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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Exploring Transcriptomic Landscapes in Red Blood Cells, in Their Extracellular Vesicles and on a Single-Cell Level.

Erja Kerkelä, Jenni Lahtela, Antti Larjo, Ulla Impola, Laura Mäenpää, Pirkko Mattila

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erja KerkeläFinnish Red Cross Blood Service, Kivihaantie 7, 00310 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2923-5300
Jenni LahtelaInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Antti LarjoFinnish Red Cross Blood Service, Kivihaantie 7, 00310 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9687-4700
Ulla ImpolaFinnish Red Cross Blood Service, Kivihaantie 7, 00310 Helsinki, Finland.
Laura MäenpääResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Pirkko MattilaFinnish Red Cross Blood Service, Kivihaantie 7, 00310 Helsinki, Finland.
Finnish Red Cross · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Being enucleated, RBCs lack typical transcriptomes, but are known to contain small amounts of diverse long transcripts and microRNAs. However, the exact role and importance of these RNAs are lacking. Shedding of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from the plasma membrane constitutes an integral mechanism of RBC homeostasis, by which RBCs remove unnecessary cytoplasmic content and cell membrane. To study this further, we explored the transcriptomes of RBCs and extracellular vesicles (EVs) of RBCs using next-generation sequencing. Furthermore, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on RBCs, which revealed that approximately 10% of the cells contained detectable levels of mRNA and cells formed three subpopulations based on their transcriptomes. A decrease in the mRNA quantity was observed across the populations. Qualitative changes included the differences in the globin transcripts and changes in the expression of ribosomal genes. A specific splice form of a long non-coding RNA, Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1 (MALAT1), was the most enriched marker in one subpopulation of RBCs, co-expressing with ribosomal structural transcripts. MALAT1 expression was confirmed by qPCR in CD71-enriched reticulocytes, which were also characterized with imaging flow cytometry at the single cell level. Analysis of the RBC transcriptome shows enrichment of pathways and functional categories required for the maturation of reticulocytes and erythrocyte functions. The RBC transcriptome was detected in their EVs, making these transcripts available for intercellular communication in blood.

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Extracellular VesiclesRNA, Long NoncodingErythrocytesRNA, MessengerTranscriptomeRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Messengererythrocyteextracellular vesicleMALAT1RNA sequencingtranscriptomics

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PMID36361688
PMCPMC9657499
OpenAlexW4307372670

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