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Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment
Dynamic modification of RNA affords proximal regulation of gene expression triggered by non-genomic or environmental changes. One such epitranscriptomic alteration in RNA metabolism is the installation of a methyl group on adenosine [N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A)] known to be the most prevalent modif...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34095121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.656849 |
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author | Sokpor, Godwin Xie, Yuanbin Nguyen, Huu P. Tuoc, Tran |
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description | Dynamic modification of RNA affords proximal regulation of gene expression triggered by non-genomic or environmental changes. One such epitranscriptomic alteration in RNA metabolism is the installation of a methyl group on adenosine [N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A)] known to be the most prevalent modified state of messenger RNA (mRNA) in the mammalian cell. The methylation machinery responsible for the dynamic deposition and recognition of m(6)A on mRNA is composed of subunits that play specific roles, including reading, writing, and erasing of m(6)A marks on mRNA to influence gene expression. As a result, peculiar cellular perturbations have been linked to dysregulation of components of the mRNA methylation machinery or its cofactors. It is increasingly clear that neural tissues/cells, especially in the brain, make the most of m(6)A modification in maintaining normal morphology and function. Neurons in particular display dynamic distribution of m(6)A marks during development and in adulthood. Interestingly, such dynamic m(6)A patterns are responsive to external cues and experience. Specific disturbances in the neural m(6)A landscape lead to anomalous phenotypes, including aberrant stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation, defective cell fate choices, and abnormal synaptogenesis. Such m(6)A-linked neural perturbations may singularly or together have implications for syndromic or non-syndromic neurological diseases, given that most RNAs in the brain are enriched with m(6)A tags. Here, we review the current perspectives on the m(6)A machinery and function, its role in brain development and possible association with brain disorders, and the prospects of applying the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–dCas13b system to obviate m(6)A-related neurological anomalies. |
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spelling | pubmed-81700442021-06-03 Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment Sokpor, Godwin Xie, Yuanbin Nguyen, Huu P. Tuoc, Tran Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Dynamic modification of RNA affords proximal regulation of gene expression triggered by non-genomic or environmental changes. One such epitranscriptomic alteration in RNA metabolism is the installation of a methyl group on adenosine [N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A)] known to be the most prevalent modified state of messenger RNA (mRNA) in the mammalian cell. The methylation machinery responsible for the dynamic deposition and recognition of m(6)A on mRNA is composed of subunits that play specific roles, including reading, writing, and erasing of m(6)A marks on mRNA to influence gene expression. As a result, peculiar cellular perturbations have been linked to dysregulation of components of the mRNA methylation machinery or its cofactors. It is increasingly clear that neural tissues/cells, especially in the brain, make the most of m(6)A modification in maintaining normal morphology and function. Neurons in particular display dynamic distribution of m(6)A marks during development and in adulthood. Interestingly, such dynamic m(6)A patterns are responsive to external cues and experience. Specific disturbances in the neural m(6)A landscape lead to anomalous phenotypes, including aberrant stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation, defective cell fate choices, and abnormal synaptogenesis. Such m(6)A-linked neural perturbations may singularly or together have implications for syndromic or non-syndromic neurological diseases, given that most RNAs in the brain are enriched with m(6)A tags. Here, we review the current perspectives on the m(6)A machinery and function, its role in brain development and possible association with brain disorders, and the prospects of applying the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–dCas13b system to obviate m(6)A-related neurological anomalies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8170044/ /pubmed/34095121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.656849 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sokpor, Xie, Nguyen and Tuoc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cell and Developmental Biology Sokpor, Godwin Xie, Yuanbin Nguyen, Huu P. Tuoc, Tran Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title | Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title_full | Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title_fullStr | Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title_short | Emerging Role of m(6) A Methylome in Brain Development: Implications for Neurological Disorders and Potential Treatment |
title_sort | emerging role of m(6) a methylome in brain development: implications for neurological disorders and potential treatment |
topic | Cell and Developmental Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34095121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.656849 |
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