Long Non-Coding RNAs in Insects

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 1118
• Main Authors: Choudhary, Chhavi, Sharma, Shivasmi, Meghwanshi, Keshav Kumar, Patel, Smit, Mehta, Prachi, Shukla, Nidhi, Do, Duy Ngoc, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Suravajhala, Prashanth, Shukla, Jayendra Nath
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14-04-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Astrochemistry; Biological activity; Cell cycle; development; Developmental plasticity; DNA methylation; Gene expression; Genomes; Identification; Insects; Invertebrates; LncRNAs; Mammals; MicroRNAs; Mode of action; Molecular modelling; Non-coding RNA; Nucleotides; Pest control; Proteins; regulatory functions; Review; Reviews; RNA polymerase; Transfer RNA; regulatory functions; development; non-coding RNA; insects; LncRNAs
• ISSN: 2076-2615; 2076-2615
• DOI: 10.3390/ani11041118

Only a small subset of all the transcribed RNAs are used as a template for protein translation, whereas RNA molecules that are not translated play a very important role as regulatory non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). Besides traditionally known RNAs (ribosomal and transfer RNAs), ncRNAs also include small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). The lncRNAs, which were initially thought to be junk, have gained a great deal attention because of their regulatory roles in diverse biological processes in animals and plants. Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of animals on this planet. Recent studies have demonstrated the role of lncRNAs in almost all aspects of insect development, reproduction, and genetic plasticity. In this review, we describe the function and molecular mechanisms of the mode of action of different insect lncRNAs discovered up to date.