedicated bioinformatics pipeline to identify differentially methylated (DM) transcripts independently from their basal expression profile. Overall, the methodology allows exploration of multiple epitranscriptomic marks simultaneously and provides an atlas of DM transcripts upon viral infection or any other cell perturbation. This approach offers new opportunities to identify novel players and novel mechanisms of cell response, such as cellular factors promoting or restricting viral replication.
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