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Long noncoding RNA lnc-NAP sponges mmu-miR-139-5p to modulate Nanog functions in mouse ESCs and embryos.

ABSTRACT: The pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is controlled by a multilayer regulatory network, of which the key factors include core pluripotency genes Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog, and multiple microRNAs (miRNAs). Recently, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered as a class of new regulators for ESCs, and some lncRNAs could function as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) to regulate mRNAs by competitively binding to miRNAs. Here, we identify mmu-miR-139-5p as a new regulator for Nanog by targeting Nanog 3' untranslated region (UTR) to repress Nanog expression in mouse ESCs and embryos. Such regulation could be released by an ESC-specifically expressed ceRNA named lnc-NAP. The expression of lnc-NAP is activated by OCT4, SOX2, as well as NANOG through promoter binding. Downregulation of lnc-NAP reduces Nanog abundance, which leads to decreased pluripotency of mouse ESCs and embryonic lethality. These results reveal lnc-NAP as a new regulator for Nanog in mouse ESCs, and uncover a feed-forward regulatory loop of Nanog through the participation of lnc-NAP.

SUBMITTER: Xie D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8081037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Long noncoding RNA lnc-NAP sponges mmu-miR-139-5p to modulate Nanog functions in mouse ESCs and embryos.

Xie Dongfang D Tong Man M Xia Baolong B Feng Guihai G Wang Leyun L Li Ang A Luo Guanzheng G Wan Haifeng H Zhang Zeyu Z Zhang Hao H Yang Yun-Gui YG Zhou Qi Q Wang Meng M Wang Xiu-Jie XJ

RNA biology 20201023 6

The pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is controlled by a multilayer regulatory network, of which the key factors include core pluripotency genes Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog, and multiple microRNAs (miRNAs). Recently, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered as a class of new regulators for ESCs, and some lncRNAs could function as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) to regulate mRNAs by competitively binding to miRNAs. Here, we identify mmu-miR-139-5p as a new regulator ...[more]

PMID: 32991228

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Long noncoding RNA lnc-NAP sponges mmu-miR-139-5p to modulate Nanog functions in mouse ESCs and embryos.

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Long noncoding RNA <i>lnc-NAP</i> sponges mmu-miR-139-5p to modulate <i>Nanog</i> functions in mouse ESCs and embryos.

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