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ArticleCommunications biology2020

FUS-dependent loading of SUV39H1 to OCT4 pseudogene-lncRNA programs a silencing complex with OCT4 promoter specificity.

Michele Scarola, Elisa Comisso, Massimo Rosso, Giannino Del Sal, Claudio Schneider, Stefan Schoeftner, Roberta Benetti

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Article in Communications biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michele ScarolaLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Elisa ComissoLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Massimo RossoLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Giannino Del SalLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2185-6003
Claudio SchneiderLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Stefan SchoeftnerLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy. sschoeftner@units.it.ORCID 0000-0002-8918-6627
Roberta BenettiLaboratorio Nazionale-Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie, Laboratorio Nazionale (LNCIB), Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy. roberta.benetti@uniud.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8863-0821
University of Udine · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The resurrection of pseudogenes during evolution produced lncRNAs with new biological function. Here we show that pseudogene-evolution created an Oct4 pseudogene lncRNA that is able to direct epigenetic silencing of the parental Oct4 gene via a 2-step, lncRNA dependent mechanism. The murine Oct4 pseudogene 4 (mOct4P4) lncRNA recruits the RNA binding protein FUS to allow the binding of the SUV39H1 HMTase to a defined mOct4P4 lncRNA sequence element. The mOct4P4-FUS-SUV39H1 silencing complex holds target site specificity for the parental Oct4 promoter and interference with individual components results in loss of Oct4 silencing. SUV39H1 and FUS do not bind parental Oct4 mRNA, confirming the acquisition of a new biological function by the mOct4P4 lncRNA. Importantly, all features of mOct4P4 function are recapitulated by the human hOCT4P3 pseudogene lncRNA, indicating evolutionary conservation. Our data highlight the biological relevance of rapidly evolving lncRNAs that infiltrate into central epigenetic regulatory circuits in vertebrate cells.

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PseudogenesAnimalsCell Line, TumorEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGene SilencingHumansMethyltransferasesMiceMultiprotein ComplexesOctamer Transcription Factor-3Ovarian NeoplasmsPromoter Regions, GeneticRepressor ProteinsRNA-Binding Protein FUSRNA, Long NoncodingFUS protein, mouseMethyltransferasesMultiprotein ComplexesOctamer Transcription Factor-3POU5F1 protein, humanPou5f1 protein, mouseRepressor ProteinsRNA-Binding Protein FUSRNA, Long NoncodingSUV39H1 protein, human

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PMID33128015
PMCPMC7603346
OpenAlexW3095756502

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