{"title":"The crosstalk of m<sup>6</sup>A-modified RNA with DNA damage repair.","authors":"Fei Qu, Yuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2025.06.012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>N<sup>6</sup>-methyladenosine (m<sup>6</sup>A) is the most abundant epitranscriptomic mark on mRNA and plays crucial roles in gene expression, cell differentiation, stress responses, and cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies have further revealed a new role of m<sup>6</sup>A-modified coding and noncoding RNAs in regulating DNA repair and modulating genome stability. In this review, we first discuss the roles of m<sup>6</sup>A modification in regulating RNA stability and splicing of DNA repair genes, as well as its roles in guiding DNA repair. We then discuss the crosstalk between m<sup>6</sup>A-modified RNA and DNA damage and repair, highlighting several outstanding questions.</p>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2025.06.012","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant epitranscriptomic mark on mRNA and plays crucial roles in gene expression, cell differentiation, stress responses, and cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies have further revealed a new role of m6A-modified coding and noncoding RNAs in regulating DNA repair and modulating genome stability. In this review, we first discuss the roles of m6A modification in regulating RNA stability and splicing of DNA repair genes, as well as its roles in guiding DNA repair. We then discuss the crosstalk between m6A-modified RNA and DNA damage and repair, highlighting several outstanding questions.
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