Abstract
SummaryEpithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) drives a loss of epithelial traits by neoplastic cells enabling metastasis and recurrence in cancer. HOTAIR emerged as one of the most renowned long noncoding RNAs promoting EMT mostly as a scaffold for PRC2 and repressive histone H3 Lys27 methylation at gene promoters. In addition to PRC2, HOTAIR interacts with the Lsd1 lysine demethylase, a known epigenetic regulator of cell fate during development and differentiation. However, Lsd1 role in HOTAIR function is still poorly understood. Here, through expression of truncated variants of HOTAIR, we revealed that, in contrast to PRC2, its Lsd1-interacting domain is essential for acquisition of migratory properties by epithelial cells. HOTAIR induces Lsd1 relocation from its inherent genomic loci hence reprogramming the epithelial transcriptome. Our results uncovered an unexpected role of HOTAIR in EMT as an Lsd1 effector and pointed to the importance of Lsd1 as a guardian of the epithelial identity.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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