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ArticleCell systems2025

Probing enzyme-dependent pseudouridylation using direct RNA sequencing to assess epitranscriptome plasticity in a neuronal cell line.

Oleksandra Fanari, Sepideh Tavakoli, Yuchen Qiu, Amr Makhamreh, Keqing Nian, Stuart Akeson, Michele Meseonznik, Caroline A McCormick, Dylan Bloch, Howard Gamper and 4 more

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Article in Cell systems, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Oleksandra FanariDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sepideh TavakoliDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Yuchen QiuDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Amr MakhamrehDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Keqing NianDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Stuart AkesonDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Michele MeseonznikDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Caroline A McCormickDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Dylan BlochDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Howard GamperDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Miten JainDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Ya-Ming HouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Meni WanunuDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sara H RouhanifardDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: s.rouhanifard@northeastern.edu.

Funding

tRNA in codon usageR35GM134931 · NIGMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI HOU, YA-MING · 2020 to 2025
$5.4M
Synthetic mRNA Control Set for Nanopore-Based Pseudouridine Modification Profiling in Human TranscriptomesR01HG012856 · NHGRI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Sara Hakim Rouhanifard · 2023 to 2026
$3.4M
Single-cell direct RNA sequencing using electrical zero-mode waveguides and engineered reverse transcriptasesR01HG011087 · NHGRI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI WANUNU, MENI · 2020 to 2023
$3.0M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011087NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012856NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical modifications in mRNAs, such as pseudouridine (psi), can control gene expression. Yet, we know little about how they are regulated, especially in neurons. We applied nanopore direct RNA sequencing to investigate psi dynamics in SH-SY5Y cells in response to two perturbations that model a natural and unnatural cellular state: retinoic-acid-mediated differentiation (healthy) and exposure to the neurotoxicant lead (unhealthy). We discovered that the expression of some psi writers changes significantly in response to physiological conditions. We also found that globally, lead-treated cells have more psi sites but lower relative occupancy than untreated cells and differentiated cells. Examples of highly plastic sites were accompanied by constant expression for psi writers, suggesting trans-regulation. Many positions were static throughout all three cellular states, suggestive of a "housekeeping" function. This study enables investigations into mechanisms that control psi modifications in neurons and their possible protective effects in response to cellular stress.

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NeuronsPseudouridineTranscriptomeCell DifferentiationCell LineCell Line, TumorEpigenesis, GeneticHumansRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, RNATretinoinPseudouridineRNA, MessengerTretinoindifferentiationepitranscriptomemRNA modificationnanopore DRSPb(2+) neurotoxicantplasticitypseudouridineRNA sequencing

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PMID40118059
PMCPMC12006983

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