Project description:The goals of this study are to reveal the target transcriptome of MARCKS and lnc-MARCKS in TLR2 signaling pathway. We knocked down MARCKS, or over-expressed lnc-MARCKS in THP1-derived macrophages stimulated with Pam3CSK4 for 8 hours. And compared the transcriptomes of the editing cells with control cells
Project description:Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are transposable elements that cause host genome instability and usually play deleterious roles such as tumorigenesis. Recent advances also suggest that this 'enemy within' may encode viral mimic to induce antiviral immune responses through viral sensors. Here, through whole genome RNA-seq we discovered a full-length ERV-derived long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), designated lnc-EPAV (ERV-derived lncRNA positively regulates antiviral responses), as a positive regulator of NF-κB signaling. Lnc-EPAV expression was rapidly up-regulated by viral RNA mimic or RNA viruses to facilitate the expression of RELA, an NF-κB subunit that plays a critical role in antiviral responses. In turn, RELA promoted the transcription of lnc-EPAV to form a positive feedback loop. Transcriptome analysis of lnc-EPAV-silenced macrophages, combined with gain- and loss-of-function experiments, showed that lnc-EPAV was critical for induction of type I interferon (IFN) and inflammatory cytokine expression by RNA viruses. Consistently, lnc-EPAV-deficient mice exhibited reduced expression of type I IFNs, and consequently increased viral loads and mortality following lethal RNA virus infection. Mechanistically, lnc-EPAV promoted expression of RELA by competitively binding to and displacing SFPQ, a transcriptional repressor of RELA. The binding between ERV-derived RNAs and SFPQ also existed in human cells. Altogether, our work demonstrates an alternative mechanism by which ERVs regulate antiviral immune responses.
Project description:Recent studies have indicated important roles for long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) as potential essential regulators of myogenesis and adult skeletal muscle regeneration. However, in vivo, the role and mechanism of lncRNAs in myogenic differentiation of adult skeletal muscle stem cells (MuSCs) and myogenesis are still largely unknown. Here, we identified a skeletal muscle specific-enriched lncRNA (myogenesis-associated lncRNA, short for lnc-mg). In vivo, skeletal muscle conditional knockout of lnc-mg resulted in muscle atrophy and the loss of muscular endurance during exercise. Alternatively, skeletal muscle-specific overexpression of lnc-mg promoted muscle hypertrophy in mice. In vitro analyses of primary skeletal muscle cells isolated from mice showed that expression of lnc-mg was increased gradually during myogenic differentiation and overexpressed lnc-mg improved cell differentiation. Mechanistically, lnc-mg promoted myogenesis, by functioning as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR-125b to control protein abundance of Igf2. These findings identify lnc-mg as a novel and important noncoding regulator for muscle cell differentiation and skeletal muscle development. In order to test the hypothesis that lnc-mg may function as a ceRNA leading to the liberation of corresponding miRNA-targeted transcripts, microarrays were performed to detect miRNAs expression in lnc-mg overexpression and lnc-mg knockdown C2C12 cells.
Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as key regulators in a wide range of biological processes. The involvement of lncRNAs in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been well stablished; however, the role as immediate-early regulators is still unclear. Here, we identified a mouse miRNA-host gene lncRNA (lnc-Nr6a1) early upregulated during EMT. We show that this lncRNA is processed giving rise to abundant polyadenylated isoforms, lnc-Nr6a1 and lnc-Nr6a1-2, and a longer non-polyadenylated microprocessor-driven lnc-pri-miRNAS containing clustered pre-miRNA-181a2 and pre-miRNA-181b2 hairpins. Ectopic expression of lnc-Nr6a1-1/2 isoforms enhance cell migration and invasive capacity of the cells, whereas the expression of isoforms and miR-181a2/b2 confers anoikis resistance. Lnc-Nr6a1 gene deletion results in cells with lower adhesion capacity and reduced glycolytic metabolism which are restored by lnc-Nr6a1-1 isoform expression. We perform identification of direct RNA interacting proteins (iDRIP) to identify proteins interacting directly with lnc-Nr6a1-1 isoform. We define a network of interacting proteins, including glycolytic enzymes, desmosome proteins and chaperone proteins and we demonstrated that lnc-Nr6a1-1 isoform directly binds and acts as a scaffold molecule for the assembly of ENO1, ALDOA, GAPDH, PKM glycolytic enzymes along with LDHA, supporting substrate canneling for efficient glycolysis. Our results unveil a role of lnc-Nr6a1 as a multifunctional lncRNA acting as a backbone for multiprotein complexes formation and as a primary microRNAs reservoir.
Project description:Vectors carrying lnc-GD2H and antisense lnc-GD2H were linearized with the corresponding restriction enzymes to prepare template DNAs for in vitro transcription. Biotinylated RNAs were mixed with proteins extracted from C2C12 cells, followed by targeting of the RNAs with streptavidin beads. After SDS-PAGE following RNA pulldown, the differentially expressed proteins were enzymolyzed and used for MS analysis.
Project description:Cytoplasmic long non coding RNAs have been shown to act at many different levels to control post-transcriptional gene expression; though their role in translational control is still poorly understood. Here we show that lnc-31 is a translational activator of Rock1, a negative regulator of myogenesis which prevents the exit of myoblasts from the cell cycle. This activity well correlates with the described role of lnc-31 in supporting myoblast proliferation. We show that lnc-31 binds the translational regulator YB-1 and targets the Rock1 mRNA by direct base pair interaction. We present evidences that lnc-31 stabilizes YB-1 on the Rock1 mRNA; this effect would in turn allow the YB-1-dependent remodelling of the Rock1 5’UTR and the promotion of its translation.
Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as integral regulators of physiology and disease, but specific roles of lncRNAs in bone disease remain largely unknown. Here, we show that lnc-ob1 regulates osteoblast activity and bone formation in mice by upregulating the osteogenic transcription factor Osterix. Expression of lnc-ob1 is enriched in osteoblasts and upregulated during osteoblastogenesis. We demonstrate that osteoblast-specific knock-in of lnc-ob1 enhances bone formation and increases bone mass. Pharmacological overexpression of lnc-ob1 specifically in osteoblasts confers resistance to ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis in mice. In humans, expression of the homologue, lnc-OB1, decreases with age in osteoblasts of patients with osteoporosis. Mechanistically, lnc-ob1 upregulates the expression of Osterix in mouse and human osteoblasts, probably via inhibition of H3K27me3 methylation. Our data indicate that lnc-OB1 regulates bone formation and might be a drug target for the treatment of osteoporosis.
Project description:Recent studies have indicated important roles for long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) as potential essential regulators of myogenesis and adult skeletal muscle regeneration. However, in vivo, the role and mechanism of lncRNAs in myogenic differentiation of adult skeletal muscle stem cells (MuSCs) and myogenesis are still largely unknown. Here, we identified a skeletal muscle specific-enriched lncRNA (myogenesis-associated lncRNA, short for lnc-mg). In vivo, skeletal muscle conditional knockout of lnc-mg resulted in muscle atrophy and the loss of muscular endurance during exercise. Alternatively, skeletal muscle-specific overexpression of lnc-mg promoted muscle hypertrophy in mice. In vitro analyses of primary skeletal muscle cells isolated from mice showed that expression of lnc-mg was increased gradually during myogenic differentiation and overexpressed lnc-mg improved cell differentiation. Mechanistically, lnc-mg promoted myogenesis, by functioning as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR-125b to control protein abundance of Igf2. These findings identify lnc-mg as a novel and important noncoding regulator for muscle cell differentiation and skeletal muscle development. In order to identify functional lncRNAs correlating with myogenesis, microarrays were performed to detect the lncRNAs expression profile in undifferentiated MuSCs (GM, growth media/GM) ) and differentiated MuSCs (DM, differentiation media/DM).
Project description:This study aimed to investigate the effect of lnc-ITSN1-2 on cell proliferation, apoptosis and inflammation as well as its possible regulatory network and molecular mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).