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Bahramian S, T Shamsabadi F, Fazel A, Delshad E, Amini A, Memari F, Shafiee M. Evaluation of Arylsulfatase D (ARSD) and long noncoding RNA ARSD-AS1 gene expression in breast cancer patients and their association with oncogenic transcription factors. J BUON 2020; 25:1805-1813. [PMID: 33099917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PURPOSE Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are thought as tumorigenic factors in cancer progression. We investigated the clinical significance of arylsulfatase D (ARSD) and ARSD antisense in breast cancer patients. METHODS Eighty breast cancer tumors were obtained from the Tumor Bank of Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital. The expression level of ARSD and ARSD-AS1 were examined in breast tumors in comparison to the margin of normal tissues using quantitative real-time PCR. Demographic information and the clinicopathologic characteristics including tumor grade, presence of cell receptors, lymph node and vascular invasion were also evaluated. Bioinformatics databases were used for identification of ARSD and ARSD-AS1 molecular targets and their association with cancer. RESULTS Significant up-regulation of ARSD was observed in tumor tissues in comparison with its antisense (p<0.05). Both ARSD and ARSD-AS1 expression in tumor specimens were notably lower than those in adjacent normal tissue. High expression of ARSD was associated to lower tumor grade (p<0.05). Bioinformatics results revealed the interaction of ARSD with STS and SUMF1 proteins was attributed to the inhibiting of sulfates activity. Also, ARSD co-expressed genes were associated with oncogenic transcription factors, MAF and GATA. TP53 transcription factor site was identified as a target of ARSD-AS1 mRNA. The interaction of this antisense with microRNA (miR-618) could explain its participation in tumor cell proliferation. CONCLUSION Low expression of ARSD was associated with higher tumor grade. The evidence from this study enhance our understanding of ARSD and ARSD-AS1 function in cancer gene therapy. Accordingly, they could be introduced as great potential targets for breast cancer treatment.
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- Shabbou Bahramian
- Stem Cell Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Luo H, Yang L, Liu C, Wang X, Dong Q, Liu L, Wei Q. TMPO-AS1/miR-98-5p/EBF1 feedback loop contributes to the progression of bladder cancer. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2020; 122:105702. [PMID: 32087328 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2020.105702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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As reported in numerous studies, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) exert significant effect on the regulation of tumor development. LncRNA TMPO antisense RNA 1 (TMPO-AS1) has been confirmed to be implicated in the development of several cancers. However, its clinical significance is still largely unknown in bladder cancer (BCa). In this study, high expression of TMPO-AS1 was revealed in BCa tissues and cell lines, and TMPO-AS1 predicted poor prognosis. Moreover, TMPO-AS1 facilitated cell growth. Additionally, TMPO-AS1 also boosted the migration and invasion of BCa cells. Mechanistically, overexpressed EBF transcription factor 1 (EBF1) in BCa cell was verified to promote the transcription of TMPO-AS1. Later, we found that TMPO-AS1 was a cytoplasmic RNA and could sponge miR-98-5p. Besides, it was validated that EBF1 is a target gene of miR-98-5p and negatively correlated with miR-98-5p in terms of expression level. According to the results of rescue experiments, we observed that EBF1 overexpression restored the repressive effect of TMPO-AS1 silencing on BCa development. Our research is the first to disclose the biological role and molecular mechanism of TMPO-AS1 in BCa, and TMPO-AS1 might be identified as a new therapeutic target for BCa patients.
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- Hua Luo
- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No.37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, PR China; Department of Urology, The Second Peoples Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, 618000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No.37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Peoples Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, 618000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Peoples Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, 618000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No.37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No.37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No.37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, PR China.
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Xing Z, Li S, Liu Z, Zhang C, Bai Z. CTCF-induced upregulation of HOXA11-AS facilitates cell proliferation and migration by targeting miR-518b/ACTN4 axis in prostate cancer. Prostate 2020; 80:388-398. [PMID: 31971633 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Testified as crucial participators in different types of human malignancies, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been revealed to exert a significant effect on the complicated courses of tumor progression. Although existing literatures have revealed the oncogenic role of lncRNA homeobox A11 antisense RNA (HOXA11-AS) in multiple cancers, the underlying role of HOXA11-AS in prostate cancer (PCa) and its potential molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. AIM To decipher the molecular performance of HOXA11-AS in PCa. METHODS The expression of HOXA11-AS, miR-518b and actinin alpha 4 (ACTN4) was detected by a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Colony formation, EdU, flow cytometry, wound healing, and transwell assays were utilized to explore the biological role of HOXA11-AS in PCa. The interaction between RNAs (CCCTC-binding factor [CTCF], HOXA11-AS, miR-518b, and ACTN4) was tested via chromatin immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter and RNA immunoprecipitation assays. RESULTS HOXA11-AS in PCa cells was expressed at high levels. Silenced HOXA11-AS in PCa cells could lead to a significant elevation in the abilities of cell proliferation and migration whereas a remarkable declination in cell apoptosis capability. Subsequent molecular mechanism assays confirmed that HOXA11-AS bound with miR-518b and negatively regulates miR-518b expression. Besides, HOXA11-AS could regulate the expression of ACTN4 by sponging miR-518b. Moreover, rescued-function assays revealed that miR-518b inhibition or ACTN4 upregulation reversed the repressive effect of HOXA11-AS knockdown on PCa progression. Furthermore, CTCF was validated to activate HOXA11-AS transcription in PCa cells. CONCLUSIONS CTCF-induced upregulation of HOXA11-AS facilitates PCa progression via miR-518b/ACTN4 axis, providing a new target for PCa treatment.
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- Zengshu Xing
- Department of Urology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Wu MZ, Asahara H, Tzertzinis G, Roy B. Synthesis of low immunogenicity RNA with high-temperature in vitro transcription. RNA 2020; 26:345-360. [PMID: 31900329 PMCID: PMC7025508 DOI: 10.1261/rna.073858.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The use of synthetic RNA for therapeutics requires that the in vitro synthesis process be robust and efficient. The technology used for the synthesis of these in vitro-transcribed RNAs, predominantly using phage RNA polymerases (RNAPs), is well established. However, transcripts synthesized with RNAPs are known to display an immune-stimulatory activity in vivo that is often undesirable. Previous studies have identified double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), a major by-product of the in vitro transcription (IVT) process, as a trigger of cellular immune responses. Here we describe the characterization of a high-temperature IVT process using thermostable T7 RNAPs to synthesize functional mRNAs that demonstrate reduced immunogenicity without the need for a post-synthesis purification step. We identify features that drive the production of two kinds of dsRNA by-products-one arising from 3' extension of the run-off product and one formed by the production of antisense RNAs-and demonstrate that at a high temperature, T7 RNAP has reduced 3'-extension of the run-off product. We show that template-encoded poly(A) tailing does not affect 3'-extension but reduces the formation of the antisense RNA by-products. Combining high-temperature IVT with template-encoded poly(A) tailing prevents the formation of both kinds of dsRNA by-products generating functional mRNAs with reduced immunogenicity.
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- Monica Z Wu
- RNA and Genome Editing, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, USA
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- RNA and Genome Editing, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, USA
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- RNA and Genome Editing, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, USA
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- RNA and Genome Editing, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, USA
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Zhang Y, Yang QX, Peng TT, Wang LJ, Xiao GL, Tang SB. Prognostic value of lncRNA FEZF1 antisense RNA 1 over-expression in oncologic outcomes of patients with solid tumors. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e15982. [PMID: 31192939 PMCID: PMC6587645 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000015982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND FEZ family zinc finger 1 antisense RNA 1 (FEZF1-AS1), as a novel lncRNA, was reported to be up-regulated in various cancers and involved in tumor progression. This study systematically assessed the prognostic value of FEZF1-AS1 in solid tumors. METHODS Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases were searched for eligible studies that evaluated the prognostic role of FEZF1-AS1 expression in cancer patients. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and combined odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. The meta-analysis was conducted using Stata/SE 14.1. RESULTS Fifteen original studies involving 1378 patients were enrolled. Pooled results showed that increased expression of FEZF1-AS1 significantly correlated with shorter overall survival (OS) in cancer patients (HR 2.04, 95% CI 1.60-2.47), and also shorter disease-free survival (DFS) (HR 2.08, 95% CI 1.27-2.89). Additionally, the combined ORs indicated that increased FEZF1-AS1 expression was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis (OR 3.35, 95% CI 1.98-5.67), distant metastasis (OR 3.10, 95% CI 1.86-5.15), poor tumor differentiation (OR 2.90, 95% CI 1.45-5.80), high depth of tumor invasion (OR 2.72, 95% CI 1.36-5.43), and advanced clinical stage (OR 2.76, 95% CI 1.75-4.35). Expression analysis using the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis database indicated that the expression of FEZF1-AS1 was higher in tumor tissues than that in the corresponding normal tissues. The results of survival analysis revealed that increased FEZF1-AS1 expression was correlated with poor OS and DFS in cancer patients. CONCLUSIONS LncRNA FEZF1-AS1 may serve as a valuable prognostic biomarker for clinical outcomes in various solid tumors.
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- Yi Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan Province
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- Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan Province
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- Department of Nursing, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan Province
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- Department of Nephrology, Shangrao People's Hospital, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province
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- Department of General Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan Province
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- Department of Oncology, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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Wery M, Gautier C, Descrimes M, Yoda M, Vennin-Rendos H, Migeot V, Gautheret D, Hermand D, Morillon A. Native elongating transcript sequencing reveals global anti-correlation between sense and antisense nascent transcription in fission yeast. RNA 2018; 24:196-208. [PMID: 29114019 PMCID: PMC5769747 DOI: 10.1261/rna.063446.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Antisense transcription can regulate sense gene expression. However, previous annotations of antisense transcription units have been based on detection of mature antisense long noncoding (aslnc)RNAs by RNA-seq and/or microarrays, only giving a partial view of the antisense transcription landscape and incomplete molecular bases for antisense-mediated regulation. Here, we used native elongating transcript sequencing to map genome-wide nascent antisense transcription in fission yeast. Strikingly, antisense transcription was detected for most protein-coding genes, correlating with low sense transcription, especially when overlapping the mRNA start site. RNA profiling revealed that the resulting aslncRNAs mainly correspond to cryptic Xrn1/Exo2-sensitive transcripts (XUTs). ChIP-seq analyses showed that antisense (as)XUT's expression is associated with specific histone modification patterns. Finally, we showed that asXUTs are controlled by the histone chaperone Spt6 and respond to meiosis induction, in both cases anti-correlating with levels of the paired-sense mRNAs, supporting physiological significance to antisense-mediated gene attenuation. Our work highlights that antisense transcription is much more extended than anticipated and might constitute an additional nonpromoter determinant of gene regulation complexity.
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- Maxime Wery
- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- URPHYM, Namur Research College (NARC), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- URPHYM, Namur Research College (NARC), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium
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- ncRNA, epigenetic and genome fluidity, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3244, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Stazic D, Pekarski I, Kopf M, Lindell D, Steglich C. A Novel Strategy for Exploitation of Host RNase E Activity by a Marine Cyanophage. Genetics 2016; 203:1149-59. [PMID: 27182944 PMCID: PMC4937493 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.183475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that infection of Prochlorococcus MED4 by the cyanophage P-SSP7 leads to increased transcript levels of host endoribonuclease (RNase) E. However, it has remained enigmatic whether this is part of a host defense mechanism to degrade phage messenger RNA (mRNA) or whether this single-strand RNA-specific RNase is utilized by the phage. Here we describe a hitherto unknown means through which this cyanophage increases expression of RNase E during phage infection and concomitantly protects its own RNA from degradation. We identified two functionally different RNase E mRNA variants, one of which is significantly induced during phage infection. This transcript lacks the 5' UTR, is considerably more stable than the other transcript, and is likely responsible for increased RNase E protein levels during infection. Furthermore, selective enrichment and in vivo analysis of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) during infection revealed that phage antisense RNAs (asRNAs) sequester complementary mRNAs to form dsRNAs, such that the phage protein-coding transcriptome is nearly completely covered by asRNAs. In contrast, the host protein-coding transcriptome is only partially covered by asRNAs. These data suggest that P-SSP7 orchestrates degradation of host RNA by increasing RNase E expression while masking its own transcriptome from RNase E degradation in dsRNA complexes. We propose that this combination of strategies contributes significantly to phage progeny production.
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- Damir Stazic
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Parent JS, Jauvion V, Bouché N, Béclin C, Hachet M, Zytnicki M, Vaucheret H. Post-transcriptional gene silencing triggered by sense transgenes involves uncapped antisense RNA and differs from silencing intentionally triggered by antisense transgenes. Nucleic Acids Res 2015. [PMID: 26209135 PMCID: PMC4787800 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Although post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) has been studied for more than a decade, there is still a gap in our understanding of how de novo silencing is initiated against genetic elements that are not supposed to produce double-stranded (ds)RNA. Given the pervasive transcription occurring throughout eukaryote genomes, we tested the hypothesis that unintended transcription could produce antisense (as)RNA molecules that participate to the initiation of PTGS triggered by sense transgenes (S-PTGS). Our results reveal a higher level of asRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana lines that spontaneously trigger S-PTGS than in lines that do not. However, PTGS triggered by antisense transgenes (AS-PTGS) differs from S-PTGS. In particular, a hypomorphic ago1 mutation that suppresses S-PTGS prevents the degradation of asRNA but not sense RNA during AS-PTGS, suggesting a different treatment of coding and non-coding RNA by AGO1, likely because of AGO1 association to polysomes. Moreover, the intended asRNA produced during AS-PTGS is capped whereas the asRNA produced during S-PTGS derives from 3′ maturation of a read-through transcript and is uncapped. Thus, we propose that uncapped asRNA corresponds to the aberrant RNA molecule that is converted to dsRNA by RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 6 in siRNA-bodies to initiate S-PTGS, whereas capped asRNA must anneal with sense RNA to produce dsRNA that initiate AS-PTGS.
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318, INRA, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318, INRA, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318, INRA, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318, INRA, 78000 Versailles, France
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Tiwari M, Sharma D, Trivedi PK. Artificial microRNA mediated gene silencing in plants: progress and perspectives. Plant Mol Biol 2014; 86:1-18. [PMID: 25022825 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0224-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Homology based gene silencing has emerged as a convenient approach for repressing expression of genes in order to study their functions. For this purpose, several antisense or small interfering RNA based gene silencing techniques have been frequently employed in plant research. Artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) mediated gene silencing represents one of such techniques which can utilize as a potential tool in functional genomics. Similar to microRNAs, amiRNAs are single-stranded, approximately 21 nt long, and designed by replacing the mature miRNA sequences of duplex within pre-miRNAs. These amiRNAs are processed via small RNA biogenesis and silencing machinery and deregulate target expression. Holding to various refinements, amiRNA technology offers several advantages over other gene silencing methods. This is a powerful and robust tool, and could be applied to unravel new insight of metabolic pathways and gene functions across the various disciplines as well as in translating observations for improving favourable traits in plants. This review highlights general background of small RNAs, improvements made in RNAi based gene silencing, implications of amiRNA in gene silencing, and describes future themes for improving value of this technology in plant science.
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- Manish Tiwari
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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Remmele CW, Xian Y, Albrecht M, Faulstich M, Fraunholz M, Heinrichs E, Dittrich MT, Müller T, Reinhardt R, Rudel T. Transcriptional landscape and essential genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10579-95. [PMID: 25143534 PMCID: PMC4176332 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The WHO has recently classified Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a super-bacterium due to the rapid spread of antibiotic resistant derivatives and an overall dramatic increase in infection incidences. Genome sequencing has identified potential genes, however, little is known about the transcriptional organization and the presence of non-coding RNAs in gonococci. We performed RNA sequencing to define the transcriptome and the transcriptional start sites of all gonococcal genes and operons. Numerous new transcripts including 253 potentially non-coding RNAs transcribed from intergenic regions or antisense to coding genes were identified. Strikingly, strong antisense transcription was detected for the phase-variable opa genes coding for a family of adhesins and invasins in pathogenic Neisseria, that may have regulatory functions. Based on the defined transcriptional start sites, promoter motifs were identified. We further generated and sequenced a high density Tn5 transposon library to predict a core of 827 gonococcal essential genes, 133 of which have no known function. Our combined RNA-Seq and Tn-Seq approach establishes a detailed map of gonococcal genes and defines the first core set of essential gonococcal genes.
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- Christian W Remmele
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Max Planck-Genome-centre Cologne at MPI for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Castelnuovo M, Zaugg JB, Guffanti E, Maffioletti A, Camblong J, Xu Z, Clauder-Münster S, Steinmetz LM, Luscombe NM, Stutz F. Role of histone modifications and early termination in pervasive transcription and antisense-mediated gene silencing in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:4348-62. [PMID: 24497191 PMCID: PMC3985671 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Most genomes, including yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are pervasively transcribed producing numerous non-coding RNAs, many of which are unstable and eliminated by nuclear or cytoplasmic surveillance pathways. We previously showed that accumulation of PHO84 antisense RNA (asRNA), in cells lacking the nuclear exosome component Rrp6, is paralleled by repression of sense transcription in a process dependent on the Hda1 histone deacetylase (HDAC) and the H3K4 histone methyl transferase Set1. Here we investigate this process genome-wide and measure the whole transcriptome of various histone modification mutants in a Δrrp6 strain using tiling arrays. We confirm widespread occurrence of potentially antisense-dependent gene regulation and identify three functionally distinct classes of genes that accumulate asRNAs in the absence of Rrp6. These classes differ in whether the genes are silenced by the asRNA and whether the silencing is HDACs and histone methyl transferase-dependent. Among the distinguishing features of asRNAs with regulatory potential, we identify weak early termination by Nrd1/Nab3/Sen1, extension of the asRNA into the open reading frame promoter and dependence of the silencing capacity on Set1 and the HDACs Hda1 and Rpd3 particularly at promoters undergoing extensive chromatin remodelling. Finally, depending on the efficiency of Nrd1/Nab3/Sen1 early termination, asRNA levels are modulated and their capability of silencing is changed.
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- Manuele Castelnuovo
- Department of Cell Biology and NCCR "Frontiers in Genetics", iGE3, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, EBI-EMBL Hinxton, Cambridge CB101SD, England, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94395 USA and Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
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Aiso T, Kamiya S, Yonezawa H, Gamou S. Overexpression of an antisense RNA, ArrS, increases the acid resistance of Escherichia coli. Microbiology (Reading) 2014; 160:954-961. [PMID: 24600026 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.075994-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The antisense RNA ArrS is complementary to a sequence in the 5' untranslated region of the gadE T3 mRNA, the largest transcript of gadE, which encodes a transcriptional activator of the glutamate-dependent acid resistance system in Escherichia coli. Expression of arrS is strongly induced during the stationary growth phase, particularly under acidic conditions, and transcription is dependent on σ(S) and GadE. The aim of the present study was to clarify the role of ArrS in controlling gadE expression by overexpressing arrS in E. coli. The results showed a marked increase in the survival of arrS-overexpressing cells at 2 h after a shift to pH 2.5. This was accompanied by increased expression of gadA, gadBC and gadE. The level of gadE T3 mRNA decreased markedly in response to arrS overexpression, and was accompanied by a marked increase in gadE mRNA T2. T2 mRNA had a monophosphorylated 5' terminus, which is usually found in cleaved mRNAs, and no T2 mRNA was observed in an RNase III-deficient cell strain. In addition, T2 mRNA was not generated by a P3-deleted gadE-luc translational fusion. These results suggest strongly that T2 mRNA is generated via the processing of T3 mRNA. Moreover, the T2 mRNA, which was abundant in arrS-overexpressing cells, was more stable than T3 mRNA in non-overexpressing cells. These results suggest that overexpression of ArrS positively regulates gadE expression in a post-transcriptional manner.
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- Toshiko Aiso
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8508, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8508, Japan
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Kuluev BR, Kniazev AV, Postrigan' BN, Chemeris AV. [The creation of transgenic tobacco plants expressing fragments of the ARGOS and NtEXPA4 genes in antisense orientation]. Genetika 2014; 50:44-51. [PMID: 25711011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the fragments of the ARGOS and NtEXPA4 genes in antisense orientation have been created. Eleven lines of transgenic plants were investigated and five of them were characterized by a decrease in the sizes of the leaves and flowers as compared to control. Stalk sizes decreased when only the NtEXPA4 gene fragment was used. The organ size of the experimental plants decreased because of a reduction in the level of both cell division and cell expansion. Two lines of transgenic tobacco plants expressing the part of the ARGOS gene in antisense orientation were characterized by a reduction in the level of the NtEXPA1 and NtEXPA4 gene expression.
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Marinello J, Chillemi G, Bueno S, Manzo SG, Capranico G. Antisense transcripts enhanced by camptothecin at divergent CpG-island promoters associated with bursts of topoisomerase I-DNA cleavage complex and R-loop formation. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:10110-23. [PMID: 23999093 PMCID: PMC3905886 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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DNA Topoisomerase I (Top1) is required to relax DNA supercoils generated by RNA polymerases (RNAPs). Top1 is inhibited with high specificity by camptothecin (CPT), an effective anticancer agent, and by oxidative base damage and ribonucleotides in DNA strands, resulting into Top1-DNA cleavage complexes (Top1ccs). To understand how Top1ccs affect genome stability, we have investigated the global transcriptional response to CPT-induced Top1ccs. Top1ccs trigger an accumulation of antisense RNAPII transcripts specifically at active divergent CpG-island promoters in a replication-independent and Top1-dependent manner. As CPT increases antisense transcript levels in the presence of 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole, a transcription inhibitor, Top1ccs likely impair antisense RNA degradation. Time-course data showed a burst of Top1ccs increased by CPT at promoter sites and along transcribed regions, causing a transient block of RNAPII at the promoter. Moreover, cell immunofluorescence analyses showed that Top1ccs induce a transient increase of R-loops specifically at highly transcribed regions such as nucleoli in a Top1-dependent manner. Thus, a specific and highly dynamic transcriptional response to Top1ccs occurs at divergent active CpG-island promoters, which may include a transient stabilization of R-loops. The results clarify molecular features of a response pathway leading to transcription-dependent genome instability and altered transcription regulation.
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- Jessica Marinello
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy and CASPUR, via dei Tizii 6, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy and CASPUR, via dei Tizii 6, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy and CASPUR, via dei Tizii 6, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy and CASPUR, via dei Tizii 6, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy and CASPUR, via dei Tizii 6, Rome 00185, Italy
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Ouwendijk WJD, Abendroth A, Traina-Dorge V, Getu S, Steain M, Wellish M, Andeweg AC, Osterhaus ADME, Gilden D, Verjans GMGM, Mahalingam R. T-cell infiltration correlates with CXCL10 expression in ganglia of cynomolgus macaques with reactivated simian varicella virus. J Virol 2013; 87:2979-82. [PMID: 23269790 PMCID: PMC3571377 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03181-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ganglia of monkeys with reactivated simian varicella virus (SVV) contained more CD8 than CD4 T cells around neurons. The abundance of CD8 T cells was greater less than 2 months after reactivation than that at later times and correlated with that of CXCL10 RNA but not with those of SVV protein or open reading frame 61 (ORF61) antisense RNA. CXCL10 RNA colocalized with T-cell clusters. After SVV reactivation, transient T-cell infiltration, possibly mediated by CXCL10, parallels varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in humans.
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- Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Covington, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology
- Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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We have developed four expression vectors to express antisense RNAs (asRNAs) by which genes of interest are silenced in Escherichia coli. The vectors are all IPTG-inducible and co-transformable in any combination and target genes are silenced conditionally and concurrently. Furthermore, in order to improve silencing efficacy, the vectors are designed to express uniquely shaped antisense RNAs, named paired termini antisense RNAs (PTasRNAs). The vectors are useful for comprehensive investigation of gene function and are applicable even if the target genes are essential for cell growth. Here, we describe methods to construct PTasRNA-expressing vectors and to evaluate silencing efficacy.
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- Nobutaka Nakashima
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology-AIST, 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi,Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan.
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Michael DR, Phillips AO, Krupa A, Martin J, Redman JE, Altaher A, Neville RD, Webber J, Kim MY, Bowen T. The human hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene and its natural antisense RNA exhibit coordinated expression in the renal proximal tubular epithelial cell. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:19523-32. [PMID: 21357421 PMCID: PMC3103331 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.233916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aberrant expression of the human hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene has been implicated in the pathology of malignancy, pulmonary arterial hypertension, osteoarthritis, asthma, thyroid dysfunction, and large organ fibrosis. Renal fibrosis is associated with increased cortical synthesis of hyaluronan (HA), an extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan, and we have shown that HA is a correlate of interstitial fibrosis in vivo. Our previous in vitro data have suggested that both HAS2 transcriptional induction and subsequent HAS2-driven HA synthesis may contribute to kidney fibrosis via phenotypic modulation of the renal proximal tubular epithelial cell (PTC). Post-transcriptional regulation of HAS2 mRNA synthesis by the natural antisense RNA HAS2-AS1 has recently been described in osteosarcoma cells, but the antisense transcript was not detected in kidney. In this study, PTC stimulation with IL-1β or TGF-β1 induced coordinated temporal profiles of HAS2-AS1 and HAS2 transcription. Constitutive activity of the putative HAS2-AS1 promoter was demonstrated, and transcription factor-binding sequence motifs were identified. Knockdown of Sp1/Sp3 expression by siRNA blunted IL-1β induction of both HAS2-AS1 and HAS2, and Smad2/Smad3 knockdown similarly attenuated TGF-β1 stimulation. Inhibition of IL-1β-stimulated HAS2-AS1 RNA induction using HAS2-AS1-specific siRNAs also suppressed up-regulation of HAS2 mRNA transcription. The thermodynamic feasibility of HAS2-AS1/HAS2 heterodimer formation was demonstrated in silico, and locus-specific cytoplasmic double-stranded RNA was detected in vitro. In summary, our data show that transcriptional induction of HAS2-AS1 and HAS2 occurs simultaneously in PTCs and suggest that transcription of the antisense RNA stabilizes or augments HAS2 mRNA expression in these cells via RNA/mRNA heteroduplex formation.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/pathology
- Fibrosis
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Glucuronosyltransferase/biosynthesis
- Glucuronosyltransferase/genetics
- Humans
- Hyaluronan Synthases
- Hyaluronic Acid/biosynthesis
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/genetics
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/pathology
- Interleukin-1beta/genetics
- Interleukin-1beta/metabolism
- Kidney Diseases/genetics
- Kidney Diseases/metabolism
- Kidney Diseases/pathology
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/metabolism
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/pathology
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/biosynthesis
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/genetics
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Response Elements/genetics
- Smad2 Protein/genetics
- Smad2 Protein/metabolism
- Smad3 Protein/genetics
- Smad3 Protein/metabolism
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/genetics
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Sp3 Transcription Factor/genetics
- Sp3 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transforming Growth Factor beta1/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta1/metabolism
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- Daryn R. Michael
- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
- the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, and
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
- the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, and
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- the School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
- the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, and
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
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- From the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
- the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, and
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Amarzguioui M. Construction and expression of oligonucleotide-based antisense cassettes. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2011; 2011:pdb.prot5561. [PMID: 21285261 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot5561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTIONThis protocol describes simple and robust methods for the construction and cloning of expression constructs that can be used to deliver antisense effectors, exemplified by the hammerhead ribozyme and short hairpin RNA (shRNA), into cultured cell lines. The protocol also describes the construction of reporter vectors to be used for target validation. Due to the variable efficacy of the antisense effectors, it is advisable to design multiple constructs targeting different sites. Once the different constructs have been generated, their relative efficacy can be readily determined through reporter cotransfection experiments, in which a stretch of cDNA encompassing all target sites is cloned directionally into the 3′ UTR (untranslated region) of a reporter (psiCheck-2; Promega). Successful cleavage of the target site results in degradation of reporter mRNA, with concomitant decrease in translated product, which is detected by a luminescence-based assay system.
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Nisa S, Blokpoel MCJ, Robertson BD, Tyndall JDA, Lun S, Bishai WR, O'Toole R. Targeting the chromosome partitioning protein ParA in tuberculosis drug discovery. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010; 65:2347-58. [PMID: 20810423 PMCID: PMC2980951 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Revised: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify inhibitors of the essential chromosome partitioning protein ParA that are active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS Antisense expression of the parA orthologue MSMEG_6939 was induced on the Mycobacterium smegmatis background. Screening of synthetic chemical libraries was performed to identify compounds with higher anti-mycobacterial activity in the presence of parA antisense. Differentially active compounds were validated for specific inhibition of purified ParA protein from M. tuberculosis (Rv3918c). ParA inhibitors were then characterized for their activity towards M. tuberculosis in vitro. RESULTS Under a number of culture conditions, parA antisense expression in M. smegmatis resulted in reduced growth. This effect on growth provided a basis for the detection of compounds that increased susceptibility to expression of parA antisense. Two compounds identified from library screening, phenoxybenzamine and octoclothepin, also inhibited the in vitro ATPase activity of ParA from M. tuberculosis. Structural in silico analyses predict that phenoxybenzamine and octoclothepin undergo interactions compatible with the active site of ParA. Octoclothepin exhibited significant bacteriostatic activity towards M. tuberculosis. CONCLUSIONS Our data support the use of whole-cell differential antisense screens for the discovery of inhibitors of specific anti-tubercular drug targets. Using this approach, we have identified an inhibitor of purified ParA and whole cells of M. tuberculosis.
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- Shahista Nisa
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Division of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Division of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Tututkina MN, Shavkunov KS, Masulis IS, Ozolin' ON. [Antisense transcription within the hns locus of Escherichia coli]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2010; 44:497-506. [PMID: 20608174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Scanning the entire genome of E. coli by means of pattern-recognition software PlatProm spotted out more than a thousand of potential start points for antisense transcription. Taking into account possible role of antisense RNAs in the cell regulatory networks, our top-priority interest was focused on the promoter-like sites found within genes of transcription regulators. One of them (hns) encodes a major nucleoid protein affecting expression pattern of many genomic loci. Several potential start points for antisense transcription were found within its coding sequence. Gel-retardation assays, potassium permanganate and DNAse I foot-printings confirmed the ability of the intragenic promoter located approximately 280 bp downstream of ATG to bind RNA polymerase. Primer extension revealed the cDNA of the expected size while Northern blot hybridization assumes the presence of aRNA among cellular RNAs. Relative abundance of antisense RNA and hns-mRNA in vivo exhibited dependence on growth conditions thus assuming existence of regulatory pathways keeping cellular concentration of these two transcripts at the optimal level.
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Hori M, Asanuma T, Inanami O, Kuwabara M, Harashima H, Kamiya H. Effects of overexpression and antisense RNA expression of Orf17, a MutT-type enzyme. Biol Pharm Bull 2010; 29:1087-91. [PMID: 16754998 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.29.1087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Escherichia coli Orf17 (NtpA, NudB) protein, a MutT-type enzyme, hydrolyzes oxidized deoxyribonucleotides, including 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate, in vitro. To examine its in vivo role(s) in bacteria, plasmid DNAs containing the orf17 gene in the sense and antisense orientations were introduced. When the Orf17 protein was overexpressed in mutT cells, the rpoB mutant frequency was decreased. On the other hand, similar effects were not observed when Orf17 was overexpressed in wild type and orf135 cells. Expression of the antisense RNA of the orf17 gene did not produce an obvious phenotype, such as increased mutant frequency and resistance to ionizing radiation. These results suggest that the role of the Orf17 protein is to back up the MutT function, and to assist in the elimination of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine nucleotides.
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- Mika Hori
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Parkhomchuk D, Borodina T, Amstislavskiy V, Banaru M, Hallen L, Krobitsch S, Lehrach H, Soldatov A. Transcriptome analysis by strand-specific sequencing of complementary DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:e123. [PMID: 19620212 PMCID: PMC2764448 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 604] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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High-throughput complementary DNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is a powerful tool for whole-transcriptome analysis, supplying information about a transcript's expression level and structure. However, it is difficult to determine the polarity of transcripts, and therefore identify which strand is transcribed. Here, we present a simple cDNA sequencing protocol that preserves information about a transcript's direction. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mouse brain transcriptomes as models, we demonstrate that knowing the transcript's orientation allows more accurate determination of the structure and expression of genes. It also helps to identify new genes and enables studying promoter-associated and antisense transcription. The transcriptional landscapes we obtained are available online.
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Ihnestr. 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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The majority of all genes have so far been identified and annotated systematically through in silico gene finding. Here we report the finding of 3662 strand-specific transcriptionally active regions (TARs) in the genome of Bacillus subtilis by the use of tiling arrays. We have measured the genome-wide expression during mid-exponential growth on rich (LB) and minimal (M9) medium. The identified TARs account for 77.3% of the genes as they are currently annotated and additionally we find 84 putative non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and 127 antisense transcripts. One ncRNA, ncr22, is predicted to act as a translational control on cstA and an antisense transcript was observed opposite the housekeeping sigma factor sigA. Through this work we have discovered a long conserved 3' untranslated region (UTR) in a group of membrane-associated genes that is predicted to fold into a large and highly stable secondary structure. One of the genes having this tail is efeN, which encodes a target of the twin-arginine translocase (Tat) protein translocation system.
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- Simon Rasmussen
- Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Marakhonov AV, Baranova AV, Skoblov MI. [Antisense regulation of human gene MAP3K13: true phenomenon or artifact]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2008; 42:581-587. [PMID: 18856057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Antisense regulation of gene expression is a widespread but poorly understood mechanism of gene expression regulation. The potential role of antisense transcripts in tumorigenesis is the most intriguing for the functional research. Here we experimentally characterize an antisense mRNA asLZK overlapping human MAP3K13/LZK gene that is involved in mitogenesis related JNK/SAPK signal transduction pathway. According to the functional annotation of the human genome, asLZK transcript (LOC647276) is expressed at the relatively high level and overrepresented in tumor samples. To our surprise, experimental study of human asLZK revealed that this sequence is not expressed, but represents a silent pseudogene of ribosomal protein L4 encoding gene RPL4. This pseudogene resulted from relatively recent retroposition of RPL4 mRNA into the first intron of MAP3K13 gene and does not participate in the regulation of MAP3K13 expression. This study stresses that, after initial in silico mapping efforts, experimental verification of the expression landscape is warranted.
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Alekseeva VV, Rukavtsova EB, Golubchikova IS, Bur'ianov II. [Inhibition of agrobacterial oncogenes expression by means of antisense RNA]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2008; 42:172-7. [PMID: 18389635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Plant's infection with soil bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens lead to tumour formation, so called crown galls. The reason of tumorigenesis is integration of agrobacterial genes for phytohormone synthesis auxins and cytokinins in plant genome, the most important of them are iaaM and ipt. Obtaining of transgenic plants able to inhibit these genes expression, creates conditions for producing of plants resistant to crown gall disease. With this purpose single and double transformants of tobacco plants with antisense copies of iaaM and ipt genes under the control of single and double promoters of 35S RNA of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S and CaMV 35SS) were produced. Infection with virulentA. tumefaciens strains C58 (pTiC58) and A6 (pTiA6) of all types transgenic plants with antisense oncogenes copies showed essential but incomplete inhibition of these genes expression. After agrobacterial transformations of transgenic plants only "weakened" tumours of various morphology, able to regenerate the whole plants, were formed. The analysis data of inhibition of iaaM and ipt genes expression in formed tumour cells were presented. The results indicate perspective RNA-interference strategy for producing of plants resistant to agrobacterial crown gall disease.
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Lluch-Senar M, Vallmitjana M, Querol E, Piñol J. A new promoterless reporter vector reveals antisense transcription in Mycoplasma genitalium. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 153:2743-2752. [PMID: 17660438 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/007559-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mechanisms that promote and regulate transcription in mycoplasmas are poorly understood. Here, a promoter-probe vector based on the pMTnTetM438 minitransposon and containing a promoterless lacZ reporter gene was constructed to analyse Mycoplasma genitalium transcription in vivo. Recovered transposon insertions were in monocopy, with 16 % expressing enough beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) to yield colonies exhibiting a detectable blue colour. A sample of 52 blue colonies was propagated and selected for further analyses. The beta-Gal activity of the corresponding cultures was measured to quantify, in a reproducible way, the transcription levels of the interrupted ORFs. Several insertions were found in sense with the interrupted ORF, but surprisingly there was also a number of insertions in non-coding regions, many of them in repetitive DNA regions known as MgPa islands. Moreover, 30 % of the analysed transposon insertions had the lacZ gene in the opposite orientation to the coding frame, suggesting the existence of antisense transcripts that may be involved in the control of gene expression in M. genitalium.
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- Maria Lluch-Senar
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Verjovski-Almeida S, Venancio TM, Oliveira KCP, Almeida GT, DeMarco R. Use of a 44k oligoarray to explore the transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. Exp Parasitol 2007; 117:236-45. [PMID: 17517391 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent advances in the study of Schistosoma mansoni genome and transcriptome have led to a better description of the S. mansoni gene complement. In this work, we report the design and use of a new S. mansoni 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray platform with approximately 44,000 probes, based on all publicly available cDNA sequence data for S. mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. The large number of probes combined with the extensive sequence annotation available allowed a comprehensive approach, where most of the S. mansoni transcriptome is represented. Hybridization with adult worm RNA pointed to a set of genes transcriptionally active in this stage of the parasite's life cycle. Interestingly, a large proportion (43%) of genes for which transcription was detected in adults is comprised of "no match" genes, i.e. S. mansoni genes with unknown function and no identifiable orthologs in GenBank. Moreover, detection of bi-directional transcription for 7% of the active "no match" genes in adults leads us to hypothesize a widespread production of antisense RNA in S. mansoni, with possible regulatory roles.
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- Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
- Laboratory of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Sommer WH, Rimondini R, Marquitz M, Lidström J, Siems WE, Bader M, Heilig M. Plasticity and impact of the central renin–angiotensin system during development of ethanol dependence. J Mol Med (Berl) 2007; 85:1089-97. [PMID: 17823780 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-007-0255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Pharmacological and genetic interference with the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) seems to alter voluntary ethanol consumption. However, understanding the influence of the RAS on ethanol dependence and its treatment requires modeling the neuroadaptations that occur with prolonged exposure to ethanol. Increased ethanol consumption was induced in rats through repeated cycles of intoxication and withdrawal. Expression of angiotensinogen, angiotensin-converting enzyme, and the angiotensin II receptor, AT1a, was examined by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Increased ethanol consumption after a history of dependence was associated with increased angiotensinogen expression in medial prefrontal cortex but not in nucleus accumbens or amygdala. Increased angiotensinogen expression also demonstrates that the astroglia is an integral part of the plasticity underlying the development of dependence. The effects of low central RAS activity on increased ethanol consumption were investigated using either spirapril, a blood-brain barrier-penetrating inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme, or transgenic rats (TGR(ASrAOGEN)680) with reduced central angiotensinogen expression. Spirapril reduced ethanol intake in dependent rats compared to controls. After induction of dependence, TGR(ASrAOGEN)680 rats had increased ethanol consumption but to a lesser degree than Wistar rats with the same history of dependence. These data suggest that the central RAS is sensitized in its modulatory control of ethanol consumption in the dependent state, but pharmacological or genetic blockade of the system appears to be insufficient to halt the progression of dependence.
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- W H Sommer
- Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, NIAAA, NIH, Bldg 10, CRC, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1108, USA.
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Contursi P, Cannio R, Prato S, She Q, Rossi M, Bartolucci S. Transcriptional analysis of the genetic element pSSVx: differential and temporal regulation of gene expression reveals correlation between transcription and replication. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:6339-50. [PMID: 17586636 PMCID: PMC1951929 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00638-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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pSSVx from Sulfolobus islandicus strain REY15/4 is a hybrid between a plasmid and a fusellovirus. A systematic study performed by a combination of Northern blot analysis, primer extension, and reverse transcriptase PCR revealed the presence of nine major transcripts whose expression was differentially and temporally regulated over the growth cycle of S. islandicus. The map positions of the RNAs as well as the clockwise and the anticlockwise directions of their transcription were determined. Some genes were clustered and appeared to be transcribed as polycistronic messengers, among which one long transcriptional unit comprised the genes for the plasmid copy number control protein ORF60 (CopG), ORF91, and the replication protein ORF892 (RepA). We propose that a termination readthrough mechanism might be responsible for the formation of more than one RNA species from a single 5' end and therefore that the nine different RNAs corresponded to only seven different transcriptional starts. Three transcripts, ORF76 and two antisense RNAs, countertranscribed RNA1 (ctRNA1) and ctRNA2, were found to be specifically expressed during (and hence correlated to) the phase in which the pSSVx copy number is kept under stringent control, as they were completely switched off upon the onset of the induction of replication.
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- Patrizia Contursi
- Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, Napoli, Italy
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Kari I, Syrjänen S, Johansson B, Peri P, He B, Roizman B, Hukkanen V. Antisense RNA directed to the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 mRNA from herpes simplex virus type 1 derived vectors is expressed in CaSki cells and downregulates E7 mRNA. Virol J 2007; 4:47. [PMID: 17547759 PMCID: PMC1892547 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-4-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to be the most important etiologic factor of cervical cancer. There is no HPV specific therapy available for treatment of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix and its precursor lesions. The present study elucidates the potential to use herpes simplex virus (HSV) derived vectors for expression of antisense RNA to HPV -16 E7 oncogene. RESULTS We have constructed replication competent, nonneuroinvasive HSV-1 vectors, deleted of the gamma134.5 gene. The vectors express RNA antisense to the first 100 nucleotides of the HPV-16 E7 gene. We assayed the ability of the antisense E7 vectors R5225 (tk-) and R5226 (tk+), to produce antisense RNA, as well as the consequent effects on E7 mRNA and protein levels in HPV-16 positive CaSki cells. Anti-E7 RNA was expressed by both constructs in a dose-dependent manner. Expression of HPV-16 E7 mRNA was downregulated effectively in CaSki cells infected with the tk- recombinant R5225 or with R5226. The tk+ recombinant R5226 was effective in downregulating E7 protein expression. CONCLUSION We have shown that anti-E7 RNA expressed from an HSV vector could efficiently downregulate HPV-16 E7 mRNA and E7 protein expression in CaSki cells. We conclude that HSV vectors may become a useful tool for gene therapy of HPV infections.
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MESH Headings
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Down-Regulation
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/genetics
- Human papillomavirus 16/genetics
- Humans
- Oncogene Proteins, Viral/biosynthesis
- Oncogene Proteins, Viral/genetics
- Papillomavirus E7 Proteins
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Antisense/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Viral/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
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- Ilkka Kari
- Department of Virology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Clinical Virology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Virology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- The Marjorie B. Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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- The Marjorie B. Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Virology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Microbiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Fish JE, Matouk CC, Yeboah E, Bevan SC, Khan M, Patil K, Ohh M, Marsden PA. Hypoxia-inducible expression of a natural cis-antisense transcript inhibits endothelial nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:15652-66. [PMID: 17403686 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608318200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The destabilization of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNA in hypoxic endothelial cells may be important in the etiology of vascular diseases, such as pulmonary hypertension. Recently, an overlapping antisense transcript to eNOS/NOS3 was implicated in the post-transcriptional regulation of eNOS. We demonstrate here that expression of sONE, also known as eNOS antisense (NOS3AS) or autophagy 9-like 2 (APG9L2), is robustly induced by hypoxia or functional deficiency of von Hippel-Lindau protein. sONE is also up-regulated in the aortas of hypoxic rats. In hypoxic endothelial cells, sONE expression negatively correlates with eNOS expression. Blocking the hypoxic induction of sONE by RNA interference attenuates the fall in both eNOS RNA and protein. We provide evidence that the induction of sONE primarily involves transcript stabilization rather than increased transcriptional activity and is von Hippel-Lindaubut not hypoxia-inducible factor 2alpha-dependent. We also demonstrate that sONE transcripts are enriched in the nucleus of normoxic cells and that hypoxia promotes an increase in the level of cytoplasmic and polyribosome-associated, sONE mRNA. The finding that eNOS expression can be regulated by an overlapping cis-antisense transcript in a stimulus-dependent fashion provides evidence that sense/antisense interactions may play a previously unappreciated role in vascular disease pathogenesis.
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- Jason E Fish
- Department of Medical Biophysics, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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Teodorovic S, Walls CD, Elmendorf HG. Bidirectional transcription is an inherent feature of Giardia lamblia promoters and contributes to an abundance of sterile antisense transcripts throughout the genome. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:2544-53. [PMID: 17403692 PMCID: PMC1885649 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A prominent feature of transcription in Giardia lamblia is the abundant production of sterile antisense transcripts (Elmendorf et al. The abundance of sterile transcripts in Giardia lamblia. Nucleic Acids., 29, 4674-4683). Here, we use a computational biology analysis of SAGE data to assess the abundance and distribution of sense and antisense messages in the parasite genome. Sterile antisense transcripts are produced at approximately 50% of loci with detectable transcription, yet their abundance at a given locus does not correlate to the abundance of the complementary sense transcripts at that locus or to transcription levels at neighboring loci. These data suggest that sterile antisense transcripts are not simply a local effect of open chromatin structure. Using 5'RACE, we demonstrate that Giardia promoters are a source of antisense transcripts through bidirectional transcription, producing both downstream coding sense and upstream sterile antisense transcripts. We use a dual reporter system to explore roles of specific promoter elements in this bidirectional initiation of transcription and suggest that the degenerate AT-rich nature of TATA and Inr elements in Giardia permits them to function interchangeably. The phenomenon of bidirectional transcription in G. lamblia gives us insight into the interaction between transcriptional machinery and promoter elements, and may be the prominent source of the abundant antisense transcription in this parasite.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed +1-(202) 687-9883+1-(202) 687-5662
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Singh SB, Phillips JW, Wang J. Highly sensitive target-based whole-cell antibacterial discovery strategy by antisense RNA silencing. Curr Opin Drug Discov Devel 2007; 10:160-6. [PMID: 17436551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Examples of drug-resistant bacteria are increasing while the discovery of new antibiotics with new mechanisms of action has been essentially nonexistent. The antisense-based sensitization of bacterial targets in Staphylococcus aureus is one of the new approaches that provides increased sensitivity for the detection of target-specific antibiotics and whole-cell screening assays based on differential sensitivity of target-depleted strains. The screening of natural product extracts using this type of assay designed for condensing enzyme (FabH/FabF) targets of the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway led to the discovery of a number of target-specific inhibitors including the novel antibiotic platensimycin, which has displayed activity against various drug-resistant bacteria. The antisense-based discovery strategy, rationale and design of screening assays, and the application of such assays for screening of natural product extracts and the discovery of fatty acid condensing enzyme inhibitors are reviewed in this article.
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- Sheo B Singh
- Merck Research Laboratories, RY80Y-350, 126 E Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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Analysis of the transcriptome by computational and experimental methods has established that sense-antisense transcriptional units are a common phenomenon. Although the regulatory potential of antisense transcripts has been experimentally verified in a number of studies, the biological importance of sense-antisense regulation of gene expression is still a matter of debate. Here, we report the identification of sequence features that are associated with antisense transcription. We show that the sequence composition of the first exon and the 5'end of the first intron of many human genes is similar to the sequence composition observed in promoter regions as measured by the density of known transcription regulatory motifs. Cloned intron-derived fragments were found to possess bidirectional promoter activity. In agreement with the reported abundance of antisense transcripts overlapping the 5'UTR, mapping of the 5'ends of antisense transcripts to the corresponding sense transcripts revealed that the first exon and the 5'end of the first intron are hotspots of antisense transcription as measured by the number of antisense transcription start sites per unit sequence. CpG dinucleotide suppression that is typically weak in non-methylated promoter regions is similarly weakened upstream as well as downstream of the first exon. In support of antisense transcripts playing a regulatory role, we find that 5'UTRs and first exons of genes with overlapping antisense transcripts are significantly longer than the genomic average. Interestingly, a similar size distribution of 5'UTRs and first exons is observed for genes silenced by CpG island methylation in human cancer.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +39 02 574303263+39 02 574303244
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We previously reported that the cvfB gene (SA1223) of Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for the virulence of this pathogenic bacterium. We show here that the cvfB gene regulates exoprotein gene expression. In a cvfB gene deletion mutant, hemolysin, DNase, and protease production were decreased, whereas protein A expression was increased. The amount of RNAIII, the transcript from the P3 promoter in the agr locus that regulates the expression of various virulence factors, was also reduced in the cvfB mutant. In addition, P2 and P3 promoter activity in the agr locus was decreased in the mutant. Under the genetic background of the agr-null mutation, cvfB gene disruption decreased the production levels of DNase and protease. Moreover, the cvfB and agr double mutant was less virulent than the agr mutant in silkworms. These results suggest that the cvfB gene product contributes to the expression of virulence factors and to pathogenicity via both agr-dependent and agr-independent pathways.
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- Yasuhiko Matsumoto
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-1, 7-Chome, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Nelson EJ, Tunsjø HS, Fidopiastis PM, Sørum H, Ruby EG. A novel lux operon in the cryptically bioluminescent fish pathogen Vibrio salmonicida is associated with virulence. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:1825-33. [PMID: 17277225 PMCID: PMC1828807 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02255-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cold-water-fish pathogen Vibrio salmonicida expresses a functional bacterial luciferase but produces insufficient levels of its aliphatic-aldehyde substrate to be detectably luminous in culture. Our goals were to (i) better explain this cryptic bioluminescence phenotype through molecular characterization of the lux operon and (ii) test whether the bioluminescence gene cluster is associated with virulence. Cloning and sequencing of the V. salmonicida lux operon revealed that homologs of all of the genes required for luminescence are present: luxAB (luciferase) and luxCDE (aliphatic-aldehyde synthesis). The arrangement and sequence of these structural lux genes are conserved compared to those in related species of luminous bacteria. However, V. salmonicida strains have a novel arrangement and number of homologs of the luxR and luxI quorum-sensing regulatory genes. Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis suggests that this novel arrangement of quorum-sensing genes generates antisense transcripts that may be responsible for the reduced production of bioluminescence. In addition, infection with a strain in which the luxA gene was mutated resulted in a marked delay in mortality among Atlantic salmon relative to infection with the wild-type parent in single-strain challenge experiments. In mixed-strain competition between the luxA mutant and the wild type, the mutant was attenuated up to 50-fold. It remains unclear whether the attenuation results from a direct loss of luciferase or a polar disturbance elsewhere in the lux operon. Nevertheless, these findings document for the first time an association between a mutation in a structural lux gene and virulence, as well as provide a new molecular system to study Vibrio pathogenesis in a natural host.
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- Eric J Nelson
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 1300 University Ave., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Adaptation stress responses in the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli and its relatives involve a growing list of small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs). Previous work by us and others showed that the antisense RNA MicA downregulates the synthesis of the outer membrane protein OmpA upon entry into stationary phase. This regulation is Hfq-dependent and occurs by MicA-dependent translational inhibition which facilitates mRNA decay. In this article, we investigate the transcriptional regulation of the micA gene. Induction of MicA is dependent on the alarmone ppGpp, suggestive of alternative sigma factor involvement, yet MicA accumulates in the absence of the general stress/stationary phase sigma(S). We identified stress conditions that induce high MicA levels even during exponential growth-a phase in which MicA levels are low (ethanol, hyperosmolarity and heat shock). Such treatments are sensed as envelope stress, upon which the extracytoplasmic sigma factor sigma(E) is activated. The strict dependence of micA transcription on sigma(E) is supported by three observations. Induced overexpression of sigma(E) increases micA transcription, an DeltarpoE mutant displays undetectable MicA levels and the micA promoter has the consensus sigma(E) signature. Thus, MicA is part of the sigma(E) regulon and downregulates its target gene, ompA, probably to alleviate membrane stress.
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- Klas I Udekwu
- Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Uppsala university, Biomedical Center, Box 596, S-75124 Uppsala, Sweden.
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In Caenorhabditis elegans, an effective RNA interference (RNAi) response requires the production of secondary short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) by RNA-directed RNA polymerases (RdRPs). We cloned secondary siRNAs from transgenic C. elegans lines expressing a single 22-nucleotide primary siRNA. Several secondary siRNAs start a few nucleotides downstream of the primary siRNA, indicating that non-RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex)-cleaved mRNAs are substrates for secondary siRNA production. In lines expressing primary siRNAs with single-nucleotide mismatches, secondary siRNAs do not carry the mismatch but contain the nucleotide complementary to the mRNA. We infer that RdRPs perform unprimed RNA synthesis. Secondary siRNAs are only of antisense polarity, carry 5' di- or triphosphates, and are only in the minority associated with RDE-1, the RNAi-specific Argonaute protein. Therefore, secondary siRNAs represent a distinct class of small RNAs. Their biogenesis depends on RdRPs, and we propose that each secondary siRNA is an individual RdRP product.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Pairing
- Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics
- Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Phosphates/analysis
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/chemistry
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Complementary/biosynthesis
- RNA, Helminth/biosynthesis
- RNA, Helminth/genetics
- RNA, Helminth/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/biosynthesis
- RNA, Small Interfering/chemistry
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase/metabolism
- Ribonuclease III/metabolism
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- Titia Sijen
- Hubrecht Laboratory (NIOB-KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, the Netherlands
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a phylogenetically widespread gene-silencing process triggered by double-stranded RNA. In plants and Caenorhabditis elegans, two distinct populations of small RNAs have been proposed to participate in RNAi: "Primary siRNAs" (derived from DICER nuclease-mediated cleavage of the original trigger) and "secondary siRNAs" [additional small RNAs whose synthesis requires an RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP)]. Analyzing small RNAs associated with ongoing RNAi in C. elegans, we found that secondary siRNAs constitute the vast majority. The bulk of secondary siRNAs exhibited structure and sequence indicative of a biosynthetic mode whereby each molecule derives from an independent de novo initiation by RdRP. Analysis of endogenous small RNAs indicated that a fraction derive from a biosynthetic mechanism that is similar to that of secondary siRNAs formed during RNAi, suggesting that small antisense transcripts derived from cellular messenger RNAs by RdRP activity may have key roles in cellular regulation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics
- Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Models, Genetic
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/chemistry
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Double-Stranded/genetics
- RNA, Double-Stranded/metabolism
- RNA, Helminth/chemistry
- RNA, Helminth/genetics
- RNA, Helminth/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/biosynthesis
- RNA, Small Interfering/chemistry
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase/metabolism
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- Julia Pak
- Departments of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5324, USA
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Ludwig LB, Ambrus JL, Krawczyk KA, Sharma S, Brooks S, Hsiao CB, Schwartz SA. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Type 1 LTR DNA contains an intrinsic gene producing antisense RNA and protein products. Retrovirology 2006; 3:80. [PMID: 17090330 PMCID: PMC1654176 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background While viruses have long been shown to capitalize on their limited genomic size by utilizing both strands of DNA or complementary DNA/RNA intermediates to code for viral proteins, it has been assumed that human retroviruses have all their major proteins translated only from the plus or sense strand of RNA, despite their requirement for a dsDNA proviral intermediate. Several studies, however, have suggested the presence of antisense transcription for both HIV-1 and HTLV-1. More recently an antisense transcript responsible for the HTLV-1 bZIP factor (HBZ) protein has been described. In this study we investigated the possibility of an antisense gene contained within the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR). Results Inspection of published sequences revealed a potential transcription initiator element (INR) situated downstream of, and in reverse orientation to, the usual HIV-1 promoter and transcription start site. This antisense initiator (HIVaINR) suggested the possibility of an antisense gene responsible for RNA and protein production. We show that antisense transcripts are generated, in vitro and in vivo, originating from the TAR DNA of the HIV-1 LTR. To test the possibility that protein(s) could be translated from this novel HIV-1 antisense RNA, recombinant HIV antisense gene-FLAG vectors were designed. Recombinant protein(s) were produced and isolated utilizing carboxy-terminal FLAG epitope (DYKDDDDK) sequences. In addition, affinity-purified antisera to an internal peptide derived from the HIV antisense protein (HAP) sequences identified HAPs from HIV+ human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Conclusion HIV-1 contains an antisense gene in the U3-R regions of the LTR responsible for both an antisense RNA transcript and proteins. This antisense transcript has tremendous potential for intrinsic RNA regulation because of its overlap with the beginning of all HIV-1 sense RNA transcripts by 25 nucleotides. The novel HAPs are encoded in a region of the LTR that has already been shown to be deleted in some HIV-infected long-term survivors and represent new potential targets for vaccine development.
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- Linda B Ludwig
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
- Present address: 2519 145th Circle, Vancouver, Washington 98686, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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Harper RW, Xu C, McManus M, Heidersbach A, Eiserich JP. Duox2 exhibits potent heme peroxidase activity in human respiratory tract epithelium. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:5150-4. [PMID: 16970942 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The dual oxidase isozymes Duox1 and Duox2 exhibit functional NADPH:O(2) oxidoreductase activity in thyroid and respiratory tract cells and are thought to be essential for H(2)O(2) generation in these tissues. However, it is not universally accepted that the heme peroxidase domains of the Duox isozymes are functional. To address this question, we modulated Duox2 expression in human tracheobronchial epithelial (TBE) cell culture systems and quantified peroxidase activity. We discovered that interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induced robust peroxidase activity in TBE cells that paralleled Duox2 expression. IFN-gamma-induced peroxidase activity was abolished in the presence of sodium azide, which implicated the activation of a heme peroxidase. IFN-gamma-induced peroxidase activity was abolished in TBE cell lines expressing anti-Duox2 short hairpin RNA transcripts. Together, these data unequivocally demonstrated that Duox2 contains a functional heme peroxidase in intact respiratory tract epithelium.
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- Richart W Harper
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 451 East Health Sciences Road, Room 6521, Davis, 95616, USA.
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Li YJ, Macnaughton T, Gao L, Lai MMC. RNA-templated replication of hepatitis delta virus: genomic and antigenomic RNAs associate with different nuclear bodies. J Virol 2006; 80:6478-86. [PMID: 16775335 PMCID: PMC1488965 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02650-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lacking an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, hepatitis delta virus (HDV), which contains a circular RNA of 1.7 kilobases, is nonetheless able to replicate its RNA by use of cellular transcription machineries. Previously, we have shown that the replications of genomic- and antigenomic-strand HDV RNAs have different sensitivities to alpha-amanitin, suggesting that these two strands are synthesized in different transcription machineries in the cells, but the nature of these transcription machineries is not clear. In this study, we performed metabolic labeling and immunofluorescence staining of newly synthesized HDV RNA with bromouridine after HDV RNA transfection into hepatocytes and confirmed that HDV RNA synthesis had both alpha-amanitin-sensitive and -resistant components. The antigenomic RNA labeling was alpha-amanitin resistant and localized to the nucleolus. The genomic RNA labeling was alpha-amanitin sensitive and more diffusely localized in the nucleoplasm. Most of the genomic RNA labeling appeared to colocalize with the PML nuclear bodies. Furthermore, promyelocytic leukemia protein, RNA polymerase II (Pol II), and the Pol I-associated transcription factor SL1 could be precipitated together with hepatitis delta antigen, suggesting the association of HDV replication complex with the Pol I and Pol II transcription machineries. This conclusion was further confirmed by an in vitro replication assay. These findings provide additional evidence that HDV RNA synthesis occurs in the Pol I and Pol II transcription machineries, thus extending the capability of the cellular DNA-dependent RNA polymerases to utilizing RNA as templates.
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MESH Headings
- Amanitins/pharmacology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell-Free System/metabolism
- Genome, Viral/physiology
- HeLa Cells
- Hepatitis Delta Virus/physiology
- Hepatitis delta Antigens/biosynthesis
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Hepatocytes/virology
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
- Intranuclear Space/metabolism
- Intranuclear Space/virology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins/metabolism
- Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein
- RNA/biosynthesis
- RNA/genetics
- RNA Polymerase I/metabolism
- RNA Polymerase II/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA Polymerase II/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Circular
- RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Transcription, Genetic/physiology
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
- Virus Replication/drug effects
- Virus Replication/physiology
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- Yi-Jia Li
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033-1054, USA
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Rohayem J, Robel I, Jäger K, Scheffler U, Rudolph W. Protein-primed and de novo initiation of RNA synthesis by norovirus 3Dpol. J Virol 2006; 80:7060-9. [PMID: 16809311 PMCID: PMC1489054 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02195-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Noroviruses (Caliciviridae) are RNA viruses with a single-stranded, positive-oriented polyadenylated genome. To date, little is known about the replication strategy of norovirus, a so-far noncultivable virus. We have examined the initiation of replication of the norovirus genome in vitro, using the active norovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (3D(pol)), homopolymeric templates, and synthetic subgenomic or antisubgenomic RNA. Initiation of RNA synthesis on homopolymeric templates as well as replication of subgenomic polyadenylated RNA was strictly primer dependent. In this context and as observed for other enteric RNA viruses, i.e., poliovirus, a protein-primed initiation of RNA synthesis after elongation of the VPg by norovirus 3D(pol) was postulated. To address this question, norovirus VPg was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Incubation of VPg with norovirus 3D(pol) generated VPg-poly(U), which primed the replication of subgenomic polyadenylated RNA. In contrast, replication of antisubgenomic RNA was not primer dependent, nor did it depend on a leader sequence, as evidenced by deletion analysis of the 3' termini of subgenomic and antisubgenomic RNA. On nonpolyadenylated RNA, i.e., antisubgenomic RNA, norovirus 3D(pol) initiated RNA synthesis de novo and terminated RNA synthesis by a poly(C) stretch. Interestingly, on poly(C) RNA templates, norovirus 3D(pol) initiated RNA synthesis de novo in the presence of high concentrations of GTP. We propose a novel model for initiation of replication of the norovirus genome by 3D(pol), with a VPg-protein-primed initiation of replication of polyadenylated genomic RNA and a de novo initiation of replication of antigenomic RNA.
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- Jacques Rohayem
- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Fiedlerstrasse 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Liu F, Lu J, Fan HH, Wang ZQ, Cui SJ, Zhang GA, Chi M, Zhang X, Yang PY, Chen Z, Han ZG. Insights into human CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells through a systematically proteomic survey coupled with transcriptome. Proteomics 2006; 6:2673-92. [PMID: 16596711 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hematopoietic stem cells are capable of self-renewal and differentiation into different hematopoietic lineages. To gain a comprehensive understanding of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, a systematic proteomic survey of human CD34+ cells collected from human umbilical cord blood was performed, in which the proteins were separated by 1- and 2-DE, as well as by nano-LC, and subsequently identified by MS. A total of 370 distinct proteins identified from those cells provided new insights into the potential of the stem/progenitor cells because the nerve, gonad, and eye-associated proteins were reliably identified. Interestingly, the transcripts of 133 (35.9%) identified proteins were not found by the prevalent transcriptome approaches, although several selected transcripts could be detected by RT-PCR. Moreover, the heterogeneity of 33 proteins identified from 2-DE was attributable primarily to post-translational processes rather than to alternative splicing at transcriptional level. Furthermore, the biosyntheses of 15 proteins identified in this study appears not to be completely interrupted in spite of the fact that corresponding antisense RNAs were found in the existing transcriptome data. The integrated proteomic and transcriptomic analyses employed here provided a unique view of the human stem/progenitor cells.
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- Feng Liu
- Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, PR China
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Qureshi A, Zheng R, Parlett T, Shi X, Balaraman P, Cheloufi S, Murphy B, Guntermann C, Eagles P. Gene silencing of HIV chemokine receptors using ribozymes and single-stranded antisense RNA. Biochem J 2006; 394:511-8. [PMID: 16293105 PMCID: PMC1408682 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR5 are required for HIV-1 to enter cells, and the progression of HIV-1 infection to AIDS involves a switch in the co-receptor usage of the virus from CCR5 to CXCR4. These receptors therefore make attractive candidates for therapeutic intervention, and we have investigated the silencing of their genes by using ribozymes and single-stranded antisense RNAs. In the present study, we demonstrate using ribozymes that a depletion of CXCR4 and CCR5 mRNAs can be achieved simultaneously in human PBMCs (peripheral blood mononuclear cells), cells commonly used by the virus for infection and replication. Ribozyme activity leads to an inhibition of the cell-surface expression of both CCR5 and CXCR4, resulting in a significant inhibition of HIV-1 replication when PBMCs are challenged with the virus. In addition, we show that small single-stranded antisense RNAs can also be used to silence CCR5 and CXCR4 genes when delivered to PBMCs. This silencing is caused by selective degradation of receptor mRNAs.
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MESH Headings
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression
- Gene Silencing
- HIV-1/physiology
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/virology
- RNA, Antisense/biosynthesis
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Catalytic/biosynthesis
- RNA, Catalytic/genetics
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR5/analysis
- Receptors, CCR5/genetics
- Receptors, CCR5/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/analysis
- Receptors, CXCR4/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- Virus Replication
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- Amer Qureshi
- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
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- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
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- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- †Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, London EC1A 7BE, U.K
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- *Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, University of London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 1UL, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Haddad F, Qin AX, Bodell PW, Zhang LY, Guo H, Giger JM, Baldwin KM. Regulation of antisense RNA expression during cardiac MHC gene switching in response to pressure overload. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H2351-61. [PMID: 16415074 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01111.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypertension has been shown to cause cardiac hypertrophy and a shift in myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene expression from the faster alpha- to slower beta-MHC isoform. The expression of the beta- and alpha-MHC pre-mRNAs, mRNAs, as well as the newly discovered antisense beta-RNA were analyzed in three regions of the normal control (NC) and 12-day pressure-overloaded (AbCon) hearts: the left ventricle apex, left ventricle base, and the septum. The RNA analyses in the AbCon heart targeted both the 5' and the 3' ends of each RNA molecule. beta-MHC mRNA expression significantly increased relative to control in all three regions, regardless of the target site (5' or 3' end). In contrast, beta-MHC pre-mRNA expression in the AbCon heart depended on the site of the measurement (5' vs. 3' end). For example, whereas the pre-mRNA did not change when targeted at the 3' end (last intron), it increased significantly in the AbCon heart when measurement targeted the 5' end (2nd intron) of the 25-kb molecule. Analyses of the antisense beta-RNA revealed that its expression in the AbCon heart was significantly decreased relative to control regardless of its measurement site. A negative correlation was observed between the beta-mRNA expression and the antisense beta-RNA (P < 0.05), suggesting an inhibitory role of antisense RNA on the sense beta-MHC gene expression. In contrast, a positive correlation was observed between the antisense beta-RNA and the alpha-MHC pre-mRNA (P < 0.05). This latter observation along with the alpha-MHC gene position relative to that of the beta-antisense suggest that the alpha-MHC sense and beta-antisense transcription are coregulated likely via common intergenic regulatory sequences. Our results suggest that the increased beta-MHC expression in the AbCon heart not only is the result of increased beta-MHC transcription but also involves an antisense beta-RNA regulation scheme. Although the exact mechanism concerning antisense regulation is not clear, it could involve modulation of both transcriptional activity of the beta-MHC gene and posttranscriptional processing.
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- F Haddad
- Physiology and Biophysics Department, University of California-Irvine, CA 92697-4560, USA.
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Cho DH, Thienes CP, Mahoney SE, Analau E, Filippova GN, Tapscott SJ. Antisense Transcription and Heterochromatin at the DM1 CTG Repeats Are Constrained by CTCF. Mol Cell 2005; 20:483-9. [PMID: 16285929 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2005] [Revised: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prior studies of the DM1 locus have shown that the CTG repeats are a component of a CTCF-dependent insulator element and that repeat expansion results in conversion of the region to heterochromatin. We now show that the DM1 insulator is maintained in a local heterochromatin context: an antisense transcript emanating from the adjacent SIX5 regulatory region extends into the insulator element and is converted into 21 nucleotide (nt) fragments with associated regional histone H3 lysine 9 (H3-K9) methylation and HP1gamma recruitment that is embedded within a region of euchromatin-associated H3 lysine 4 (H3-K4) methylation. CTCF restricts the extent of the antisense RNA at the wild-type (wt) DM1 locus and constrains the H3-K9 methylation to the nucleosome associated with the CTG repeat, whereas the expanded allele in congenital DM1 is associated with loss of CTCF binding, spread of heterochromatin, and regional CpG methylation.
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- Diane H Cho
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Analysis of purified Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) particles demonstrated the presence of three negative-sense RNA genomes, plus three anti-viral-sense RNA segments. The virion-associated anti-viral-sense S segment served as a template for the synthesis of NSs mRNA immediately after infection. NSs protein synthesis also occurred early in infection, suggesting that NSs protein produced early in infection probably has biologically significant roles in virus replication and/or survival in the host. Translation inhibitor treatment of mammalian cells infected with viruses belonging to the Bunyaviridae family generally inhibits viral mRNA synthesis. However, RVFV NSs mRNA synthesis, but not N mRNA synthesis, was resistant to puromycin treatment during primary transcription, pointing to the uniqueness of RVFV NSs mRNA synthesis.
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- Tetsuro Ikegami
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555-1019, USA
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Although both the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions (5'- and 3'-UTRs) of eukaryotic mRNAs may play a crucial role in posttranscriptional gene regulation, we observe that cis-encoded natural antisense RNAs have a striking preferential complementarity to the 3'-UTRs of their target genes in mammalian (human and mouse) genomes. A null neutral model, evoking differences in the rate of 3'-UTR and 5'-UTR extension, could potentially explain high rates of 3'-to-3' overlap compared with 5'-to-5' overlap. However, employing a simulation model we show that this null model probably cannot explain the finding that 3'-to-3' overlapping pairs have a much higher probability (>5 times) of conservation in both mouse and human genomes with the same overlapping pattern than do 5'-to-5' overlaps. Furthermore, it certainly cannot explain the finding that overlapping pairs seen in both genomes have a significantly higher probability of having co-expression and inverse expression (i.e. characteristic of sense-antisense regulation) than do overlapping pairs seen in only one of the two species. We infer that the function of many 3'-to-3' overlaps is indeed antisense regulation. These findings underscore the preference for, and conservation of, 3'-UTR-targeted antisense regulation, and the importance of 3'-UTRs in gene regulation.
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathSomerset, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health CenterFarmington, CT 06030-3301, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 773 795 5474; Fax: +1 773 702 3002;
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