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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Global analysis of contact-dependent human-to-mouse intercellular mRNA and lncRNA transfer in cell culture |
| Creators Name: | Dasgupta, S., Dayagi, D.Y., Haimovich, G., Wyler, E., Olender, T., Singer, R.H., Landthaler, M. and Gerst, J.E. |
| Abstract: | Full-length mRNAs transfer between adjacent mammalian cells via direct cell-to-cell connections called tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). However, the extent of mRNA transfer at the transcriptome-wide level (the 'transferome') is unknown. Here, we analyzed the transferome in an human-mouse cell co-culture model using RNA-sequencing. We found that mRNA transfer is non-selective, prevalent across the human transcriptome, and that the amount of transfer to mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) strongly correlates with the endogenous level of gene expression in donor human breast cancer cells. Typically, <1% of endogenous mRNAs undergo transfer. Non-selective, expression-dependent RNA transfer was further validated using synthetic reporters. RNA transfer appears contact-dependent via TNTs, as exemplified for several mRNAs. Notably, significant differential changes in the native MEF transcriptome were observed in response to co-culture, including the upregulation of multiple cancer and cancer-associated fibroblast-related genes and pathways. Together, these results lead us to suggest that TNT-mediated RNA transfer could be a phenomenon of physiological importance under both normal and pathogenic conditions. |
| Keywords: | Cell Communication, Cell Culture Techniques, Fibroblasts, Long Noncoding RNA, Mammals, Messenger RNA, Nanotubes, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | eLife |
| ISSN: | 2050-084X |
| Publisher: | eLife Sciences Publications |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Page Range: | e83584 |
| Date: | 30 May 2023 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83584 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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