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The Role of microRNAs in the Mammary Gland Development, Health, and Function of Cattle, Goats, and Sheep. Noncoding RNA 2021; 7:ncrna7040078. [PMID: 34940759 PMCID: PMC8708473 DOI: 10.3390/ncrna7040078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Milk is an integral and therefore complex structural element of mammalian nutrition. Therefore, it is simple to conclude that lactation, the process of producing milk, is as complex as the mammary gland, the organ responsible for this biochemical activity. Nutrition, genetics, epigenetics, disease pathogens, climatic conditions, and other environmental variables all impact breast productivity. In the last decade, the number of studies devoted to epigenetics has increased dramatically. Reports are increasingly describing the direct participation of microRNAs (miRNAs), small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally, in the regulation of mammary gland development and function. This paper presents a summary of the current state of knowledge about the roles of miRNAs in mammary gland development, health, and functions, particularly during lactation. The significance of miRNAs in signaling pathways, cellular proliferation, and the lipid metabolism in agricultural ruminants, which are crucial in light of their role in the nutrition of humans as consumers of dairy products, is discussed.
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Chen Z, Zhang Y, Zhou J, Lu L, Wang X, Liang Y, Loor JJ, Gou D, Xu H, Yang Z. Tea Tree Oil Prevents Mastitis-Associated Inflammation in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells. Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:496. [PMID: 32851050 PMCID: PMC7427202 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The main purpose of this study was to explore the effect of tea tree oil (TTO) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mastitis model using isolated bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC). This mastitis model was used to determine cellular responses to TTO and LPS on cellular cytotoxicity, mRNA abundance and cytokine production. High-throughput sequencing was used to select candidate genes, followed by functional evaluation of those genes. In the first experiment, LPS at a concentration of 200 μg/mL reduced cell proliferation, induced apoptosis and upregulated protein concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1). Addition of TTO led to reduced cellular apoptosis along with downregulated protein concentrations of nuclear factor kappa B, mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 (MAPK4) and caspase-3. In the second experiment, BMEC challenged with LPS had a total of 1,270 differentially expressed genes of which 787 were upregulated and 483 were downregulated. Differentially expressed genes included TNF-α, IL6, STAT1, and MAPK4. Overall, results showed that TTO (at least in vitro) has a protective effect against LPS-induced mastitis. Further in vivo research should be performed to determine strategies for using TTO for prevention and treatment of mastitis and improvement of milk quality.
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- Zhi Chen
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Mammalian Nutrition Physiology Genomics, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Mammalian Nutrition Physiology Genomics, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Li Y, Shan G, Teng ZQ, Wingo TS. Editorial: Non-Coding RNAs and Human Diseases. Front Genet 2020; 11:523. [PMID: 32528532 PMCID: PMC7262963 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Yujing Li
- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology (CAS), Beijing, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Dai LL, Gao JX, Zou CG, Ma YC, Zhang KQ. mir-233 modulates the unfolded protein response in C. elegans during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004606. [PMID: 25569229 PMCID: PMC4287614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The unfolded protein response (UPR), which is activated by perturbations of the endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis, has been shown to play an important role in innate immunity and inflammation. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying activation of the UPR during immune responses. Using small RNA deep sequencing and reverse genetic analysis, we show that the microRNA mir-233 is required for activation of the UPR in Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. P. aeruginosa infection up-regulates the expression of mir-233 in a p38 MAPK-dependent manner. Quantitative proteomic analysis identifies SCA-1, a C. elegans homologue of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, as a target of mir-233. During P. aeruginosa PA14 infection, mir-233 represses the protein levels of SCA-1, which in turn leads to activation of the UPR. Whereas mir-233 mutants are more sensitive to P. aeruginosa infection, knockdown of sca-1 leads to enhanced resistance to the killing by P. aeruginosa. Our study indicates that microRNA-dependent pathways may have an impact on innate immunity by activating the UPR. In the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, the IRE1–XBP1 pathway, a major branch of the unfolded protein response (UPR), is required for host defense against pathogens. However, how innate immune responses activate the UPR is not fully understood. In this report, we find that Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 infection up-regulates the expression of the microRNA mir-233 in C. elegans. The response of mir-233 to P. aeruginosa PA14 infection is dependent on a major pathway of innate immunity, the p38 MAPK signaling cascade. The up-regulation of mir-233 is functionally important since a mutation in mir-233 leads to hypersensitivity of the nematode to the killing by P. aeruginosa PA14. Furthermore, we demonstrate that mir-233 contributes to the activation of the UPR by repressing the protein levels of its target SCA-1, a C. elegans homologue of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. Thus, mir-233 is an important regulator of the UPR during the innate immune response.
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- Li-Li Dai
- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- * E-mail: (CGZ); (KQZ)
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- * E-mail: (CGZ); (KQZ)
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Lima SA, Pasquinelli AE. Identification of miRNAs and their targets in C. elegans. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 825:431-50. [PMID: 25201113 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1221-6_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that direct posttranscriptional regulation of specific target genes. Since their discovery in Caenorhabditis elegans, they have been associated with the control of virtually all biological processes and are known to play major roles in development and cellular homeostasis. Yet the biological roles of most miRNAs remain to be fully known. Furthermore, the precise rules by which miRNAs recognize their targets and mediate gene silencing are still unclear. Systematic identification of miRNAs and of the RNAs they regulate is essential to close these knowledge gaps. Studies in C. elegans have been instrumental not only in the discovery phase of miRNA biology but also in the elucidation of mechanisms regulating miRNA expression, target recognition and regulation. This chapter highlights some of the main challenges still present in the field, while introducing the major studies and methods used to find miRNAs and their targets in the worm.
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- Sarah Azoubel Lima
- Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0349, USA
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García-López J, Brieño-Enríquez MA, del Mazo J. MicroRNA biogenesis and variability. Biomol Concepts 2013; 4:367-80. [DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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AbstractMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are cell-endogenous small noncoding RNAs that, through RNA interference, are involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of mRNAs. The biogenesis and function of miRNAs entail multiple elements with different alternative pathways. These confer a high versatility of regulation and a high variability to generate different miRNAs and hence possess a broad potential to regulate gene expression. Here we review the different mechanisms, both canonical and noncanonical, that generate miRNAs in animals. The ‘miRNome’ panorama enhances our knowledge regarding the fine regulation of gene expression and provides new insights concerning normal, as opposed to pathological, cell differentiation and development.
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- Jesús García-López
- 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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The significance of noncoding RNAs in animal biology is being increasingly recognized. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has an extensive system of short RNAs that includes microRNAs, piRNAs, and endogenous siRNAs, which regulate development, control life span, provide resistance to viruses and transposons, and monitor gene duplications. Progress in our understanding of short RNAs was stimulated by the discovery of RNA interference, a phenomenon of sequence-specific gene silencing induced by exogenous double-stranded RNA, at the turn of the twenty-first century. This chapter provides a broad overview of the exogenous and endogenous RNAi processes in C. elegans and describes recent advances in genetic, genomic, and molecular analyses of nematode's short RNAs and proteins involved in the RNAi-related pathways.
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- Alla Grishok
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
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Thivierge C, Makil N, Flamand M, Vasale JJ, Mello CC, Wohlschlegel J, Conte D, Duchaine TF. Tudor domain ERI-5 tethers an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to DCR-1 to potentiate endo-RNAi. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011; 19:90-7. [PMID: 22179787 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Endogenous RNA interference (endo-RNAi) pathways use a variety of mechanisms to generate siRNA and to mediate gene silencing. In Caenorhabditis elegans, DCR-1 is essential for competing RNAi pathways-the ERI endo-RNAi pathway and the exogenous RNAi pathway-to function. Here, we demonstrate that DCR-1 forms exclusive complexes in each pathway and further define the ERI-DCR-1 complex. We show that the tandem tudor protein ERI-5 potentiates ERI endo-RNAi by tethering an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) module to DCR-1. In the absence of ERI-5, the RdRP module is uncoupled from DCR-1. Notably, EKL-1, an ERI-5 paralog that specifies distinct RdRP modules in Dicer-independent endo-RNAi pathways, partially compensates for the loss of ERI-5 without interacting with DCR-1. Our results implicate tudor proteins in the recruitment of RdRP complexes to specific steps within DCR-1-dependent and DCR-1-independent endo-RNAi pathways.
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Lambert NJ, Gu SG, Zahler AM. The conformation of microRNA seed regions in native microRNPs is prearranged for presentation to mRNA targets. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:4827-35. [PMID: 21335607 PMCID: PMC3113585 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs control gene expression by post-transcriptional down-regulation of their target mRNAs. Complementarity between the seed region (nucleotides 2-8) of a microRNA and the 3'-UTR of its target mRNA is the key determinant in recognition. However, the structural basis of the ability of the seed region to dominate target recognition in eukaryotic argonaute complexes has not been directly demonstrated. To better understand this problem, we performed chemical probing of microRNAs held in native argonaute-containing complexes isolated from Caenorhabditis elegans. Direct probing of the RNA backbone in isolated native microRNP complexes shows that the conformation of the seed region is uniquely constrained, while the rest of the microRNA structure is conformationally flexible. Probing the Watson-Crick edges of the bases shows that bases 2-4 are largely inaccessible to solvent, while seed region bases 5-8 are readily modified; collectively our probing results suggest a model in which these bases are primed for initiating base pairing with the target mRNA. In addition, an unusual DMS reactivity with U at position 6 is observed. We propose that interaction of miRNAs with argonaute proteins pre-organizes the structure of the seed sequence for specific recognition of target mRNAs.
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- Nicole J Lambert
- Department of MCD Biology and the Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Wang WX, Wilfred BR, Xie K, Jennings MH, Hu YH, Stromberg AJ, Nelson PT. Individual microRNAs (miRNAs) display distinct mRNA targeting "rules". RNA Biol 2011; 7:373-80. [PMID: 20421741 DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.3.11693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) guide Argonaute (AGO)-containing microribonucleoprotein (miRNP) complexes to target mRNAs.It has been assumed that miRNAs behave similarly to each other with regard to mRNA target recognition. The usual assumptions, which are based on prior studies, are that miRNAs target preferentially sequences in the 3'UTR of mRNAs,guided by the 5' "seed" portion of the miRNAs. Here we isolated AGO- and miRNA-containing miRNPs from human H4 tumor cells by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) with anti-AGO antibody. Cells were transfected with miR-107, miR-124,miR-128, miR-320, or a negative control miRNA. Co-IPed RNAs were subjected to downstream high-density Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST microarray analyses using an assay we validated previously-a "RIP-Chip" experimental design. RIP-Chip data provided a list of mRNAs recruited into the AGO-miRNP in correlation to each miRNA. These experimentally identified miRNA targets were analyzed for complementary six nucleotide "seed" sequences within the transfected miRNAs. We found that miR-124 targets tended to have sequences in the 3'UTR that would be recognized by the 5' seed of miR-124, as described in previous studies. By contrast, miR-107 targets tended to have 'seed' sequences in the mRNA open reading frame, but not the 3' UTR. Further, mRNA targets of miR-128 and miR-320 are less enriched for 6-mer seed sequences in comparison to miR-107 and miR-124. In sum, our data support the importance of the 5' seed in determining binding characteristics for some miRNAs; however, the "binding rules" are complex, and individual miRNAs can have distinct sequence determinants that lead to mRNA targeting.
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- Wang-Xia Wang
- Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
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Fischer SEJ. Small RNA-mediated gene silencing pathways in C. elegans. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:1306-15. [PMID: 20227516 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Small RNA pathways, including the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway and the microRNA (miRNA) pathway, regulate gene expression, defend against transposable elements and viruses, and, in some organisms, guide genome rearrangements. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been at the forefront of small RNA research; not only were the first miRNAs and their function as regulators of gene expression discovered in C. elegans, but also double-stranded RNA-induced gene silencing by RNAi was discovered in this model organism. Since then, genetic and RNAi-mediated screens, candidate gene approaches, and biochemical studies have uncovered numerous factors in the small RNA pathways and painted a rich palette of interacting pathways. Here we review the different small RNAs that have been discovered in C. elegans and discuss our understanding of their biogenesis pathways and mechanisms of action.
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- Sylvia E J Fischer
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small RNAs that regulate the translation of thousands of message RNAs and play a profound role in mammalian biology. Over the past 5 years, significant advances have been made towards understanding the pathways that generate miRNAs and the mechanisms by which miRNAs exert their regulatory functions. An emerging theme is that miRNAs are both generated by and utilized by large and complex macromolecular assemblies. Here, we review the biology of mammalian miRNAs with a focus on the macromolecular complexes that generate and control the biogenesis of miRNAs.
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- Pick-Wei Lau
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Obbard DJ, Gordon KHJ, Buck AH, Jiggins FM. The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2009; 364:99-115. [PMID: 18926973 PMCID: PMC2592633 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) is an important defence against viruses and transposable elements (TEs). RNAi not only protects against viruses by degrading viral RNA, but hosts and viruses can also use RNAi to manipulate each other's gene expression, and hosts can encode microRNAs that target viral sequences. In response, viruses have evolved a myriad of adaptations to suppress and evade RNAi. RNAi can also protect cells against TEs, both by degrading TE transcripts and by preventing TE expression through heterochromatin formation. The aim of our review is to summarize and evaluate the current data on the evolution of these RNAi defence mechanisms. To this end, we also extend a previous analysis of the evolution of genes of the RNAi pathways. Strikingly, we find that antiviral RNAi genes, anti-TE RNAi genes and viral suppressors of RNAi all evolve rapidly, suggestive of an evolutionary arms race between hosts and parasites. Over longer time scales, key RNAi genes are repeatedly duplicated or lost across the metazoan phylogeny, with important implications for RNAi as an immune defence.
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- Darren J Obbard
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.
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Andachi Y. A novel biochemical method to identify target genes of individual microRNAs: identification of a new Caenorhabditis elegans let-7 target. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:2440-51. [PMID: 18824511 PMCID: PMC2578851 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1139508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are roughly 22-nucleotide regulatory RNAs that play important roles in many developmental and physiological processes. Animal miRNAs down-regulate target genes by forming imperfect base pairs with 3' untranslated regions (3' UTRs) of their mRNAs. Thousands of miRNAs have been discovered in several organisms. However, the target genes of almost all of these miRNAs remain to be identified. Here, we describe a method for isolating cDNA clones of target mRNAs that form base pairs in vivo with an endogenous miRNA of interest, in which the cDNAs are synthesized from the mRNAs using the miRNA as a reverse-transcription primer. The application of this method to Caenorhabditis elegans miRNA lin-4 under test conditions yielded many clones of the known target gene lin-14 that correspond to partial sequences 5' to lin-4 binding sites in the 3' UTR. The method was also applied to C. elegans miRNA let-7 and a new target gene responsible for the lethal phenotype in let-7 mutants was identified. These results demonstrate that the method is a useful way to identify targets on the basis of base pairing with individual miRNAs.
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- Yoshiki Andachi
- Genome Biology Laboratory, Center for Genetic Resource Information, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.
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