Functional annotation of human long noncoding RNAs via molecular phenotyping

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Contributors

  • RIKEN
  • University of Trieste
  • RAS - Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology
  • RAS - Institute of Protein Research
  • University of Toronto
  • National University of Singapore
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Aalborg University
  • Imperial College London
  • Medical Research Council (MRC)
  • Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Hiroshima University
  • Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
  • University of Cape Town
  • McGill University
  • University of Birmingham
  • Stanford University
  • ETH Zurich
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Roma
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
  • Osaka University

Abstract

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) constitute the majority of transcripts in the mammalian genomes, and yet, their functions remain largely unknown. As part of the FANTOM6 project, we systematically knocked down the expression of 285 lncRNAs in human dermal fibroblasts and quantified cellular growth, morphological changes, and transcriptomic responses using Capped Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE). Antisense oligonucleotides targeting the same lncRNAs exhibited global concordance, and the molecular phenotype, measured by CAGE, recapitulated the observed cellular phenotypes while providing additional insights on the affected genes and pathways. Here, we disseminate the largest-todate lncRNA knockdown data set with molecular phenotyping (over 1000 CAGE deep-sequencing libraries) for further exploration and highlight functional roles for ZNF213-AS1 and lnc-KHDC3L-2.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1060-1072
Number of pages13
JournalGenome Research
Volume30
Issue number7
Early online date27 Jul 2020
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 32718982

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