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Annotation and cluster analysis of spatiotemporaland sex-related lncRNA expression in rhesus macaque brain

  • Siling Liu
  • , Yi Zhang
  • , Xiangting Wang
  • , Zhengbo Wang
  • , Dong Chen
  • , Bowen Zhang
  • , Ren Rong Tian
  • , Jing Wu
  • , Ying Zhang
  • , Kaiyu Xu
  • , Liu Meng Yang
  • , Chao Cheng
  • , Jian Ma
  • , Longbao Lv
  • , Yong Tang Zheng
  • , Xintian Hu
  • , Jiali Li
  • CAS - Kunming Institute of Zoology
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • ABLife Inc.
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • CAS - Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology

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Abstract

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) mediate important epigenetic regulation in a wide range of biological processes and diseases. We applied comprehensive analyses of RNA-seq and CAGE-seq (cap analysis of gene expression and sequencing) to characterize the dynamic changes in lncRNA expression in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) brain in four representative age groups. We identified 18 anatomically diverse lncRNA modules and 14 mRNA modules representing spatial, age, and sex specificities. Spatiotemporal-and sex-biased changes in lncRNA expression were generally higher than those observed in mRNA expression. A negative correlation between lncRNA and mRNA expression in cerebral cortex was observed and functionally validated. Our findings offer a fresh insight into spatial-, age-, and sex-biased changes in lncRNA expression in macaque brain and suggest that the changes represent a previously unappreciated regulatory system that potentially contributes to brain development and aging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1608-1620
Number of pages13
JournalGenome Research
Volume27
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

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