Epigenetic modifications on individual bases in DNA and RNA can encode inheritable genetic information beyond the canonical bases. Among the nucleic acid modifications, DNA N6-methadenine (6mA) and RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) have recently been well...
We conducted this cross-sectional study in the American general population to explore the association of dietary n3 and n6 fatty acids intake and the risk of hypertension. We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES...
COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has spawned a worldwide pandemic. ADAM17 is a sheddase associated with the modulation of the receptor ACE2 of SARS-CoV-2. Studies have revealed that malignant phenotypes of several ca...
N6-methyladenine (6mA) in the DNA is a conserved epigenetic mark with various cellular, physiological and developmental functions. Although the presence of 6mA was discovered a few years ago in the nuclear genome of distantly related animal taxa and...
The platinum(II) complexes trans-[PtCl2(Ln)2]∙xSolv 1–13 (Solv = H2O or CH3OH), involving N6-benzyladenosine-based N-donor ligands, were synthesized; Ln stands for N6-(2-methoxybenzyl)adenosine (L1, involved in complex 1), N6-(4-methoxy-benzyl)adenos...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most common and abundant internal co-transcriptional modification in eukaryotic RNAs. This modification is catalyzed by m6A methyltransferases, known as “writers”, including METTL3/14 and WTAP, and removed...
Microvascular dysfunction (MVD) has long plagued the medical field despite improvements in its prevention, diagnosis, and intervention. Microvascular lesions from MVD increase with age and further lead to impaired microcirculation, target organ dysfu...
Two forms were found in the NMR spectra of N6-substituted 2-chloroadenosines. The proportion of the mini-form was 11–32% of the main form. It was characterized by a separate set of signals in COSY, 15N-HMBC and other NMR spectra. We assumed tha...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant modification in messenger RNAs (mRNAs), is deposited by methyltransferases (“writers”) Mettl3 and Mettl14 and erased by demethylases (“erasers”) Fto and Alkbh5. m6A can be recognized by m6A-binding proteins...
Epitranscriptomic modifications can affect every aspect of RNA biology, including stability, transport, splicing, and translation, participate in global intracellular mRNA metabolism, and regulate gene expression and a variety of biological processes...
Recently, we demonstrated that the natural cytokinin nucleosides N6-isopentenyladenosine (iPR) and N6-benzyladenosine (BAPR) exert a potent and selective antiviral effect on the replication of human enterovirus 71. In order to further characterize th...
Enteroviruses such as coxsackievirus B3 are identified as a common cause of viral myocarditis, but the potential mechanism of its replication and pathogenesis are largely unknown. The genomes of a variety of viruses contain N6-methyladenosine (m6A),...
Hepatoblastoma (HB) is a rare primary malignancy of the developing fetal liver. Its course is profoundly influenced by genetics, in the context of sporadic mutation or genetic syndromes. Conventionally, subtypes of HB are histologically determined ba...
The highly conserved and dynamically reversible N6-methyladenine (m6A) modification has emerged as a critical gene expression regulator by affecting RNA splicing, translation efficiency, and stability at the post-transcriptional level, which has been...
Three new dinuclear copper(II) complexes [Cu2(μ–HLn)2(μ-Cl)2Cl2]Cl2 (1–3) have been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, where HLx, (HL1 = N6-propyladeninium, HL2 = N6-butyladeninium and HL...
The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, exhibits remarkable adaptations to survive in its arid habitat, including behavioral and metabolic changes during periods of drought. During extreme dehydration, X. laevis undergoes estivation, a state charact...
Epigenetics is identified as the study of heritable modifications in gene expression and regulation that do not involve DNA sequence alterations, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, etc. Importantly, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation m...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification remains the most pivotal epigenetic modification on RNA. As we know, m6A not only affects physiological processes but is also involved in carcinoma. Noncoding RNAs play an indispensable role in the occurrence and...
Changes in epitranscriptome with N6-methyladenine (m6A) modification could be involved in the development of multiple diseases, which might be a prevalent modification of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in eukaryotes. The m6A modification might be performed t...
N6-methyladenosine(m6A) is the most abundant modification in mRNA. Studies on proteins that introduce and bind m6A require the efficient synthesis of oligonucleotides containing m6A. We report an improved five-step synthesis of the m6A phosphoramidit...
The N6-methyladenosine (M6A) modification is the most common internal chemical modification of RNA molecules in eukaryotes. This modification can affect mRNA metabolism, regulate RNA transcription, nuclear export, splicing, degradation, and translati...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is a newly discovered regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes. As one of the most common epigenetic mechanisms, m6A’s role in the development of atherosclerosis (AS) and atherosclerotic diseases (AD) has also re...
Epigenetics of N6-methyladenine (m6A) modification may play a key role during the regulation of various diseases, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The m6A modification has been shown to be accomplished via t...
N6-isopentenyladenosine has been shown to exert potent in vitro antitumor activity on different human cancers, including colorectal cancer. Although some potential biochemical targets have been identified, its precise mechanism of action remains uncl...
There are more than 100 different ribonucleoside structures incorporated as post-transcriptional modifications, mainly in tRNA and rRNA of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and emerging evidence suggests that these modifications function as a system i...
Laser-induced graphene (LIG) possesses characteristics of easy handling, miniaturization, and unique electrical properties. We modified the surface of LIG by electropolymerizing β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), which was used to immobilize antibodies...
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), including circular RNAs (circRNAs) and N6-methyladenosine (m6A), have been shown to play a critical role in the development of various diseases including obesity and metabolic disorder-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD)....
N6-methyladenine (6mA) is a DNA base modification at the 6th nitrogen position; recently, it has been resurfaced as a potential reversible epigenetic mark in eukaryotes. Despite its existence, 6mA was considered to be absent due to its undetectable l...
A variety of epigenetic mechanisms—such as DNA methylation, histone alterations, RNA chemical modifications, and regulatory non-coding RNAs—collectively influence gene regulation and cellular processes. Among these, N6-methyladenosine (m6...
Mitochondria are indispensable in cells and play crucial roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis, energy production, and regulating cell death. Mitochondrial dysfunction has various manifestations, causing different diseases by affecting the divers...
Bone-related diseases significantly diminish human happiness, adversely impacting overall quality of life. Optimizing bone tissue repair remains a prominent focus within the field of bone tissue regenerative medicine. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one...
N6-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA) is a recently discovered DNA modification involved in regulating plant adaptation to abiotic stresses. However, the mechanisms and changes of 6mA under cold stress in plants are not yet fully understood. Here, we conduct...
In recent years, there has been an increase in research efforts surrounding RNA modification thanks to key breakthroughs in NGS-based whole transcriptome mapping methods. More than 100 modifications have been reported in RNAs, and some have been mapp...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most prevalent epigenetic modifications of eukaryotic RNA. The m6A modification is a dynamic and reversible process, regulated by three kinds of regulator, including m6A methyltransferases, demethylases and m6A-...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is known to occur in plant and animal messenger RNAs (mRNAs) since the 1970s. However, the scope and function of this modification remained un-explored till very recently. Since the beginning of this decade, owing to major te...
The biology of the group of plant hormones termed cytokinins is reviewed to reveal areas where further studies of cytokinin-binding proteins could be significant. Such areas include: inhibition of human tumour cell growth by cytokinin ribosides, the...
RNA modifications, particularly N6-methyladenosine (m6A), are pivotal regulators of RNA functionality and cellular processes. We analyzed m6A modifications by employing Oxford Nanopore technology and the m6Anet algorithm, focusing on the HepG2 cell l...
N6-methyladenine modification (m6dA) has recently been identified in eukaryote genomic DNA. The methylation destabilizes the duplex structure when the adenine forms a Watson–Crick base pair, whereas the methylation on a terminal unpaired adenine stab...
Chemicals found in nature have evolved over geological time scales to productively interact with biological molecules, and thus represent an effective resource for pharmaceutical development. Marine-derived bacteria are rich sources of chemically div...
Studying the mechanism of spermatogenesis is key to exploring the reproductive characteristics of male yaks. Although N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification has been reported to regulate spermatogenesis and reproductive function in mammals, the mo...
Post-weaning diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F18 (E. coli F18) causes significant economic losses for pig producers. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a highly abundant epitranscriptomic marker that has been found to be involved in regu...
Background: The N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification can modify long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), thereby affecting the tumorigenesis and progression of tumors. However, the underlying role of m6A-modified lncRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC) remain...
One of the most common and well studied post-transcription modifications in RNAs is N6-methyladenosine (m6A) which has been involved with a wide range of biological processes. Over the past decades, N6-methyladenosine produced some positive consequen...
The crystal structure of the coordination polymer diaqua(μ-5,5'-bistetrazolato-κ4N1,N2,N5,N6)copper(II) was determined by X-ray diffraction. The copper atoms are connected to chains over the bridging 5,5'-bistetrazolato ligand. The energetic properti...
We studied the influence of experimentally induced DM1, in combination with different dietary n6:n3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratios on different types of nerve fibers in rat myocardium, in order to reveal whether protective/unfavorable effec...
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification in eukaryotic cell mRNA, and this modification plays a key role in regulating mRNA translation, splicing, and stability. Emerging evidence implicates aberrant m6A as a crucial player...
Development of heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI) is responsible for premature death. Complex cellular and molecular mechanisms are involved in this process. A number of studies have linked the epitranscriptomic RNA modification N6-m...
Gastric cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the digestive tract and is great challenge in clinical treatment. N6-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-adenosine (HEA), widely present in various fungi, is a natural adenosine derivative with many biological and ph...
DNA N6-methyladenine (6mA) plays an important role in regulating the gene expression of eukaryotes. Accurate identification of 6mA sites may assist in understanding genomic 6mA distributions and biological functions. Various experimental methods have...
The significance of internal mRNA modifications for the modulation of transcript stability, for regulation of nuclear export and translation efficiency, and their role in suppressing innate immunity is well documented. Over the years, the molecular c...
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