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- Title
RTL-P: a sensitive approach for detecting sites of 2'-O-methylation in RNA molecules.
- Authors
Dong, Zhi-Wei; Shao, Peng; Diao, Li-Ting; Zhou, Hui; Yu, Chun-Hong; Qu, Liang-Hu
- Abstract
2'-O-methylation is present within various cellular RNAs and is essential to RNA biogenesis and functionality. Several methods have been developed for the identification and localization of 2'-O-methylated sites in RNAs; however, the detection of RNA modifications, especially in low-abundance RNAs and small non-coding RNAs with a 2'-O-methylation at the 3'-end, remains a difficult task. Here, we introduce a new method to detect 2'-O-methylated sites in diverse RNA species, referred to as RTL-P [Reverse Transcription at Low deoxy-ribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) concentrations followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)] that demonstrates precise mapping and superior sensitivity compared with previous techniques. The main procedures of RTL-P include a site-specific primer extension by reverse transcriptase at a low dNTP concentration and a semi-quantitative PCR amplification step. No radiolabeled or fluorescent primers are required. By designing specific RT primers, we used RTL-P to detect both previously identified and novel 2'-O-methylated sites in human and yeast ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), as well as mouse piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). These results demonstrate the powerful application of RTL-P for the systematic analysis of fully or partially methylated residues in diverse RNA species, including low-abundance RNAs or small non-coding RNAs such as piRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs).
- Publication
Nucleic acids research, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 20, pe157
- ISSN
1362-4962
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/nar/gks698