{"title":"RNA methylation in neurodevelopment and related diseases.","authors":"Wenjuan Xia, Yue Liu, Jiafeng Lu, Hoi-Hung Cheung, Qingxia Meng, Boxian Huang","doi":"10.3724/abbs.2024159","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biological development and genetic information transfer are governed by genetic, epigenetic, transcriptional, and posttranscriptional mechanisms. RNA methylation, the attachment of methyl (-CH <sub>3</sub>) groups to RNA molecules, is a posttranscriptional modification that has gained increasing attention in recent years because of its role in RNA epitranscriptomics. RNA modifications (RMs) influence various aspects of RNA metabolism and are involved in the regulation of diverse biological processes and diseases. Neural cell types emerge at specific stages of brain development, and recent studies have revealed that neurodevelopment, aging, and disease are tightly linked to transcriptome dysregulation. In this review, we discuss the roles of N6-methyladenine (m6A) and 5-methylcytidine (m5C) RNA modifications in neurodevelopment, physiological functions, and related diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":6978,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3724/abbs.2024159","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Biological development and genetic information transfer are governed by genetic, epigenetic, transcriptional, and posttranscriptional mechanisms. RNA methylation, the attachment of methyl (-CH 3) groups to RNA molecules, is a posttranscriptional modification that has gained increasing attention in recent years because of its role in RNA epitranscriptomics. RNA modifications (RMs) influence various aspects of RNA metabolism and are involved in the regulation of diverse biological processes and diseases. Neural cell types emerge at specific stages of brain development, and recent studies have revealed that neurodevelopment, aging, and disease are tightly linked to transcriptome dysregulation. In this review, we discuss the roles of N6-methyladenine (m6A) and 5-methylcytidine (m5C) RNA modifications in neurodevelopment, physiological functions, and related diseases.
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Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica (ABBS) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CAS). ABBS aims to publish original research articles and review articles in diverse fields of biochemical research including Protein Science, Nucleic Acids, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biophysics, Immunology, and Signal Transduction, etc.