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<p>RNA molecules can populate ensembles of alternative structural conformations; however, comprehensively mapping RNA conformational landscapes within living cells presents notable challenges and has, as such, so far remained elusive. Here, we generate transcriptome-scale maps of RNA secondary structure ensembles in both <i>Escherichia coli</i> and human cells, uncovering features of structurally heterogeneous regions. By combining ensemble deconvolution and covariation analyses, we report the discovery of several bacterial RNA thermometers in the 5′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of the <i>cspG, cspI, cpxP</i> and <i>lpxP</i> mRNAs of <i>Escherichia coli</i>. We mechanistically characterize how these thermometers switch structure in response to cold shock and reveal the CspE chaperone-mediated regulation of <i>lpxP</i>. Furthermore, we introduce a method for the transcriptome-scale mapping of 5′ UTR structures in eukaryotes and leverage it to uncover RNA structural switches regulating the differential usage of open reading frames in the 5′ UTRs of the <i>CKS2</i> and <i>TXNL4A</i> mRNAs in HEK293 cells. Collectively, this work reveals the complexity of RNA structural dynamics in living cells and provides a resource to accelerate the discovery of regulatory RNA switches.</p>

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Identification of conserved RNA regulatory switches in living cells using RNA secondary structure ensemble mapping and covariation analysis

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    2025年7月25日

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  • Ivana Borovská,
  • Chundan Zhang,
  • Sarah-Luisa J. Dülk,
  • Edoardo Morandi,
  • Marta F. S. Cardoso,
  • Billal M. Bourkia,
  • Daphne A. L. van den Homberg,
  • Michael T. Wolfinger,
  • Willem A. Velema,
  • Danny Incarnato

摘要

RNA molecules can populate ensembles of alternative structural conformations; however, comprehensively mapping RNA conformational landscapes within living cells presents notable challenges and has, as such, so far remained elusive. Here, we generate transcriptome-scale maps of RNA secondary structure ensembles in both Escherichia coli and human cells, uncovering features of structurally heterogeneous regions. By combining ensemble deconvolution and covariation analyses, we report the discovery of several bacterial RNA thermometers in the 5′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of the cspG, cspI, cpxP and lpxP mRNAs of Escherichia coli. We mechanistically characterize how these thermometers switch structure in response to cold shock and reveal the CspE chaperone-mediated regulation of lpxP. Furthermore, we introduce a method for the transcriptome-scale mapping of 5′ UTR structures in eukaryotes and leverage it to uncover RNA structural switches regulating the differential usage of open reading frames in the 5′ UTRs of the CKS2 and TXNL4A mRNAs in HEK293 cells. Collectively, this work reveals the complexity of RNA structural dynamics in living cells and provides a resource to accelerate the discovery of regulatory RNA switches.