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Galectin-1-RNA interaction map reveals its novel regulatory roles in angiogenesis

ABSTRACT: Hyperactive angiogenesis contributes to the immunosuppressive microenvironment important for immunotherapy, and LGALS1-encoed galectin-1 can trigger vascular signaling programs and mediate anti-angiogenic treatment response. However, the mechanism of galectin-1 regulation of angiogenesis is poorly understood. Previous mRNA interactome studies suggested that galectin-1 associated with mRNAs. In this study, we applied the iRIP-seq methodology, an unbiased genome-wide approach to study the RNA binding profiles of galectin-1. The results demonstrate that galectin-1 interacted with a large population of mRNAs with a preferred location towards stop codon, and preferred motifs of UGCA/UGGA and GAGCAG motifs. Galectin-1-bound mRNAs are enriched in cell cycle control and diverse basic biological processes, including its previously reported protein targets H-Ras and also T cell receptors TLR6. Glectin-1 significantly binds to genes in angiogenesis, which included the key pro-angiogenic growth factor VEGFA, angiogenic regulators EGR1 and LAMA5, suggesting that galectin-1 may regulate via its mRNA binding activity. The presented results uncover an previously unrecognized mRNA binding activity of galectin-1; further pursue of this activity could lead to knowledge important for developing therapeutic strategies against cancer and other diseases involved in aberrant angiogenesis.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE147565 | GEO | 2021/10/14

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background: Angiogenesis is an essential step for tissue development and its dysregulation is associated with various diseases, including moyamoya disease. Among the regulators of angiogenesis, galectin-1 encoded by LGALS1, plays essential roles, but the underlying mechanisms need to be further expounded. In this study, we systematically investigated the potential targets of galectin-1 by silencing LGALS1 (siLGALS1) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and performing whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments. We also integrated galectin-1-interacting RNA data to explore how galectin-1 regulates gene expression and alternative splicing. Results: By systematical analysis, we found siLGALS1 treatment significantly regulated 1451 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 604 up-regulated DEGs and 847 down-regulated DEGs. The down-regulated DEGs were significantly enriched in angiogenesis and inflammatory response pathways. The involved genes included CCL2, GJA5, CALCRL, ACKR3, HEY1, AQP1, CD34, ECM1, RAMP2, and SELP, which were also validated by RT-qPCR experiment. We also analyzed the dysregulated alternative splicing (AS) profile by siLGALS1, and found siLGALS1 had obvious bias for dysregulated AS types, preferring to promote exon skipping and intron retention, and inhibit cassette exon events. Interestingly, we found the regulated AS genes (RASGs) were enriched in focal adhesion and VEGF signaling pathway, which were highly related to angiogenesis. Finally, we found hundreds of RASGs were also bound by galectin-1 using the published iRIP-seq data of galectin-1, including RASGs from angiogenesis pathway. Conclusions: In summary, our results demonstrated that galectin-1 could regulate angiogenesis-related genes at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels, which is associated its RNA binding ability in HUVECs. The discovery extends our understanding on the functions and molecular mechanisms of galectin-1 during the development of angiogenesis, which could be served as a therapeutic option in anti-angiogenic treatment in future.

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