Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Exportin 4 depletion leads to nuclear accumulation of a subset of circular RNAs

  • Liang Chen,
  • Yucong Wang,
  • Jiamei Lin,
  • Zhenxing Song,
  • Qinwei Wang,
  • Wenfang Zhao,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Xiaoyu Xiu,
  • Yuqi Deng,
  • Xiuzhi Li,
  • Qiqi Li,
  • Xiaolin Wang,
  • Jingxin Li,
  • Xu Liu,
  • Kunpeng Liu,
  • Jincong Zhou,
  • Kuan Li,
  • Yuchan Liu,
  • Shanhui Liao,
  • Qin Deng,
  • Chao Xu,
  • Qianwen Sun,
  • Shengzhou Wu,
  • Kaiming Zhang,
  • Min-Xin Guan,
  • Tianhua Zhou,
  • Fei Sun,
  • Xiujun Cai,
  • Chuan Huang,
  • Ge Shan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33356-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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This study identifies the evolutionarily conserved Exportin 4 as an essential regulator in the nuclear export of circRNAs. Defective circRNA export results in R-loop formation and DNA damage in cells, as well as testis and neurological defects in mice.