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Accumulation of lncRNAs/DNA hybrid reveals RNase HII transcripts down-regulation in psoriasis.

Mehmetbeyoglu, E.; Kianmehr, L.; Borlu, M.; Yilmaz, Z.; Basar Kilic, S.; Rajabi-Maham, H.; Taheri, S.; Rassoulzadegan, M.

2021-10-14 molecular biology
10.1101/2021.10.12.464167 bioRxiv
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Long functional non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been in the limelight in aging research because short telomeres are associated with higher levels of TERRA (Telomeric Repeat containing RNA). The genomic instability caused in Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) especially in patients with psoriasis, which lead to short telomeres in psoriasis lesions, is a mechanism leading to cell aging. Research on the fraction of TERRA in hybrid with DNA offers avenues for new strategies. Skin samples were fractionated to obtain the RNA associated with DNA as a R-loop structure. TERRA analysis was performed by RT-qPCR and RNA-seq analysis. The higher amount of TERRA levels attached with each chromosome end was found with psoriasis patients. The increased levels of TERRA linked with telomeres correlate with the decrease in the RNase-HII transcript which means the unresolved DNA/RNA hybrids may ultimately facilitate the formation of skin lesions. LncRNAs have multiple molecular functions, including the regulation of heterochromatin, which controls genome stability and epigenome shaping and may be used as a trans-generational prognostic marker in patients with psoriasis.

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