System-wide analysis of Dhx36 function in skeletal muscle satellite cells reveals its binding with 5'UTR G4 structure to promote Gnai2 RNA translation [CLIP-seq]
In this study, we deciphered the functions of Dhx36 and related molecular mechanisms in muscle stem cells and muscle regeneration. We found Dhx36 was highly induced in activated muscle stem cells during regeneration induced by injury. Conditional inactivation of Dhx36 in mouse muscle stem cells caused significant impaired regeneration, which was due to the dramatically decreased cell proliferation. Dhx36 was a well-known RNA helicase for binding/unbinding DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes and it was dominantly expressed in cytoplasm of proliferating myoblast. Therefore CLIP-seq was conducted to identify the mRNAs interacting with Dhx36 in myoblast cells. Overall design: 2 Dhx36 CLIP-seq experiments performed.