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Long noncoding RNA SNHG12 integrates a DNA-PK-mediated DNA damage response and vascular senescence.
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Long noncoding RNA SNHG12 integrates a DNA-PK-mediated DNA damage response and vascular senescence.

  • Haemmig S Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Yang D Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Sun X Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Das D Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Ghaffari S Keenan Research Centre, St. Michael's Hospital and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
  • Molinaro R Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Chen L Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Deng Y Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Freeman D Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Moullan N Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Tesmenitsky Y Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Wara AKMK Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Simion V Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Shvartz E Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Lee JF The Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Yang T Department of Cardiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 0731 Changsha, Hunan, China.
  • Sukova G Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Marto JA The Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Stone PH Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Lee WL Keenan Research Centre, St. Michael's Hospital and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
  • Auwerx J Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Libby P Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Feinberg MW Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mfeinberg@bwh.harvard.edu.
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  • 2020-02-21
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  • Science translational medicine. - 2020
General Medicine
English Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging regulators of biological processes in the vessel wall; however, their role in atherosclerosis remains poorly defined. We used RNA sequencing to profile lncRNAs derived specifically from the aortic intima of Ldlr -/- mice on a high-cholesterol diet during lesion progression and regression phases. We found that the evolutionarily conserved lncRNA small nucleolar host gene-12 (SNHG12) is highly expressed in the vascular endothelium and decreases during lesion progression. SNHG12 knockdown accelerated atherosclerotic lesion formation by 2.4-fold in Ldlr -/- mice by increased DNA damage and senescence in the vascular endothelium, independent of effects on lipid profile or vessel wall inflammation. Conversely, intravenous delivery of SNHG12 protected the tunica intima from DNA damage and atherosclerosis. LncRNA pulldown in combination with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis showed that SNHG12 interacted with DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), an important regulator of the DNA damage response. The absence of SNHG12 reduced the DNA-PK interaction with its binding partners Ku70 and Ku80, abrogating DNA damage repair. Moreover, the anti-DNA damage agent nicotinamide riboside (NR), a clinical-grade small-molecule activator of NAD+, fully rescued the increases in lesional DNA damage, senescence, and atherosclerosis mediated by SNHG12 knockdown. SNHG12 expression was also reduced in pig and human atherosclerotic specimens and correlated inversely with DNA damage and senescent markers. These findings reveal a role for this lncRNA in regulating DNA damage repair in the vessel wall and may have implications for chronic vascular disease states and aging.
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