Research progress of long noncoding RNA in regulating adipogenesis / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is once thought to be the genome transcriptional "noise". However, it has received considerable attention in the past few years and is emerging as potentially important player in biological regulation. Recent studies have revealed that increasing number of lncRNA plays pivotal roles in regulating the gene expression which involves in the development of the human disease. Functions of lncRNA include 3 types of interaction RNA-RNA, RNA-DNA, and RNA-protein, which may participate in gene expression regulation through epigenetic modifications, transcriptional regulation, post-transcriptional regulation, acting as biological media. Due to the prevalence of obesity and related diseases, some attempts have been done to explore the pathogenesis of obesity from the field of noncoding RNA. Several lncRNAs have been identified to be involved in the regulation of the adipogenesis (white adipose tissue and brown adipose tissue) and energy metabolism. In this review, we summarized recent advances of lncRNAs to provide a new sight for the mechanism of obesity.