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ArticleNature communications2025

Identification of human pathways acting on nuclear non-coding RNAs using the Mirror forward genetic approach.

Rui Che, Monireh Panah, Bhoomi Mirani, Krista Knowles, Anastacia Ostapovich, Debarati Majumdar, Xiaotong Chen, Joseph DeSimone, William White, Megan Noonan and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Rui Che *Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5195-9260
Monireh Panah *Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Bhoomi MiraniDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Krista KnowlesDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Anastacia OstapovichDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Debarati MajumdarDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Xiaotong ChenDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Joseph DeSimoneDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
William WhiteDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Megan NoonanDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-3628-3549
Hong LuoDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-1786
Andrei AlexandrovDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. andreia@clemson.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-1115-1397

Funding

Statistical Methods for Gene Regulatory Analysis From Single Cell Genomics DataP20GM139769 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI ANHOLT, ROBERT R. H, ARNO, GAVIN · 2021 to 2025
$10.8M
Shotgun method for massive mutational interrogation of the entire human genomeR21HG009362 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ALEXANDROV, ANDREI · 2017 to 2018
$419k
NHGRI NIH HHS R21 HG009362NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139769U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) HG009362U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM139769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite critical roles in diseases, human pathways acting on strictly nuclear non-coding RNAs have been refractory to forward genetics. To enable their forward genetic discovery, we developed a single-cell approach that "Mirrors" activities of nuclear pathways with cytoplasmic fluorescence. Application of Mirror to two nuclear pathways targeting MALAT1's 3' end, the pathway of its maturation and the other, the degradation pathway blocked by the triple-helical Element for Nuclear Expression (ENE), identified nearly all components of three complexes: Ribonuclease P and the RNA Exosome, including nuclear DIS3, EXOSC10, and C1D, as well as the Nuclear Exosome Targeting (NEXT) complex. Additionally, Mirror identified DEAD-box helicase DDX59 associated with the genetic disorder Oral-Facial-Digital syndrome (OFD), yet lacking known substrates or roles in nuclear RNA degradation. Knockout of DDX59 exhibits stabilization of the full-length MALAT1 with a stability-compromised ENE and increases levels of 3'-extended forms of small nuclear RNAs. It also exhibits extensive retention of minor introns, including in OFD-associated genes, suggesting a mechanism for DDX59 association with OFD. Mirror efficiently identifies pathways acting on strictly nuclear non-coding RNAs, including essential and indirectly-acting components, and as a result can uncover unexpected links to human disease.

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RNA, Long NoncodingCell NucleusDEAD-box RNA HelicasesExosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease ComplexHeLa CellsHumansRibonuclease PRNA StabilityDEAD-box RNA HelicasesExosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease ComplexMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanRibonuclease PRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMCPMC12095793

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