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ArticleNature communications2018

Enhancer-associated long non-coding RNA LEENE regulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase and endothelial function.

Yifei Miao, Nassim E Ajami, Tse-Shun Huang, Feng-Mao Lin, Chih-Hong Lou, Yun-Ting Wang, Shuai Li, Jian Kang, Hannah Munkacsi, Mano R Maurya and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yifei MiaoDepartment of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Nassim E AjamiBioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Tse-Shun HuangDepartment of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Feng-Mao LinDepartment of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Chih-Hong LouGenome Editing Core, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Yun-Ting WangDepartment of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Shuai LiDepartment of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Jian KangDepartment of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Hannah MunkacsiGenome Editing Core, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Mano R MauryaDepartment of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Shakti GuptaDepartment of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Shu ChienDepartment of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. shuchien@ucsd.edu.
Shankar SubramaniamDepartment of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. shankar@ucsd.edu.
Zhen ChenDepartment of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA. zhenchen@coh.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-1090

Funding

Transgenic Mouse FacilityP30CA033572 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STANLEY R. HAMILTON · 1985 to 2026
$86.3M
Systems Biology Analyses for Hemodynamic Regulation of Vascular HomeostasisR01HL108735 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHIEN, SHU, SHYY, JOHN YJ · 2012 to 2024
$13.4M
Shear Regulation of MicroRNA Transportomes and Targetomes in Vascular HomeostasisR01HL106579 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHIEN, SHU, SHYY, JOHN YJ · 2011 to 2022
$8.3M
GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM IN BIONFORMATICST32GM008806 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BAFNA, VINEET, REN, BING · 2001 to 2020
$6.2M
Hypoxia-Suppressed Dicer and AGO1 Promote AngiogenesisR00HL122368 · NHLBI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI CHEN, ZHEN BOUMAN · 2017 to 2019
$747k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA033572NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL122368NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL106579NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108735NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008806
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The optimal expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the hallmark of endothelial homeostasis, is vital to vascular function. Dynamically regulated by various stimuli, eNOS expression is modulated at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and post-translational levels. However, epigenetic modulations of eNOS, particularly through long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and chromatin remodeling, remain to be explored. Here we identify an enhancer-associated lncRNA that enhances eNOS expression (LEENE). Combining RNA-sequencing and chromatin conformation capture methods, we demonstrate that LEENE is co-regulated with eNOS and that its enhancer resides in proximity to eNOS promoter in endothelial cells (ECs). Gain- and Loss-of-function of LEENE differentially regulate eNOS expression and EC function. Mechanistically, LEENE facilitates the recruitment of RNA Pol II to the eNOS promoter to enhance eNOS nascent RNA transcription. Our findings unravel a new layer in eNOS regulation and provide novel insights into cardiovascular regulation involving endothelial function.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicAnimalsCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, Long NoncodingRNA Polymerase IITranscription, Geneticlong non-coding RNA LEENE, humanNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIRNA, Long NoncodingRNA Polymerase II

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PMID29348663
PMCPMC5773557

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