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ArticleNature chemical biology2019

Mapping spatial transcriptome with light-activated proximity-dependent RNA labeling.

Pengchong Wang, Wei Tang, Zeyao Li, Zhongyu Zou, Ying Zhou, Ran Li, Tianyu Xiong, Jianbin Wang, Peng Zou

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Pengchong Wang *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Wei Tang *Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Zeyao Li *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhongyu ZouCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ying ZhouCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ran LiAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Tianyu XiongDepartment of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Jianbin WangSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. jianbinwang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-7925
Peng ZouCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. zoupeng@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9798-5242
Peking University · CNChinese Institute for Brain Research · CNMcGovern Institute for Brain Research · USNankai University · CNTsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA molecules are highly compartmentalized in eukaryotic cells, with their localizations intimately linked to their functions. Despite the importance of RNA targeting, our current knowledge of the spatial organization of the transcriptome has been limited by a lack of analytical tools. In this study, we develop a chemical biology approach to label RNAs in live cells with high spatial specificity. Our method, called CAP-seq, capitalizes on light-activated, proximity-dependent photo-oxidation of RNA nucleobases, which could be subsequently enriched via affinity purification and identified by high-throughput sequencing. Using this technique, we investigate the local transcriptomes that are proximal to various subcellular compartments, including the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. We discover that messenger RNAs encoding for ribosomal proteins and oxidative phosphorylation pathway proteins are highly enriched at the outer mitochondrial membrane. Due to its specificity and ease of use, CAP-seq is a generally applicable technique to investigate the spatial transcriptome in many biological systems.

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