Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry screening for pseudouridine in mixtures of small RNAs by chemical derivatization, RNase digestion and signature products

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作者
Durairaj, Anita [1 ]
Limbach, Patrick A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cincinnati, Rieveschl Labs Mass Spectrometry, Dept Chem, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1002/rcm.3789
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have developed a method to screen for pseudouridines in complex mixtures of small RNAs using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). First, the unfractionated crude mixture of tRNAs is digested to completion with an endoribonuclease, such as RNase T1, and the digestion products are examined using MALDI-MS. Individual RNAs are identified by their signature digestion products, which arise through the detection of unique mass values after nuclease digestion. Next, the endonuclease digest is derivatized using N-cyclohexyl-N'-(2-morpholinoethyl)-carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate (CMCT), which selectively modifies all pseudouridine, thiouridine and 2-methylthio-6-isopentenyladenosine nucleosides. MALDI-MS determination of the CMCT-derivatized endonuclease digest reveals the presence of pseudouridine through a 252 Da mass increase over the underivatized digest. Proof-of-concept experiments were conducted using a mixture of Escherichia coli transfer RNAs and endoribonucleases T1 and A. More than 80% of the expected pseudouridines from this mixture were detected using this screening approach, even on an unfractionated sample of tRNAs. This approach should be particularly useful in the identification of putative pseudouridine synthases through detection of their target RNAs and can provide insight into specific small RNAs that may contain pseudouridine. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:3727 / 3734
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