In-cell identification and measurement of RNA-protein interactions.

First Authors Antoine Graindorge
Authors Antoine Graindorge, InĂªs Pinheiro, Anna Nawrocka, Allison C Mallory, Peter Tsvetkov, Noa Gil, Carlo Carolis, Frank Buchholz, Igor Ulitsky, Edith Heard, Mikko Taipale, Alena Shkumatava
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Journal Name Nature communications (Nat Commun)
Volume 10
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Article Number 5317
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Print Publication Date 2019-11-22
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Abstract Regulatory RNAs exert their cellular functions through RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Identifying RNA-protein interactions is therefore key for a molecular understanding of regulatory RNAs. To date, RNA-bound proteins have been identified primarily through RNA purification followed by mass spectrometry. Here, we develop incPRINT (in cell protein-RNA interaction), a high-throughput method to identify in-cell RNA-protein interactions revealed by quantifiable luminescence. Applying incPRINT to long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), we identify RBPs specifically interacting with the lncRNA Firre and three functionally distinct regions of the lncRNA Xist. incPRINT confirms previously known lncRNA-protein interactions and identifies additional interactions that had evaded detection with other approaches. Importantly, the majority of the incPRINT-defined interactions are specific to individual functional regions of the large Xist transcript. Thus, we present an RNA-centric method that enables reliable identification of RNA-region-specific RBPs and is applicable to any RNA of interest.
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DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-13235-w
PubMed ID 31757954
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