PMID- 27925264 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170524 LR - 20170524 IS - 1365-2052 (Electronic) IS - 0268-9146 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Three intronic lncRNAs with monoallelic expression derived from the MEG8 gene in cattle. PG - 272-277 LID - 10.1111/age.12527 [doi] AB - The field of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) research has been rapidly advancing in recent years. Antisense lncRNAs, intergenetic lncRNAs and enhancer lncRNAs can regulate genomic imprinting, which leads to parent-origin-specific monoalletic expression of genes. However, the function of intronic ncRNAs in genomic imprinting remains unclear. Previously, we obtained the cDNA sequence of cattle MEG8 gene, which is located in the DLK1-DIO3 imprinted clusters of cattle chromosome 21. In this study, we undertook a systematic search for transcripts mapping to the MEG8 intronic region and identified three novel lncRNAs, named MEG8 intronic RNA 1 (MEG8-IT1), MEG8 intronic RNA 2 (MEG8-IT2) and MEG8 intronic RNA 3 (MEG8-IT3) according to the GENCODE annotated bibliography. We characterized the expression pattern of these lncRNAs using RT-PCR in adult cattle tissues, and they were expressed in all tested eight tissues, similar to the expression pattern of MEG8. The allele-specific expression of three novel lncRNAs was assessed using a polymorphism-based sequencing approach. Three single nucleotide polymorphism sites were identified in these three lncRNAs. We found that the three lncRNAs showed monoallelic expression in the analyzed tissues, suggesting that they may be imprinted in cattle. These results expand the number of known monoallelically expressed lncRNAs from the DLK1-DIO3 domain and contribute to further investigation of lncRNA regulatory mechanisms and function. CI - (c) 2016 Stichting International Foundation for Animal Genetics. FAU - Yang, W AU - Yang W AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. FAU - Li, D AU - Li D AD - College of Life Science and Life Engineering, Hebei Science and Technology University, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China. FAU - Wang, G AU - Wang G AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. FAU - Zhang, C AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. FAU - Zhang, M AU - Zhang M AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. FAU - Zhang, W AU - Zhang W AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. FAU - Li, S AU - Li S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agriculture University, Baoding, 071001, China. LA - eng SI - GENBANK/BTU85042 SI - GENBANK/DN527838 SI - GENBANK/DN525095 SI - GENBANK/DY040751 SI - GENBANK/CN440057 SI - GENBANK/CB169136 SI - GENBANK/AV598609 SI - GENBANK/DY119069 SI - GENBANK/EE353306 SI - GENBANK/AV592951 SI - GENBANK/BM105278 SI - GENBANK/CO879356 SI - GENBANK/KU553268 SI - GENBANK/KU553269 SI - GENBANK/KU553270 PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161207 PL - England TA - Anim Genet JT - Animal genetics JID - 8605704 RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Animals MH - Cattle/*genetics MH - Gene Expression MH - Genomic Imprinting MH - *Introns MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/*genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain OT - RT-PCR OT - gene expression OT - genomic imprinting EDAT- 2016/12/08 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/26 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/age.12527 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anim Genet. 2017 Jun;48(3):272-277. doi: 10.1111/age.12527. Epub 2016 Dec 7.