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ArticleNature communications2020

The long non-coding RNA LUCAT1 is a negative feedback regulator of interferon responses in humans.

Shiuli Agarwal, Tim Vierbuchen, Sreya Ghosh, Jennie Chan, Zhaozhao Jiang, Richard K Kandasamy, Emiliano Ricci, Katherine A Fitzgerald

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Shiuli AgarwalProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Tim VierbuchenProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3110-4155
Sreya GhoshProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Jennie ChanProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Zhaozhao JiangProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Richard K KandasamyCentre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
Emiliano RicciUniversité de Lyon, ENSL, UCBL, CNRS, INSERM, LBMC, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69007, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9789-5837
Katherine A FitzgeraldProgram in Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. kate.fitzgerald@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3175-609X
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USNorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

Funding

Gene Regulation in Innate ImmunityR37AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2015 to 2024
$4.6M
Innate Immunity Training ProgramT32AI095213 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SILVERMAN, NEAL · 2011 to 2025
$2.5M
Regulation of Type I Interferon Gene Expression in the Innate Immune ResponseR01AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
Suppression of the type I IFN gene signature by the long non-coding RNA-Lucat-1R21AI142231 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2019 to 2020
$461k
Inc'ing RNA to anti-viral defenseR21AI147208 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2019 to 2020
$461k
Regulation of Type I Interferon Gene Expression in the Innate Immune ResponseR56AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2012 to 2012
$415k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067497NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI142231NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI147208NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI067497NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI067497NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI095213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs are important regulators of biological processes including immune responses. The immunoregulatory functions of lncRNAs have been revealed primarily in murine models with limited understanding of lncRNAs in human immune responses. Here, we identify lncRNA LUCAT1 which is upregulated in human myeloid cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and other innate immune stimuli. Targeted deletion of LUCAT1 in myeloid cells increases expression of type I interferon stimulated genes in response to LPS. By contrast, increased LUCAT1 expression results in a reduction of the inducible ISG response. In activated cells, LUCAT1 is enriched in the nucleus where it associates with chromatin. Further, LUCAT1 limits transcription of interferon stimulated genes by interacting with STAT1 in the nucleus. Together, our study highlights the role of the lncRNA LUCAT1 as a post-induction feedback regulator which functions to restrain the immune response in human cells.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsBiological PhenomenaChromatinCytokinesFeedbackGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansImmunity, InnateInterferonsLipopolysaccharidesMiceMyeloid CellsOxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group DonorsProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingChromatinCytokinesInterferonsLipopolysaccharideslong non-coding RNA LUCAT1, humanMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanOxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group DonorsProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRSAD2 protein, humanSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription FactorViperin Protein

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PMCPMC7733444
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