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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (11): 1186-1196.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.25-129

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Advances of m6A modification of chromatin-associated RNAs regulating chromatin accessibility and gene transcription

Jialin Ren(), Yize Tong, Rui Cai()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2025-05-07 Revised:2025-07-22 Online:2025-11-20 Published:2025-08-18
  • Contact: Rui Cai E-mail:renjl@nwafu.edu.cn;cairui1663@nwafu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32202642);Earmarked Fund for(CARS-35-PIG)

Abstract:

Chromatin-associated RNAs (caRNAs), closely related to chromatin structure and functions, are a class of RNAs that interact with chromatin in cis, trans, or cis-trans cooperation modes, regulating gene expression and maintaining the orderly progression of cellular processes. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a ubiquitous and dynamically reversible epigenetic modification in eukaryotic RNAs, playing an important regulatory role in a variety of biological processes. m6A modification of chromatin-associated RNAs can regulate chromatin accessibility and gene expression at the transcriptional level, maintaining the normal functions of organisms. In this review, we summarize the mechanisms of m6A-modified caRNAs-chromatin interactions and their role in gene expression, with the aim of providing scientific basis and ideas for the analysis of the molecular mechanisms of gene transcriptional regulation.

Key words: chromatin-associated RNAs, m6A modification, chromatin accessibility, transcriptional regulation