Long noncoding RNAs with enhancer-like function in human cells

Ulf Andersson Ørom; Thomas Derrien; Malte Beringer; Kiranmai Gumireddy; Alessandro Gardini; Giovanni Bussotti; Fan Lai; Matthias Zytnicki; Cedric Notredame; Qihong Huang; Roderic Guigo; Ramin Shiekhattar

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.001

Long noncoding RNAs with enhancer-like function in human cells

Ulf Andersson Ørom, Thomas Derrien, Malte Beringer, Kiranmai Gumireddy, Alessandro Gardini, Giovanni Bussotti, Fan Lai, Matthias Zytnicki, Cedric Notredame, Qihong Huang, Roderic Guigo, Ramin Shiekhattar

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While the long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) constitute a large portion of the mammalian transcriptome, their biological functions has remained elusive. A few long ncRNAs that have been studied in any detail silence gene expression in processes such as X-inactivation and imprinting. We used a GENCODE annotation of the human genome to characterize over a thousand long ncRNAs that are expressed in multiple cell lines. Unexpectedly, we found an enhancer-like function for a set of these long ncRNAs in human cell lines. Depletion of a number of ncRNAs led to decreased expression of their neighboring protein-coding genes, including the master regulator of hematopoiesis, SCL (also called TAL1), Snai1 and Snai2. Using heterologous transcription assays we demonstrated a requirement for the ncRNAs in activation of gene expression. These results reveal an unanticipated role for a class of long ncRNAs in activation of critical regulators of development and differentiation. PaperClip:

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	46-58
Number of pages	13
Journal	Cell
Volume	143
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.001
State	Published - Oct 2010
Externally published	Yes

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RNA

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Long noncoding RNAs with enhancer-like function in human cells. / Ørom, Ulf Andersson; Derrien, Thomas; Beringer, Malte; Gumireddy, Kiranmai; Gardini, Alessandro; Bussotti, Giovanni; Lai, Fan; Zytnicki, Matthias; Notredame, Cedric; Huang, Qihong; Guigo, Roderic; Shiekhattar, Ramin.

In: Cell, Vol. 143, No. 1, 10.2010, p. 46-58.

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