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Differential methylation of circRNA m6A in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model

  • Authors:
    • Xiao Zhang
    • Suge Yang
    • Song Han
    • Yuan Sun
    • Min Han
    • Xiaolei Zheng
    • Fan Li
    • Yan Wei
    • Yun Wang
    • Jianzhong Bi
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  • Published online on: January 18, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2023.12942
  • Article Number: 55
  • Copyright: © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by memory loss and progressive cognitive impairment. The characteristic AD pathologies include extracellular senile plaques formed by β‑amyloid protein deposition, neurofibrillary tangles formed by hyper‑phosphorylation of τ protein and neuronal loss caused by glial cell proliferation. However, the pathogenesis of AD is still unclear. Dysregulation of RNA methylation is associated with biological processes, including neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease. N6‑methyladenosine (m6A) is the main modification in eukaryotic RNA and may be associated with the pathophysiology of AD. Circular RNA (circRNA) is a new type of evolutionarily conserved non‑coding RNA without 5'‑cap and 3'‑polyadenylic acid tail. circRNA undergoes m6A RNA methylation and may be involved in the pathogenesis of AD. In the present study, high‑throughput sequencing was performed to assess the degree of circRNA m6A methylation in APP/PS1 AD and C57BL/6 mice. These results suggested that circRNA m6A methylation in AD mice was markedly altered compared to the control group. Furthermore, Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis was used to predict associated pathways; genes with different circRNA m6A methylation in AD mice were associated with ‘axon guidance’, ‘long‑term potentiation’, ‘glutamatergic synapse’, ‘cholinergic synapse’, ‘GABAergic synapse’ and ‘long‑term depression’. Methylated RNA immunoprecipitation reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR demonstrated that among the eight selected circRNA m6A genes, there were five genes that demonstrated significantly increased methylation and three demonstrated significantly decreased methylation. In summary, the present study indicated that circRNA m6A methylation may be associated with pathogenesis of AD.
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Zhang X, Yang S, Han S, Sun Y, Han M, Zheng X, Li F, Wei Y, Wang Y, Bi J, Bi J, et al: Differential methylation of circRNA m6A in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Mol Med Rep 27: 55, 2023
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Zhang, X., Yang, S., Han, S., Sun, Y., Han, M., Zheng, X. ... Bi, J. (2023). Differential methylation of circRNA m6A in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Molecular Medicine Reports, 27, 55. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2023.12942
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Zhang, X., Yang, S., Han, S., Sun, Y., Han, M., Zheng, X., Li, F., Wei, Y., Wang, Y., Bi, J."Differential methylation of circRNA m6A in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model". Molecular Medicine Reports 27.2 (2023): 55.
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Zhang, X., Yang, S., Han, S., Sun, Y., Han, M., Zheng, X., Li, F., Wei, Y., Wang, Y., Bi, J."Differential methylation of circRNA m6A in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model". Molecular Medicine Reports 27, no. 2 (2023): 55. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2023.12942