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Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay
Pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most abundant post-transcriptionally modified ribonucleoside. Different Ψ modifications correlate with stress responses and are postulated to coordinate the distinct biological responses to a diverse panel of cellular stresses. With the help of different guide RNAs, the dysk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28872587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8090219 |
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author | Xu, Jialin Gu, Alice Y. Thumati, Naresh R. Wong, Judy M.Y. |
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description | Pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most abundant post-transcriptionally modified ribonucleoside. Different Ψ modifications correlate with stress responses and are postulated to coordinate the distinct biological responses to a diverse panel of cellular stresses. With the help of different guide RNAs, the dyskerin complex pseudouridylates ribosomal RNA, small nuclear RNA and selective messenger RNAs. To monitor Ψ levels quantitatively, a previously reported high performance liquid chromatography method coupled with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) was modified to determine total Ψ levels in different cellular RNA fractions. Our method was validated to be accurate and precise within the linear range of 0.06–15.36 pmol/μL and to have absolute Ψ quantification levels as low as 3.07 pmol. Using our optimized HPLC assay, we found that 1.20% and 1.94% of all ribonucleosides in nuclear-enriched RNA and small non-coding RNA pools from the HEK293 cell line, and 1.77% and 0.98% of ribonucleosides in 18S and 28S rRNA isolated from the HeLa cell line, were pseudouridylated. Upon knockdown of dyskerin expression, a consistent and significant reduction in total Ψ levels in nuclear-enriched RNA pools was observed. Our assay provides a fast and accurate quantification method to measure changes in Ψ levels of different RNA pools without sample derivatization. |
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spelling | pubmed-56153522017-09-28 Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay Xu, Jialin Gu, Alice Y. Thumati, Naresh R. Wong, Judy M.Y. Genes (Basel) Article Pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most abundant post-transcriptionally modified ribonucleoside. Different Ψ modifications correlate with stress responses and are postulated to coordinate the distinct biological responses to a diverse panel of cellular stresses. With the help of different guide RNAs, the dyskerin complex pseudouridylates ribosomal RNA, small nuclear RNA and selective messenger RNAs. To monitor Ψ levels quantitatively, a previously reported high performance liquid chromatography method coupled with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) was modified to determine total Ψ levels in different cellular RNA fractions. Our method was validated to be accurate and precise within the linear range of 0.06–15.36 pmol/μL and to have absolute Ψ quantification levels as low as 3.07 pmol. Using our optimized HPLC assay, we found that 1.20% and 1.94% of all ribonucleosides in nuclear-enriched RNA and small non-coding RNA pools from the HEK293 cell line, and 1.77% and 0.98% of ribonucleosides in 18S and 28S rRNA isolated from the HeLa cell line, were pseudouridylated. Upon knockdown of dyskerin expression, a consistent and significant reduction in total Ψ levels in nuclear-enriched RNA pools was observed. Our assay provides a fast and accurate quantification method to measure changes in Ψ levels of different RNA pools without sample derivatization. MDPI 2017-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5615352/ /pubmed/28872587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8090219 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Xu, Jialin Gu, Alice Y. Thumati, Naresh R. Wong, Judy M.Y. Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title | Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title_full | Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title_fullStr | Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title_full_unstemmed | Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title_short | Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay |
title_sort | quantification of pseudouridine levels in cellular rna pools with a modified hplc-uv assay |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28872587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8090219 |
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