GSE178136
A fine-tuned regulation of Bmp2 by Nodal/TGFß signalling induced lncRNA-Smad7
The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-ß) superfamily proteins are potent regulators of cellular development and differentiation. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play widespread roles in spatial-temporal regulation of early development. However, the roles of lncRNAs regulated by nodal/TGF-ß signaling is still elusive. Here, we showed a nodal-driven Smad induced lncRNA in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), lncRNA-Smad7, which is divergently transcribed to Smad7, regulates cell fate determination through repressing Bmp2. Depletion of lncRNA-Smad7 dramatically impairs cardiomyocyte differentiation in mESCs. Moreover, LncRNA-Smad7 represses Bmp2 expression and binds at the promoter region of Bmp2. Importantly, knock-down Bmp2 rescues the defect of cardiomyocyte differentiation. Hence, we showed that lncRNA-Smad7 is antagonistic to BMP signaling in mESCs. Furthermore, lncRNA-Smad7 regulates cell fate determination between osteocytes and myocytes formation in C2C12 cells by repressing Bmp2. Thus, we provide new insights regarding the antagonistic effects between nodal/TGF-ß and BMP signaling via lncRNA-Smad7. Overall design: Identifiy Nodal/TGF-ß regulated  lncRNA, dissect function and molecular mechanism of alncRNA in early development