Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

The HHIP-AS1 lncRNA promotes tumorigenicity through stabilization of dynein complex 1 in human SHH-driven tumors

  • Jasmin Bartl,
  • Marco Zanini,
  • Flavia Bernardi,
  • Antoine Forget,
  • Lena Blümel,
  • Julie Talbot,
  • Daniel Picard,
  • Nan Qin,
  • Gabriele Cancila,
  • Qingsong Gao,
  • Soumav Nath,
  • Idriss Mahoungou Koumba,
  • Marietta Wolter,
  • François Kuonen,
  • Maike Langini,
  • Thomas Beez,
  • Christopher Munoz,
  • David Pauck,
  • Viktoria Marquardt,
  • Hua Yu,
  • Judith Souphron,
  • Mascha Korsch,
  • Christina Mölders,
  • Daniel Berger,
  • Sarah Göbbels,
  • Frauke-Dorothee Meyer,
  • Björn Scheffler,
  • Barak Rotblat,
  • Sven Diederichs,
  • Vijay Ramaswamy,
  • Hiromishi Suzuki,
  • Anthony Oro,
  • Kai Stühler,
  • Anja Stefanski,
  • Ute Fischer,
  • Gabriel Leprivier,
  • Dieter Willbold,
  • Gerhard Steger,
  • Alexander Buell,
  • Marcel Kool,
  • Peter Lichter,
  • Stefan M. Pfister,
  • Paul A. Northcott,
  • Michael D. Taylor,
  • Arndt Borkhardt,
  • Guido Reifenberger,
  • Olivier Ayrault,
  • Marc Remke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31574-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can contribute to cancers that are driven by Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling. Here the authors report that lncRNA HHIP-AS1 stabilises the mRNA of dynein complex 1, thereby, promoting the pro-mitotic effects of SHH-driven tumors.