RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gene expression profiling reveals U1 snRNA regulates cancer gene expression
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 099929
DO 10.1101/099929
A1 Zhi Cheng
A1 Yu Sun
A1 Xiaoran Niu
A1 YingChun Shang
A1 Zhenfeng Wu
A1 Jinsong Shi
A1 Shan Gao
A1 Tao Zhang
YR 2017
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/01/12/099929.abstract
AB U1 small nuclear RNA (U1 snRNA), as one of the most abundant noncoding RNA in eukaryotic cells plays an important role in splicing of pre-mRNAs. Compared to other studies which have focused on the primary function of U1 snRNA and the neurodegenerative diseases caused by the abnormalities of U1 snRNA, this study is to investigate how the U1 snRNA over-expression affects the expression of genes on a genome-wide scale. In this study, we built a model of U1 snRNA over-expression in a rat cell line. By comparing the gene expression profiles of U1 snRNA over-expressed cells with those of their controls using the microarray experiments, 916 genes or loci were identified significantly differentially expressed. These 595 up-regulated genes and 321 down-regulated genes were further analyzed using the annotations from the GO terms and the KEGG database. As a result, three of 12 enriched pathways are well-known cancer pathways, while nine of them were associated to cancers in previous studies. The further analysis of 73 genes involved in 12 pathways suggests that U1 snRNA regulates cancer gene expression. The microarray data with ID GSE84304 is available in the NCBI GEO database.