Wei Chang-Wei, Luo Ting, Zou Shan-Shan, Wu An-Shi
Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Sep 28;12:175. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00175. eCollection 2018.
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) refer to a group of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that has a transcript of more than 200 nucleotides in length in eukaryotic cells. The lncRNAs regulate gene expression at epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional levels by multiple action modes. In this review, we describe the diverse roles reported for lncRNAs, and discuss how they could mechanistically be involved in the development of central nervous system (CNS) and neurodegenerative diseases. Further studies on the function of lncRNAs and their mechanism will help deepen our understanding of the development, function, and diseases of the CNS, and provide new ideas for the design and development of some therapeutic drugs.
长链非编码RNA(lncRNAs)是指真核细胞中一类转录本长度超过200个核苷酸的非编码RNA(ncRNAs)。lncRNAs通过多种作用模式在表观遗传、转录和转录后水平上调节基因表达。在本综述中,我们描述了lncRNAs所报道的多种作用,并讨论了它们在中枢神经系统(CNS)发育和神经退行性疾病中可能的作用机制。对lncRNAs功能及其机制的进一步研究将有助于加深我们对CNS的发育、功能和疾病的理解,并为一些治疗药物的设计和开发提供新思路。