Long noncoding RNA lnc-NAP sponges mmu-miR-139-5p to modulate Nanog functions in mouse ESCs and embryos.
In: RNA biology, Jg. 18 (2021-06-01), Heft 6, S. 875-887
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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 .
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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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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Xie, D ; Tong, M ; Xia, B ; Feng, G ; Wang, L ; Li, A ; Luo, G ; Wan, H ; Zhang, Z ; Zhang, H ; Yang, YG ; Zhou, Q ; Wang, M ; Wang, XJ |
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Zeitschrift: | RNA biology, Jg. 18 (2021-06-01), Heft 6, S. 875-887 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2015- : Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Georgetown, TX : Landes Bioscience,, 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1555-8584 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1080/15476286.2020.1827591 |
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