Long non-coding RNAs expressed in fast gycolytic and slow oxidative myofibers
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ABSTRACT: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as important players in the regulation of several aspects of cellular biology. For a better comprehension of their function it is fundamental to determine their tissue or cell specificity and to identify their subcellular localization. In fact, the activity of lncRNAs may vary according to cell-type specific expression and subcellular localization. Myofibers are motor units of skeletal muscles characterized by great metabolic plasticity. How lncRNAs are expressed in different myofibers, participate to metabolism regulation, and are compartmentalized within a single myofiber is still unknown. We compiled a complete and integrated catalogue of lncRNAs expressed in skeletal muscle, associating the fiber-type specificity and subcellular location to each of them, demonstrating that many are altered when muscles changes myofiber composition and metabolism according to specific stimuli. We demonstrated that the lncRNA Pvt1, activated early during muscle atrophy, impacts mitochondrial respiration and morphology and affects mito/autophagy and myofiber size in vivo by binding specific DNA regions. This work corroborates the importance of lncRNAs in the regulation of metabolism and neuromuscular pathologies and offers a valuable resource to study the metabolism in single cells characterized by pronounced plasticity.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE112716 | GEO | 2019/01/07
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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