N6-methyladenosine residues in an intron-specific region of prolactin pre-mRNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Carroll, S M
RESUMO
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) residues occur at internal positions in most cellular and viral RNAs; both heterogeneous nuclear RNA and mRNA are involved. This modification arises by enzymatic transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to the central adenosine residue in the canonical sequence G/AAC. Thus far, m6A has been mapped to specific locations in eucaryotic mRNA and viral genomic RNA. We have now examined an intron-specific sequence of a modified bovine prolactin precursor RNA for the presence of this methylated nucleotide by using both transfected-cell systems and a cell-free system capable of methylating mRNA transcripts in vitro. The results indicate the final intron-specific sequence (intron D) of a prolactin RNA molecule does indeed possess m6A residues. When mapped to specific T1 oligonucleotides, the predominant site of methylation was found to be within the consensus sequence AGm6ACU. The level of m6A at this site is nonstoichiometric; approximately 24% of the molecules are modified in vivo. Methylation was detected at markedly reduced levels at other consensus sites within the intron but not in T1 oligonucleotides which do not contain either AAC or GAC consensus sequences. In an attempt to correlate mRNA methylation with processing, stably transfected CHO cells expressing augmented levels of bovine prolactin were treated with neplanocin A, an inhibitor of methylation. Under these conditions, the relative steady-state levels of the intron-containing nuclear precursor increased four to six times that found in control cells.
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