长链非编码RNA在心血管疾病发病中的研究进展

心血管疾病是一种威胁人类,特别是中老年人健康的常见疾病。每年死于心血管疾病的人数位居全球榜首。长链非编码RNA是长度大于200个核苷酸且不编码蛋白质的RNA,也是体内表达数量最多的RNA。越来越多的研究发现长链非编码RNA在心血管疾病的发生、发展中有重要的调节作用。本文将就长链非编码RNA和心血管疾病的最新研究进展进行综述。     

长链非编码RNA在肺动脉高压中的作用

长链非编码RNA(long-chain non-coding RNA,lncRNA)是一类转录本长度> 200 nt的RNA分子,可在表观遗传、染色质修饰、转录激活、转录抑制、转录后调节、核内运输等多种途径调控病理、生理过程。近年来,随着与心血管疾病相关的新型lncRNA不断被发现,使lncRNA成为当前心血管疾病研究的新热点。lncRNA与多种心血管疾病密切相关,最新的报道发现lncRNA在肺动脉高压(pulmonary arterial hypertension,PAH)的发生和发展中发挥重要作用。本文主要结合lncRNA在PAH领域的研究现状,综述其在PAH发生发展中的作用和机制。     

长链非编码RNA功能的研究进展及其与癌症的关系

长链非编码RNA(long noncoding RNA,lnc RNA)是指长度在200个核苷酸以上且不能编码蛋白质的RNA。lnc RNA起初被认为是转录噪声,但后续研究表明,许多lnc RNA只在机体特定生理状态的特定部位表达,或是只在某些特定的生物过程中表达,对特定lnc RNA的基因敲低可导致表型改变,从而证明了其是有功能的。事实上,目前的lnc RNA研究几乎覆盖所有的生理学和病理学过程,也包括癌症的发生发展。癌症是细胞失控生长所导致的一类疾病,是每年人口死亡的主要原因之一,其发生、发展机理与相应治疗策略的研究,已成为当今的一大课题。近年来,越来越多的lnc RNA被证明参与了癌症的多种发生发展过程,从而逐渐成为预防与治疗癌症的新突破口。文章就lnc RNA目前已知的功能及其与癌症的关系做一综述。     

长链非编码RNA研究进展

长链非编码RNA(long noncoding RNAs,lncRNAs)是一类长度超过200nt的非编码RNA分子,通过信号分子、诱饵分子、引导分子、支架分子等4种方式在转录水平和转录后水平调控基因的表达。lncRNAs的表达水平相对于蛋白编码基因较低,但它们在X染色体沉默、基因组印迹、染色体修饰、转录激活、转录干扰以及核内运输等方面具有重要的功能。相对于研究较多的非编码小RNA,lncRNAs的功能目前尚不完全清楚。该文从lncRNAs的起源、分类、分子机制、功能和进化等方面综述了lncRNAs的研究进展,为进一步探究lncRNAs的功能和作用机制提供依据。     

长链非编码RNA及其在疾病发生发展中的作用CSCD

长链非编码RNA(long non-coding RNA,lnc RNA)是一类长度超过200个核苷酸、不编码蛋白质的功能性RNA分子,作为蛋白质和DNA之间的媒介,参与体内重要的细胞活动。Lnc RNA在多个水平调节基因表达,包括染色体重塑、转录和转录后加工等,通过多种机制发挥其生物学功能。随着研究的深入,lnc RNA许多潜在的功能逐渐被发现,其与人类疾病的关系日益受到人们的重视,lnc RNA的失调与越来越多的疾病有联系,特别是在癌症方面。本文主要就lnc RNA的功能、作用机制及其在临床疾病发生发展中的作用进行综述。     

植物长链非编码RNA的研究进展

长链非编码RNA(long non-coding RNAs,lnc RNAs)是真核生物中一类长度大于200个核苷酸、无蛋白编码能力或编码能力极低的RNA转录本。lnc RNA种类和功能的多样性导致了对其进行研究的复杂性,特别是对植物中lnc RNA的认识相当有限。该文就近年来植物中已发现的lnc RNA的种类、相关转录酶、参与的生物学过程、发挥功能的分子机制以及其相关的研究策略等方面进行综述和展望,以期为深入认识植物lnc RNA提供借鉴。     

长链非编码RNA在动脉粥样硬化中的作用

动脉粥样硬化是一种致病因素多样、病理机制复杂的心血管疾病。近年研究发现,长链非编码RNA在动脉粥样硬化的发生、发展过程中发挥重要的调控作用。通过调节脂代谢、糖尿病、肥胖等危险因素,参与血管内皮功能、血管新生、免疫炎症等病理机制,影响动脉粥样硬化的疾病进程。本文就长链非编码RNA在动脉粥样硬化中的研究现状,综述其对疾病危险因素及病理机制的调控作用。     

长链非编码RNA在生物体中的调控作用

长链非编码RNA(Long non-coding RNA,lncRNA)的发现是基因组学和分子生物学研究领域的重要进展。lncRNA在生命活动中具有重要的调节功能,其表达紊乱与多种人类疾病的发生发展密切相关。研究表明,几乎所有的调控性lncRNA通过与不同种类的生物大分子,如DNA、RNA和蛋白质发生相互作用而行使其功能。文章概述了lncRNA在表观遗传学水平、转录水平及转录后水平调控基因表达的效应机制,并探讨了lncRNA如何在肿瘤发生和宿主防御过程中行使功能。不同于小分子ncRNA通过碱基互补配对调控靶基因的表达,大多数已鉴定的lncRNA通过调节蛋白质活性或维持蛋白质复合物的完整性发挥其生物学功能。因此,鉴定lncRNA-蛋白质相互作用可能是理解lncRNA功能的首要任务。     

长链非编码RNA 在乳腺癌中的研究进展

乳腺癌是女性最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,且其发病率呈逐年上升的趋势,尽管随着诊疗技术的进步,乳腺癌的死亡率得到了实质性的降低,但它仍是女性肿瘤死亡的第二大原因,目前对乳腺癌的治疗还面临很大的挑战。长链非编码RNA(Longnon-codingRNA,LncRNA)是一类长度超过200个核苷酸的非编码RNA分子,缺乏开放的阅读框,无编码蛋白质的功能。近年来研究发现,LncRNA可能在多种恶性肿瘤的发生、发展、侵袭及转移过程中起调控作用,且目前对其与乳腺癌的关系研究较多,对LncRNA与乳腺癌相关性的研究有望为乳腺癌的诊治提供新思路。现就LncRNA在乳腺癌中的研究进展做一综述。     

Identification of autophagy-related long non-coding RNA prognostic signature for breast cancer

Autophagy-related long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) disorders are related to the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The purpose of this study is to explore whether autophagy-related lncRNA can predict the prognosis of breast cancer patients. The autophagy-related lncRNAs prognostic signature was constructed by Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) Cox regression. We identified five autophagy-related lncRNAs (MAPT-AS1, LINC01871, AL122010.1, AC090912.1, AC061992.1) associated with prognostic value, and they were used to construct an autophagy-related lncRNA prognostic signature (ALPS) model. ALPS model offered an independent prognostic value (HR = 1.664, 1.381-2.006), where this risk score of the model was significantly related to the TNM stage, ER, PR and HER2 status in breast cancer patients. Nomogram could be utilized to predict survival for patients with breast cancer. Principal component analysis and Sankey Diagram results indicated that the distribution of five lncRNAs from the ALPS model tends to be low-risk. Gene set enrichment analysis showed that the high-risk group was enriched in autophagy and cancer-related pathways, and the low-risk group was enriched in regulatory immune-related pathways. These results indicated that the ALPS model composed of five autophagy-related lncRNAs could predict the prognosis of breast cancer patients.     

ZNF204P is a stemness-associated oncogenic long non-coding RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major health burden, and though various treatments through much research are available, difficulties in early diagnosis and drug resistance to chemotherapy-based treatments render several ineffective. Cancer stem cell model has been used to explain formation of heterogeneous cell population within tumor mass, which is one of the underlying causes of high recurrence rate and acquired chemoresistance, highlighting the importance of CSC identification and understanding the molecular mechanisms of CSC drivers. Extracellular CSC-markers such as CD133, CD90 and EpCAM have been used successfully in CSC isolation, but studies have indicated that increasingly complex combinations are required for accurate identification. Pseudogene-derived long non-coding RNAs are useful candidates as intracellular CSC markers - factors that regulate pluripotency and self-renewal – given their cancer-specific expression and versatile regulation across several levels. Here, we present the use of microarray data to identify stemness-associated factors in liver cancer, and selection of sole pseudogene-derived lncRNA ZNF204P for experimental validation. ZNF204P knockdown impairs cell proliferation and migration/invasion. As the cytosolic ZNF204P shares miRNA binding sites with OCT4 and SOX2, well-known drivers of pluripotency and self-renewal, we propose that ZNF204P promotes tumorigenesis through the miRNA-145-5p/OCT4, SOX2 axis.     

Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR in carcinogenesis and metastasis

Long non-coding RNAs （lncRNAs） have gained massive attention in recent years as a potentially new and crucial layer of gene regulation. LncRNAs are prevalently transcribed in the genome, but their roles in gene regulation and disease development are largely unknown. HOX antisense intergenic RNA （HOTAIR）, a lncRNA located in the HOXC locus, has been shown to repress HOXD gene expression and promote breast cancer metastasis. Mechanistically, HOTAIR interacts with and recruits polycomb repressive complex 2 （PRC2） and regulates chromosome occupancy by EZH2 （a subunit of PRC2）, which leads to histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation of the HOXD locus. Moreover, HOTAIR is pervasively overexpressed in most human cancers compared with noncancerous adjacent tissues. This review summarizes the studies on the HOTAIR lncRNA over the past 6 years.     

钙蛋白酶与心血管疾病的关系

钙蛋白酶(calpain)是一种依赖Ca2+激活的蛋白水解酶,属于半胱氨酸蛋白水解酶超家族成员。钙蛋白酶广泛分布于心血管系统,可被Ca2+激活,产生多种生物学效应,如降解心肌收缩蛋白、促进细胞凋亡、参与心血管重构等。近年,钙蛋白酶与心肌缺血再灌注损伤、血栓、房颤、动脉粥样硬化等心血管疾病的关系正受到越来越多的关注。     

多特征融合的植物长链非编码RNA的预测

长链非编码RNA(Long non-coding RNA, lncRNA)是一类被定义为转录本的长度大于200 nt、没有蛋白编码能力的RNA转录本。研究表明,lncRNA在调节植物生长发育、表观遗传反应以及各种胁迫反应中起重要作用。但是与人类和动物相比,植物lncRNA的研究仍然处于起步阶段。目前,如何从大量的转录本中准确地挑选出lncRNA仍然是植物lncRNA研究领域的重要问题之一。本文构建了新的植物lncRNA和mRNA数据集,分析了数据集中植物lncRNA的序列及结构特征,提取了序列的k-mer频数信息、二级结构信息、开放阅读框信息以及序列的几何柔性等特征,基于SVM(Support Vector Machine, SVM)算法,用Jackknife检验对植物lncRNA进行了预测,并且计算了各种特征融合后对植物lncRNA预测结果的影响,准确率达到了96.14%。     

CRNDE: An important oncogenic long non‐coding RNA in human cancers

Aberrant overexpression of long non‐coding RNA CRNDE (Colorectal Neoplasia Differentially Expressed) is confirmed in various human cancers, which is correlated with advanced clinicopathological features and poor prognosis. CRNDE promotes cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and suppresses apoptosis in complicated mechanisms, which result in the initialization and development of human cancers. In this review, we provide an overview of the oncogenic role and potential clinical applications of CRNDE.