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Oncogenic Role of THOR, a Conserved Cancer/Testis Long Non-coding RNA.

Cell | 2017

Large-scale transcriptome sequencing efforts have vastly expanded the catalog of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) with varying evolutionary conservation, lineage expression, and cancer specificity. Here, we functionally characterize a novel ultraconserved lncRNA, THOR (ENSG00000226856), which exhibits expression exclusively in testis and a broad range of human cancers. THOR knockdown and overexpression in multiple cell lines and animal models alters cell or tumor growth supporting an oncogenic role. We discovered a conserved interaction of THOR with IGF2BP1 and show that THOR contributes to the mRNA stabilization activities of IGF2BP1. Notably, transgenic THOR knockout produced fertilization defects in zebrafish and also conferred a resistance to melanoma onset. Likewise, ectopic expression of human THOR in zebrafish accelerated the onset of melanoma. THOR represents a novel class of functionally important cancer/testis lncRNAs whose structure and function have undergone positive evolutionary selection.

Pubmed ID: 29245011 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA046592
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 CA214170
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007863
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 DK091405
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK081943
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K99 DK091405
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F30 CA200328
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007315
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA154365
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

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