title: The non-coding RNA composition of the mitotic chromosome by 5'-tag sequencing.
abstract: Mitotic chromosomes are one of the most commonly recognized sub-cellular structures in eukaryotic cells. Yet basic information necessary to understand their structure and assembly, such as their composition, is still lacking. Recent proteomic studies have begun to fill this void, identifying hundreds of RNA-binding proteins bound to mitotic chromosomes. However, by contrast, there are only two RNA species (U3 snRNA and rRNA) that are known to be associated with the mitotic chromosome, suggesting that there are many mitotic chromosome-associated RNAs (mCARs) not yet identified. Here, using a targeted protocol based on 5'-tag sequencing to profile the mammalian mCAR population, we report the identification of 1279 mCARs, the majority of which are ncRNAs, including lncRNAs that exhibit greater conservation across 60 vertebrate species than the entire population of lncRNAs. There is also a significant enrichment of snoRNAs and specific SINE RNAs. Finally, ∼40% of the mCARs are presently unannotated, many of which are as abundant as the annotated mCARs, suggesting that there are also many novel ncRNAs in the mCARs. Overall, the mCARs identified here, together with the previous proteomic and genomic data, constitute the first comprehensive catalogue of the molecular composition of the eukaryotic mitotic chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Yicong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors.forename: Xianfu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Xinhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Chuansheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China dczaj@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Czajkowsky
authors.affiliation: Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes & Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China zfshao@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000737:chemistry*; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D008677:Metaphase / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis / Q000235:genetics*; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites
chemical_list: D022661:RNA, Untranslated