m6A-RIP-seq of mRNA in HeLa cells undergoing EMT

We report the application of m6A-RIP-seq to indentify the m6A modifications variation in genes invovled in EMT. Briefly, total polyadenylated RNA was isolated from HeLa cells treated with or without 10 ng/ml TGF-β for 3 days by use of TRIZOL reagent followed the using of FastTrack MAGMaxi mRNA isolation kit (Invitrogen). RNA fragmentation, m6A-seq, and library preparation were performed according to instructions of manufacture and the previously published protocol (Wang et al., 2015). NEBNext Ultra Directional RNA Library Prep Kit (New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA) was used for library preparation. Each experiment was conducted in two biological replicates. m6A-seq data were analyzed according to the protocols described before (Wang et al., 2015). Significant peaks with FDR < 0.05 were annotated to RefSeq database (hg19). Sequence motifs were identified by using Homer. Gene expression was calculated by Cufflinks using the sequencing reads from input samples. Cuffdiff was used to find the DE genes. Examination of m6A modification variation in HeLa cells undergoing EMT or not.