Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38165050›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2024

THUMPD2 catalyzes the N2-methylation of U6 snRNA of the spliceosome catalytic center and regulates pre-mRNA splicing and retinal degeneration.

Wen-Qing Yang, Jian-Yang Ge, Xiaofeng Zhang, Wen-Yu Zhu, Lin Lin, Yigong Shi, Beisi Xu, Ru-Juan Liu

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. NSUN7 is a catalytically inactive RNA mNature communications · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Wen-Qing YangSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
Jian-Yang GeSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
Xiaofeng ZhangDivision of Reproduction and Genetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Research Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences at the Microscale, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, 230027 Hefei, China.
Wen-Yu ZhuSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
Lin LinSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
Yigong ShiInstitute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310064,Zhejiang Province, China.
Beisi XuCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0099-858X
Ru-Juan LiuSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7459-3126
ShanghaiTech University · CNSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CNWestlake University · CN

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2020YFA0803400National Natural Science Foundation of China 31971230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms by which the relatively conserved spliceosome manages the enormously large number of splicing events that occur in humans (∼200 000 versus ∼300 in yeast) are poorly understood. Here, we show deposition of one RNA modification-N2-methylguanosine (m2G) on the G72 of U6 snRNA (the catalytic center of the spliceosome) promotes efficient pre-mRNA splicing activity in human cells. This modification was identified to be conserved among vertebrates. Further, THUMPD2 was demonstrated as the methyltransferase responsible for U6 m2G72 by explicitly recognizing the U6-specific sequences and structural elements. The knock-out of THUMPD2 eliminated U6 m2G72 and impaired the pre-mRNA splicing activity, resulting in thousands of changed alternative splicing events of endogenous pre-mRNAs in human cells. Notably, the aberrantly spliced pre-mRNA population elicited the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway. We further show that THUMPD2 was associated with age-related macular degeneration and retinal function. Our study thus demonstrates how an RNA epigenetic modification of the major spliceosome regulates global pre-mRNA splicing and impacts physiology and disease.

Indexed as

Retinal DegenerationRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA SplicingAnimalsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMethylationNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, Small NuclearSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSpliceosomesC2orf83 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA, Small NuclearU6 small nuclear RNA

Identifiers

PMID38165050
PMCPMC11014329
OpenAlexW4390507945

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.