Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in eukaryotic biology, yet their functions in the immune system are not fully understood. This study presents a comprehensive resource on the regulation, pathway dependencies, subcellular localizations, and protein interactomes of lncRNAs in immune cells exposed to pathogens. We developed GRADR, a methodology combining gradient profiling and RNA-bound proteome analysis, to map interactomes for all expressed RNAs in a single experiment. Using GRADR and targeted CRISPR multiomics, we identified a network of lncRNAs, including LINC01215, AC022816, and LINC01268 (ROCKI), that influence immunity, mainly through interactions with splicing factors. Our data are compiled into SMyLR, a web interface providing access to our lncRNA regulation and interactome atlas. This resource is expected to significantly advance research into RNA regulation in immunity.
Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in eukaryotic biology, yet their functions in the immune system are not fully understood. This study presents a comprehensive resource on the regulation, pathway dependencies, subcellular localizations, and protein interactomes of lncRNAs in immune cells exposed to pathogens. We developed GRADR, a methodology combining gradient profiling and RNA-bound proteome analysis, to map interactomes for all expressed RNAs in a single experiment. Using GRADR and targeted CRISPR multiomics, we identified a network of lncRNAs, including LINC01215, AC022816, and LINC01268 (ROCKI), that influence immunity, mainly through interactions with splicing factors. Our data are compiled into SMyLR, a web interface providing access to our lncRNA regulation and interactome atlas. This resource is expected to significantly advance research into RNA regulation in immunity.
Project description:We employed ChIRP in combination with proteomic strategy to systematically discover HOTAIR-interacting proteins. Three independent biological replicates of ChIRP-MS experiment were performed, alongside negative controls.
Project description:We identified a novel lncRNA DRAIR that is downregulated in CD14+ monocytes from type 2 diabetes relative to controls. Functional studies showed that DRAIR regulates anti-inflammatory genes and its knockdown enhances proinflammatoory phentype of monocytes. To examine mechanisms of DRAIR actions, we performed Chromatin isolation by RNA purification (ChIRP) assays using DRAIR biotinylated tiling oligonucleotides to identify chromatin inding sites in THP-1 monocytes.
Project description:To study the molecular function of lncRNA KCNQOT1, we performed ChIRP-seq HEK293T cells, and we knocked it down in NIH3T3 and HEK293T cells, and created knockout of the repeat-rich and non-repeat regions of KCNQOT1 separately in HEK293T cells, then performed H3K9me3 ChIP-seq, DNA methylation MeDIP-seq and RNA-seq in the perturbed and control wild type cells.