Screening and Identification of lncRNA Related to Adipocity of Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Aplastic Anemia
Objective:To systematically screen and identify long noncoding RNA(lncRNA)associated with bone marrow adiposity changes in aplastic anemia(AA).Methods:The PPARγ and C/EBPα ChIP-Seq data in ChIPBase was analyzed by bioinformatics and the potential lncRNA co-transcriptionally regulated by PPARγ and C/EBPα was screened.The expression of candidate lncRNA was verified by qRT-PCR in the in vitro adipogenic differentiation model of BM-MSC,BM-MSC infected with lenti-shPPARγ and lenti-shC/EBPα as well as clinical BM-MSC samples derived from AA and controls.Results:PPARγ and C/EBPα were significantly highly expressed in AA BM-MSC,and knock-down of PPARγ and C/EBPα impaired the adipogenic capacity of AA BM-MSC.PPARγ and C/EBPα cotranscriptionally activate LINC01230 promoter activity in binding sites dependant manner.The LINC01230 was also aberrantly highly expressed in AA BM-MSC compared with controls.Conclusion:PPARγ and C/EBPα are aberrantly expressed in AA BM-MSC and may promote the adipogenic differentiation of AA BM-MSC,and to a certain extent mediate the bone marrow adiposity alteration by transcriptionally activating LINC01230 expression.