TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, Shilin A1 - Wang, Yichen A1 - Jia, Lin A1 - Wen, Xue A1 - Du, Zhonghua A1 - Wang, Cong A1 - Hao, Yajing A1 - Yu, Dehai A1 - Zhou, Lei A1 - Chen, Naifei A1 - Chen, Jingcheng A1 - Chen, Huiling A1 - Zhang, Hui A1 - Celik, Ilkay A1 - Gülsoy, Günhan A1 - Luo, Jianjun A1 - Qin, Baoming A1 - Cui, Xueling A1 - Liu, Zhonghui A1 - Zhang, Songling A1 - Esteban, Miguel A. A1 - Ay, Ferhat A1 - Xu, Wei A1 - Chen, Runsheng A1 - Li, Wei A1 - Hoffman, Andrew R. A1 - Hu, Ji-Fan A1 - Cui, Jiuwei T1 - Profiling the long noncoding RNA interaction network in the regulatory elements of target genes by chromatin in situ reverse transcription sequencing Y1 - 2019/09/01 JF - Genome Research JO - Genome Research SP - 1521 EP - 1532 DO - 10.1101/gr.244996.118 VL - 29 IS - 9 UR - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/29/9/1521.abstract N2 - Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can regulate the activity of target genes by participating in the organization of chromatin architecture. We have devised a “chromatin-RNA in situ reverse transcription sequencing” (CRIST-seq) approach to profile the lncRNA interaction network in gene regulatory elements by combining the simplicity of RNA biotin labeling with the specificity of the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Using gene-specific gRNAs, we describe a pluripotency-specific lncRNA interacting network in the promoters of Sox2 and Pou5f1, two critical stem cell factors that are required for the maintenance of pluripotency. The promoter-interacting lncRNAs were specifically activated during reprogramming into pluripotency. Knockdown of these lncRNAs caused the stem cells to exit from pluripotency. In contrast, overexpression of the pluripotency-associated lncRNA activated the promoters of core stem cell factor genes and enhanced fibroblast reprogramming into pluripotency. These CRIST-seq data suggest that the Sox2 and Pou5f1 promoters are organized within a unique lncRNA interaction network that determines the fate of pluripotency during reprogramming. This CRIST approach may be broadly used to map lncRNA interaction networks at target loci across the genome. ER -