LncRNA-AC006129.1 reactivates a SOCS3-mediated anti-inflammatory response through DNA methylation-mediated CIC downregulation in schizophrenia

Autor: Haiyan Ou, Xingbing Huang, Cunyou Zhao, Qiyang Li, Zelin Liu, Tingyun Jiang, Wei Jiang, Jian Zhang, Zhongju Wang, Zhuo Wang, Chaoying Ni, Yu Hou, Fengchun Wu, Xin-Hong Zhu, Sihan Liu, Wenquan Liang, Zhexing Wen, Xianzhen Zheng, Shuyun Li, Ence Yang, Qiong Yang, Bo Guo, Shufen Li
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Molecular Psychiatry. 26:4511-4528
ISSN: 1476-5578
1359-4184
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-0662-3
Popis: Schizophrenia is a complex genetic disorder, the non-Mendelian features of which are likely complicated by epigenetic factors yet to be elucidated. Here, we performed RNA sequencing of peripheral blood RNA from monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia, and identified a schizophrenia-associated upregulated long noncoding RNA (lncRNA, AC006129.1) that participates in the inflammatory response by enhancing SOCS3 and CASP1 expression in schizophrenia patients and further validated this finding in AC006129.1-overexpressing mice showing schizophrenia-related abnormal behaviors. We find that AC006129.1 binds to the promoter region of the transcriptional repressor Capicua (CIC), facilitates the interactions of DNA methyltransferases with the CIC promoter, and promotes DNA methylation-mediated CIC downregulation, thereby ameliorating CIC-induced SOCS3 and CASP1 repression. Derepression of SOCS3 enhances the anti-inflammatory response by inhibiting JAK/STAT-signaling activation. Our findings reveal an epigenetic mechanism with etiological and therapeutic implications for schizophrenia.
Databáze: OpenAIRE