Comprehensive RNA-Chromatin Interactome Reveals Global and Specific Regulatory Functions by Long Non-Coding RNAs
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ABSTRACT: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an emerging class of regulatory molecules with a potentially broad-range of epigenomic regulatory functions. These functions are likely mediated by lncRNA-chromatin interactions either directly or indirectly through protein intermediates. Thus, comprehensive genomic mapping of all lncRNA targets describing the ‘RNA-chromatin interactome’ are critical for inferring lncRNA functions. Current methodologies for investigating lncRNA-chromatin interaction are one-RNA-at-a-time, and most inferred lncRNA functions were based on indirect “guilt-by-association”. To address these limitations, we devised an unbiased genome-wide strategy to identify all RNA interactions with chromatin by paired-end-tag sequencing (RICh-PET). We comprehensively characterized a human RNA-chromatin interactome and uncovered complex RNA-chromatin networks with many showing long-distance interactions predominantly at gene promoters. Further analysis revealed both global and specific transcriptional regulation by lncRNAs to genes involved in cancer biology, demonstrating the capacity of RICh-PET to concomitantly identify thousands of lncRNAs and chromatin targets in the human genome, thus significantly advancing the understanding of lncRNA functions.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE53052 | GEO | 2023/04/30
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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