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Identification of novel long noncoding RNAs underlying vertebrate cardiovascular development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as critical epigenetic regulators with important functions in development and disease. Here, we sought to identify and functionally characterize novel lncRNAs critical for vertebrate development.

Methods and results

By relying on human pluripotent stem cell differentiation models, we investigated lncRNAs differentially regulated at key steps during human cardiovascular development with a special focus on vascular endothelial cells. RNA sequencing led to the generation of large data sets that serve as a gene expression roadmap highlighting gene expression changes during human pluripotent cell differentiation. Stage-specific analyses led to the identification of 3 previously uncharacterized lncRNAs, TERMINATOR, ALIEN, and PUNISHER, specifically expressed in undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells, cardiovascular progenitors, and differentiated endothelial cells, respectively. Functional characterization, including localization studies, dynamic expression analyses, epigenetic modification monitoring, and knockdown experiments in lower vertebrates, as well as murine embryos and human cells, confirmed a critical role for each lncRNA specific for each analyzed developmental stage.

Conclusions

We have identified and functionally characterized 3 novel lncRNAs involved in vertebrate and human cardiovascular development, and we provide a comprehensive transcriptomic roadmap that sheds new light on the molecular mechanisms underlying human embryonic development, mesodermal commitment, and cardiovascular specification.

SUBMITTER: Kurian L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443804 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of novel long noncoding RNAs underlying vertebrate cardiovascular development.

Kurian Leo L Aguirre Aitor A Sancho-Martinez Ignacio I Benner Christopher C Hishida Tomoaki T Nguyen Thai B TB Reddy Pradeep P Nivet Emmanuel E Krause Marie N MN Nelles David A DA Esteban Concepcion Rodriguez CR Campistol Josep M JM Yeo Gene W GW Belmonte Juan Carlos Izpisua JCI

Circulation 20150304 14

<h4>Background</h4>Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as critical epigenetic regulators with important functions in development and disease. Here, we sought to identify and functionally characterize novel lncRNAs critical for vertebrate development.<h4>Methods and results</h4>By relying on human pluripotent stem cell differentiation models, we investigated lncRNAs differentially regulated at key steps during human cardiovascular development with a special focus on vascular endothelial ce ...[more]

PMID: 25739401

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Identification of novel long noncoding RNAs underlying vertebrate cardiovascular development.

Background

Methods and results

Conclusions

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Identification of novel long noncoding RNAs underlying vertebrate cardiovascular development.

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