Global and cell-type specific properties of lincRNAs with ribosome occupancy

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Abstract

Advances in transcriptomics have led to the discovery of a large number of long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs), which are now recognized as important regulators of diverse cellular processes. Although originally thought to be non-coding, recent studies have revealed that many lincRNAs are bound by ribosomes, with a few lincRNAs even having ability to generate micropeptides. The question arises: how widespread the translation of lincRNAs may be and whether such translation is likely to be functional. To better understand biological relevance of lincRNA translation, we systematically characterized lincRNAs with ribosome occupancy by the expression, structural, sequence, evolutionary and functional features for eight human cell lines, revealed that lincRNAs with ribosome occupancy have remarkably distinctive properties compared with those without ribosome occupancy, indicating that translation has important biological implication in categorizing and annotating lincRNAs. Further analysis revealed lincRNAs exhibit remarkable cell-type specificity with differential translational repertoires and substantial discordance in functionality. Collectively, our analyses provide the first attempt to characterize global and cell-type specific properties of translation of lincRNAs in human cells, highlighting that translation of lincRNAs has clear molecular, evolutionary and functional implications. This study will facilitate better understanding of the diverse functions of lincRNAs.

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Wang, H., Wang, Y., Xie, S., Liu, Y., & Xie, Z. (2017). Global and cell-type specific properties of lincRNAs with ribosome occupancy. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(5), 2786–2796. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw909

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