A comparison of metabolic labeling and statistical methods to infer genome-wide dynamics of RNA turnover

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press..

Metabolic labeling of newly transcribed RNAs coupled with RNA-seq is being increasingly used for genome-wide analysis of RNA dynamics. Methods including standard biochemical enrichment and recent nucleotide conversion protocols each require special experimental and computational treatment. Despite their immediate relevance, these technologies have not yet been assessed and benchmarked, and no data are currently available to advance reproducible research and the development of better inference tools. Here, we present a systematic evaluation and comparison of four RNA labeling protocols: 4sU-tagging biochemical enrichment, including spike-in RNA controls, SLAM-seq, TimeLapse-seq and TUC-seq. All protocols are evaluated based on practical considerations, conversion efficiency and wet lab requirements to handle hazardous substances. We also compute decay rate estimates and confidence intervals for each protocol using two alternative statistical frameworks, pulseR and GRAND-SLAM, for over 11 600 human genes and evaluate the underlying computational workflows for their robustness and ease of use. Overall, we demonstrate a high inter-method reliability across eight use case scenarios. Our results and data will facilitate reproducible research and serve as a resource contributing to a fuller understanding of RNA biology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Briefings in bioinformatics - 22(2021), 6 vom: 05. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boileau, Etienne [VerfasserIn]
Altmüller, Janine [VerfasserIn]
Naarmann-de Vries, Isabel S [VerfasserIn]
Dieterich, Christoph [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4sU-tagging
63231-63-0
Computational workflow
Journal Article
Kinetic and statistical modeling
Metabolic RNA labeling
RNA
RNA decay rate estimation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 11.03.2022

Date Revised 11.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/bib/bbab219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327751053