title: Expansion of antisense lncRNA transcriptomes in budding yeast species since the loss of RNAi.
abstract: Antisense long noncoding RNAs (ASlncRNAs) have been implicated in regulating gene expression in response to physiological cues. However, little is known about the evolutionary dynamics of ASlncRNA and what underlies the evolution of their expression. Here, using budding yeast Saccharomyces spp. and Naumovozyma castellii as models, we show that ASlncRNA repertoires have expanded since the loss of RNA interference (RNAi), in terms of their expression levels, their lengths and their degree of overlap with coding genes. Furthermore, we show that RNAi is inhibitory to ASlncRNA transcriptomes and that increased expression of ASlncRNAs in the presence of RNAi is deleterious to N. castellii, which has retained RNAi. Together, our results suggest that the loss of RNAi had substantial effects on the genome-wide increase in expression of ASlncRNAs during the evolution of budding yeasts.
authors.affiliation: Divison of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.|Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Alcid
authors.affiliation: Divison of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukiyama
mesh_terms: D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D055354:Exosomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D010802:Phylogeny; D034622:RNA Interference; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding