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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Downregulation of a Dorsal Root Ganglion-Specifically Enriched Long Noncoding RNA is Required for Neuropathic Pain by Negatively Regulating RALY-Triggered Ehmt2 Expression.

Zhiqiang Pan, Shibin Du, Kun Wang, Xinying Guo, Qingxiang Mao, Xiaozhou Feng, Lina Huang, Shaogen Wu, Bailing Hou, Yun-Juan Chang and 7 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhiqiang PanDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Shibin DuDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Kun WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Xinying GuoDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Qingxiang MaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Xiaozhou FengDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Lina HuangDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Shaogen WuDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Bailing HouDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Yun-Juan ChangThe Office of Advanced Research Computing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Tong LiuCenter for Advanced Proteomics Research, Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Tong ChenCenter for Advanced Proteomics Research, Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Hong LiCenter for Advanced Proteomics Research, Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Thomas BachmannDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Alex BekkerDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Huijuan HuDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Yuan-Xiang TaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1777-3272
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Rutgers Mass Spectrometry Core for Integrative Neuroscience ResearchP30NS046593 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LI, HONG, LOBEL, PETER · 2004 to 2018
$9.9M
Role of dorsal root ganglion FTO, a RNA demethylase, in neuropathic painR01NS111553 · NINDS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TAO, YUAN-XIANG · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Identification of a Novel DRG-Specific Long Noncoding RNA and its Role in Neuropathic PainR01NS117484 · NINDS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HU, HUIJUAN, TAO, YUAN-XIANG · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid MS System for Proteomics Research at Rutgers Newark CampusS10OD025047 · OD · RBHS-NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LI, HONG · 2018 to 2018
$1.1M
NIH HHS 1S10OD025047-01NIH HHS NS046593NIH HHS R01NS111553NIH HHS R01NS117484NIH HHS RFNS113881NIH HHS S10 OD025047NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS046593NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS111553NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS117484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nerve injury-induced maladaptive changes of gene expression in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons contribute to neuropathic pain. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of gene expression. Here, a conserved lncRNA is reported, named DRG-specifically enriched lncRNA (DS-lncRNA) for its high expression in DRG neurons. Peripheral nerve injury downregulates DS-lncRNA in injured DRG due, in part, to silencing of POU domain, class 4, transcription factor 3, a transcription factor that interacts with the DS-lncRNA gene promoter. Rescuing DS-lncRNA downregulation blocks nerve injury-induced increases in the transcriptional cofactor RALY-triggered DRG Ehmt2 mRNA and its encoding G9a protein, reverses the G9a-controlled downregulation of opioid receptors and Kcna2 in injured DRG, and attenuates nerve injury-induced pain hypersensitivities in male mice. Conversely, DS-lncRNA downregulation increases RALY-triggered Ehmt2/G9a expression and correspondingly decreases opioid receptor and Kcna2 expression in DRG, leading to neuropathic pain symptoms in male mice in the absence of nerve injury. Mechanistically, downregulated DS-lncRNA promotes more binding of increased RALY to RNA polymerase II and the Ehmt2 gene promoter and enhances Ehmt2 transcription in injured DRG. Thus, downregulation of DS-lncRNA likely contributes to neuropathic pain by negatively regulating the expression of RALY-triggered Ehmt2/G9a, a key neuropathic pain player, in DRG neurons.

Indexed as

AnimalsDown-RegulationGanglia, SpinalGene Expression RegulationHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group CHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseMaleMiceNeuralgiaNociceptionRNA, Long NoncodingG9a protein, mouseHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group CHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseRaly protein, mouseRNA, Long NoncodingDorsal root ganglionDRG‐specifically enriched long noncoding RNAEhmt2G9aNeuropathic painRALY

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PMID34383386
PMCPMC8356248
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