EphrinA5 regulates cell motility by modulating Snhg15/DNA triplex-dependent targeting of DNMT1 to the Ncam1 promoter

Bibliographic Details
Title: EphrinA5 regulates cell motility by modulating Snhg15/DNA triplex-dependent targeting of DNMT1 to the Ncam1 promoter
Authors: Can Bora Yildiz, Tathagata Kundu, Julia Gehrmann, Jannis Koesling, Amin Ravaei, Philip Wolff, Florian Kraft, Tiago Maié, Mira Jakovcevski, Daniel Pensold, Olav Zimmermann, Giulia Rossetti, Ivan G. Costa, Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Source: Epigenetics & Chromatin, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2023)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Genetics
Subject Terms: DNA methylation, Nuclear actions of Snhg15, Long non-coding RNA, RNA/DNA triple helix, Cell migration, Medulloblastoma, Genetics, QH426-470
More Details: Abstract Cell–cell communication is mediated by membrane receptors and their ligands, such as the Eph/ephrin system, orchestrating cell migration during development and in diverse cancer types. Epigenetic mechanisms are key for integrating external “signals”, e.g., from neighboring cells, into the transcriptome in health and disease. Previously, we reported ephrinA5 to trigger transcriptional changes of lncRNAs and protein-coding genes in cerebellar granule cells, a cell model for medulloblastoma. LncRNAs represent important adaptors for epigenetic writers through which they regulate gene expression. Here, we investigate a lncRNA-mediated targeting of DNMT1 to specific gene loci by the combined power of in silico modeling of RNA/DNA interactions and wet lab approaches, in the context of the clinically relevant use case of ephrinA5-dependent regulation of cellular motility of cerebellar granule cells. We provide evidence that Snhg15, a cancer-related lncRNA, recruits DNMT1 to the Ncam1 promoter through RNA/DNA triplex structure formation and the interaction with DNMT1. This mediates DNA methylation-dependent silencing of Ncam1, being abolished by ephrinA5 stimulation-triggered reduction of Snhg15 expression. Hence, we here propose a triple helix recognition mechanism, underlying cell motility regulation via lncRNA-targeted DNA methylation in a clinically relevant context. Graphical Abstract
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1756-8935
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-8935
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-023-00516-4
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/243a1b4e0c1c4caf93c65b9f83fff63e
Accession Number: edsdoj.243a1b4e0c1c4caf93c65b9f83fff63e
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
Full text is not displayed to guests.
More Details
ISSN:17568935
DOI:10.1186/s13072-023-00516-4
Published in:Epigenetics & Chromatin
Language:English