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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

Mycobacterial RNA isolation optimized for non-coding RNA: high fidelity isolation of 5S rRNA from Mycobacterium bovis BCG reveals novel post-transcriptional processing and a complete spectrum of modified ribonucleosides.

Fabian Hia, Yok Hian Chionh, Yan Ling Joy Pang, Michael S DeMott, Megan E McBee, Peter C Dedon

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fabian HiaSingapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, 138602, Singapore.
Yok Hian ChionhSingapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, 138602, Singapore Department of Microbiology and Immunology Programme, National University of Singapore, 117456, Singapore.
Yan Ling Joy PangDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Michael S DeMottDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Megan E McBeeSingapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, 138602, Singapore.
Peter C DedonSingapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, 138602, Singapore Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA pcdedon@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology · SGCenter for Environmental Health · USNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NILES, JACQUIN C · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
RNA Modifications as Biomarkers of Environmental Stress and InflammationR01ES017010 · NIEHS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI BEGLEY, THOMAS J · 2009 to 2013
$2.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS ES017010NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major challenge in the study of mycobacterial RNA biology is the lack of a comprehensive RNA isolation method that overcomes the unusual cell wall to faithfully yield the full spectrum of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) species. Here, we describe a simple and robust procedure optimized for the isolation of total ncRNA, including 5S, 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and tRNA, from mycobacteria, using Mycobacterium bovis BCG to illustrate the method. Based on a combination of mechanical disruption and liquid and solid-phase technologies, the method produces all major species of ncRNA in high yield and with high integrity, enabling direct chemical and sequence analysis of the ncRNA species. The reproducibility of the method with BCG was evident in bioanalyzer electrophoretic analysis of isolated RNA, which revealed quantitatively significant differences in the ncRNA profiles of exponentially growing and non-replicating hypoxic bacilli. The method also overcame an historical inconsistency in 5S rRNA isolation, with direct sequencing revealing a novel post-transcriptional processing of 5S rRNA to its functional form and with chemical analysis revealing seven post-transcriptional ribonucleoside modifications in the 5S rRNA. This optimized RNA isolation procedure thus provides a means to more rigorously explore the biology of ncRNA species in mycobacteria.

Indexed as

Chromatography, GelChromatography, High Pressure LiquidMycobacterium bovisReproducibility of ResultsRibonucleosidesRNA, BacterialRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 23SRNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA, TransferRNA, UntranslatedRibonucleosidesRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 23SRNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA, TransferRNA, Untranslated

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PMID25539917
PMCPMC4357692
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