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LncRNA FLAIL affects alternative splicing and represses flowering in Arabidopsis.
Jin, Yu; Ivanov, Maxim; Dittrich, Anna Nelson; Nelson, Andrew Dl; Marquardt, Sebastian.
Afiliação
  • Jin Y; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
  • Ivanov M; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
  • Dittrich AN; Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  • Nelson AD; Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  • Marquardt S; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
EMBO J ; 42(11): e110921, 2023 06 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37051749
ABSTRACT
How the noncoding genome affects cellular functions is a key biological question. A particular challenge is to distinguish the effects of noncoding DNA elements from long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) that coincide at the same loci. Here, we identified the flowering-associated intergenic lncRNA (FLAIL) in Arabidopsis through early flowering flail mutants. Expression of FLAIL RNA from a different chromosomal location in combination with strand-specific RNA knockdown characterized FLAIL as a trans-acting RNA molecule. FLAIL directly binds to differentially expressed target genes that control flowering via RNA-DNA interactions through conserved sequence motifs. FLAIL interacts with protein and RNA components of the spliceosome to affect target mRNA expression through co-transcriptional alternative splicing (AS) and linked chromatin regulation. In the absence of FLAIL, splicing defects at the direct FLAIL target flowering gene LACCASE 8 (LAC8) correlated with reduced mRNA expression. Double mutant analyses support a model where FLAIL-mediated splicing of LAC8 promotes its mRNA expression and represses flowering. Our study suggests lncRNAs as accessory components of the spliceosome that regulate AS and gene expression to impact organismal development.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Arabidopsis / RNA Longo não Codificante Idioma: En Revista: EMBO J Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Dinamarca

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Arabidopsis / RNA Longo não Codificante Idioma: En Revista: EMBO J Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Dinamarca