PLX109914

GSE53928: Long Non-coding RNAs Control Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Function (RNA-Seq)

• Organsim mouse
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as new players in gene expression regulation. Whether and how lncRNAs might control hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function remains largely unknown. Here, we profiled the transcriptome of purified long-term HSCs by deep RNA-sequencing and identified thousands of un-annotated transcripts of which 323 are predicted to be lncRNAs. Comparison of their expression in differentiated lineages represented by B cells (B220+) and Granulocytes (Gr1+), revealed that 159 are likely to be HSC-specific. Knockdown of two such non-coding genes (LncHSC-2 and LncHSC-1) indicated that they regulate HSC lineage differentiation, possibly via targeting cell cycle regulators and chromatin modification enzymes. Taken together, we comprehensively identify lncRNAs in HSC and show to examples that play important roles in HSC function. SOURCE: deqiang sun (dsun@tamu.edu) - Texas A&M University