GSE176207
A small RNA regulates pprM, a modulator of pleiotropic proteins promoting DNA repair, in Deinococcus radiodurans under ionizing radiation
This study explores the regulatory network of a sRNA named PprS (previously Dsr2) in Deinococcus radiodurans R1. We compared the transcriptomes of two strains with and without exposure to 10 kGy acute ionizing radiation (IR): D. radiodurans  R1 (wild-type) and a PprS knockdown mutant (PprSKD) that expresses ~2-fold less PprS compared to WT levels. Analysis of this RNAseq dataset demonstrated significant differential expression of several transcripts in both WT (34) and PprSKD (61) strains during recovery from IR. However, we did not observe any significantly differentially expressed transcripts between the two strains during recovery from IR. 31 transcripts were signficantly differentially expressed when comparing the two strains under unirradiated conditions. To determine the regulatory network that this sRNA, PprS could regulate we performed a MAPS (MS2-affinity purification followed by RNAsequencing) experiment in which a MS2-binding domain tagged PprS was expressed from a constutive promoter from a plasmid (pRADgro) in D. radiodurans R1. A control plasmid (containing only the MS2-binding domain) was also expressed and differential enrichment was compared to this control. MAPS suggested ~130 potential interacting transcripts with PprS and we were able to validate the binding and stabilization of one specific transcript, pprM, for PprS. Overall design: RNAseq of D. radiodurans R1 (WT) and PprSKD strains after recovery from 0kGy or 10 kGy IR and MAPS of MS2BD-PprS