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Long Noncoding RNA as Modular Scaffold of Histone Modification Complexes

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Tsai, Miao-Chih, Manor, Ohad, Wan, Yue, Mosammaparast, Nima, Wang, Jordon K., Lan, Fei, Shi, Yang, Segal, Eran +1 more·2010·Science

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A Lot of HOTAIR: The roles of several classes of small (<50 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs are beginning to be defined in molecular detail, whereas the function of most of the long (∼200+ nucleotides), intergenic noncoding (linc)RNAs found in most eukaryotic genomes remains something of a mystery. The HOTAIR lincRNA, which is transcribed from the mouse HOXC locus, binds to the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) and recruits it to HOXD and other genes, where its histone methylase activity acts to repress gene transcription. Tsai et al. (p. 689 , published online 8 July) now show that HOTAIR also binds to a histone demethylase enzyme, LSD1, part of the CoREST/REST repressor complex. LSD1 acts to remove transcription-activating histone marks, reinforcing the repressive activity of the PRC2 complex. HOTAIR thus functions as a platform for the coordinated binding of PRC2 and LSD1-containing complexes to genes, as revealed in a genome-wide analysis of PRC1/CoREST/REST co-regulated genes.

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  • Noncoding RNAs can regulate gene expression via translation or transcription of mRNAs, methylation of DNA and RNA, or as a modular scaffold of histone modification complexes.

    “ncRNAs can regulate expression of genes via the translation or transcription of mRNAs, the methylation of DNA and RNA, or as a modular scaffold of histone modification complexes.219”

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    The Abstract (page unavailable) shows that the lincRNA HOTAIR acts as a modular scaffold for histone-modification complexes and links this activity to transcriptional silencing. It does not support the sentence’s additional claims about regulating mRNA translation or methylation of DNA or RNA; the methylation studied is of histones. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Tsai, M.-C., Manor, O., Wan, Y., Mosammaparast, N., Wang, J. K., Lan, F., Shi, Y., Segal, E., & Chang, H. Y.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Chang, Howard Y.
Venue
Science
Published
2010-08-06
Volume
329
Issue
5992
Pages
689-693
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2126504590
Cited by
3,290
References
28
Citations by year
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FWCI
55.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ca119176-10)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG004361)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA118487, R01-CA119176, R01CA118750)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
HOTAIR, long intergenic non-coding RNA, polycomb repressive complex 2, LSD1, histone demethylation, histone methylation, transcriptional repression, PRC1, co-regulated genes
MeSH terms
Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein, RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, HeLa Cells, Histones, Humans, Methylation, Mutation, Neoplasm Proteins, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Repressor Proteins, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, RNA, Untranslated, RNA Interference, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Histone Demethylases, Co-Repressor Proteins, Polycomb-Group Proteins, Polycomb Repressive Complex 2

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