Characterization of RNase R-digested cellular RNA source that consists of lariat and circular RNAs from pre-mRNA splicing

Suzuki, H., Zuo, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, M. Q., Malhotra, A., Mayeda, A. (2006) Characterization of RNase R-digested cellular RNA source that consists of lariat and circular RNAs from pre-mRNA splicing. Nucleic Acids Research, 34 (8). ISSN 03051048

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16682442
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl151

Abstract

Besides linear RNAs, pre-mRNA splicing generates three forms of RNAs: lariat introns, Y-structure introns from trans-splicing, and circular exons through exon skipping. To study the persistence of excised introns in total cellular RNA, we used three Escherichia coli 3? to 5? exoribonucleases. Ribonuclease R (RNase R) thoroughly degrades the abundant linear RNAs and the Y-structure RNA, while preserving the loop portion of a lariat RNA. Ribonuclease II (RNase II) and polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) also preserve the lariat loop, but are less efficient in degrading linear RNAs. RNase R digestion of the total RNA from human skeletal muscle generates an RNA pool consisting of lariat and circular RNAs. RT-PCR across the branch sites confirmed lariat RNAs and circular RNAs in the pool generated by constitutive and alternative splicing of the dystrophin pre-mRNA. Our results indicate that RNase R treatment can be used to construct an intronic cDNA library, in which majority of the intron lariats are represented. The highly specific activity of RNase R implies its ability to screen for rare intragenic trans-splicing in any target gene with a large background of cis-splicing. Further analysis of the intronic RNA pool from a specific tissue or cell will provide insights into the global profile of alternative splicing. © 2006 Oxford University Press.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Escherichia coli protein exoribonuclease messenger RNA RNA RNA precursor RNA splicing Escherichia coli Proteins Exoribonucleases RNA RNA Precursors RNA Splicing RNA, Messenger
Subjects: organism description > bacteria > escherichia coli
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > introns
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > lRNA
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > lRNA > linear_RNA
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Communities: CSHL labs > Zhang lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 2006
Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2011 18:17
Last Modified: 27 Apr 2018 19:31
PMCID: PMC1458517
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22912

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