RESEARCH ARTICLE A long noncoding RNA distributed in both nucleus and cytoplasm operates in the PYCARD-regulated apoptosis by coordinating the epigenetic and translational regulation 1☯ 1 1 1 2 1 Hui Miao , Linlin Wang , Haomiao ZhanID , Jiangshan Dai , Yanbo ChangID , Fan Wu , 1 3 3 1☯ 1,4 Tao Liu , Zhongyu Liu , Chunfang Gao *, Ling LiID *, Xu Song * a1111111111 1 Center for Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 2 College a1111111111 of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 3 989 Hospital, a1111111111 Luoyang, Henan, China, 4 State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, a1111111111 Chengdu, Sichuan, China a1111111111 ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. *
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[email protected] (XS) OPEN ACCESS Abstract Citation: Miao H, Wang L, Zhan H, Dai J, Chang Y, Wu F, et al. (2019) A long noncoding RNA Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in various biological processes such as apo- distributed in both nucleus and cytoplasm operates ptosis. The function of lncRNAs is closely correlated with their localization within the cell. in the PYCARD-regulated apoptosis by While regulatory potential of many lncRNAs has been revealed at specific subcellular loca- coordinating the epigenetic and translational tion, the biological significance of discrete distribution of an lncRNA in different cellular com- regulation. PLoS Genet 15(5): e1008144. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008144 partments remains largely unexplored. Here, we identified an lncRNA antisense to the pro- apoptotic gene PYCARD, named PYCARD-AS1, which exhibits a dual nuclear and cyto- Editor: Kevin V Morris, UNITED STATES plasmic distribution and is required for the PYCARD silencing in breast cancer cells.