ABSTRACT: Prosurvival long noncoding RNA PINCR regulates a subset of p53 targets in colorectal cancer cells by binding to Matrin 3 [Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST]
Project description:Thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered, yet the function of the vast majority remains unclear. Here, we show that a p53-regulated lncRNA which we named PINCR (p53-induced noncoding RNA), is induced ~100-fold after DNA damage and exerts a critical prosurvival function in colorectal cancer cells (CRC) in vitro and tumor growth in vivo. Targeted deletion of PINCR in CRC cells significantly impaired G1 arrest and induced hypersensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. PINCR regulates the induction of a subset of p53 targets involved in G1 arrest and apoptosis, including BTG2, RRM2B and GPX1. Using a novel RNA pulldown approach that utilized endogenous S1-tagged PINCR, we show that PINCR associates with the promoters of these genes by binding to RNA-binding protein Matrin 3 that, in turn, associates with p53. Our findings uncover a critical prosurvival function of a p53/PINCR/Matrin 3 axis in response to DNA damage in CRC cells.
Project description:Thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered, yet the function of the vast majority remains unclear. Here, we show that a p53-regulated lncRNA which we named PINCR (p53-induced noncoding RNA), is induced ~100-fold after DNA damage and exerts a critical prosurvival function in colorectal cancer cells (CRC) in vitro and tumor growth in vivo. Targeted deletion of PINCR in CRC cells significantly impaired G1 arrest and induced hypersensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. PINCR regulates the induction of a subset of p53 targets involved in G1 arrest and apoptosis, including BTG2, RRM2B and GPX1. Using a novel RNA pulldown approach that utilized endogenous S1-tagged PINCR, we show that PINCR associates with the promoters of these genes by binding to RNA-binding protein Matrin 3 that, in turn, associates with p53. Our findings uncover a critical prosurvival function of a p53/PINCR/Matrin 3 axis in response to DNA damage in CRC cells.
Project description:Prosurvival long noncoding RNA PINCR regulates a subset of p53 targets in colorectal cancer cells by binding to Matrin 3 [Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0]
Project description:The recently released Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST array has two major differences compared with standard 3'™ based arrays: (1) it interrogates the entire mRNA transcript, and (2) it uses cDNA targets. To assess the impact of these differences on array performance, we performed series of comparative hybridizations between the Human Gene 1.0 ST and the Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 and the Illumina HumanRef-8 BeadChip arrays. Additionally, both cRNA and cDNA targets were probed on the HG-U133 Plus 2.0 array. The results show that the overall reproducibility is best using the Gene 1.0 ST array. When looking only at the high intensity probes, the reproducibility of the Gene 1.0 ST array and the Illumina BeadChip array is equally good. Concordance of array results was assessed using different inter-platform mappings. The Gene 1.0 ST is most concordant with the HG-U133 array hybridized with cDNA targets, thus showing the impact of the target type. Agreements are better between platforms with designs which choose probes from the 3' end of the gene. Overall, the high degree of correspondence provides strong evidence for the reliability of the Gene 1.0 ST array. Keywords: Cross-platform comparison
Project description:Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST microarray (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was used to select differentially expressed genes.
Project description:Total RNA was collected from DU145-control(scr) and DU145-miR-106a transfected cells. Gene expression analysis was performed by The Centre for Applied Genomics (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) using Affymetrix GeneChip Human Gene 2.0 ST array. Data were normalized using the default parameters in Affymetrix Expression Console Software 1.4. Genes downregulated 0.8-fold in miR-106a compared to control(scr) were identified as possible mRNA targets.