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Published on: November 15, 2013
Long noncoding RNA LINC00844-mediated molecular network regulates expression of drug metabolizing enzymes and nuclear
Dongying Li1, Leihong Wu1, Bridgett Knox1
1National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 3900 NCTR Road, HFT100, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA.
Abstract:
Noncoding RNAs, such as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), regulate gene expression in many physiological and pathological processes, including drug metabolism. Drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) are critical components in drug-induced liver toxicity. In this study, we used human hepatic HepaRG cells treated with 5 or 10 mM acetaminophen (APAP) as a model system and identified LINC00844 as a toxicity-responsive lncRNA. We analyzed the expression profiles of LINC00844 in different human tissues. In addition, we examined the correlations between the levels of LINC00844 and those of key DMEs and nuclear receptors (NRs) for APAP metabolism in humans. Our results showed that lncRNA LINC00844 is enriched in the liver and its expression correlates positively with mRNA levels of CYP3A4, CYP2E1, SULT2A1, pregnane X receptor (PXR), and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF) 4α. We demonstrated that LINC00844 regulates the expression of these five genes in HepaRG cells using gain- and loss-of-function assays. Further, we discovered that LINC00844 is localized predominantly in the cytoplasm and acts as an hsa-miR-486-5p sponge, via direct binding, to protect SULT2A1 from miRNA-mediated gene silencing. Our data also demonstrated a functional interaction between LINC00844 and hsa-miR-486-5p in regulating DME and NR expression in HepaRG cells and primary human hepatocytes. We depicted a LINC00844-mediated regulatory network that involves miRNA and NRs and influences DME expression in response to APAP toxicity.
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