Mohammed Rabiul Hosen1,2,3, Giuseppe Militello1,2,3,4, Tyler Weirick1,2,3,4, Yuliya Ponomareva1,2,3, Sujith Dassanayaka1,3, Joseph B Moore1,5, Claudia Döring6, Marcin Wysoczynski5, Steven P Jones5, Stefanie Dimmeler5, Shizuka Uchida7,4. 1. From the Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre for Molecular Medicine (M.R.H., G.M., T.W., Y.P., S.D., S.U.). 2. Department of Biosciences (M.R.H., G.M., T.W., Y.P.). 3. German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner side Rhein-Main, Frankfurt (M.R.H., G.M., T.W., Y.P., S.D., S.U.). 4. Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (G.M., T.W., S.U.). 5. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center (S.D., J.B.M., M.W., S.P.J.), University of Louisville, KY. 6. Dr Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (C.D.). 7. German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner side Rhein-Main, Frankfurt (M.R.H., G.M., T.W., Y.P., S.D., S.U.) heart.lncrna@gmail.com.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Increasing evidence indicates the presence of lncRNAs in various cell types. Airn is an imprinting gene transcribed from the paternal chromosome. It is in antisense orientation to the imprinted, but maternally derived, Igf2r gene, on which Airn exerts its regulation in cis. Although Airn is highly expressed in the heart, functions aside from imprinting remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: Here, we studied the functions of Airn in the heart, especially cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS: Silencing of Airn via siRNAs augmented cell death, vulnerability to cellular stress, and reduced cell migration. To find the cause of such phenotypes, the potential binding partners of Airn were identified via RNA pull-down followed by mass spectrometry, which indicated Igf2bp2 (insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2) and Rpa1 (replication protein A1) as potential binding partners. Further experiments showed that Airn binds to Igf2bp2 to control the translation of several genes. Moreover, silencing of Airn caused less binding of Igf2bp2 to other mRNAs and reduced translation of Igf2bp2 protein. CONCLUSIONS: Our study uncovers a new function of Airn and demonstrates that Airn is important for the physiology of cardiomyocytes.
RATIONALE: Increasing evidence indicates the presence of lncRNAs in various cell types. Airn is an imprinting gene transcribed from the paternal chromosome. It is in antisense orientation to the imprinted, but maternally derived, Igf2r gene, on which Airn exerts its regulation in cis. Although Airn is highly expressed in the heart, functions aside from imprinting remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: Here, we studied the functions of Airn in the heart, especially cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS: Silencing of Airn via siRNAs augmented cell death, vulnerability to cellular stress, and reduced cell migration. To find the cause of such phenotypes, the potential binding partners of Airn were identified via RNA pull-down followed by mass spectrometry, which indicated Igf2bp2 (insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2) and Rpa1 (replication protein A1) as potential binding partners. Further experiments showed that Airn binds to Igf2bp2 to control the translation of several genes. Moreover, silencing of Airn caused less binding of Igf2bp2 to other mRNAs and reduced translation of Igf2bp2 protein. CONCLUSIONS: Our study uncovers a new function of Airn and demonstrates that Airn is important for the physiology of cardiomyocytes.
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