Project description:We aimed to decipher the spatial expression landscape of well-annotated lncRNAs in brain regions. To this end, we dissected adult male mice brain tissues from olfactory bulb (OB), hypothalamus (Hypo), hippocampus (Hippo) and cerebellum (Cereb) and subjected to Arraystar Mouse LncRNA Microarray V3.0. We found a new type of genome organization formed by highly conserved lncRNA cluster and nearby TF in the non-imprinting regions that is associated with human CNS disorders.
Project description:Sustained hepatic inflammation can contribute to cancer initiation and progression via tumor-initiating cell expansion, but underlying mechanisms remains unknown. Expression profiles of lncRNAs/mRNAs were measured in normal, chronic hepatitis, cirrhotic and cancerous livers. We found abundant disease-related lncRNAs/mRNAs deregulated across different stages of inflammation-triggered liver disease and refined a transformation gene signature to distinguish pathological liver tissues. Amongst this signature, a conserved lncRNA DANCR was silenced in normal adult liver, but overexpressed in fetal and cancerous livers. Remarkably, increased DANCR significantly correlates with poor prognosis in multiple-center cohorts and is directly induced by inflammatory pathways including NF-κB and STAT3. DANCR could suppress cell differentiation and drive expansion of tumor-initiating cells, leading to chemoresistance. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo inhibition confirms the significance of DANCR as a therapeutic target when combined with other chemotherapy. We illustrate the role of DANCR relies on the regulation of CTNNB1 in a novel miRNA-blocking manner. Our studies reveal the expression of lncRNAs/mRNAs in normal and pathological livers and suggest the importance of oncofetal lncRNA DANCR in inflammation-induced malignant transformation, offering a potential prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for HCC. In the study, 10 normal livers (NL), 10 chronic inflammatory livers (IL), 10 cirrhotic livers (CL), 13 early HCC (eHCC) and 13 advanced HCC (aHCC) samples were profiled their lncRNA/mRNA expression
Project description:Despite the availability of large-scale transcriptomics data, specific long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) expressed in specific brain regions and populations of neurons are poorly understood. Here we report analysis of expression of lncRNAs and mRNAs expressed in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC), two regions of brain that are involved in memory storage and neuropsychiatric disorders. Our unbiased analyses have identified specific lncRNAs and mRNAs that are enriched in hippocampus and PFC. We have identified several regions in the chromosomes characterized by clustered lncRNA expression suggesting the transcriptional hotspots of lncRNA in the genome. We find that, a subset of lncRNAs and protein coding genes in their vicinity are uniquely co-expressed in specific brain regions and thus presumably co-regulated. Furthermore, specific brain regions and neuronal populations have characteristic lncRNA expression profile. These studies reveal unexpected complexity in the expression profiles of lncRNAs in the mammalian brain.
Project description:Sustained hepatic inflammation can contribute to cancer initiation and progression via tumor-initiating cell expansion, but underlying mechanisms remains unknown. Expression profiles of lncRNAs/mRNAs were measured in normal, chronic hepatitis, cirrhotic and cancerous livers. We found abundant disease-related lncRNAs/mRNAs deregulated across different stages of inflammation-triggered liver disease and refined a transformation gene signature to distinguish pathological liver tissues. Amongst this signature, a conserved lncRNA DANCR was silenced in normal adult liver, but overexpressed in fetal and cancerous livers. Remarkably, increased DANCR significantly correlates with poor prognosis in multiple-center cohorts and is directly induced by inflammatory pathways including NF-κB and STAT3. DANCR could suppress cell differentiation and drive expansion of tumor-initiating cells, leading to chemoresistance. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo inhibition confirms the significance of DANCR as a therapeutic target when combined with other chemotherapy. We illustrate the role of DANCR relies on the regulation of CTNNB1 in a novel miRNA-blocking manner. Our studies reveal the expression of lncRNAs/mRNAs in normal and pathological livers and suggest the importance of oncofetal lncRNA DANCR in inflammation-induced malignant transformation, offering a potential prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for HCC.
Project description:Chemoresistance is a major cause of poor prognosis of breast cancer.More and more mRNAs and lncRNAs are reported to upregulate chemoresistance in breast cancer.To explore the how mRNAs and lncRNAs involved in chemoresistance of breast cancer,we sceened upregulated mRNAs and lncRNA from parental MCF-7 , chemoresistant MCF-7 cells as well as 4 breast cancer tissue sensitive to chemotherapy and 4 resistant to chemotherapy . Total RNA was extracted using Trizol reagent. Agilent Human lncRNA Microarray V6 (4*180K) was used to analyze the global profiling of human lncRNAs and protein-coding transcripts in these samples. The microarray contains 83,835 lncRNAs and 27,233 coding genes.
Project description:To determine the role of HNF1α on long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and the overall mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma, we analyzed the expression profiles of lncRNAs and mRNAs in huh7 cells with overexpression or knockdown of HNF1α. Expression profile showed that there were 339 mRNAs and 22 intergenic lncRNAs positively regulated by HNF1α for more than 2 times. The up-regulated genes separated samples by comparing lenti-HNF1α group with lenti-ctrl group, with overlap the down-regulated genes separated in HNF1α knockdown groups were identified as the genes positived regulated by HNF1α. Expression of seven genes from these 22 intergenic lncRNAs was quantified in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR, confirming the regulatory effect of HNF1α on lncRNAs as well as the microarray analysis pattern.