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N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
dc.creator Wang, Yang
dc.creator Li, Yue
dc.creator Yue, Minghui
dc.creator Wang, Jun
dc.creator Wechsler-Reya, Robert J.
dc.creator Zhang, Zhaolei
dc.creator Ogawa, Yuya
dc.creator Kellis, Manolis
dc.creator Duester, Gregg
dc.creator Zhao, Jing Crystal
dc.date 2020-12-22T16:19:13Z
dc.date 2020-12-22T16:19:13Z
dc.date 2018-01
dc.date 2017-07
dc.date 2019-07-18T13:25:26Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:11:31Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:11:31Z
dc.identifier 1097-6256
dc.identifier 1546-1726
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128892
dc.identifier Wang, Yang et al. "N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications." Nature Neuroscience 21, 2 (January 2018): 195–206 © 2018 The Author(s)
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/279097
dc.description Internal N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is widespread in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and is catalyzed by heterodimers of methyltransferase-like protein 3 (Mettl3) and Mettl14. To understand the role of m6A in development, we deleted Mettl14 in embryonic neural stem cells (NSCs) in a mouse model. Phenotypically, NSCs lacking Mettl14 displayed markedly decreased proliferation and premature differentiation, suggesting that m6A modification enhances NSC self-renewal. Decreases in the NSC pool led to a decreased number of late-born neurons during cortical neurogenesis. Mechanistically, we discovered a genome-wide increase in specific histone modifications in Mettl14 knockout versus control NSCs. These changes correlated with altered gene expression and observed cellular phenotypes, suggesting functional significance of altered histone modifications in knockout cells. Finally, we found that m6A regulates histone modification in part by destabilizing transcripts that encode histone-modifying enzymes. Our results suggest an essential role for m6A in development and reveal m6A-regulated histone modifications as a previously unknown mechanism of gene regulation in mammalian cells.
dc.description NIH (Grants R01-MH109978, R01-HG008155, RF1-AG054012 and U01-HG007610)
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41593-017-0057-1
dc.relation Nature Neuroscience
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source Nature
dc.title N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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