Journal
NON-CODING RNA
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ncrna6010006
Keywords
architectural RNA; nuclear body; short tandem repeat-enriched RNA; repeat-expansion disease; toxic RNA
Funding
- MEXT KAKENHI [JP26113002, JP16H06279, JP17H03630, JP17K19335, JP19K06478]
- Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation
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Nuclear bodies are membraneless, phase-separated compartments that concentrate specific proteins and RNAs in the nucleus. They are believed to serve as sites for the modification, sequestration, and storage of specific factors, and to act as organizational hubs of chromatin structure to control gene expression and cellular function. Architectural (arc) RNA, a class of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), plays essential roles in the formation of nuclear bodies. Herein, we focus on specific arcRNAs containing short tandem repeat-enriched sequences and introduce their biological functions and recently elucidated underlying molecular mechanism. In various neurodegenerative diseases, abnormal nuclear and cytoplasmic bodies are built on disease-causing RNAs or toxic RNAs with aberrantly expanded short tandem repeat-enriched sequences. We discuss the possible analogous functions of natural arcRNAs and toxic RNAs with short tandem repeat-enriched sequences. Finally, we describe the technical utility of short tandem repeat-enriched arcRNAs as a model for exploring the structures and functions of nuclear bodies, as well as the pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
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