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Dedeoğlu BG, Noyan S. Experimental MicroRNA Targeting Validation. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2257:79-90. [PMID: 34432274 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1170-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
microRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been recognized as a new dimension of posttranscriptional regulation. It is well defined that most human protein-coding genes are regulated by one or more miRNAs. Therefore, it is crucial to identify genes targeted by the miRNAs to better understand their functions. Although bioinformatics tools have the ability to identify target candidates it is still essential to identify physiological targets by experimental approaches. Currently, the majority of miRNA-target experimental validation approaches assess the changes in target expression in mRNA or protein level upon miRNA upregulation or downregulation. Additionally, finding out direct physical interactions between miRNAs and their targets is also among the experimental techniques. In this chapter we reviewed the existing experimental techniques for miRNA target identification by considering their advantages and potential drawbacks.
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- Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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Xu X, Zhu H, Yang F, Wu C, Jiang C, Yu W, Liu K, Sheng Q, Nie Z. Bmo-miR-79 downregulates the expression of BmEm4 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Gene 2019; 690:113-119. [PMID: 30593917 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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MicroRNA is an important regulation factor in insect development and metamorphosis. It has been reported that E(spl)m4 is a miRNA-targeted gene, as well as the target of the Notch signaling pathway in Drosophila. The expression of E(spl)m4 can be regulated by microRNA and further affect the neural development of Drosophila. Here, we found that BmEm4, an ortholog of E(spl)m4 from Bombyx mori, was the target gene of bmo-miR-79, with target sites containing the Brd and K boxes of the BmEm4_3'UTR, which was validated by the dual luciferase reporter (DLR) assay. Furthermore, bmo-miR-79 mimics can inhibit the expression of BmEm4 in BmN cells after transfection, and bmo-miR-79 can also inhibit the expression of BmEm4 in different developmental stages of Bombyx mori at a posttranscriptional level, to different degrees. The EMSA test further showed that bmo-miR-79 could bind to BmAGO2, which is the Bombyx mori argonaute2 protein, suggesting that bmo-miR-79 might regulate the expression of BmEm4 by forming miRISC complexes with BmAGO2. Taken together, bmo-miR-79 could regulate the expression of BmEm4 mediated by BmAGO2 and further affect its function in the silkworm Bombyx mori.
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- Xiaoyuan Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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Salam LB, Ishaq A. Biostimulation potentials of corn steep liquor in enhanced hydrocarbon degradation in chronically polluted soil. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:46. [PMID: 30729070 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1580-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The effects of corn steep liquor (CSL) on hydrocarbon degradation and microbial community structure and function was evaluated in field-moist soil microcosms. Chronically polluted soil treated with CSL (AB4) and an untreated control (3S) was compared over a period of 6 weeks. Gas chromatographic fingerprints of residual hydrocarbons revealed removal of 95.95% and 94.60% aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon fractions in AB4 system with complete disappearance of nC1-nC8, nC10, nC15, nC20-nC23 aliphatics and aromatics such as naphthalene, acenaphthylene, fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, and indeno(123-cd)pyrene in 42 days. In 3S system, there is removal of 61.27% and 66.58% aliphatic and aromatic fractions with complete disappearance of nC2 and nC21 aliphatics and naphthalene, acenaphthylene, fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene, and benzo(a)anthracene aromatics in 42 days. Illumina shotgun sequencing of the DNA extracted from the two systems showed the preponderance of Actinobacteria (31.46%) and Proteobacteria (38.95%) phyla in 3S and AB4 with the dominance of Verticillium (22.88%) and Microbacterium (8.16%) in 3S, and Laceyella (24.23%), Methylosinus (8.93%) and Pedobacter (7.73%) in AB4. Functional characterization of the metagenomic reads revealed diverse metabolic potentials and adaptive traits of the microbial communities in the two systems to various environmental stressors. It also revealed the exclusive detection of catabolic enzymes in AB4 system belonging to the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily. The results obtained in this study showed that CSL is a potential resource for bioremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soils.
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- Lateef B Salam
- Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Unit Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Unit Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara Nigeria
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Han R, Hu S, Qin W, Shi J, Zeng C, Bao H, Liu Z. Upregulated long noncoding RNA LOC105375913 induces tubulointerstitial fibrosis in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:716. [PMID: 30679767 PMCID: PMC6345783 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36902-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Tubulointerstitial fibrosis impacts renal prognosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Based on transcriptomic analysis, we found that the level of LOC105375913 was increased in tubular cells of FSGS patients. C3a induced the expression of LOC105375913, which promoted the expression of fibronectin and collagen I in tubular cells. Silence of snail reversed the level of fibronectin and collagen I in cells overexpressing LOC105375913. MiR-27b was predicted and confirmed to regulate the expression of snail in tubular cells, and LOC105375913 contained the response element of miR-27b. The competitive binding between LOC105375913 and miR-27b increased the level of snail and promoted fibrogenesis in tubular cells. Upstream, p38 and XBP-1s regulated the expression of LOC105375913. Inhibition of p38 or silence of XBP-1s decreased the level of LOC105375913, and suppressed the expression of snail, fibronectin and collagen I in tubular cells treated with C3a. Overexpression of LOC105375913 decreased the level of miR-27b, increased the level of snail and caused tubulointerstitial fibrosis in mice. In conclusion, the activation of C3a/p38/XBP-1s pathway induces the expression of LOC105375913 in tubular cells, and LOC105375913 increases the level of snail and induces tubulointerstitial fibrosis through competitive binding of miR-27b in tubular cells of FSGS patients.
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- Runhong Han
- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China.,School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China.
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, China.
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Hu S, Han R, Shi J, Zhu X, Qin W, Zeng C, Bao H, Liu Z. The long noncoding RNA LOC105374325 causes podocyte injury in individuals with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:20227-20239. [PMID: 30389788 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common kidney disease that results in nephrotic syndrome. FSGS arises from dysfunction and apoptosis of podocytes in the glomerulus of the kidney, leading to podocytopathy. The molecular mechanisms underlying podocyte apoptosis remain incompletely understood. Using an array of gene expression profiling, PCR, and in situ hybridization assay, we found here that the levels of the long noncoding RNA LOC105374325 were elevated in the renal podocytes of individuals with FSGS. We also observed that the microRNAs miR-34c and miR-196a/b down-regulated the expression of the apoptosis regulators BCL2-associated X, apoptosis regulator (Bax), and BCL2 antagonist/killer 1 (Bak) in podocytes. Competitive binding between LOC105374325 and miR-34c or miR-196a/b increased Bax and Bak levels and caused podocyte apoptosis. Of note, the mitogen-activated protein kinase P38 and the transcription factor CCAAT enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) up-regulated LOC105374325 expression. P38 inhibition or C/EBPβ silencing decreased LOC105374325 levels and inhibited apoptosis in adriamycin-treated podocytes. LOC105374325 overexpression decreased miR-34c and miR-196a/b levels, increased Bax and Bak levels, and induced proteinuria and focal segmental lesions in mice. In conclusion, activation of the P38/C/EBPβ pathway stimulates the expression of LOC105374325, which, in turn, increases Bax and Bak levels and causes apoptosis by competitively binding to miR-34c and miR-196a/b in the podocytes of individuals with FSGS.
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- Shuai Hu
- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and; the School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and.
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- From the National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002 and.
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Meyer SE, Muench DE, Rogers AM, Newkold TJ, Orr E, O'Brien E, Perentesis JP, Doench JG, Lal A, Morris PJ, Thomas CJ, Lieberman J, McGlinn E, Aronow BJ, Salomonis N, Grimes HL. miR-196b target screen reveals mechanisms maintaining leukemia stemness with therapeutic potential. J Exp Med 2018; 215:2115-2136. [PMID: 29997117 PMCID: PMC6080909 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have shown that antagomiR inhibition of miRNA miR-21 and miR-196b activity is sufficient to ablate MLL-AF9 leukemia stem cells (LSC) in vivo. Here, we used an shRNA screening approach to mimic miRNA activity on experimentally verified miR-196b targets to identify functionally important and therapeutically relevant pathways downstream of oncogenic miRNA in MLL-r AML. We found Cdkn1b (p27Kip1) is a direct miR-196b target whose repression enhanced an embryonic stem cell-like signature associated with decreased leukemia latency and increased numbers of leukemia stem cells in vivo. Conversely, elevation of p27Kip1 significantly reduced MLL-r leukemia self-renewal, promoted monocytic differentiation of leukemic blasts, and induced cell death. Antagonism of miR-196b activity or pharmacologic inhibition of the Cks1-Skp2-containing SCF E3-ubiquitin ligase complex increased p27Kip1 and inhibited human AML growth. This work illustrates that understanding oncogenic miRNA target pathways can identify actionable targets in leukemia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Carcinogenesis/genetics
- Carcinogenesis/pathology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation/genetics
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27/metabolism
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism
- Cyclins/metabolism
- Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- MicroRNAs/genetics
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Oncogenes
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
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- Sara E Meyer
- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Oncology, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Oncology, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Regulatory RNAs and Cancer Section, Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- EMBL Australia, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunobiology and Center for Systems Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Salam LB, Obayori SO, Nwaokorie FO, Suleiman A, Mustapha R. Metagenomic insights into effects of spent engine oil perturbation on the microbial community composition and function in a tropical agricultural soil. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:7139-7159. [PMID: 28093673 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Analyzing the microbial community structure and functions become imperative for ecological processes. To understand the impact of spent engine oil (SEO) contamination on microbial community structure of an agricultural soil, soil microcosms designated 1S (agricultural soil) and AB1 (agricultural soil polluted with SEO) were set up. Metagenomic DNA extracted from the soil microcosms and sequenced using Miseq Illumina sequencing were analyzed for their taxonomic and functional properties. Taxonomic profiling of the two microcosms by MG-RAST revealed the dominance of Actinobacteria (23.36%) and Proteobacteria (52.46%) phyla in 1S and AB1 with preponderance of Streptomyces (12.83%) and Gemmatimonas (10.20%) in 1S and Geodermatophilus (26.24%), Burkholderia (15.40%), and Pseudomonas (12.72%) in AB1, respectively. Our results showed that soil microbial diversity significantly decreased in AB1. Further assignment of the metagenomic reads to MG-RAST, Cluster of Orthologous Groups (COG) of proteins, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), GhostKOALA, and NCBI's CDD hits revealed diverse metabolic potentials of the autochthonous microbial community. It also revealed the adaptation of the community to various environmental stressors such as hydrocarbon hydrophobicity, heavy metal toxicity, oxidative stress, nutrient starvation, and C/N/P imbalance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the effect of SEO perturbation on soil microbial communities through Illumina sequencing. The results indicated that SEO contamination significantly affects soil microbial community structure and functions leading to massive loss of nonhydrocarbon degrading indigenous microbiota and enrichment of hydrocarbonoclastic organisms such as members of Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria.
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- Lateef B Salam
- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria.
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- Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
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- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
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Kos A, Klein-Gunnewiek T, Meinhardt J, Loohuis NFMO, van Bokhoven H, Kaplan BB, Martens GJ, Kolk SM, Aschrafi A. MicroRNA-338 Attenuates Cortical Neuronal Outgrowth by Modulating the Expression of Axon Guidance Genes. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:3439-3452. [PMID: 27180071 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9925-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-coding RNAs that confer robustness to gene networks through post-transcriptional gene regulation. Previously, we identified miR-338 as a modulator of axonal outgrowth in sympathetic neurons. In the current study, we examined the role of miR-338 in the development of cortical neurons and uncovered its downstream mRNA targets. Long-term inhibition of miR-338 during neuronal differentiation resulted in reduced dendritic complexity and altered dendritic spine morphology. Furthermore, monitoring axon outgrowth in cortical cells revealed that miR-338 overexpression decreased, whereas inhibition of miR-338 increased axonal length. To identify gene targets mediating the observed phenotype, we inhibited miR-338 in cortical neurons and performed whole-transcriptome analysis. Pathway analysis revealed that miR-338 modulates a subset of transcripts involved in the axonal guidance machinery by means of direct and indirect gene targeting. Collectively, our results implicate miR-338 as a novel regulator of cortical neuronal maturation by fine-tuning the expression of gene networks governing cortical outgrowth.
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- Aron Kos
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
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Maloney B, Lahiri DK. Epigenetics of dementia: understanding the disease as a transformation rather than a state. Lancet Neurol 2016; 15:760-774. [PMID: 27302240 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(16)00065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease and other idiopathic dementias are associated with epigenetic transformations. These transformations connect the environment and genes to pathogenesis, and have led to the investigation of epigenetic-based therapeutic targes for the treatment of these diseases. Epigenetic changes occur over time in response to environmental effects. The epigenome-based latent early-life associated regulation (LEARn) hypothetical model indicates that accumulated environmental hits produce latent epigenetic changes. These hits can alter biochemical pathways until a pathological threshold is reached, which appears clinically as the onset of dementia. The hypotheses posed by LEARn are testable via longitudinal epigenome-wide, envirome-wide, and exposome-wide association studies (LEWAS) of the genome, epigenome, and environment. We posit that the LEWAS design could lead to effective prevention and treatments by identifying potential therapeutic strategies. Epigenetic evidence suggests that dementia is not a suddenly occurring and sharply delineated state, but rather a gradual change in crucial cellular pathways, that transforms an otherwise healthy state, as a result of neurodegeneration, to a dysfunctional state. Evidence from epigenetics could lead to ways to detect, prevent, and reverse such processes before clinical dementia.
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- Bryan Maloney
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Neuroscience Research Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Neuroscience Research Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Steinkraus BR, Toegel M, Fulga TA. Tiny giants of gene regulation: experimental strategies for microRNA functional studies. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2016; 5:311-62. [PMID: 26950183 PMCID: PMC4949569 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The discovery over two decades ago of short regulatory microRNAs (miRNAs) has led to the inception of a vast biomedical research field dedicated to understanding these powerful orchestrators of gene expression. Here we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the methods and techniques underpinning the experimental pipeline employed for exploratory miRNA studies in animals. Some of the greatest challenges in this field have been uncovering the identity of miRNA-target interactions and deciphering their significance with regard to particular physiological or pathological processes. These endeavors relied almost exclusively on the development of powerful research tools encompassing novel bioinformatics pipelines, high-throughput target identification platforms, and functional target validation methodologies. Thus, in an unparalleled manner, the biomedical technology revolution unceasingly enhanced and refined our ability to dissect miRNA regulatory networks and understand their roles in vivo in the context of cells and organisms. Recurring motifs of target recognition have led to the creation of a large number of multifactorial bioinformatics analysis platforms, which have proved instrumental in guiding experimental miRNA studies. Subsequently, the need for discovery of miRNA-target binding events in vivo drove the emergence of a slew of high-throughput multiplex strategies, which now provide a viable prospect for elucidating genome-wide miRNA-target binding maps in a variety of cell types and tissues. Finally, deciphering the functional relevance of miRNA post-transcriptional gene silencing under physiological conditions, prompted the evolution of a host of technologies enabling systemic manipulation of miRNA homeostasis as well as high-precision interference with their direct, endogenous targets. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Bruno R Steinkraus
- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Wang Y, Hou J, He D, Sun M, Zhang P, Yu Y, Chen Y. The Emerging Function and Mechanism of ceRNAs in Cancer. Trends Genet 2016; 32:211-224. [PMID: 26922301 PMCID: PMC4805481 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Complex diseases, such as cancer, are often associated with aberrant gene expression at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. Over the past several years, competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) have emerged as an important class of post-transcriptional regulators that alter gene expression through a miRNA-mediated mechanism. Recent studies in both solid tumors and hematopoietic malignancies showed that ceRNAs have significant roles in cancer pathogenesis by altering the expression of key tumorigenic or tumor-suppressive genes. Characterizing the identity, function, and mechanism of the ceRNAs will not only further our fundamental understanding of RNA-mediated cancer pathogenesis, but may also shed light on the development of new RNA-based therapeutic strategies for treating cancer.
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- Yunfei Wang
- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Patel V, Sharma A, Lal R, Al-Dhabi NA, Madamwar D. Response and resilience of soil microbial communities inhabiting in edible oil stress/contamination from industrial estates. BMC Microbiol 2016; 16:50. [PMID: 27001503 PMCID: PMC4802719 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0669-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Gauging the microbial community structures and functions become imperative to understand the ecological processes. To understand the impact of long-term oil contamination on microbial community structure soil samples were taken from oil fields located in different industrial regions across Kadi, near Ahmedabad, India. Soil collected was hence used for metagenomic DNA extraction to study the capabilities of intrinsic microbial community in tolerating the oil perturbation. Results Taxonomic profiling was carried out by two different complementary approaches i.e. 16S rDNA and lowest common ancestor. The community profiling revealed the enrichment of phylum “Proteobacteria” and genus “Chromobacterium,” respectively for polluted soil sample. Our results indicated that soil microbial diversity (Shannon diversity index) decreased significantly with contamination. Further, assignment of obtained metagenome reads to Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) of protein and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) hits revealed metabolic potential of indigenous microbial community. Enzymes were mapped on fatty acid biosynthesis pathway to elucidate their roles in possible catalytic reactions. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge this is first study for influence of edible oil on soil microbial communities via shotgun sequencing. The results indicated that long-term oil contamination significantly affects soil microbial community structure by acting as an environmental filter to decrease the regional differences distinguishing soil microbial communities. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0669-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Vrutika Patel
- Post Graduate Department of Biosciences, Centre of Advanced Study in Bioresource Technology, Sardar Patel University, Satellite Campus, Vadtal Road, Bakrol, 388 315, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Addiriya Chair for Environmental Studies, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box # 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Post Graduate Department of Biosciences, Centre of Advanced Study in Bioresource Technology, Sardar Patel University, Satellite Campus, Vadtal Road, Bakrol, 388 315, Gujarat, India.
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Isolation of Endogenously Assembled RNA-Protein Complexes Using Affinity Purification Based on Streptavidin Aptamer S1. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:22456-72. [PMID: 26389898 PMCID: PMC4613318 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160922456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Efficient isolation of endogenously assembled viral RNA-protein complexes is essential for understanding virus replication mechanisms. We have developed an affinity purification strategy based on an RNA affinity tag that allows large-scale preparation of native viral RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). The streptavidin-binding aptamer S1 sequence was inserted into the 3' end of dengue virus (DENV) 5'-3' UTR RNA, and the DENV RNA UTR fused to the S1 RNA aptamer was expressed in living mammalian cells. This allowed endogenous viral ribonucleoprotein (RNP) assembly and isolation of RNPs from whole cell extract, through binding the S1 aptamer to streptavidin magnetic beads. Several novel host DENV RBPs were subsequently identified by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), including RPS8, which we further implicate in DENV replication. We proposed efficient S1 aptamer-based isolation of viral assembled RNPs from living mammalian cells will be generally applicable to the purification of high- and low-affinity RBPs and RNPs under endogenous conditions.
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Yamamoto K, Ito S, Hanafusa H, Shimizu K, Ouchida M. Uncovering Direct Targets of MiR-19a Involved in Lung Cancer Progression. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137887. [PMID: 26367773 PMCID: PMC4569347 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Micro RNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expression of target genes posttranscriptionally by pairing incompletely with mRNA in a sequence-specific manner. About 30% of human genes are regulated by miRNAs, and a single miRNA is capable of reducing the production of hundreds of proteins by means of incomplete pairing upon miRNA-mRNA binding. Lately, evidence implicating miRNAs in the development of lung cancers has been emerging. In particular, miR-19a, which is highly expressed in malignant lung cancer cells, is considered the key miRNA for tumorigenesis. However, its direct targets remain underreported. In the present study, we focused on six potential miR-19a target genes selected by miRNA target prediction software. To evaluate these genes as direct miR-19a target genes, we performed luciferase, pull-down, and western blot assays. The luciferase activity of plasmids with each miR-19a-binding site was observed to decrease, while increased luciferase activity was observed in the presence of anti-miR-19a locked nucleic acid (LNA). The pull-down assay showed biotinylated miR-19a to bind to AGO2 protein and to four of six potential target mRNAs. Western blot analysis showed that the expression levels of the four genes changed depending on treatment with miR-19a mimic or anti-miR-19a-LNA. Finally, FOXP1, TP53INP1, TNFAIP3, and TUSC2 were identified as miR-19a targets. To examine the function of these four target genes in lung cancer cells, LK79 (which has high miR-19a expression) and A549 (which has low miR-19a expression) were used. The expression of the four target proteins was higher in A549 than in LK79 cells. The four miR-19a target cDNA expression vectors suppressed cell viability, colony formation, migration, and invasion of A549 and LK79 cells, but LK79 cells transfected with FOXP1 and TP53INP1 cDNAs showed no difference compared to the control cells in the invasion assay.
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- Kumiko Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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Vencken S, Hassan T, McElvaney NG, Smith SGJ, Greene CM. miR-CATCH: microRNA capture affinity technology. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1218:365-373. [PMID: 25319664 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1538-5_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Several experimental methods exist to explore the microRNA (miRNA) regulome. These methods almost exclusively focus on multiple targets bound to a single, or perhaps a few miRNAs of interest. Here, we describe a microRNA capture affinity technology (miR-CATCH) which uses an affinity capture oligonucleotide to co-purify a single target messenger RNA (mRNA) together with all its endogenously bound miRNAs. This bench-top method is similar to RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) and provides an experimental alternative to computational miRNA target prediction.
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- Sebastian Vencken
- Respiratory Research Division, Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland
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miR-CLIP capture of a miRNA targetome uncovers a lincRNA H19-miR-106a interaction. Nat Chem Biol 2014; 11:107-14. [PMID: 25531890 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Identifying the interaction partners of noncoding RNAs is essential for elucidating their functions. We have developed an approach, termed microRNA crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (miR-CLIP), using pre-miRNAs modified with psoralen and biotin to capture their targets in cells. Photo-crosslinking and Argonaute 2 immunopurification followed by streptavidin affinity purification of probe-linked RNAs provided selectivity in the capture of targets, which were identified by deep sequencing. miR-CLIP with pre-miR-106a, a miR-17-5p family member, identified hundreds of putative targets in HeLa cells, many carrying conserved sequences complementary to the miRNA seed but also many that were not predicted computationally. miR-106a overexpression experiments confirmed that miR-CLIP captured functional targets, including H19, a long noncoding RNA that is expressed during skeletal muscle cell differentiation. We showed that miR-17-5p family members bind H19 in HeLa cells and myoblasts. During myoblast differentiation, levels of H19, miR-17-5p family members and mRNA targets changed in a manner suggesting that H19 acts as a 'sponge' for these miRNAs.
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Pereira P, Sousa Â, Queiroz JA, Figueiras A, Sousa F. Pharmaceutical-grade pre-miR-29 purification using an agmatine monolithic support. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1368:173-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.09.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Affinity purification of binding miRNAs for messenger RNA fused with a common tag. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:14753-65. [PMID: 25153630 PMCID: PMC4159880 DOI: 10.3390/ijms150814753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Prediction of microRNA-mRNA interaction typically relies on bioinformatic methods, but these methods only suggest the possibility of microRNA binding and may miss important interactions as well as falsely predict others. A major obstacle to the miRNA research has been the lack of experimental procedures for the identification of miRNA-mRNA interactions. Recently, a few studies have attempted to explore experimental methods to isolate and identify miRNA targets or miRNAs targeting a single gene. Here, we developed an more convenient experimental approach for the isolation and identification of miRNAs targeting a single gene by applying short biotinylated DNA anti-sense oligonucleotides mix to enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) mRNA which was fused to target gene mRNA. This method does not require a design of different anti-sense oligonucleotides to any mRNA. This is a simple and an efficient method to potentially identify miRNAs targeting specific gene mRNA combined with chip screen.
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Guo YE, Steitz JA. 3'-Biotin-tagged microRNA-27 does not associate with Argonaute proteins in cells. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:985-988. [PMID: 24821854 PMCID: PMC4114695 DOI: 10.1261/rna.045054.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Synthetic 3'-biotin-tagged microRNAs (miRNAs) have often been used to select interacting messenger RNA (mRNA) and noncoding RNA (ncRNA) targets. Here, we examined the extent of association of 3'-end biotinylated miR-27 with Argonaute (Ago) proteins in transfected human cells using a coimmunoprecipitation assay followed by Northern blot analysis. We report that biotinylated miR-27 does not efficiently associate with Ago compared to unmodified miR-27. These results suggest that 3'-end biotin-modified miRNAs are questionable monitors of miRNA function in cells.
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- Yang Eric Guo
- Department of Cell Biology
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA
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Hunt RC, Simhadri VL, Iandoli M, Sauna ZE, Kimchi-Sarfaty C. Exposing synonymous mutations. Trends Genet 2014; 30:308-21. [PMID: 24954581 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Synonymous codon changes, which do not alter protein sequence, were previously thought to have no functional consequence. Although this concept has been overturned in recent years, there is no unique mechanism by which these changes exert biological effects. A large repertoire of both experimental and bioinformatic methods has been developed to understand the effects of synonymous variants. Results from this body of work have provided global insights into how biological systems exploit the degeneracy of the genetic code to control gene expression, protein folding efficiency, and the coordinated expression of functionally related gene families. Although it is now clear that synonymous variants are important in a variety of contexts, from human disease to the safety and efficacy of therapeutic proteins, there is no clear consensus on the approaches to identify and validate these changes. Here, we review the diverse methods to understand the effects of synonymous mutations.
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- Ryan C Hunt
- Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Androsavich JR, Chau BN. Non-inhibited miRNAs shape the cellular response to anti-miR. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:6945-55. [PMID: 24810853 PMCID: PMC4066772 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Identification of primary microRNA (miRNA) gene targets is critical for developing miRNA-based therapeutics and understanding their mechanisms of action. However, disentangling primary target derepression induced by miRNA inhibition from secondary effects on the transcriptome remains a technical challenge. Here, we utilized RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) combined with competitive binding assays to identify novel primary targets of miR-122. These transcripts physically dissociate from AGO2-miRNA complexes when anti-miR is spiked into liver lysates. mRNA target displacement strongly correlated with expression changes in these genes following in vivo anti-miR dosing, suggesting that derepression of these targets directly reflects changes in AGO2 target occupancy. Importantly, using a metric based on weighted miRNA expression, we found that the most responsive mRNA target candidates in both RIP competition assays and expression profiling experiments were those with fewer alternative seed sites for highly expressed non-inhibited miRNAs. These data strongly suggest that miRNA co-regulation modulates the transcriptomic response to anti-miR. We demonstrate the practical utility of this ‘miR-target impact’ model, and encourage its incorporation, together with the RIP competition assay, into existing target prediction and validation pipelines.
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- John R Androsavich
- Regulus Therapeutics Inc., 3545 John Hopkins Ct, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Regulus Therapeutics Inc., 3545 John Hopkins Ct, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Purification of pre-miR-29 by a new O-phospho-l-tyrosine affinity chromatographic strategy optimized using design of experiments. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1343:119-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pereira P, Sousa Â, Queiroz J, Correia I, Figueiras A, Sousa F. Purification of pre-miR-29 by arginine-affinity chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 951-952:16-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Revised: 01/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cao S, Xiao L, Rao JN, Zou T, Liu L, Zhang D, Turner DJ, Gorospe M, Wang JY. Inhibition of Smurf2 translation by miR-322/503 modulates TGF-β/Smad2 signaling and intestinal epithelial homeostasis. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:1234-43. [PMID: 24554769 PMCID: PMC3982989 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-09-0560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Smurf2 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates TGF-β/Smad signaling and is implicated in a wide variety of cellular responses. miR-322 and miR-503 repress Smurf2 translation and thus modulate TGF-β/Smad2 signaling and intestinal epithelial homeostasis. Smad ubiquitin regulatory factor 2 (Smurf2) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)/Smad signaling and is implicated in a wide variety of cellular responses, but the exact mechanisms that control Smurf2 abundance are largely unknown. Here we identify microRNA-322 (miR-322) and miR-503 as novel factors that regulate Smurf2 expression posttranscriptionally. Both miR-322 and miR-503 interact with Smurf2 mRNA via its 3′-untranslated region (UTR) and repress Smurf2 translation but do not affect total Smurf2 mRNA levels. Studies using heterologous reporter constructs reveal a greater repressive effect of miR-322/503 through a single binding site in the Smurf2 3′-UTR, whereas point mutation of this site prevents miR-322/503–induced repression of Smurf2 translation. Increased levels of endogenous Smurf2 via antagonism of miR-322/503 inhibits TGF-β–induced Smad2 activation by increasing degradation of phosphorylated Smad2. Furthermore, the increase in Smurf2 in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) expressing lower levels of miR-322/503 is associated with increased resistance to apoptosis, which is abolished by Smurf2 silencing. These findings indicate that miR-322/503 represses Smurf2 translation, in turn affecting intestinal epithelial homeostasis by altering TGF-β/Smad2 signaling and IEC apoptosis.
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- Shan Cao
- Cell Biology Group, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201 Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging-Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Jadhav V, Hackl M, Klanert G, Hernandez Bort JA, Kunert R, Grillari J, Borth N. Stable overexpression of miR-17 enhances recombinant protein production of CHO cells. J Biotechnol 2014; 175:38-44. [PMID: 24518263 PMCID: PMC3991393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Transient overexpression of miR-17 and miR-17–92 cluster enhanced growth rate. Biological effects of long term and stable overexpression of miRNAs in batch cultures were studied. Stable miR-17 engineered CHO cells had both improved growth rate and productivity.
miRNAs negatively regulate gene expression at post-transcriptional level, and consequently play an important role in the control of many cellular pathways. The use of miRNAs to engineer Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells is an emerging strategy to improve recombinant protein production. Here, we describe the effect of transient and stable miRNA overexpression on CHO cell phenotype. Using an established transient miRNA screening protocol, the effects of miR-17, miR-92a and cluster miR17-92a on CHO growth and protein productivity were studied and followed by analysis of cell pools with stable overexpression of these miRNAs. CHO cells stably engineered with miR-17 exhibited both enhanced growth performance and a 2-fold increase in specific productivity, which resulted in a 3-fold overall increase in EpoFc titer. While further studies of miRNA–mRNA interactions will be necessary to understand the molecular basis of this effect, these data provide valuable evidence for miR-17 as a cell engineering target to enhance CHO cell productivity.
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- Vaibhav Jadhav
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology GmbH, Graz, Austria.
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Pereira P, Sousa Â, Queiroz J, Figueiras A, Sousa F. New approach for purification of pre-miR-29 using lysine-affinity chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1331:129-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pulsed stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (pulsed SILAC or pSILAC) allows to monitor and quantify the de novo synthesis of proteins in an unbiased fashion on a proteome-wide scale. The high applicability of this metabolic labeling technique has been demonstrated for the identification of posttranscriptional changes in gene expression on the proteome level, in particular those caused by microRNAs. The application of pSILAC allows the selective quantification of newly synthesized proteins and thus the detection of differences in protein translation. This is of particular interest in the case of microRNA-mediated regulations, which characteristically cause rather modest decreases in protein amounts that may be difficult to detect by other proteomic methods. Here, we describe a detailed protocol for using pSILAC to track miRNA-mediated changes in protein expression, using the p53-induced miR-34a microRNA as a prototypic example of microRNA-mediated regulations.
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Polesskaya A, Degerny C, Pinna G, Maury Y, Kratassiouk G, Mouly V, Morozova N, Kropp J, Frandsen N, Harel-Bellan A. Genome-wide exploration of miRNA function in mammalian muscle cell differentiation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71927. [PMID: 23991007 PMCID: PMC3749189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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MiRNAs impact on the control of cell fate by regulating gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Here, using mammalian muscle differentiation as a model and a phenotypic loss-of-function screen, we explored the function of miRNAs at the genome-wide level. We found that the depletion of a high number of miRNAs (63) impacted on differentiation of human muscle precursors, underscoring the importance of this post-transcriptional mechanism of gene regulation. Interestingly, a comparison with miRNA expression profiles revealed that most of the hit miRNAs did not show any significant variations of expression during differentiation. These constitutively expressed miRNAs might be required for basic and/or essential cell function, or else might be regulated at the post-transcriptional level. MiRNA inhibition yielded a variety of phenotypes, reflecting the widespread miRNA involvement in differentiation. Using a functional screen (the STarS - Suppressor Target Screen – approach, i. e. concomitant knockdown of miRNAs and of candidate target proteins), we discovered miRNA protein targets that are previously uncharacterized controllers of muscle-cell terminal differentiation. Our results provide a strategy for functional annotation of the human miRnome.
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- Anna Polesskaya
- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des cellules Souches pour le Traitement et l’Etude des Maladies monogéniques, Association Française contre les Myopathies, Evry, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Thérapie des maladies du muscle strié/Institut de Myologie, UM76– Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6–Paris, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department Epigenetics and Cancer FRE 3377, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Shi M, Han W, Spivack SD. A quantitative method to identify microRNAs targeting a messenger RNA using a 3'UTR RNA affinity technique. Anal Biochem 2013; 443:1-12. [PMID: 23938772 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The identification of specific microRNAs (miRNAs) that target a given messenger RNA (mRNA) is essential for studies in gene regulation, but the available bioinformatic software programs are often unreliable. We have developed a unique experimental miRNA affinity assay whereby a 3'UTR RNA is end-labeled with biotin, immobilized, and then used as a bait sequence for affinity pull-down of miRNAs. After washes and release, cloning and sequencing identify the miRNAs. Binding affinity is quantitated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), comparing released and original input concentrations. As an initial demonstration, the TCF8/ZEB1 mRNA affinity pull-down yielded miR-200 family member miRs in the majority of clones, and binding affinity was approximately 100%; virtually all copies of miR-200c bound the immobilized mRNA transcript. For validation in cells, miR-200c strongly inhibited expression of a TCF8 luciferase reporter, native TCF8 mRNA, and protein levels, which contrasted with other recovered miRNAs with lower binding affinities. For Smad4 mRNA, miR-150 (and others) displayed a binding affinity of 39% (or less) yet did not inhibit a Smad4 reporter, native Smad4 mRNA, or protein levels. These results were not predicted by available software. This work demonstrates this miRNA binding affinity assay to be a novel yet facile experimental means of identification of miRNAs targeting a given mRNA.
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- Miao Shi
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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MicroRNA 181 suppresses porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection by targeting PRRSV receptor CD163. J Virol 2013; 87:8808-12. [PMID: 23740977 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00718-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously showed that microRNA 181 (miR-181) can inhibit PRRSV replication by directly targeting its genomic RNA. Here, we report that miR-181 can downregulate the PRRSV receptor CD163 in blood monocytes and porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) through targeting the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of CD163 mRNA. Downregulation of CD163 leads to the inhibition of PRRSV entry into PAMs and subsequently suppresses PRRSV infection. Our findings indicate that delivery of miR-181 can be used as antiviral therapy against PRRSV infection.
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The functions of microRNAs in pluripotency and reprogramming. Nat Cell Biol 2013; 14:1114-21. [PMID: 23131918 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) express a distinctive set of microRNAs (miRNAs). Many of these miRNAs have similar targeting sequences and are predicted to regulate downstream targets cooperatively. These enriched miRNAs are involved in the regulation of the unique PSC cell cycle, and there is increasing evidence that they also influence other important characteristics of PSCs, including their morphology, epigenetic profile and resistance to apoptosis. Detailed studies of miRNAs and their targets in PSCs should help to parse the regulatory networks that underlie developmental processes and cellular reprogramming.
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Hassan T, Smith SGJ, Gaughan K, Oglesby IK, O'Neill S, McElvaney NG, Greene CM. Isolation and identification of cell-specific microRNAs targeting a messenger RNA using a biotinylated anti-sense oligonucleotide capture affinity technique. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:e71. [PMID: 23325846 PMCID: PMC3616726 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate expression by translational repression or messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation. Although numerous bioinformatic prediction models exist to identify miRNA–mRNA interactions, experimental validation of bona fide interactions can be difficult and laborious. Few methods can comprehensively identify miRNAs that target a single mRNA. We have developed an experimental approach to search for miRNAs targeting any mRNA using a capture affinity assay involving a biotinylated DNA anti-sense oligonucleotide. This method identifies miRNAs targeting the full length of the mRNA. The method was tested using three separate mRNA targets: alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) mRNA, interleukin-8 mRNA and secretory leucoprotease inhibitor mRNA. AAT mRNA-specific and total miRNAs from three different cell lines (monocytic THP-1, bronchial epithelial 16HBE14o− and liver HepG2 cells) were profiled, and validation studies revealed that AAT mRNA-specific miRNAs functionally target the AAT mRNA in a cell-specific manner, providing the first evidence of innate miRNAs selectively targeting and modulating AAT mRNA expression. Interleukin-8 and secretory leucoprotease inhibitor mRNAs and their cognate miRNAs were also successfully captured using this approach. This is a simple and an efficient method to potentially identify miRNAs targeting sequences within the full length of a given mRNA transcript.
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- Tidi Hassan
- Respiratory Research Division, Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
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MicroRNA target prediction and validation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 774:39-53. [PMID: 23377967 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5590-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The accurate prediction and validation of microRNA targets is essential to understanding the function of microRNAs. Computational predictions indicate that all human genes may be regulated by microRNAs, with each microRNA possibly targeting thousands of genes. Here we discuss computational and experimental methods for identifying mammalian microRNA targets. We describe microRNA target prediction resources and procedures that are suitable for experiments where more accurate prediction of microRNA targets is more important than detecting all putative targets. We then discuss experimental methods for identifying and validating microRNA target genes, with an emphasis on the target reporter assay as the method of choice for specifically testing functional microRNA target sites.
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Analysis of the combined action of miR-143 and miR-145 on oncogenic pathways in colorectal cancer cells reveals a coordinate program of gene repression. Oncogene 2012; 32:4806-13. [PMID: 23128394 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) from the gene cluster miR-143-145 are diminished in cells of colorectal tumor origin when compared with normal colon epithelia. Until now, no report has addressed the coordinate action of these miRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, we performed a comprehensive molecular and functional analysis of the miRNA cluster regulatory network. First, we evaluated proliferation, migration, anchorage-independent growth and chemoresistance in the colon tumor cell lines after miR-143 and miR-145 restoration. Then, we assessed the contribution of single genes targeted by miR-143 and miR-145 by reinforcing their expression and checking functional recovery. Restoring miR-143 and miR-145 in colon cancer cells decreases proliferation, migration and chemoresistance. We identified cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44), Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5), Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) and v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) as proteins targeted by miR-143 and miR-145. Their re-expression can partially revert a decrease in transformation properties caused by the overexpression of miR-143 and miR-145. In addition, we determined a set of mRNAs that are diminished after reinforcing miR-143 and miR-145 expression. The whole transcriptome analysis ascertained that downregulated transcripts are enriched in predicted target genes in a statistically significant manner. A number of additional genes, whose expression decreases as a direct or indirect consequence of miR-143 and miR-145, reveals a complex regulatory network that affects cell signaling pathways involved in transformation. In conclusion, we identified a coordinated program of gene repression by miR-143 and miR-145, in CRC, where either of the two miRNAs share a target transcript, or where the target transcripts share a common signaling pathway. Major mediators of the oncosuppression by miR-143 and miR-145 are genes belonging to the growth factor receptor-mitogen-activated protein kinase network and to the p53 signaling pathway.
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miRNAs (microRNAs) are novel post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Several miRNAs, expressed exclusively in muscle, play important roles during muscle development, growth and regeneration; other ubiquitously expressed miRNAs are also essential for muscle function. In the present review, we outline the miRNAs involved in embryonic muscle development and those that have been found to be dysregulated in diseases associated with skeletal muscle or are changed during muscle adaptation. miRNAs are promising biomarkers and candidates for potential therapeutic intervention. We discuss the strategies that aim to develop novel therapies through modulating miRNA activity. In time, some of these approaches may become available to treat muscle-associated diseases.
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Endothelial cells are highly proliferative and motile during vascular development. However, as blood vessels mature and stabilize the endothelial lining becomes quiescent, and cell-cell interactions among endothelial cells generate a stable barrier between the blood and tissue. Rather than simply functioning as an inert barrier, endothelial cells constantly sense and respond to environmental cues. Activation of the endothelium can promote the loss of cell-cell adhesion and an increase in the motility and proliferation of the endothelium. This process is requisite for tissue repair, but also plays a role in vascular pathogenesis and is especially relevant to kidney injury. The molecular mechanisms that facilitate these phenotypic alterations are only partially understood. Recent work has shown that microRNAs can modulate endothelial phenotype. These new insights have shed light on the complex mechanisms that endothelial cells use to respond to environmental stimuli. This review addresses the known roles that microRNAs play in controlling angiogenic and inflammatory signals in endothelial cells, and illustrates that microRNAs are important modulators of endothelial function in vascular disease, and therefore represent promising therapeutic targets.
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- Jason E Fish
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Argonaute proteins couple chromatin silencing to alternative splicing. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 19:998-1004. [PMID: 22961379 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Argonaute proteins play a major part in transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms, but their role in the nucleus of somatic mammalian cells remains elusive. Here, we have immunopurified human Argonaute-1 and Argonaute-2 (AGO1 and AGO2) chromatin-embedded proteins and found them associated with chromatin modifiers and, notably, with splicing factors. Using the CD44 gene as a model, we show that AGO1 and AGO2 facilitate spliceosome recruitment and modulate RNA polymerase II elongation rate, thereby affecting alternative splicing. Proper AGO1 and AGO2 recruitment to CD44 transcribed regions required the endonuclease Dicer and the chromobox protein HP1γ, and resulted in increased histone H3 lysine 9 methylation on variant exons. Our data thus uncover a new model for the regulation of alternative splicing, in which Argonaute proteins couple RNA polymerase II elongation to chromatin modification.
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Long JM, Lahiri DK. Advances in microRNA experimental approaches to study physiological regulation of gene products implicated in CNS disorders. Exp Neurol 2012; 235:402-18. [PMID: 22245616 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The central nervous system (CNS) is a remarkably complex organ system, requiring an equally complex network of molecular pathways controlling the multitude of diverse, cellular activities. Gene expression is a critical node at which regulatory control of molecular networks is implemented. As such, elucidating the various mechanisms employed in the physiological regulation of gene expression in the CNS is important both for establishing a reference for comparison to the diseased state and for expanding the set of validated drug targets available for disease intervention. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small RNA that mediates potent inhibitory effects on global gene expression. Recent advances have been made in methods employed to study the contribution of these miRNAs to gene expression. Here we review these latest advances and present a methodological workflow from the perspective of an investigator studying the physiological regulation of a gene of interest. We discuss methods for identifying putative miRNA target sites in a transcript of interest, strategies for validating predicted target sites, assays for detecting miRNA expression, and approaches for disrupting endogenous miRNA function. We consider both advantages and limitations, highlighting certain caveats that inform the suitability of a given method for a specific application. Through careful implementation of the appropriate methodologies discussed herein, we are optimistic that important discoveries related to miRNA participation in CNS physiology and dysfunction are on the horizon.
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- Justin M Long
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Trachtenberg AJ, Robert JH, Abdalla AE, Fraser A, He SY, Lacy JN, Rivas-Morello C, Truong A, Hardiman G, Ohno-Machado L, Liu F, Hovig E, Kuo WP. A primer on the current state of microarray technologies. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 802:3-17. [PMID: 22130870 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-400-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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DNA microarray technology has been used for genome-wide gene expression studies that incorporate molecular genetics and computer science analyses on massive levels. The availability of microarrays permit the simultaneous analysis of tens of thousands of genes for the purposes of gene discovery, disease diagnosis, improved drug development, and therapeutics tailored to specific disease processes. In this chapter, we provide an overview on the current state of common microarray technologies and platforms. Since many genes contribute to normal functioning, research efforts are moving from the search for a disease-specific gene to the understanding of the biochemical and molecular functioning of a variety of genes whose disrupted interaction in complicated networks can lead to a disease state. The field of microarrays has evolved over the past decade and is now standardized with a high level of quality control, while providing a relatively inexpensive and reliable alternative to studying various aspects of gene expression.
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- Alexander J Trachtenberg
- Harvard Catalyst - Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Cui YH, Xiao L, Rao JN, Zou T, Liu L, Chen Y, Turner DJ, Gorospe M, Wang JY. miR-503 represses CUG-binding protein 1 translation by recruiting CUGBP1 mRNA to processing bodies. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 23:151-62. [PMID: 22072795 PMCID: PMC3248894 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-05-0456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This study shows that microRNA-503 interacts with the CUG-binding protein 1 (CUGBP1) mRNA and represses its translation by recruiting the CUGBP1 mRNA to processing bodies. microRNAs (miRNAs) and RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) jointly regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level and are involved in many aspects of cellular functions. The RBP CUG-binding protein 1 (CUGBP1) destabilizes and represses the translation of several target mRNAs, but the exact mechanism that regulates CUGBP1 abundance remains elusive. In this paper, we show that miR-503, computationally predicted to associate with three sites of the CUGBP1 mRNA, represses CUGBP1 expression. Overexpression of an miR-503 precursor (pre-miR-503) reduced the de novo synthesis of CUGBP1 protein, whereas inhibiting miR-503 by using an antisense RNA (antagomir) enhanced CUGBP1 biosynthesis and elevated its abundance; neither intervention changed total CUGBP1 mRNA levels. Studies using heterologous reporter constructs revealed a greater repressive effect of miR-503 through the CUGBP1 coding region sites than through the single CUGBP1 3′-untranslated region target site. CUGBP1 mRNA levels in processing bodies (P-bodies) increased in cells transfected with pre-miR-503, while silencing P-body resident proteins Ago2, RCK, or LSm4 decreased miR-503–mediated repression of CUGBP1 expression. Decreasing the levels of cellular polyamines reduced endogenous miR-503 levels and promoted CUGBP1 expression, an effect that was prevented by ectopic miR-503 overexpression. Repression of CUGBP1 by miR-503 in turn altered the expression of CUGBP1 target mRNAs and thus increased the sensitivity of intestinal epithelial cells to apoptosis. These findings identify miR-503 as both a novel regulator of CUGBP1 expression and a modulator of intestinal epithelial homoeostasis.
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- Yu-Hong Cui
- Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Identification of cardiovascular microRNA targetomes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 51:674-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kim S, Lee S, Shin J, Kim Y, Evnouchidou I, Kim D, Kim YK, Kim YE, Ahn JH, Riddell SR, Stratikos E, Kim VN, Ahn K. Human cytomegalovirus microRNA miR-US4-1 inhibits CD8(+) T cell responses by targeting the aminopeptidase ERAP1. Nat Immunol 2011; 12:984-91. [PMID: 21892175 DOI: 10.1038/ni.2097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules present peptides on the cell surface to CD8(+) T cells, which is critical for the killing of virus-infected or transformed cells. Precursors of MHC class I-presented peptides are trimmed to mature epitopes by the aminopeptidase ERAP1. The US2-US11 genomic region of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is dispensable for viral replication and encodes three microRNAs (miRNAs). We show here that HCMV miR-US4-1 specifically downregulated ERAP1 expression during viral infection. Accordingly, the trimming of HCMV-derived peptides was inhibited, which led to less susceptibility of infected cells to HCMV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Our findings identify a previously unknown viral miRNA-based CTL-evasion mechanism that targets a key step in the MHC class I antigen-processing pathway.
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- Sungchul Kim
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Antigen Presentation, Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs transcribed from intergenic or intronic sequences as long precursors that are sequentially processed by the endonucleases Drosha and Dicer into short double-stranded sequences. It is clear that miRNAs play essential roles in gene expression, development, and cell fate specification in animals. However, one of the barriers of miRNA research is how to find the target genes. In this study, we have developed a rapid and effective method to isolate miRNA target genes in vivo. MicroRNA was synthesized in vitro and labeled by biotin. After transfected into cells, the miRNA/mRNA complexes were isolated by streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. hsa-miR155 was taken as model to validate this method, which is a very important modulator in tumor development. It is useful for validation of targets predicted in silico, and, potentially, for discovery of previously uncharacterized targets.
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Li Y. The tandem affinity purification technology: an overview. Biotechnol Lett 2011; 33:1487-99. [PMID: 21424840 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0592-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tandem affinity purification (TAP) is a methodology for the isolation of protein complexes from endogenous sources. It involves incorporation of a dual-affinity tag into the protein of interest and introduction of the construct into desired cell lines or organisms. Using the two affinity handles, the protein complex assembled under physiological conditions, which contains the tagged target protein and its interacting partners, can be isolated by a sequential purification scheme. Compared with single-step purification, TAP greatly reduces non-specific background and isolates protein complexes with higher purity. TAP-based protein retrieval plus mass spectrometry-based analysis has become a standard approach for identification and characterization of multi-protein complexes. The present article gives an overview of the TAP method, with a focus on its key feature-the dual-affinity tag. In addition, the application of this technology in various systems is briefly discussed.
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- Yifeng Li
- Protein Production Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7303 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Tsai BP, Wang X, Huang L, Waterman ML. Quantitative profiling of in vivo-assembled RNA-protein complexes using a novel integrated proteomic approach. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.007385. [PMID: 21285413 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.007385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Identification of proteins in RNA-protein complexes is an important step toward understanding regulation of RNA-based processes. Because of the lack of appropriate methodologies, many studies have relied on the creation of in vitro assembled RNA-protein complexes using synthetic RNA and cell extracts. Such complexes may not represent authentic RNPs as they exist in living cells as synthetic RNA may not fold properly and nonspecific RNA-protein interactions can form during cell lysis and purification processes. To circumvent limitations in current approaches, we have developed a novel integrated strategy namely MS2 in vivo biotin tagged RNA affinity purification (MS2-BioTRAP) to capture bona fide in vivo-assembled RNA-protein complexes. In this method, HB-tagged bacteriophage protein MS2 and stem-loop tagged target or control RNAs are co-expressed in cells. The tight association between MS2 and the RNA stem-loop tags allows efficient HB-tag based affinity purification of authentic RNA-protein complexes. Proteins associated with target RNAs are subsequently identified and quantified using SILAC-based quantitative mass spectrometry. Here the 1.2 kb internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from lymphoid enhancer factor-1 mRNA has been used as a proof-of-principle target RNA. An IRES target was chosen because of its importance in protein translation and our limited knowledge of proteins associated with IRES function. With a conventionally translated target RNA as control, 36 IRES binding proteins have been quantitatively identified including known IRES binding factors, novel interacting proteins, translation initiation factors (eIF4A-1, eIF-2A, and eIF3g), and ribosomal subunits with known noncanonical actions (RPS19, RPS7, and RPL26). Validation studies with the small molecule eIF4A-1 inhibitor Hippuristanol shows that translation of endogenous lymphoid enhancer factor-1 mRNA is especially sensitive to eIF4A-1 activity. Our work demonstrates that MS2 in vivo biotin tagged RNA affinity purification is an effective and versatile approach that is generally applicable for other RNA-protein complexes.
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- Becky Pinjou Tsai
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4025, USA
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A synonymous variant in IRGM alters a binding site for miR-196 and causes deregulation of IRGM-dependent xenophagy in Crohn's disease. Nat Genet 2011; 43:242-5. [PMID: 21278745 DOI: 10.1038/ng.762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 453] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Susceptibility to Crohn's disease, a complex inflammatory disease, is influenced by common variants at many loci. The common exonic synonymous SNP (c.313C>T) in IRGM, found in strong linkage disequilibrium with a deletion polymorphism, has been classified as non-causative because of the absence of an alteration in the IRGM protein sequence or splice sites. Here we show that a family of microRNAs (miRNAs), miR-196, is overexpressed in the inflammatory intestinal epithelia of individuals with Crohn's disease and downregulates the IRGM protective variant (c.313C) but not the risk-associated allele (c.313T). Subsequent loss of tight regulation of IRGM expression compromises control of intracellular replication of Crohn's disease-associated adherent invasive Escherichia coli by autophagy. These results suggest that the association of IRGM with Crohn's disease arises from a miRNA-based alteration in IRGM regulation that affects the efficacy of autophagy, thereby implicating a synonymous polymorphism as a likely causal variant.
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Huang Y, Qi Y, Ruan Q, Ma Y, He R, Ji Y, Sun Z. A rapid method to screen putative mRNA targets of any known microRNA. Virol J 2011; 8:8. [PMID: 21219658 PMCID: PMC3025964 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background microRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of regulatory RNAs that regulate gene expression by binding to specific sequences on target mRNAs. However, functional identification of mRNA targets is usually difficult and time consuming. Here we report hybrid-PCR as a new and rapid approach to screen putative mRNA targets in vitro. Results Fifteen putative target mRNAs for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) miR-UL112-1, including previously confirmed HCMV IE72, were identified from mRNA-derived cDNAs using hybrid-PCR. Moreover, we randomly validated six different target candidates by luciferase reporter assays, and confirmed that their luciferase activities were down-regulated with co-transfection of HCMV miR-UL112-1. Conclusions Our study demonstrated that hybrid-PCR is an effective and rapid approach for screening putative miRNA targets, with much more advantage of simplicity, low cost, and ease of implementation.
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- Yujing Huang
- Virus Laboratory, the Affiliated Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, 110004 Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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Huang Y, Zou Q, Song H, Song F, Wang L, Zhang G, Shen X. A study of miRNAs targets prediction and experimental validation. Protein Cell 2010; 1:979-86. [PMID: 21153515 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-010-0129-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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microRNAs (miRNAs) are 20-24 nucleotide (nt) RNAs that regulate eukaryotic gene expression post-transcriptionally by the degradation or translational inhibition of their target messenger RNAs (mRNAs). To identify miRNA target genes will help a lot by understanding their biological functions. Sophisticated computational approaches for miRNA target prediction, and effective biological techniques for validating these targets now play a central role in elucidating their functions. Owing to the imperfect complementarity of animal miRNAs with their targets, it is difficult to judge the accuracy of the prediction. Complexity of regulation by miRNA-mediated targets at protein and mRNAs levels has made it more challenging to identify the targets. To date, only a few miRNAs targets are confirmed. In this article, we review the methods of miRNA target prediction and the experimental validation for their corresponding mRNA targets in animals.
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- Yong Huang
- Jiang Su University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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Embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are characterized by their ability to self-renew and differentiate into any cell type. The molecular mechanism behind this process is a complex interplay between the transcriptional factors with epigenetic regulators and signaling pathways. miRNAs are an integral part of this regulatory network, with essential roles in pluripotent maintenance, proliferation and differentiation. miRNAs are a class of small noncoding RNAs that target protein-encoding mRNA to inhibit translation and protein synthesis. Discovered close to 20 years ago, miRNAs have rapidly emerged as key regulatory molecules in several critical cellular processes across species. Recent studies have begun to clarify the specific role of miRNA in regulatory circuitries that control self-renewal and pluripotency of both embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. These advances suggest a critical role for miRNAs in the process of reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotent cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Uma Lakshmipathy
- WM Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Nelson PT, Kiriakidou M, Mourelatos Z, Tan GS, Jennings MH, Xie K, Wang WX. High-throughput experimental studies to identify miRNA targets directly, with special focus on the mammalian brain. Brain Res 2010; 1338:122-30. [PMID: 20380813 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
We review the pertinent literature on methods used in high-throughput experimental identification of microRNA (miRNA) "targets" with emphasis on neurochemical studies. miRNAs are short regulatory noncoding RNAs that play important roles in the mammalian brain. The functions of miRNAs are related to their binding of RNAs including mRNAs. Since mammalian miRNAs tend to bind to target mRNAs via imperfect complementarity, understanding exactly which target mRNAs are recognized by which specific miRNAs is a challenge. Based on early experimental evidence, a set of "binding rules" for miRNAs has been described. These have focused on the 5' "seed" region of miRNAs binding to the 3' untranslated region of targeted mRNAs. Bioinformaticians have applied these algorithms for theoretical miRNA target prediction. To date, the different computational methods are not in agreement with each other and do not explain all miRNA targets as defined using high-throughput experimental methods. We consider these latter techniques which identify putative miRNA targets directly. Each experimental approach involves specific assumptions and potential technical pitfalls. Some of these direct experimental methods for miRNA target identification have used co-immunoprecipitation (RIP-Chip and others) and transfection-based experimental design. Topics related to experimentally identified miRNA targets are discussed, with special emphasis on studies pertinent to the mammalian brain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter T Nelson
- Department of Pathology and Division of Neuropathology, University of Kentucky Medical Center and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, 800 S. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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