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High temporal resolution RNA-seq time course data reveals widespread synchronous activation between mammalian lncRNAs and neighboring protein-coding genes.


ABSTRACT: The advent of massively parallel sequencing revealed extensive transcription beyond protein-coding genes, identifying tens of thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). Selected functional examples raised the possibility that lncRNAs, as a class, may maintain broad regulatory roles. Expression of lncRNAs is strongly linked with adjacent protein-coding gene expression, suggesting potential cis-regulatory functions. A more detailed understanding of these regulatory roles may be obtained through careful examination of the precise timing of lncRNA expression relative to adjacent protein-coding genes. Despite the diversity of reported lncRNA regulatory mechanisms, where causal cis-regulatory relationships exist, lncRNA transcription is expected to precede changes in target gene expression. Using a high temporal resolution RNA-seq time course, we profiled the expression dynamics of several thousand lncRNAs and protein-coding genes in synchronized, transitioning human cells. Our findings reveal that lncRNAs are expressed synchronously with adjacent protein-coding genes. Analysis of lipopolysaccharide-activated mouse dendritic cells revealed the same temporal relationship observed in transitioning human cells. Our findings suggest broad-scale cis-regulatory roles for lncRNAs are not common. The strong association between lncRNAs and adjacent genes may instead indicate an origin as transcriptional by-products from active protein-coding gene promoters and enhancers.

SUBMITTER: Muskovic W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9435739 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High temporal resolution RNA-seq time course data reveals widespread synchronous activation between mammalian lncRNAs and neighboring protein-coding genes.

Muskovic Walter W   Slavich Eve E   Maslen Ben B   Kaczorowski Dominik C DC   Cursons Joseph J   Crampin Edmund E   Kavallaris Maria M  

Genome research 20220825 8


The advent of massively parallel sequencing revealed extensive transcription beyond protein-coding genes, identifying tens of thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). Selected functional examples raised the possibility that lncRNAs, as a class, may maintain broad regulatory roles. Expression of lncRNAs is strongly linked with adjacent protein-coding gene expression, suggesting potential <i>cis</i>-regulatory functions. A more detailed understanding of these regulatory roles may be obtained th  ...[more]

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