PLX036008

GSE148241: Placental Editome Profiling Reveals Widespread RNA-Editing Dysregulation in Preeclampsia

• Organsim human
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

Dysregulated RNA editing is well documented in several diseases such as cancer. The extent to which RNA editing might be involved in diseases originated in the placenta such as preeclampsia remains unknown, because RNA editing has rarely been studied in the placenta. Here, the RNA editome is systematically profiled on placentae from 9 patients with early-onset severe preeclampsia (EOSPE) and 32 normal controls, and a widespread RNA editing dysregulation in EOSPE has been identified. The mis-edited gene set is enriched with known preeclampsia-associated genes and differentially expressed genes in EOSPE. The RNA editing events at two microRNA binding sites in 3-UTR of the LEP mRNA have been generated, which leads to increased expression level of LEP in trophoblast cells. Upregulation of LEP is also observed in the placentae of PE patients. These results suggest that widespread placental RNA editing may be involved in placental development and dysregulation of RNA editing in the placenta may contribute to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. SOURCE: Xinping Yang (xpyang1@smu.edu.cn) - Xinping Yang Southern Medical University