Integrative Analysis of lncRNA-mRNA Coexpression in Human Lung Epithelial Cells Exposed to Dimethyl Selenide-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols

C. M. Sabbir Ahmed, Biplab Chandra Paul, Yumeng Cui, Alexander L. Frie, Abigail Burr, Rohan Kamath, Jin Y. Chen, Tara M. Nordgren, Roya Bahreini, Ying Hsuan Lin

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Abstract

Dimethyl selenide (DMSe) is one of the major volatile organoselenium compounds released into the atmosphere through plant metabolism and microbial methylation. DMSe has been recently revealed as a precursor of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), and its resultant SOA possesses strong oxidizing capability toward thiol groups that can perturb several major biological pathways in human airway epithelial cells and is linked to genotoxicity, DNA damage, and p53-mediated stress responses. Mounting evidence has suggested that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in stress responses to internal and environmental stimuli. However, the underlying molecular interactions remain to be elucidated. In this study, we performed integrative analyses of lncRNA-mRNA coexpression in the transformed human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cell line exposed to DMSe-derived SOA. We identified a total of 971 differentially expressed lncRNAs in BEAS-2B cells exposed to SOA derived from O3 and OH oxidation of DMSe. Gene ontology (GO) network analysis of cis-targeted genes showed significant enrichment of DNA damage, apoptosis, and p53-mediated stress response pathways. trans-Acting lncRNAs, including PINCR, PICART1, DLGAP1-AS2, and LINC01629, known to be associated with human carcinogenesis, also showed altered expression in cell treated with DMSe-SOA. Overall, this study highlights the regulatory role of lncRNAs in altered gene expression induced by DMSe-SOA exposure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)892-900
Number of pages9
JournalChemical research in toxicology
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch projects with accession numbers 1015963 and 1023777). Data analyses were performed using the computer clusters and data storage resources of the UCR High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC), which were funded by grants from NSF (MRI-1429826) and NIH (1S10OD016290-01A1).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Chemical Society.

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  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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