U1 snRNP regulates chromatin retention of noncoding RNAs
U1 snRNP regulates chromatin retention of noncoding RNAs
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U1 snRNP 调节非编码 RNA 的染色质保留
DOI:
10.1038/s41586-020-2105-3
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
Shen Xiaohua
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作者:
Yin Yafei;Lu Yuyang;Zhang Xuechun;Shao Wen;Xu Yanhui;Li Pan;Hong Yantao;Cui Li;Shan Ge;Tian Bin;Zhang Qiangfeng Cliff;Shen Xiaohua
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and promoter- or enhancer-associated unstable.transcripts locate preferentially to chromatin, where some regulate chromatin structure,.transcription and RNA processing1–13. Although several RNA sequences responsible for.nuclear localization have been identified—such as repeats in the lncRNA Xist and Alu-like.elements in long RNAs14–16—how lncRNAs as a class are enriched at chromatin remains.unknown. Here we describe a random, mutagenesis-coupled, high-throughput method.that we name ‘RNA elements for subcellular localization by sequencing’ (mutREL-seq)..Using this method, we discovered an RNA motif that recognizes the U1 small nuclear.ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) and is essential for the localization of reporter RNAs to.chromatin. Across the genome, chromatin-bound lncRNAs are enriched with 5′ splice.sites and depleted of 3′ splice sites, and exhibit high levels of U1 snRNA binding compared.with cytoplasm-localized messenger RNAs. Acute depletion of U1 snRNA or of the U1.snRNP protein component SNRNP70 markedly reduces the chromatin association of.hundreds of lncRNAs and unstable transcripts, without altering the overall transcription.rate in cells. In addition, rapid degradation of SNRNP70 reduces the localization of both.nascent and polyadenylated lncRNA transcripts to chromatin, and disrupts the nuclear.and genome-wide localization of the lncRNA Malat1. Moreover, U1 snRNP interacts with.transcriptionally engaged RNA polymerase II. These results show that U1 snRNP acts.widely to tether and mobilize lncRNAs to chromatin in a transcription-dependent.manner. Our findings have uncovered a previously unknown role of U1 snRNP beyond the.processing of precursor mRNA, and provide molecular insight into how lncRNAs are.recruited to regulatory sites to carry out chromatin-associated functions.