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WT1-AS WT1 antisense RNA [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 51352, updated on 9-Jun-2025
Official Symbol
WT1-ASprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name
WT1 antisense RNAprovided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:18135
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000183242 MIM:607899; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18135
Gene type
ncRNA
RefSeq status
VALIDATED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
WIT1; WIT-1; WT1AS; WT1-AS1
Summary
This gene is located upstream of the Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) gene; these two genes are bi-directionally transcribed from the same promoter region. This gene is imprinted in kidney, with preferential expression from the paternal allele. Imprinting defects at chromosome 11p13 may contribute to tumorigenesis. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]
Expression
Biased expression in ovary (RPKM 4.7), endometrium (RPKM 3.7) and 3 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Location:
11p13
Exon count:
8
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 11 NC_000011.10 (32435518..32458769)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 11 NC_060935.1 (32571003..32594257)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 11 NC_000011.9 (32457064..32480315)

Chromosome 11 - NC_000011.10Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC107984322 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 4563 Neighboring gene thioesterase superfamily member 7, pseudogene Neighboring gene small nucleolar RNA, H/ACA box 88 Neighboring gene HCNE2 enhancer upstream of PAX6 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr11:32380174-32380395 Neighboring gene WT1 3' enhancer Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3221 Neighboring gene WT1 intron 3 regulatory region Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:32449464-32450078 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:32450079-32450691 Neighboring gene WT1/WT1-AS bi-directional promoter region Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:32459559-32460416 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:32460417-32461272 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 1868 Neighboring gene WT1 transcription factor Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak1243 silencer Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 4564 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak1244 silencer Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak1246 silencer Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:32605088-32605740 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3223 Neighboring gene heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3 pseudogene 9 Neighboring gene eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit M Neighboring gene coiled-coil domain containing 73 Neighboring gene 60S ribosomal protein L34-like Neighboring gene ribosomal protein L34 pseudogene 2

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

  • Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
  • Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
  • BioProject: PRJNA270632
  • Publication: PMID 26076956
  • Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Related articles in PubMed

  1. Restriction landmark genome scanning for aberrant methylation in primary refractory and relapsed acute myeloid leukemia; involvement of the WIT-1 gene. Plass C, et al. Oncogene, 1999 May 20. PMID 10340388
  2. Decreased expression of long non-coding RNA WT1-AS promotes cell proliferation and invasion in gastric cancer. Du T, et al. Biochim Biophys Acta, 2016 Jan. PMID 26449525
  3. Cloning of novel Wilms tumor gene (WT1) cDNAs; evidence for antisense transcription of WT1. Eccles MR, et al. Oncogene, 1994 Jul. PMID 8208551
  4. WT1 and WT1-AS genes are inactivated by promoter methylation in ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma. Kaneuchi M, et al. Cancer, 2005 Nov 1. PMID 16134181
  5. Variants in the Wilms' tumor gene are associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in the African American population. Orloff MS, et al. Physiol Genomics, 2005 Apr 14. PMID 15687485

See all (29) citations in PubMed

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Up-regulation of lncRNA WT1-AS ameliorates Abeta-stimulated neuronal injury through modulation of miR-186-5p/CCND2 axis in Alzheimer's disease.
    Title: Up-regulation of lncRNA WT1-AS ameliorates Aβ-stimulated neuronal injury through modulation of miR-186-5p/CCND2 axis in Alzheimer's disease.
  2. Overexpression of long non-coding RNA WT1-AS or silencing of PIK3AP1 are inhibitory to cervical cancer progression.
    Title: Overexpression of long non-coding RNA WT1-AS or silencing of PIK3AP1 are inhibitory to cervical cancer progression.
  3. WT1-AS/IGF2BP2 Axis Is a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Lung Adenocarcinoma According to ceRNA Network Comprehensive Analysis Combined with Experiments.
    Title: WT1-AS/IGF2BP2 Axis Is a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Lung Adenocarcinoma According to ceRNA Network Comprehensive Analysis Combined with Experiments.
  4. Unravelling the Role of LncRNA WT1-AS/miR-206/NAMPT Axis as Prognostic Biomarkers in Lung Adenocarcinoma.
    Title: Unravelling the Role of LncRNA WT1-AS/miR-206/NAMPT Axis as Prognostic Biomarkers in Lung Adenocarcinoma.
  5. LncRNA WT1-AS downregulates lncRNA UCA1 to suppress non-small cell lung cancer and predicts poor survival.
    Title: LncRNA WT1-AS downregulates lncRNA UCA1 to suppress non-small cell lung cancer and predicts poor survival.
  6. LncRNA WT1-AS over-expression inhibits non-small cell lung cancer cell stemness by down-regulating TGF-beta1.
    Title: LncRNA WT1-AS over-expression inhibits non-small cell lung cancer cell stemness by down-regulating TGF-β1.
  7. Long Noncoding RNA WT1-AS Inhibit Cell Malignancy via miR-494-3p in Glioma.
    Title: Long Noncoding RNA WT1-AS Inhibit Cell Malignancy via miR-494-3p in Glioma.
  8. Long non-coding RNA WT1-AS inhibits cell aggressiveness via miR-203a-5p/FOXN2 axis and is associated with prognosis in cervical cancer.
    Title: Long non-coding RNA WT1-AS inhibits cell aggressiveness via miR-203a-5p/FOXN2 axis and is associated with prognosis in cervical cancer.
  9. WT1-AS overexpression caused inhibited migration and invasion of TNBC cells. TGF-beta1 overexpression showed opposite functions and reduced the effects of WT1-AS overexpression. WT1-AS may downregulate TGF-beta to inhibit the migration and invasion of TNBC cells.
    Title: LncRNA WT1-AS Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion by Downregulating Transforming Growth Factor β1.
  10. Tumor protein p53 (P53) was down-regulated in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) tissues and positively correlated with LncRNA WT1-AS. WT1-AS.
    Title: LncRNA WT1-AS up-regulates p53 to inhibit the proliferation of cervical squamous carcinoma cells.
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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

Markers

Homology

Other Names

  • WT1 antisense RNA (non-protein coding)
  • Wilms tumor associated protein
  • Wilms tumor upstream neighbor 1

Clone Names

  • MGC120207, MGC120208, MGC120209

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

RNA

  1. NR_023920.2 RNA Sequence

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (3) lacks an exon, contains an alternate 5' exon, and differs in the 3' exon, resulting in a shorter transcript, compared to variant 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL049692, DA743604, DB262871, DQ289488

  2. NR_120546.1 RNA Sequence

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longest transcript.
    Source sequence(s)
    DQ289489, DQ289490

  3. NR_120547.1 RNA Sequence

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) lacks an exon and contains two alternate 5' exons, resulting in a shorter transcript, compared to variant 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL049692

  4. NR_120548.1 RNA Sequence

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (4) shares no exons with variant 1, but contains the same 5' exon as variant 2 and four alternate 3' exons. The transcript is shorter than variants 1 and 2.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL049692
    Related
    ENST00000525436.2

  5. NR_120549.1 RNA Sequence

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (5) shares no exons with variant 1, but contains the same 5' exon as variant 2 and an alternate 3' exon. The transcript is shorter than variants 1 and 2.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL049692
    Related
    ENST00000459866.2

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000011.10 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    32435518..32458769
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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060935.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    32571003..32594257
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Suppressed Reference Sequence(s)

The following Reference Sequences have been suppressed. Explain

  1. NM_015855.3: Suppressed sequence

    Description
    NM_015855.3: This RefSeq was permanently suppressed because it is now thought that this gene does not encode a protein.
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q06250.2 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q06250

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