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ArticleMolecular cell2024

Detection of ac4C in human mRNA is preserved upon data reassessment.

Hamid Beiki, David Sturgill, Daniel Arango, Sebastien Relier, Sarah Schiffers, Shalini Oberdoerffer

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Article in Molecular cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hamid BeikiLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
David SturgillLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Daniel ArangoDepartment of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Sebastien RelierLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sarah SchiffersLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Shalini OberdoerfferLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: shalini.oberdoerffer@nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Impact of chromatin structure on alternative splicing of CD45 pre-mRNAZIABC011293 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI OBERDOERFFER, SHALINI · 2010 to 2025
$22.2M
Mechanisms of translation regulation by N4-acetylcytidine in cancer cellsR00CA245035 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ARANGO, DANIEL · 2021 to 2023
$747k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA245035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently reported the distribution of N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) in HeLa mRNA at base resolution through chemical reduction and the induction of C:T mismatches in sequencing (RedaC:T-seq). Our results contradicted an earlier report from Schwartz and colleagues utilizing a similar method termed ac4C-seq. Here, we revisit both datasets and reaffirm our findings. Through RedaC:T-seq reanalysis, we establish a low basal error rate at unmodified nucleotides that is not skewed to any specific mismatch type and a prominent increase in C:T substitutions as the dominant mismatch type in both treated wild-type replicates, with a high degree of reproducibility across replicates. In contrast, through ac4C-seq reanalysis, we uncover significant data quality issues including insufficient depth, with one wild-type replicate yielding 2.7 million reads, inconsistencies in reduction efficiencies between replicates, and an overall increase in mismatches involving thymine that could obscure ac4C detection. These analyses bolster the detection of ac4C in HeLa mRNA through RedaC:T-seq.

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CytidineNucleotidesHumansReproducibility of ResultsRNA, MessengerCytidineN-acetylcytidineNucleotidesRNA, Messengerac4CacetylcytidineepitranscriptomeNAT10

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PMID38640896
PMCPMC11353019
OpenAlexW4394913176

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