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Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs
Small noncoding RNAs of different origins and classes play several roles in the regulation of gene expression. Here, we show that diverged and rearranged fragments of rDNA units are scattered throughout the human genome and that endogenous small noncoding RNAs are processed by the Microprocessor com...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328433 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063014 |
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author | Tchurikov, Nickolai A. Klushevskaya, Elena S. Alembekov, Ildar R. Bukreeva, Anastasiia S. Kretova, Antonina N. Chechetkin, Vladimir R. Kravatskaya, Galina I. Kravatsky, Yuri V. |
author_facet | Tchurikov, Nickolai A. Klushevskaya, Elena S. Alembekov, Ildar R. Bukreeva, Anastasiia S. Kretova, Antonina N. Chechetkin, Vladimir R. Kravatskaya, Galina I. Kravatsky, Yuri V. |
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description | Small noncoding RNAs of different origins and classes play several roles in the regulation of gene expression. Here, we show that diverged and rearranged fragments of rDNA units are scattered throughout the human genome and that endogenous small noncoding RNAs are processed by the Microprocessor complex from specific regions of ribosomal RNAs shaping hairpins. These small RNAs correspond to particular sites inside the fragments of rDNA that mostly reside in intergenic regions or the introns of about 1500 genes. The targets of these small ribosomal RNAs (srRNAs) are characterized by a set of epigenetic marks, binding sites of Pol II, RAD21, CBP, and P300, DNase I hypersensitive sites, and by enrichment or depletion of active histone marks. In HEK293T cells, genes that are targeted by srRNAs (srRNA target genes) are involved in differentiation and development. srRNA target genes are enriched with more actively transcribed genes. Our data suggest that remnants of rDNA sequences and srRNAs may be involved in the upregulation or downregulation of a specific set of genes in human cells. These results have implications for diverse fields, including epigenetics and gene therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-89545582022-03-26 Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs Tchurikov, Nickolai A. Klushevskaya, Elena S. Alembekov, Ildar R. Bukreeva, Anastasiia S. Kretova, Antonina N. Chechetkin, Vladimir R. Kravatskaya, Galina I. Kravatsky, Yuri V. Int J Mol Sci Article Small noncoding RNAs of different origins and classes play several roles in the regulation of gene expression. Here, we show that diverged and rearranged fragments of rDNA units are scattered throughout the human genome and that endogenous small noncoding RNAs are processed by the Microprocessor complex from specific regions of ribosomal RNAs shaping hairpins. These small RNAs correspond to particular sites inside the fragments of rDNA that mostly reside in intergenic regions or the introns of about 1500 genes. The targets of these small ribosomal RNAs (srRNAs) are characterized by a set of epigenetic marks, binding sites of Pol II, RAD21, CBP, and P300, DNase I hypersensitive sites, and by enrichment or depletion of active histone marks. In HEK293T cells, genes that are targeted by srRNAs (srRNA target genes) are involved in differentiation and development. srRNA target genes are enriched with more actively transcribed genes. Our data suggest that remnants of rDNA sequences and srRNAs may be involved in the upregulation or downregulation of a specific set of genes in human cells. These results have implications for diverse fields, including epigenetics and gene therapy. MDPI 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8954558/ /pubmed/35328433 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063014 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tchurikov, Nickolai A. Klushevskaya, Elena S. Alembekov, Ildar R. Bukreeva, Anastasiia S. Kretova, Antonina N. Chechetkin, Vladimir R. Kravatskaya, Galina I. Kravatsky, Yuri V. Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title | Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title_full | Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title_fullStr | Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title_full_unstemmed | Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title_short | Fragments of rDNA Genes Scattered over the Human Genome Are Targets of Small RNAs |
title_sort | fragments of rdna genes scattered over the human genome are targets of small rnas |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328433 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063014 |
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