RNA N6-methyladenosine and the regulation of RNA localization and function in the brain

SU Madugalle, K Meyer, DO Wang, TW Bredy - Trends in neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
A major challenge in neurobiology in the 21st century is to understand how the brain adapts
with experience. Activity-dependent gene expression is integral to the synaptic plasticity …

[PDF][PDF] ADRAM is an experience-dependent long noncoding RNA that drives fear extinction through a direct interaction with the chaperone protein 14-3-3

…, EL Zajaczkowski, LJ Leighton, SU Madugalle… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Here, we used RNA capture-seq to identify a large population of lncRNAs that are expressed
in the infralimbic prefrontal cortex of adult male mice in response to fear-related learning. …

[HTML][HTML] Fear extinction is regulated by the activity of long noncoding RNAs at the synapse

…, A Periyakaruppiah, SU Madugalle… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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The DNA modification N6-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine (m6dA) drives activity-induced gene expression and is required for fear extinction

…, TW Viola, PR Marshall, J Yin, SU Madugalle… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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Synapse-enriched m6A-modified Malat1 interacts with the novel m6A reader, DPYSL2, and is required for fear-extinction memory

SU Madugalle, WS Liau, Q Zhao, X Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The RNA modification N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A) regulates the interaction between RNA
and various RNA binding proteins within the nucleus and other subcellular compartments …

The DNA repair-associated protein Gadd45γ regulates the temporal coding of immediate early gene expression within the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and is required …

…, EL Zajaczkowski, Z Wang, SU Madugalle… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
We have identified a member of the growth arrest and DNA damage (Gadd45) protein family,
Gadd45γ, which is known to be critically involved in DNA repair, as a key player in the …

Dynamic regulation of Z-DNA in the mouse prefrontal cortex by the RNA-editing enzyme Adar1 is required for fear extinction

…, EL Zajaczkowski, LJ Leighton, SU Madugalle… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA forms conformational states beyond the right-handed double helix; however, the
functional relevance of these noncanonical structures in the brain remains unknown. Here we …

Fear extinction is regulated by long noncoding RNA activity at the synapse

…, PR Marshall, A Periyakaruppiah, SU Madugalle… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a multidimensional class of regulatory molecules
involved in many aspects of brain function. Emerging evidence indicates that lncRNAs are …

DNA G-quadruplex is a transcriptional control device that regulates memory

…, LJ Leighton, SU Madugalle… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
The conformational state of DNA fine-tunes the transcriptional rate and abundance of RNA.
Here we report that DNA G-quadruplex (G4-DNA) accumulates in neurons, in an experience-…

Discovery of synapse-specific RNA N6-methyladenosine readers associated with the consolidation of fear extinction memory

SU Madugalle, WS Liau, Q Zhao, X Li, H Gong… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The RNA modification N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A) is critically involved in the regulation of
gene activity underlying experience-dependent plasticity, and is necessary for the functional …