protocol was performed with the following modifications: (i) Upon
coupling of lysate to NHS beads, RNA overhangs caused by fragmentation
are repaired by a combination of treatment with FastAP (Thermo) and T4
Polynucleoide Kinase (NEB) with no ATP at 37°C for 15 minutes
and 1 hour, respectively. RNA was subsequently ligated with a
“RNA Phosphate Modified” (RPM) tag using T4 RNA Ligase 1
(ssRNA Ligase), High Concentration (NEB) at 20°C for 1 hour
(Shishkin et al., 2015 (link)). The
RPM tag is designed with a 5′ ssRNA overhang and 3′
dsDNA sticky end for sequential ligation of DNA tags to the RNA (see
using Superscript III (Thermo) using a manganese reverse transcriptase
protocol (Siegfried et al., 2014 (link))
to promote reverse-transcription through formaldehyde crosslinks on RNA.
After cDNA synthesis, cDNA was selectively eluted from NHS beads using
RNaseH (NEB) and RNAse Cocktail (Ambion). cDNA was ligated with a unique
cDNA tag as previously described (Shishkin et al., 2015 (link)), which serves as a RNA-specific
identifier during sequencing.