High-Throughput Mapping of 2'-O-Me Residues in RNA Using Next-Generation Sequencing (Illumina RiboMethSeq Protocol).

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Date publication

janvier 2017

Journal

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MOTORINE Iouri, Dr MARCHAND Virginie


Tous les auteurs :
Marchand V, Ayadi L, El Hajj A, Blanloeil-Oillo F, Helm M, Motorin Y

Résumé

Detection of RNA modifications in native RNAs is a tedious and laborious task, since the global level of these residues is low and most of the suitable physico-chemical methods require purification of the RNA of interest almost to homogeneity. To overcome these limitations, methods based on RT-driven primer extension have been developed and successfully used, sometimes in combination with a specific chemical treatment. Nowadays, some of these approaches have been coupled to high-throughput sequencing technologies, allowing the access to transcriptome-wide data. RNA 2'-O-methylation is one of the ubiquitous nucleotide modifications found in many RNA types from bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. Here, we describe a reliable and optimized protocol based on alkaline fragmentation of total RNA coupled to a commonly used ligation approach followed by Illumina sequencing. We describe the methodology for detection and relative quantification of 2'-O-methylations with a high sensitivity and reproducibility even with a limited amount of starting material (1 ng of total RNA). Altogether this technique unlocks a technological barrier since it will be applicable for routine parallel treatment of biological and clinical samples to decipher the functions of 2'-O-methylations in pathologies.

Référence

Methods Mol. Biol.. 2017 ;1562:171-187