RAIN Is a Novel Enhancer-Associated lncRNA That Controls RUNX2 Expression and Promotes Breast and Thyroid Cancer.
Mol Cancer Res
; 18(1): 140-152, 2020 01.
Article
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| ID: mdl-31624086
ABSTRACT
Enhancer (ENH)-associated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) are a peculiar class of RNAs produced by transcriptionally active ENHs, owning potential gene-regulatory function. Here, we characterized RAIN, a novel ENH-associated lncRNA. Analysis of RAIN expression in a retrospective cohort of human thyroid cancers showed that the expression of this lncRNA is restricted to cancer cells and strongly correlates with the expression of the cancer-promoting transcription factor RUNX2. We showed that RAIN, serving as a cis-regulatory element, promotes RUNX2 expression by two mechanisms. Binding WDR5 and facilitating its localization on the RUNX2 promoter, RAIN modifies the transcriptional status of the RUNX2 locus facilitating transcription initiation. In parallel, RAIN acts as decoy for negative elongation factor complex, restraining its inhibitory function on transcription elongation. In both thyroid and breast cancer cells, RAIN promotes oncogenic features. Using RNA-sequencing profiling, we showed that RAIN orchestrates the expression of a network of cancer-promoting transcription regulators, suggesting that RAIN affects cancer cell phenotype by coordinating the expression of a complex transcriptional network. IMPLICATIONS Our data contribute to understand lncRNA function in gene regulation and to consolidate their role in cancer.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
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RNA, Long Noncoding
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Mol Cancer Res
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italia