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- Title
Quantification of Pseudouridine Levels in Cellular RNA Pools with a Modified HPLC-UV Assay.
- Authors
Jialin Xu; Gu, Alice Y.; Thumati, Naresh R.; Wong, Judy M. Y.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
PSEUDOURIDINE; HIGH performance liquid chromatography; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; NON-coding RNA; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; HELA cells; MESSENGER RNA
- Publication
Genes, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 9, p219
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes8090219