Sharma Bishwas, Govindan Ganesan, Li Yongfang, Sunkar Ramanjulu, Gregory Brian D
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Noncoding RNA. 2024 Jan 19;10(1):8. doi: 10.3390/ncrna10010008.
Recently, post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA mediated by N-methyladenosine (mA) has been found to have profound effects on transcriptome regulation during plant responses to various abiotic stresses. However, whether this RNA modification can affect an oxidative stress response in plants has not been studied. To assess the role of mA modifications during copper-induced oxidative stress responses, mA-IP-seq was performed in Arabidopsis seedlings exposed to high levels of copper sulfate. This analysis revealed large-scale shifts in this modification on the transcripts most relevant for oxidative stress. This altered epitranscriptomic mark is known to influence transcript abundance and translation; therefore we scrutinized these possibilities. We found an increased abundance of copper-enriched mA-containing transcripts. Similarly, we also found increased ribosome occupancy of copper-enriched mA-containing transcripts, specifically those encoding proteins involved with stress responses relevant to oxidative stressors. Furthermore, the significance of the mA epitranscriptome on plant oxidative stress tolerance was uncovered by assessing germination and seedling development of the (N-methyladenosine RNA methyltransferase A mutant complemented with :) mutant exposed to high copper treatment. These analyses suggested hypersensitivity of the mutant compared to the wild-type plants in response to copper-induced oxidative stress. Overall, our findings suggest an important role for mA in the oxidative stress response of Arabidopsis.
最近,人们发现由N-甲基腺苷(m⁶A)介导的mRNA转录后调控在植物对各种非生物胁迫的响应过程中对转录组调控具有深远影响。然而,这种RNA修饰是否会影响植物的氧化应激反应尚未得到研究。为了评估m⁶A修饰在铜诱导的氧化应激反应中的作用,对暴露于高浓度硫酸铜的拟南芥幼苗进行了m⁶A-IP-seq分析。该分析揭示了这种修饰在与氧化应激最相关的转录本上的大规模变化。已知这种改变的表观转录组标记会影响转录本丰度和翻译;因此,我们仔细研究了这些可能性。我们发现富含铜的含m⁶A转录本丰度增加。同样,我们还发现富含铜的含m⁶A转录本的核糖体占有率增加,特别是那些编码与氧化应激源相关的应激反应蛋白的转录本。此外,通过评估暴露于高铜处理的(N-甲基腺苷RNA甲基转移酶A突变体与:互补)突变体的萌发和幼苗发育,揭示了m⁶A表观转录组对植物氧化应激耐受性的重要性。这些分析表明,与野生型植物相比,突变体在对铜诱导的氧化应激反应中表现出超敏性。总体而言,我们的研究结果表明m⁶A在拟南芥的氧化应激反应中起重要作用。