As a cornerstone of the central dogma of molecular biology,RNA plays vital roles in living organisms.Over the past few decades,many RNA labeling technologies have been developed to elucidate the biological function of...As a cornerstone of the central dogma of molecular biology,RNA plays vital roles in living organisms.Over the past few decades,many RNA labeling technologies have been developed to elucidate the biological function of RNA.These technologies have signifi-cantly advanced our understanding of RNA secondary structure,localization,and turnover.Additionally,taking advantage of these innovative RNA labeling approaches,plenty of tool kits have been devised for the regulation of RNA-related biological process,such as gene expression and gene editing.In this review,we primarily focus on an array of intracellular RNA labeling methods,encom-passing chemical probes-based labeling,metabolic labeling,and proximity-dependent labeling.We also provide a brief overview of their applications in the research of RNA biology.Finally,the perspectives of RNA labeling are also discussed.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (92253202 and 22177087 to X.W.)the Ministry of Science and Technology (2023YFC3402200)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2042023kfyq05).
文摘As a cornerstone of the central dogma of molecular biology,RNA plays vital roles in living organisms.Over the past few decades,many RNA labeling technologies have been developed to elucidate the biological function of RNA.These technologies have signifi-cantly advanced our understanding of RNA secondary structure,localization,and turnover.Additionally,taking advantage of these innovative RNA labeling approaches,plenty of tool kits have been devised for the regulation of RNA-related biological process,such as gene expression and gene editing.In this review,we primarily focus on an array of intracellular RNA labeling methods,encom-passing chemical probes-based labeling,metabolic labeling,and proximity-dependent labeling.We also provide a brief overview of their applications in the research of RNA biology.Finally,the perspectives of RNA labeling are also discussed.