Hazra, Rasmani, Brine, Lily, Garcia, Libia, Benz, Brian, Chirathivat, Napon, Shen, Michael M, Wilkinson, John Erby, Lyons, Scott K, Spector, David L
  
(November 2022)
Platr4 is an early embryonic lncRNA that exerts its function downstream on cardiogenic mesodermal lineage commitment.
    Developmental Cell, 57 (21).
     2450-2468.e7.
     ISSN 1534-5807
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    Abstract
    The mammalian genome encodes thousands of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), many of which are developmentally regulated and differentially expressed across tissues, suggesting their potential roles in cellular differentiation. Despite this expression pattern, little is known about how lncRNAs influence lineage commitment at the molecular level. Here, we demonstrate that perturbation of an embryonic stem cell/early embryonic lncRNA, pluripotency-associated transcript 4 (Platr4), directly influences the specification of cardiac-mesoderm-lineage differentiation. We show that Platr4 acts as a molecular scaffold or chaperone interacting with the Hippo-signaling pathway molecules Yap and Tead4 to regulate the expression of a downstream target gene, Ctgf, which is crucial to the cardiac-lineage program. Importantly, Platr4 knockout mice exhibit myocardial atrophy and valve mucinous degeneration, which are both associated with reduced cardiac output and sudden heart failure. Together, our findings provide evidence that Platr4 is required in cardiac-lineage specification and adult heart function in mice.
  
  
    
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          | Subjects: | bioinformatics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification
 organism description > animal
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > cell differentiation
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions
 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > chaperones
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > differentiation
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > endoderm
 organism description > animal > mammal
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > endoderm > mesoderm
 organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > pluripotency
 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types
 organism description > animal > mammal > rodent
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
 organs, tissues, organelles,  cell types and functions > tissues types and functions
 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > transcription factor
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          | Communities: | CSHL labs > Lyons lab CSHL labs > Spector lab
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          | SWORD Depositor: | CSHL Elements | 
      
    
      
    
      
        
          | Depositing User: | CSHL Elements | 
      
    
      
        
          | Date: | 7 November 2022 | 
      
    
      
        
          | Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2022 16:19 | 
      
    
      
        
          | Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2024 18:53 | 
      
    
      
        
          | PMCID: | PMC9680017 | 
      
    
      
    
      
    
    
      | URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/40762 | 
  
  
  
  
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