Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Long noncoding RNA BS-DRL1 modulates the DNA damage response and genome stability by interacting with HMGB1 in neurons

  • Min-Min Lou,
  • Xiao-Qiang Tang,
  • Guang-Ming Wang,
  • Jia He,
  • Fang Luo,
  • Ming-Feng Guan,
  • Fei Wang,
  • Huan Zou,
  • Jun-Ying Wang,
  • Qun Zhang,
  • Ming-Jian Xu,
  • Qi-Li Shi,
  • Li-Bing Shen,
  • Guo-Ming Ma,
  • Yi Wu,
  • Yao-Yang Zhang,
  • Ai-bin Liang,
  • Ting-Hua Wang,
  • Liu-Lin Xiong,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Jun Xu,
  • Wen-Yuan Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24236-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known to regulate the DNA damage response (DDR), however their role in the brain is less well studied. Here, the authors demonstrate a neuron-specific role for Brain Specific DNA-damage Related lncRNA1 (BS-DRL1) and show BS-DRL1 modulates DDR by interacting with HMGB1 in a cell-type specific manner.