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Regulation of Peripheral Myelination through Transcriptional Buffering of Egr2 by an Antisense Long Non-coding RNA

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Martinez-Moreno, Margot; Zepecki, John P.; Olaru, Alexander; Ness, Jennifer K.; Tapinos, Nikos; O'Shea, Timothy Mark; Langer, Robert S; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Precise regulation of Egr2 transcription is fundamentally important to the control of peripheral myelination. Here, we describe a long non-coding RNA antisense to the promoter of Egr2 (Egr2-AS-RNA). During peripheral nerve injury, the expression of Egr2-AS-RNA is increased and correlates with decreased Egr2 transcript and protein levels. Ectopic expression of Egr2-AS-RNA in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cultures inhibits the expression of Egr2 mRNA and induces demyelination. In vivo inhibition of Egr2-AS-RNA using oligonucleotide GapMers released from a biodegradable hydrogel following sciatic nerve injury reverts the EGR2-mediated gene expression profile and significantly delays demyelination. Egr2-AS-RNA gradually recruits H3K27ME3, AGO1, AGO2, and EZH2 on the Egr2 promoter following sciatic nerve injury. Furthermore, expression of Egr2-AS-RNA is regulated through ERK1/2 signaling to YY1, while loss of Ser184 of YY1 regulates binding to Egr2-AS-RNA. In conclusion, we describe functional exploration of an antisense long non-coding RNA in peripheral nervous system (PNS) biology. Keywords: nerve injury response; transcription; RNA epigenetics; antisense RNA; Egr2; myelination; YY1; neuregulin
Date issued
2017-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114935
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Journal
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Martinez-Moreno, Margot et al. “Regulation of Peripheral Myelination through Transcriptional Buffering of Egr2 by an Antisense Long Non-Coding RNA.” Cell Reports 20, 8 (August 2017): 1950–1963 © 2017 The Authors
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2211-1247

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