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Upregulation of SPS100 gene expression by an antisense RNA via a switch of mRNA isoforms with different stabilities.


ABSTRACT: Pervasive transcription of genomes generates multiple classes of non-coding RNAs. One of these classes are stable long non-coding RNAs which overlap coding genes in antisense direction (asRNAs). The function of such asRNAs is not fully understood but several cases of antisense-dependent gene expression regulation affecting the overlapping genes have been demonstrated. Using high-throughput yeast genetics and a limited set of four growth conditions we previously reported a regulatory function for ?25% of asRNAs, most of which repress the expression of the sense gene. To further explore the roles of asRNAs we tested more conditions and identified 15 conditionally antisense-regulated genes, 6 of which exhibited antisense-dependent enhancement of gene expression. We focused on the sporulation-specific gene SPS100, which becomes upregulated upon entry into starvation or sporulation as a function of the antisense transcript SUT169. We demonstrate that the antisense effect is mediated by its 3' intergenic region (3'-IGR) and that this regulation can be transferred to other genes. Genetic analysis revealed that SUT169 functions by changing the relative expression of SPS100 mRNA isoforms from a short and unstable transcript to a long and stable species. These results suggest a novel mechanism of antisense-dependent gene regulation via mRNA isoform switching.

SUBMITTER: Bunina D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737743 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Upregulation of SPS100 gene expression by an antisense RNA via a switch of mRNA isoforms with different stabilities.

Bunina Daria D   Štefl Martin M   Huber Florian F   Khmelinskii Anton A   Meurer Matthias M   Barry Joseph D JD   Kats Ilia I   Kirrmaier Daniel D   Huber Wolfgang W   Knop Michael M  

Nucleic acids research 20171101 19


Pervasive transcription of genomes generates multiple classes of non-coding RNAs. One of these classes are stable long non-coding RNAs which overlap coding genes in antisense direction (asRNAs). The function of such asRNAs is not fully understood but several cases of antisense-dependent gene expression regulation affecting the overlapping genes have been demonstrated. Using high-throughput yeast genetics and a limited set of four growth conditions we previously reported a regulatory function for  ...[more]

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