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ArticleScience China. Life sciences2021

Antisense oligonucleotide technology can be used to investigate a circular but not linear RNA-mediated function for its encoded gene locus.

Zhenxing Song, Ruirui Jia, Mingfeng Tang, Fei Xia, Haiyang Xu, Zhengguo Li, Chuan Huang

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Article in Science China. Life sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Zhenxing Song *School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Ruirui Jia *School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Mingfeng TangSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Fei XiaSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Haiyang XuSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Zhengguo LiSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Chuan HuangSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China. chuanhuang@cqu.edu.cn.
Chongqing University · CN

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Abstract

As a class of powerful molecular tool, antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are not only broadly used in protein and RNA biology, but also a highly selective therapeutic strategy for many diseases. Although the concept that ASO reagents only reduce expression of the targeted gene in a post-transcriptional manner has long been established, the effect and mechanism of ASO reagents on RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription are largely unknown. This raised question is particularly important for the appropriate use of ASOs and the valid interpretation of ASO-mediated experiments. In this study, our results show that linear RNA ASO attenuates transcription of nascent transcripts by inducing premature transcription termination which is combinatorially controlled by Integrator, exosome, and Rat1 in Drosophila. However, circular RNA (circRNA) ASO transfection does not affect transcription activity of the encoded gene. These data suggest that the ASO technique can be applied to study a circRNA-mediated but not linear RNA-mediated function for its encoded gene locus.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsExosomesOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalTranscription Termination, GeneticDrosophila ProteinsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIantisense oligonucleotidecircular RNAlinear RNApremature transcription termination

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PMID32815066
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