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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Long non-coding RNAs transcribed by ERV-9 LTR retrotransposon act in cis to modulate long-range LTR enhancer function.

Tianxiang Hu, Wenhu Pi, Xingguo Zhu, Miao Yu, Hongseok Ha, Huidong Shi, Jeong-Hyeon Choi, Dorothy Tuan

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianxiang HuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Wenhu PiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Xingguo ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Miao YuCancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Hongseok HaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Huidong ShiCancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Jeong-Hyeon ChoiDepartment of Biostatics and Epidemiology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Dorothy TuanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Augusta University · USAugusta University Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LTR retrotransposons are repetitive DNA elements comprising ∼10% of the human genome. However, LTR sequences are disproportionately present in human long, non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Whether and how the LTR lncRNAs serve biological functions are largely unknown. Here we show that in primary human erythroblasts, lncRNAs transcribed from the LTR retrotransposons of ERV-9 human endogenous retrovirus activated transcription of key erythroid genes and modulated ex vivo erythropoiesis. To dissect the functional mechanism of ERV-9 lncRNAs, we performed genome-wide RNA and ChIRP analyses before and after global knockdown or locus-specific deletion of ERV-9 lncRNAs in human erythroblasts carrying ∼4000 copies of the ERV-9 LTRs and in transgenic mouse erythroblasts carrying a single copy of the primate-specific ERV-9 LTR in the 100 kb human β-globin gene locus. We found that ERV-9 lncRNAs acted in cis to stabilize assembly of the ERV-9 LTR enhancer complex and facilitate long-range LTR enhancer function in activating transcription of downstream, cis-linked globin genes. Our findings suggested that LTR lncRNAs transcribed from many of the 4000 copies of ERV-9 LTR retrotransposons acted by a similar cis mechanism to modulate LTR enhancer function in activating transcription of downstream genes critical to cellular processes including erythropoiesis.

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticRetroelementsTerminal Repeat SequencesAnimalsBase Sequencebeta-GlobinsEndogenous RetrovirusesErythroblastsErythropoiesisGenetic LociGenomeHumansMiceMice, TransgenicPrimary Cell CultureRNA, Long Noncodingbeta-GlobinsRetroelementsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID28132025
PMCPMC5416847
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