Circular non-coding RNA ANRIL modulates ribosomal RNA maturation and atherosclerosis in humans

Lesca M Holdt, Anika Stahringer, Kristina Sass, Garwin Pichler, Nils A Kulak, Wolfgang Wilfert, Alexander Kohlmaier, Andreas Herbst, Bernd H Northoff, Alexandros Nicolaou, Gabor Gäbel, Frank Beutner, Markus Scholz, Joachim Thiery, Kiran Musunuru, Knut Krohn, Matthias Mann, Daniel Teupser

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Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are broadly expressed in eukaryotic cells, but their molecular mechanism in human disease remains obscure. Here we show that circular antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus (circANRIL), which is transcribed at a locus of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on chromosome 9p21, confers atheroprotection by controlling ribosomal RNA (rRNA) maturation and modulating pathways of atherogenesis. CircANRIL binds to pescadillo homologue 1 (PES1), an essential 60S-preribosomal assembly factor, thereby impairing exonuclease-mediated pre-rRNA processing and ribosome biogenesis in vascular smooth muscle cells and macrophages. As a consequence, circANRIL induces nucleolar stress and p53 activation, resulting in the induction of apoptosis and inhibition of proliferation, which are key cell functions in atherosclerosis. Collectively, these findings identify circANRIL as a prototype of a circRNA regulating ribosome biogenesis and conferring atheroprotection, thereby showing that circularization of long non-coding RNAs may alter RNA function and protect from human disease.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind7
Sider (fra-til)12429
ISSN2041-1723
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 19 aug. 2016
Udgivet eksterntJa

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