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Ten Cate V, Rapp S, Schulz A, Pallares Robles A, Jurk K, Koeck T, Espinola-Klein C, Halank M, Seyfarth HJ, Beutel ME, Schuster AK, Marini F, Hobohm L, Lankeit M, Lackner KJ, Ruf W, Münzel T, Andrade-Navarro MA, Prochaska JH, Konstantinides SV, Wild PS. Circulating microRNAs predict recurrence and death following venous thromboembolism. J Thromb Haemost 2023; 21:2797-2810. [PMID: 37481073 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.07.010] [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] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recurrent events frequently occur after venous thromboembolism (VTE) and remain difficult to predict based on established genetic, clinical, and proteomic contributors. The role of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) has yet to be explored in detail. OBJECTIVES To identify circulating miRNAs predictive of recurrent VTE or death, and to interpret their mechanistic involvement. METHODS Data from 181 participants of a cohort study of acute VTE and 302 individuals with a history of VTE from a population-based cohort were investigated. Next-generation sequencing was performed on EDTA plasma samples to detect circulating miRNAs. The endpoint of interest was recurrent VTE or death. Penalized regression was applied to identify an outcome-relevant miRNA signature, and results were validated in the population-based cohort. The involvement of miRNAs in coregulatory networks was assessed using principal component analysis, and the associated clinical and molecular phenotypes were investigated. Mechanistic insights were obtained from target gene and pathway enrichment analyses. RESULTS A total of 1950 miRNAs were detected across cohorts after postprocessing. In the discovery cohort, 50 miRNAs were associated with recurrent VTE or death (cross-validated C-index, 0.65). A weighted miRNA score predicted outcome over an 8-year follow-up period (HRSD, 2.39; 95% CI, 1.98-2.88; P < .0001). The independent validation cohort validated 20 miRNAs (ORSD for score, 3.47; 95% CI, 2.37-5.07; P < .0001; cross-validated-area under the curve, 0.61). Principal component analysis revealed 5 miRNA networks with distinct relationships to clinical phenotype and outcome. Mapping of target genes indicated regulation via transcription factors and kinases involved in signaling pathways associated with fibrinolysis. CONCLUSION Circulating miRNAs predicted the risk of recurrence or death after VTE over several years, both in the acute and chronic phases.
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- Vincent Ten Cate
- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Clinical Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany. https://twitter.com/cesm_mainz
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Angiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I and Pulmonology, Carl Gustav Carus Hospital, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany; Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Clinical Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Clinical Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Partner Site Rhine-Main, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany; Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany.
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Bibiloni P, Pomar CA, Palou A, Sánchez J, Serra F. miR-222 exerts negative regulation on insulin signaling pathway in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biofactors 2022; 49:365-378. [PMID: 36310379 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Increased miR-222 levels are associated with metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Moreover, rats fed an obesogenic diet during lactation have higher miR-222 content in breast milk and the offspring display greater body fat mass and impaired insulin sensitivity in adulthood. In order to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved and to dissect the specific effects of miR-222 on adipocytes, transfection with a mimic or an inhibitor of miR-222 has been conducted on 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. 3T3-L1 cells were transfected with either a mimic or an inhibitor of miR-222 and collected after 2 days (preadipocytes) or 8 days (mature adipocytes) for transcriptomic analysis. Results showed a relevant impact on pathways associated with insulin signaling, lipid metabolism and adipogenesis. Outcomes in key genes and proteins were further analyzed with quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western Blotting, respectively, which displayed a general inhibition in important effectors of the identified routes under miR-222 mimic treatment in preadipocytes. Although to a lesser extent, this overall signature was maintained in differentiated adipocytes. Altogether, miR-222 exerts a direct effect in metabolic pathways of 3T3-L1 adipocytes that are relevant to adipocyte function, limiting adipogenesis and insulin signaling pathways, offering a mechanistic explanation for its reported association with metabolic diseases.
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- Pere Bibiloni
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears, IdISBa, Palma, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears, IdISBa, Palma, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears, IdISBa, Palma, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears, IdISBa, Palma, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears, IdISBa, Palma, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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microRNA-Mediated Encoding and Decoding of Time-Dependent Signals in Tumorigenesis. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12020213. [PMID: 35204714 PMCID: PMC8961662 DOI: 10.3390/biom12020213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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microRNAs, pivotal post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression, in the past decades have caught the attention of researchers for their involvement in different biological processes, ranging from cell development to cancer. Although lots of effort has been devoted to elucidate the topological features and the equilibrium properties of microRNA-mediated motifs, little is known about how the information encoded in frequency, amplitude, duration, and other features of their regulatory signals can affect the resulting gene expression patterns. Here, we review the current knowledge about microRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks characterized by time-dependent input signals, such as pulses, transient inputs, and oscillations. First, we identify the general characteristic of the main motifs underlying temporal patterns. Then, we analyze their impact on two commonly studied oncogenic networks, showing how their dysfunction can lead to tumorigenesis.
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MicroRNAs Deregulated in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Converge on Actin Cytoskeleton-Related Pathways That Are Maintained in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13102369. [PMID: 34069007 PMCID: PMC8155860 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13102369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) are pancreatic cystic lesions that can develop into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Although there is an increasing incidence of IPMN diagnosis, the mechanisms of formation and progression into invasive cancer remain unclear. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, repressors of mRNA translation, and promising diagnostic biomarkers for IPMN and PDAC. Functional information on the role of early-altered miRNAs in this setting would offer novel strategies for tracking the IPMN-to-PDAC progression. In order to detect mRNAs that are likely to be under miRNA regulation in IPMNs, whole transcriptome and miRNome data from normal pancreatic tissue (n = 3) and IPMN lesions (n = 4) were combined and filtered according to negative correlation and miRNA-target prediction databases by using miRComb R package. Further comparison analysis with PDAC data allowed us to obtain a subset of miRNA-mRNA pairs shared in IPMN and PDAC. Functional enrichment analysis unravelled processes that are mainly related with cell structure, actin cytoskeleton, and metabolism. MiR-181a appeared as a master regulator of these processes. The expression of selected miRNA-mRNA pairs was validated by qRT-PCR in an independent cohort of patients (n = 40), and then analysed in different pancreatic cell lines. Finally, we generated a cellular model of HPDE cells stably overexpressing miR-181a, which showed a significant alteration of actin cytoskeleton structures accompanied by a significant downregulation of EPB41L4B and SEL1L expression. In situ hybridization of miR-181a and immunohistochemistry of EPB41L4B and SEL1L in pancreatic tissues (n = 4 Healthy; n = 3 IPMN; n = 4 PDAC) were also carried out. In this study, we offer insights on the potential implication of miRNA alteration in the regulation of structural and metabolic changes that pancreatic cells experience during IPMN establishment and that are maintained in PDAC.
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Iwasaki H, Ichihara Y, Morino K, Lemecha M, Sugawara L, Sawano T, Miake J, Sakurai H, Nishi E, Maegawa H, Imamura T. MicroRNA-494-3p inhibits formation of fast oxidative muscle fibres by targeting E1A-binding protein p300 in human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1161. [PMID: 33441918 PMCID: PMC7806978 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80742-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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MYOD-induced microRNA-494-3p expression inhibits fast oxidative myotube formation by downregulating myosin heavy chain 2 (MYH2) in human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) during skeletal myogenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating MYH2 expression via miR-494-3p remain unknown. Here, using bioinformatic analyses, we show that miR-494-3p potentially targets the transcript of the E1A-binding protein p300 at its 3'-untranslated region (UTR). Myogenesis in hiPSCs with the Tet/ON-myogenic differentiation 1 (MYOD1) gene (MyoD-hiPSCs) was induced by culturing them in doxycycline-supplemented differentiation medium for 7 days. p300 protein expression decreased after transient induction of miR-494-3p during myogenesis. miR-494-3p mimics decreased the levels of p300 and its downstream targets MYOD and MYH2 and myotube formation efficiency. p300 knockdown decreased myotube formation efficiency, MYH2 expression, and basal oxygen consumption rate. The binding of miR-494-3p to the wild type p300 3'-UTR, but not the mutated site, was confirmed using luciferase assay. Overexpression of p300 rescued the miR-494-3p mimic-induced phenotype in MyoD-hiPSCs. Moreover, miR-494-3p mimic reduced the levels of p300, MYOD, and MYH2 in skeletal muscles in mice. Thus, miR-494-3p might modulate MYH2 expression and fast oxidative myotube formation by directly regulating p300 levels during skeletal myogenesis in MyoD-hiPSCs and murine skeletal muscle tissues.
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- Hirotaka Iwasaki
- Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, City of Hope, Los Angeles, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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CBX8 acts as an independent RNA-binding protein to regulate the maturation of miR-378a-3p in colon cancer cells. Hum Cell 2021; 34:515-529. [PMID: 33417156 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-020-00477-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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CBX8 is the core component of the PCG family protein PRC1 complex. It is overexpressed in many solid tumors and plays an important role in the prognosis and biological behaviors of tumors such as occurrence, development, invasion, and metastasis. However, exploration of the role and molecular mechanism of CBX8 in tumors is still in its infancy. Our study found that the down-regulation of CBX8 expression by RNA interference induced differential expression of several microRNAs in human colon cancer cells. The 5 most differentially expressed miRNA precursors (pre-miRNA) (hsa-miR-363-3p, hsa-miR-378a-3p, hsa-miR-371b-3p, hsa-miR-361-3p, and hsa-miR-576-3p) share a common motif sequence: ARAAAKUGCMC. We selected miR-378a-3p and further revealed that the negative regulation of miRNA expression by CBX8 mainly occurs in the processing of pre-miRNA to mature miRNA. CBX8 uses its own RNA-binding domain to interact with pre-miRNA, and is dependent on its own nuclear localization characteristics to limit nucleoplasmic transport of pre-miRNA. Changing the characteristic sequence of pre-miRNA or mutating the RNA-binding domain and nuclear localization signal of CBX8 can effectively weaken the regulation of miR-378a-3p expression by CBX8. However, our experimental results showed that miR-378a-3p inhibited the malignant expression of human colon cancer cells by targeting PDIA4, resulting in increased activity of caspases-3 and -7. In summary, our study suggests that CBX8 acts as an independent RNA-binding protein to regulate miRNA expression. Simultaneously, this study shows the correlation between the CBX8/miR-378a-3p/PDIA4 pathway and the malignant biological properties of colorectal cancer, suggesting this proposed pathway as a possible therapeutic target for human cancers.
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González-Palomo AK, Saldaña-Villanueva K, Cortés-García JD, Fernández-Macias JC, Méndez-Rodríguez KB, Pérez Maldonado IN. Effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exposure on microRNA expression and global DNA methylation in endothelial cells EA.hy926. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2021; 81:103543. [PMID: 33166681 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2020.103543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of AgNPs on the epigenome of endothelial cells EA.hy926, including the levels of expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) and global DNA methylation patterns. In addition, evaluation of the expression of inflammatory genes and the levels of VCAM-1 protein (miRNA-126 target) was performed. The expression levels of analyzed miRNAs (microRNAs-126, 155 and 146) were reduced significantly and there were not observed changes in inflammatory gene expression. Regarding the levels of protein vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), they increase significantly to 0.5 μM AgNPs at 24 h of exposure. As far as DNA methylation is concerned, we found that AgNPs induce a state of global hyper-methylation. In conclusion, it was demonstrated that direct contact between AgNPs and endothelial cells resulted in the dysregulation of highly enriched and vastly functional miRNAs and DNA hypermethylation, that may have multiple effects on endothelium function and integrity.
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- A K González-Palomo
- Laboratorio de Toxicología Molecular, Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología Molecular, Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología Molecular, Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología Molecular, Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología Molecular, Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Hargreaves BKV, Roberts SE, Derfalvi B, Boudreau JE. Highly efficient serum-free manipulation of miRNA in human NK cells without loss of viability or phenotypic alterations is accomplished with TransIT-TKO. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231664. [PMID: 32302338 PMCID: PMC7164639 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes with functions that include target cell killing, inflammation and regulation. NK cells integrate incoming activating and inhibitory signals through an array of germline-encoded receptors to gauge the health of neighbouring cells. The reactive potential of NK cells is influenced by microRNA (miRNA), small non-coding sequences that interfere with mRNA expression. miRNAs are highly conserved between species, and a single miRNA can have hundreds to thousands of targets and influence entire cellular programs. Two miRNA species, miR-155-5p and miR-146a-5p are known to be important in controlling NK cell function, but research to best understand the impacts of miRNA species within NK cells has been bottlenecked by a lack of techniques for altering miRNA concentrations efficiently and without off-target effects. Here, we describe a non-viral and straightforward approach for increasing or decreasing expression of miRNA in primary human NK cells. We achieve >90% transfection efficiency without off-target impacts on NK cell viability, education, phenotype or function. This opens the opportunity to study and manipulate NK cell miRNA profiles and their impacts on NK cellular programs which may influence outcomes of cancer, inflammation and autoimmunity.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Ferro E, Enrico Bena C, Grigolon S, Bosia C. microRNA-mediated noise processing in cells: A fight or a game? Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:642-649. [PMID: 32257047 PMCID: PMC7103774 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In the past decades, microRNAs (miRNA) have much attracted the attention of researchers at the interface between life and theoretical sciences for their involvement in post-transcriptional regulation and related diseases. Thanks to the always more sophisticated experimental techniques, the role of miRNAs as "noise processing units" has been further elucidated and two main ways of miRNA noise-control have emerged by combinations of theoretical and experimental studies. While on one side miRNAs were thought to buffer gene expression noise, it has recently been suggested that miRNAs could also increase the cell-to-cell variability of their targets. In this Mini Review, we focus on the role of miRNAs in molecular noise processing and on the advantages as well as current limitations of theoretical modelling.
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- Elsi Ferro
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Italy
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1, Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Italy
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
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Bacteria participate in a wide diversity of symbiotic associations with eukaryotic hosts that require precise interactions for bacterial recognition and persistence. Most commonly, host-associated bacteria interfere with host gene expression to modulate the immune response to the infection. However, many of these bacteria also interfere with host cellular differentiation pathways to create a hospitable niche, resulting in the formation of novel cell types, tissues, and organs. In both of these situations, bacterial symbionts must interact with eukaryotic regulatory pathways. Here, we detail what is known about how bacterial symbionts, from pathogens to mutualists, control host cellular differentiation across the central dogma, from epigenetic chromatin modifications, to transcription and mRNA processing, to translation and protein modifications. We identify four main trends from this survey. First, mechanisms for controlling host gene expression appear to evolve from symbionts co-opting cross-talk between host signaling pathways. Second, symbiont regulatory capacity is constrained by the processes that drive reductive genome evolution in host-associated bacteria. Third, the regulatory mechanisms symbionts exhibit correlate with the cost/benefit nature of the association. And, fourth, symbiont mechanisms for interacting with host genetic regulatory elements are not bound by native bacterial capabilities. Using this knowledge, we explore how the ubiquitous intracellular Wolbachia symbiont of arthropods and nematodes may modulate host cellular differentiation to manipulate host reproduction. Our survey of the literature on how infection alters gene expression in Wolbachia and its hosts revealed that, despite their intermediate-sized genomes, different strains appear capable of a wide diversity of regulatory manipulations. Given this and Wolbachia's diversity of phenotypes and eukaryotic-like proteins, we expect that many symbiont-induced host differentiation mechanisms will be discovered in this system.
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- Shelbi L Russell
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
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Ferro E, Enrico Bena C, Grigolon S, Bosia C. From Endogenous to Synthetic microRNA-Mediated Regulatory Circuits: An Overview. Cells 2019; 8:E1540. [PMID: 31795372 PMCID: PMC6952906 DOI: 10.3390/cells8121540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNAs that are evolutionarily conserved and are pivotal post-transcriptional mediators of gene regulation. Together with transcription factors and epigenetic regulators, they form a highly interconnected network whose building blocks can be classified depending on the number of molecular species involved and the type of interactions amongst them. Depending on their topology, these molecular circuits may carry out specific functions that years of studies have related to the processing of gene expression noise. In this review, we first present the different over-represented network motifs involving microRNAs and their specific role in implementing relevant biological functions, reviewing both theoretical and experimental studies. We then illustrate the recent advances in synthetic biology, such as the construction of artificially synthesised circuits, which provide a controlled tool to test experimentally the possible microRNA regulatory tasks and constitute a starting point for clinical applications.
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- Elsi Ferro
- IIGM—Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo (Torino), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo (Torino), Italy
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- IIGM—Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo (Torino), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo (Torino), Italy
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- IIGM—Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo (Torino), Italy
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Huang ZQ, Xu W, Wu JL, Lu X, Chen XM. MicroRNA-374a protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice by targeting the MAPK6 pathway. Life Sci 2019; 232:116619. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Fuchs Wightman F, Giono LE, Fededa JP, de la Mata M. Target RNAs Strike Back on MicroRNAs. Front Genet 2018; 9:435. [PMID: 30333855 PMCID: PMC6175985 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
MicroRNAs are extensively studied regulatory non-coding small RNAs that silence animal genes throughout most biological processes, typically doing so by binding to partially complementary sequences within target RNAs. A plethora of studies has described detailed mechanisms for microRNA biogenesis and function, as well as their temporal and spatial regulation during development. By inducing translational repression and/or degradation of their target RNAs, microRNAs can contribute to achieve highly specific cell- or tissue-specific gene expression, while their aberrant expression can lead to disease. Yet an unresolved aspect of microRNA biology is how such small RNA molecules are themselves cleared from the cell, especially under circumstances where fast microRNA turnover or specific degradation of individual microRNAs is required. In recent years, it was unexpectedly found that binding of specific target RNAs to microRNAs with extensive complementarity can reverse the outcome, triggering degradation of the bound microRNAs. This emerging pathway, named TDMD for Target RNA-Directed MicroRNA Degradation, leads to microRNA 3'-end tailing by the addition of A/U non-templated nucleotides, trimming or shortening from the 3' end, and highly specific microRNA loss, providing a new layer of microRNA regulation. Originally described in flies and known to be triggered by viral RNAs, novel endogenous instances of TDMD have been uncovered and are now starting to be understood. Here, we review our current knowledge of this pathway and its potential role in the control and diversification of microRNA expression patterns.
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- Federico Fuchs Wightman
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Essig K, Kronbeck N, Guimaraes JC, Lohs C, Schlundt A, Hoffmann A, Behrens G, Brenner S, Kowalska J, Lopez-Rodriguez C, Jemielity J, Holtmann H, Reiche K, Hackermüller J, Sattler M, Zavolan M, Heissmeyer V. Roquin targets mRNAs in a 3'-UTR-specific manner by different modes of regulation. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3810. [PMID: 30232334 PMCID: PMC6145892 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The RNA-binding proteins Roquin-1 and Roquin-2 redundantly control gene expression and cell-fate decisions. Here, we show that Roquin not only interacts with stem–loop structures, but also with a linear sequence element present in about half of its targets. Comprehensive analysis of a minimal response element of the Nfkbid 3′-UTR shows that six stem–loop structures cooperate to exert robust and profound post-transcriptional regulation. Only binding of multiple Roquin proteins to several stem–loops exerts full repression, which redundantly involved deadenylation and decapping, but also translational inhibition. Globally, most Roquin targets are regulated by mRNA decay, whereas a small subset, including the Nfat5 mRNA, with more binding sites in their 3′-UTRs, are also subject to translational inhibition. These findings provide insights into how the robustness and magnitude of Roquin-mediated regulation is encoded in complex cis-elements. Roquin targets are known to contain two types of sequence-structure motifs, the constitutive and the alternative decay elements (CDE and ADE). Here, the authors describe a linear Roquin binding element (LBE) also involved in target recognition, and show that Roquin binding affects the translation of a subset of targeted mRNAs.
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- Katharina Essig
- Institute for Immunology at the Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology at the Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Computational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Research Unit Molecular Immune Regulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81377, München, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Young Investigators Group Bioinformatics and Transcriptomics, Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center of Bioinformatics, Leipzig University, Härtelstraße 16-18, 04107, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology at the Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Research Unit Molecular Immune Regulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81377, München, Germany
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- Division of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland
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- Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany
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- Young Investigators Group Bioinformatics and Transcriptomics, Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Diagnostics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology-IZI, Leipzig, Germany
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- Young Investigators Group Bioinformatics and Transcriptomics, Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Computational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Immunology at the Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany. .,Research Unit Molecular Immune Regulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81377, München, Germany.
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Rzepiela AJ, Ghosh S, Breda J, Vina-Vilaseca A, Syed AP, Gruber AJ, Eschbach K, Beisel C, van Nimwegen E, Zavolan M. Single-cell mRNA profiling reveals the hierarchical response of miRNA targets to miRNA induction. Mol Syst Biol 2018; 14:e8266. [PMID: 30150282 PMCID: PMC6110312 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20188266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
miRNAs are small RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. By repressing the translation and promoting the degradation of target mRNAs, miRNAs may reduce the cell-to-cell variability in protein expression, induce correlations between target expression levels, and provide a layer through which targets can influence each other's expression as "competing RNAs" (ceRNAs). However, experimental evidence for these behaviors is limited. Combining mathematical modeling with RNA sequencing of individual human embryonic kidney cells in which the expression of two distinct miRNAs was induced over a wide range, we have inferred parameters describing the response of hundreds of miRNA targets to miRNA induction. Individual targets have widely different response dynamics, and only a small proportion of predicted targets exhibit high sensitivity to miRNA induction. Our data reveal for the first time the response parameters of the entire network of endogenous miRNA targets to miRNA induction, demonstrating that miRNAs correlate target expression and at the same time increase the variability in expression of individual targets across cells. The approach is generalizable to other miRNAs and post-transcriptional regulators to improve the understanding of gene expression dynamics in individual cell types.
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- Andrzej J Rzepiela
- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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Dai ZW, Wang H, Xu WJ, Wang ZH, Xu SQ, Wang B, Ye DQ. Diagnostic accuracy of miRNAs as potential biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis. Clin Rheumatol 2018; 37:2999-3007. [PMID: 29980876 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-018-4189-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
To systematically evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of miRNAs as potential biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Studies were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and China Biology Medicine (CBM) disc database, and languages were limited in English and Chinese. QUADAS-2 tool was applied to assess the quality of eligible studies. Random-effect model was applied to calculate pooled effects of miRNAs on diagnosing SLE. Subgroup analysis was used to explore the sources of heterogeneity. All data were calculated and analyzed by Meta-Disc 1.4 and RevMan 5.3 software. Six eligible studies were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio of miRNAs were 0.75(95% CI 0.71-0.79), 0.72(95% CI 0.66-0.78), and 8.79(95% CI 4.91-15.73), respectively. The pooled positive likelihood ratio was 2.71(95% CI 2.20-3.33) and negative likelihood ratio was 0.34(95% CI 0.24-0.48). The area under the curve was 0.787. The subgroup analysis showed that the number of healthy controls might be the sources of heterogeneity. MiRNAs in blood have moderate accuracy and influence on diagnosing SLE, and the exact diagnostic value should be confirmed by further studies.
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- Zi-Wei Dai
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
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Zamanighomi M, Zamanian M, Kimber M, Wang Z. Gene Regulatory Network Inference from Perturbed Time-Series Expression Data via Ordered Dynamical Expansion of Non-Steady State Actors. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2018; 15:1093-1106. [PMID: 26701893 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2015.2509992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The reconstruction of gene regulatory networks from gene expression data has been the subject of intense research activity. A variety of models and methods have been developed to address different aspects of this important problem. However, these techniques are narrowly focused on particular biological and experimental platforms, and require experimental data that are typically unavailable and difficult to ascertain. The more recent availability of higher-throughput sequencing platforms, combined with more precise modes of genetic perturbation, presents an opportunity to formulate more robust and comprehensive approaches to gene network inference. Here, we propose a step-wise framework for identifying gene-gene regulatory interactions that expand from a known point of genetic or chemical perturbation using time series gene expression data. This novel approach sequentially identifies non-steady state genes post-perturbation and incorporates them into a growing series of low-complexity optimization problems. The governing ordinary differential equations of this model are rooted in the biophysics of stochastic molecular events that underlie gene regulation, delineating roles for both protein and RNA-mediated gene regulation. We show the successful application of our core algorithms for network inference using simulated and real datasets.
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Funikov SY, Ryazansky SS, Kanapin AA, Logacheva MD, Penin AA, Snezhkina AV, Shilova VY, Garbuz DG, Evgen'ev MB, Zatsepina OG. Interplay between RNA interference and heat shock response systems in Drosophila melanogaster. Open Biol 2017; 6:rsob.160224. [PMID: 27805906 PMCID: PMC5090062 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The genome expression pattern is strongly modified during the heat shock response (HSR) to form an adaptive state. This may be partly achieved by modulating microRNA levels that control the expression of a great number of genes that are embedded within the gene circuitry. Here, we investigated the cross-talk between two highly conserved and universal house-keeping systems, the HSR and microRNA machinery, in Drosophila melanogaster We demonstrated that pronounced interstrain differences in the microRNA levels are alleviated after heat shock (HS) to form a uniform microRNA pattern. However, individual strains exhibit different patterns of microRNA expression during the course of recovery. Importantly, HS-regulated microRNAs may target functionally similar HS-responsive genes involved in the HSR. Despite the observed general downregulation of primary microRNA precursor expression as well as core microRNA pathway genes after HS, the levels of many mature microRNAs are upregulated. This indicates that the regulation of miRNA expression after HS occurs at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. It was also shown that deletion of all hsp70 genes had no significant effect on microRNA biogenesis but might influence the dynamics of microRNA expression during the HSR.
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- S Yu Funikov
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 127051, Russian Federation
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Ando H, Hirose M, Kurosawa G, Impey S, Mikoshiba K. Time-lapse imaging of microRNA activity reveals the kinetics of microRNA activation in single living cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12642. [PMID: 28974737 PMCID: PMC5626736 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12879-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that play critical roles in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Although the molecular mechanisms of the biogenesis and activation of miRNA have been extensively studied, the details of their kinetics within individual living cells remain largely unknown. We developed a novel method for time-lapse imaging of the rapid dynamics of miRNA activity in living cells using destabilized fluorescent proteins (dsFPs). Real-time monitoring of dsFP-based miRNA sensors revealed the duration necessary for miRNA biogenesis to occur, from primary miRNA transcription to mature miRNA activation, at single-cell resolution. Mathematical modeling, which included the decay kinetics of the fluorescence of the miRNA sensors, demonstrated that miRNAs induce translational repression depending on their complementarity with targets. We also developed a dual-color imaging system, and demonstrated that miR-9-5p and miR-9-3p were produced and activated from a common hairpin precursor with similar kinetics, in single cells. Furthermore, a dsFP-based miR-132 sensor revealed the rapid kinetics of miR-132 activation in cortical neurons under physiological conditions. The timescale of miRNA biogenesis and activation is much shorter than the median half-lives of the proteome, suggesting that the degradation rates of miRNA target proteins are the dominant rate-limiting factors for miRNA-mediated gene silencing.
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- Hideaki Ando
- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
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- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Theoretical Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Oregon Stem Cell Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Jang Y, Kim MA, Kim Y. Two faces of competition: target-mediated reverse signalling in microRNA and mitogen-activated protein kinase regulatory networks. IET Syst Biol 2017; 11:105-113. [PMID: 28721939 PMCID: PMC8687413 DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb.2016.0042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Biomolecular regulatory networks are organised around hubs, which can interact with a large number of targets. These targets compete with each other for access to their common hubs, but whether the effect of this competition would be significant in magnitude and in function is not clear. In this review, the authors discuss recent in vivo studies that analysed the system level retroactive effects induced by target competition in microRNA and mitogen-activated protein kinase regulatory networks. The results of these studies suggest that downstream targets can regulate the overall state of their upstream regulators, and thus cannot be ignored in analysing biomolecular networks.
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- Yongjin Jang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea.
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Petrovic N, Davidovic R, Bajic V, Obradovic M, Isenovic RE. MicroRNA in breast cancer: The association with BRCA1/2. Cancer Biomark 2017; 19:119-128. [DOI: 10.3233/cbm-160319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lai X, Wolkenhauer O, Vera J. Understanding microRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks through mathematical modelling. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:6019-35. [PMID: 27317695 PMCID: PMC5291278 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) has added a new player to the regulation of gene expression. With the increasing number of molecular species involved in gene regulatory networks, it is hard to obtain an intuitive understanding of network dynamics. Mathematical modelling can help dissecting the role of miRNAs in gene regulatory networks, and we shall here review the most recent developments that utilise different mathematical modelling approaches to provide quantitative insights into the function of miRNAs in the regulation of gene expression. Key miRNA regulation features that have been elucidated via modelling include: (i) the role of miRNA-mediated feedback and feedforward loops in fine-tuning of gene expression; (ii) the miRNA–target interaction properties determining the effectiveness of miRNA-mediated gene repression; and (iii) the competition for shared miRNAs leading to the cross-regulation of genes. However, there is still lack of mechanistic understanding of many other properties of miRNA regulation like unconventional miRNA–target interactions, miRNA regulation at different sub-cellular locations and functional miRNA variant, which will need future modelling efforts to deal with. This review provides an overview of recent developments and challenges in this field.
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- Xin Lai
- Laboratory of Systems Tumour Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen University Hospital and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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- Department of Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Rostock, Rostock, 18051, Germany Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, 7600, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Systems Tumour Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen University Hospital and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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Grolmusz VK, Tóth EA, Baghy K, Likó I, Darvasi O, Kovalszky I, Matkó J, Rácz K, Patócs A. Fluorescence activated cell sorting followed by small RNA sequencing reveals stable microRNA expression during cell cycle progression. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:412. [PMID: 27234232 PMCID: PMC4884355 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2747-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previously, drug-based synchronization procedures were used for characterizing the cell cycle dependent transcriptional program. However, these synchronization methods result in growth imbalance and alteration of the cell cycle machinery. DNA content-based fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) is able to sort the different cell cycle phases without perturbing the cell cycle. MiRNAs are key transcriptional regulators of the cell cycle, however, their expression dynamics during cell cycle has not been explored. METHODS Following an optimized FACS, a complex initiative of high throughput platforms (microarray, Taqman Low Density Array, small RNA sequencing) were performed to study gene and miRNA expression profiles of cell cycle sorted human cells originating from different tissues. Validation of high throughput data was performed using quantitative real time PCR. Protein expression was detected by Western blot. Complex statistics and pathway analysis were also applied. RESULTS Beyond confirming the previously described cell cycle transcriptional program, cell cycle dependently expressed genes showed a higher expression independently from the cell cycle phase and a lower amplitude of dynamic changes in cancer cells as compared to untransformed fibroblasts. Contrary to mRNA changes, miRNA expression was stable throughout the cell cycle. CONCLUSIONS Cell cycle sorting is a synchronization-free method for the proper analysis of cell cycle dynamics. Altered dynamic expression of universal cell cycle genes in cancer cells reflects the transformed cell cycle machinery. Stable miRNA expression during cell cycle progression may suggest that dynamical miRNA-dependent regulation may be of less importance in short term regulations during the cell cycle.
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- Vince Kornél Grolmusz
- 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary.,"Lendület" Hereditary Endocrine Tumours Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Hereditary Endocrine Tumours Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary.,Molecular Medicine Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Hereditary Endocrine Tumours Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary.,Molecular Medicine Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary.,Molecular Medicine Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary
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- "Lendület" Hereditary Endocrine Tumours Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary. .,Molecular Medicine Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi utca 46, 1088, Budapest, Hungary. .,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, 1089, Budapest, Hungary.
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Camera DM, Ong JN, Coffey VG, Hawley JA. Selective Modulation of MicroRNA Expression with Protein Ingestion Following Concurrent Resistance and Endurance Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle. Front Physiol 2016; 7:87. [PMID: 27014087 PMCID: PMC4779983 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We examined changes in the expression of 13 selected skeletal muscle microRNAs (miRNAs) implicated in exercise adaptation responses following a single bout of concurrent exercise. In a randomized cross-over design, seven healthy males undertook a single trial consisting of resistance exercise (8 × 5 leg extension, 80% 1 Repetition Maximum) followed by cycling (30 min at ~70% VO2peak) with either post-exercise protein (PRO: 25 g whey protein) or placebo (PLA) ingestion. Muscle biopsies (vastus lateralis) were obtained at rest and 4 h post-exercise. Detection of miRNA via quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) revealed post-exercise increases in miR-23a-3p (~90%), miR-23b-3p (~39%), miR-133b (~80%), miR-181-5p (~50%), and miR-378-5p (~41%) at 4 h post-exercise with PRO that also resulted in higher abundance compared to PLA (P < 0.05). There was a post-exercise decrease in miR-494-3p abundance in PLA only (~88%, P < 0.05). There were no changes in the total abundance of target proteins post-exercise or between conditions. Protein ingestion following concurrent exercise can modulate the expression of miRNAs implicated in exercise adaptations compared to placebo. The selective modulation of miRNAs with target proteins that may prioritize myogenic compared to oxidative/metabolic adaptive responses indicate that miRNAs can play a regulatory role in the molecular machinery enhancing muscle protein synthesis responses with protein ingestion following concurrent exercise.
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- Donny M Camera
- Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Centre for Exercise and Nutrition, Australian Catholic UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia; Exercise and Nutrition Research Group, School of Medical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Centre for Exercise and Nutrition, Australian Catholic University Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Bond Institute of Health and Sport and Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
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- Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Centre for Exercise and Nutrition, Australian Catholic UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool, UK
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Yuan Y, Ren X, Xie Z, Wang X. A quantitative understanding of microRNA-mediated competing endogenous RNA regulation. QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40484-016-0062-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Inflammatory gene networks in term human decidual cells define a potential signature for cytokine-mediated parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016; 214:284.e1-284.e47. [PMID: 26348374 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inflammation is a proximate mediator of preterm birth and fetal injury. During inflammation several microRNAs (22 nucleotide noncoding ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules) are up-regulated in response to cytokines such as interleukin-1β. MicroRNAs, in most cases, fine-tune gene expression, including both up-regulation and down-regulation of their target genes. However, the role of pro- and antiinflammatory microRNAs in this process is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE The principal goal of the work was to examine the inflammatory genomic profile of human decidual cells challenged with a proinflammatory cytokine known to be present in the setting of preterm parturition. We determined the coding (messenger RNA) and noncoding (microRNA) sequences to construct a network of interacting genes during inflammation using an in vitro model of decidual stromal cells. STUDY DESIGN The effects of interleukin-1β exposure on mature microRNA expression were tested in human decidual cell cultures using the multiplexed NanoString platform, whereas the global inflammatory transcriptional response was measured using oligonucleotide microarrays. Differential expression of select transcripts was confirmed by quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction. Bioinformatics tools were used to infer transcription factor activation and regulatory interactions. RESULTS Interleukin-1β elicited up- and down-regulation of 350 and 78 nonredundant transcripts (false discovery rate < 0.1), respectively, including induction of numerous cytokines, chemokines, and other inflammatory mediators. Whereas this transcriptional response included marked changes in several microRNA gene loci, the pool of fully processed, mature microRNA was comparatively stable following a cytokine challenge. Of a total of 6 mature microRNAs identified as being differentially expressed by NanoString profiling, 2 (miR-146a and miR-155) were validated by quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction. Using complementary bioinformatics approaches, activation of several inflammatory transcription factors could be inferred downstream of interleukin-1β based on the overall transcriptional response. Further analysis revealed that miR-146a and miR-155 both target genes involved in inflammatory signaling, including Toll-like receptor and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. CONCLUSION Stimulation of decidual cells with interleukin-1β alters the expression of microRNAs that function to temper proinflammatory signaling. In this setting, some microRNAs may be involved in tissue-level inflammation during the bulk of gestation and assist in pregnancy maintenance.
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Lück S, Westermark PO. Circadian mRNA expression: insights from modeling and transcriptomics. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:497-521. [PMID: 26496725 PMCID: PMC11108398 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-2072-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Circadian clocks synchronize organisms to the 24 h rhythms of the environment. These clocks persist under constant conditions, have their origin at the cellular level, and produce an output of rhythmic mRNA expression affecting thousands of transcripts in many mammalian cell types. Here, we review the charting of circadian output rhythms in mRNA expression, focusing on mammals. We emphasize the challenges in statistics, interpretation, and quantitative descriptions that such investigations have faced and continue to face, and outline remaining outstanding questions.
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- Sarah Lück
- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
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Advances in synthetic dynamic circuits design: using novel synthetic parts to engineer new generations of gene oscillations. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2015; 36:161-7. [PMID: 26342588 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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As bioengineering applications expand, the need to design and implement circuits that exhibit dynamic properties increases. In particular, schemes that control precise patterns of gene expression as a function of time are essential for balancing multiple metabolic objectives in natural and synthetic systems. Given that modularity has been an important component of dynamic circuits, recent efforts to improve dynamic circuits have focused on replacing old parts for new components that increase the robustness, stability, and tunability. In this review, we show that incorporation of novel components such as regulatory noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), promoter-transcription factor pairs, and metabolite sensors have allowed traditional dynamic circuits to obtain more robust functionality and improved dynamic properties.
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Ahrné E, Martinez-Segura A, Syed AP, Vina-Vilaseca A, Gruber AJ, Marguerat S, Schmidt A. Exploiting the multiplexing capabilities of tandem mass tags for high-throughput estimation of cellular protein abundances by mass spectrometry. Methods 2015; 85:100-107. [PMID: 25952948 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The generation of dynamic models of biological processes critically depends on the determination of precise cellular concentrations of biomolecules. Measurements of system-wide absolute protein levels are particularly valuable information in systems biology. Recently, mass spectrometry based proteomics approaches have been developed to estimate protein concentrations on a proteome-wide scale. However, for very complex proteomes, fractionation steps are required, increasing samples number and instrument analysis time. As a result, the number of full proteomes that can be routinely analyzed is limited. Here we combined absolute quantification strategies with the multiplexing capabilities of isobaric tandem mass tags to determine cellular protein abundances in a high throughput and proteome-wide scale even for highly complex biological systems, such as a whole human cell line. We generated two independent data sets to demonstrate the power of the approach regarding sample throughput, dynamic range, quantitative precision and accuracy as well as proteome coverage in comparison to existing mass spectrometry based strategies.
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- Erik Ahrné
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Quantitative Gene Expression Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Quantitative Gene Expression Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Subasic D, Brümmer A, Wu Y, Pinto SM, Imig J, Keller M, Jovanovic M, Lightfoot HL, Nasso S, Goetze S, Brunner E, Hall J, Aebersold R, Zavolan M, Hengartner MO. Cooperative target mRNA destabilization and translation inhibition by miR-58 microRNA family in C. elegans. Genome Res 2015; 25:1680-91. [PMID: 26232411 PMCID: PMC4617964 DOI: 10.1101/gr.183160.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In animals, microRNAs frequently form families with related sequences. The functional relevance of miRNA families and the relative contribution of family members to target repression have remained, however, largely unexplored. Here, we used the Caenorhabditis elegans miR-58 miRNA family, composed primarily of the four highly abundant members miR-58.1, miR-80, miR-81, and miR-82, as a model to investigate the redundancy of miRNA family members and their impact on target expression in an in vivo setting. We found that miR-58 family members repress largely overlapping sets of targets in a predominantly additive fashion. Progressive deletions of miR-58 family members lead to cumulative up-regulation of target protein and RNA levels. Phenotypic defects could only be observed in the family quadruple mutant, which also showed the strongest change in target protein levels. Interestingly, although the seed sequences of miR-80 and miR-58.1 differ in a single nucleotide, predicted canonical miR-80 targets were efficiently up-regulated in the mir-58.1 single mutant, indicating functional redundancy of distinct members of this miRNA family. At the aggregate level, target binding leads mainly to mRNA degradation, although we also observed some degree of translational inhibition, particularly in the single miR-58 family mutants. These results provide a framework for understanding how miRNA family members interact to regulate target mRNAs.
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- Deni Subasic
- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Molecular Life Sciences PhD Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA), University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Molecular Life Sciences PhD Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Nyayanit D, Gadgil CJ. Mathematical modeling of combinatorial regulation suggests that apparent positive regulation of targets by miRNA could be an artifact resulting from competition for mRNA. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:307-319. [PMID: 25576498 PMCID: PMC4338329 DOI: 10.1261/rna.046862.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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MicroRNAs bind to and regulate the abundance and activity of target messenger RNA through sequestration, enhanced degradation, and suppression of translation. Although miRNA have a predominantly negative effect on the target protein concentration, several reports have demonstrated a positive effect of miRNA, i.e., increase in target protein concentration on miRNA overexpression and decrease in target concentration on miRNA repression. miRNA-target pair-specific effects such as protection of mRNA degradation owing to miRNA binding can explain some of these effects. However, considering such pairs in isolation might be an oversimplification of the RNA biology, as it is known that one miRNA interacts with several targets, and conversely target mRNA are subject to regulation by several miRNAs. We formulate a mathematical model of this combinatorial regulation of targets by multiple miRNA. Through mathematical analysis and numerical simulations of this model, we show that miRNA that individually have a negative effect on their targets may exhibit an apparently positive net effect when the concentration of one miRNA is experimentally perturbed by repression/overexpression in such a multi-miRNA multitarget situation. We show that this apparent unexpected effect is due to competition and will not be observed when miRNA interact noncompetitively with the target mRNA. This result suggests that some of the observed unusual positive effects of miRNA may be due to the combinatorial complexity of the system rather than due to any inherently unusual positive effect of the miRNA on its target.
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- Dimpal Nyayanit
- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi 110001, India
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- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi 110001, India CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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de la Mata M, Gaidatzis D, Vitanescu M, Stadler MB, Wentzel C, Scheiffele P, Filipowicz W, Großhans H. Potent degradation of neuronal miRNAs induced by highly complementary targets. EMBO Rep 2015; 16:500-11. [PMID: 25724380 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201540078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate target mRNAs by silencing them. Reciprocally, however, target mRNAs can also modulate miRNA stability. Here, we uncover a remarkable efficacy of target RNA-directed miRNA degradation (TDMD) in rodent primary neurons. Coincident with degradation, and while still bound to Argonaute, targeted miRNAs are 3' terminally tailed and trimmed. Absolute quantification of both miRNAs and their decay-inducing targets suggests that neuronal TDMD is multiple turnover and does not involve co-degradation of the target but rather competes with miRNA-mediated decay of the target. Moreover, mRNA silencing, but not TDMD, relies on cooperativity among multiple target sites to reach high efficacy. This knowledge can be harnessed for effective depletion of abundant miRNAs. Our findings bring insight into a potent miRNA degradation pathway in primary neurons, whose TDMD activity greatly surpasses that of non-neuronal cells and established cell lines. Thus, TDMD may be particularly relevant for miRNA regulation in the nervous system.
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- Manuel de la Mata
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Varendi K, Mätlik K, Andressoo JO. From microRNA target validation to therapy: lessons learned from studies on BDNF. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:1779-94. [PMID: 25601223 PMCID: PMC4412727 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1836-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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During the past decade, the identification of microRNA (miR) targets has become common laboratory practice, and various strategies are now used to detect interactions between miRs and their mRNA targets. However, the current lack of a standardized identification process often leads to incomplete and/or conflicting results. Here, we review the problems most commonly encountered when verifying miR–mRNA interactions, and we propose a workflow for future studies. To illustrate the challenges faced when validating a miR target, we discuss studies in which the regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor by miRs was investigated, and we highlight several controversies that emerged from these studies. Finally, we discuss the therapeutic use of miR inhibitors, and we discuss several questions that should be addressed before proceeding to preclinical testing.
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- Kärt Varendi
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland,
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Zacharewicz E, Della Gatta P, Reynolds J, Garnham A, Crowley T, Russell AP, Lamon S. Identification of microRNAs linked to regulators of muscle protein synthesis and regeneration in young and old skeletal muscle. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114009. [PMID: 25460913 PMCID: PMC4252069 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Over the course of ageing there is a natural and progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass. The onset and progression of age-related muscle wasting is associated with an attenuated activation of Akt-mTOR signalling and muscle protein synthesis in response to anabolic stimuli such as resistance exercise. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are novel and important post-transcriptional regulators of numerous cellular processes. The role of miRNAs in the regulation of muscle protein synthesis following resistance exercise is poorly understood. This study investigated the changes in skeletal muscle miRNA expression following an acute bout of resistance exercise in young and old subjects with a focus on the miRNA species predicted to target Akt-mTOR signalling. Results Ten young (24.2±0.9 years) and 10 old (66.6±1.1 years) males completed an acute resistance exercise bout known to maximise muscle protein synthesis, with muscle biopsies collected before and 2 hours after exercise. We screened the expression of 754 miRNAs in the muscle biopsies and found 26 miRNAs to be regulated with age, exercise or a combination of both factors. Nine of these miRNAs are highly predicted to regulate targets within the Akt-mTOR signalling pathway and 5 miRNAs have validated binding sites within the 3′ UTRs of several members of the Akt-mTOR signalling pathway. The miR-99/100 family of miRNAs notably emerged as potentially important regulators of skeletal muscle mass in young and old subjects. Conclusion This study has identified several miRNAs that were regulated with age or with a single bout of resistance exercise. Some of these miRNAs were predicted to influence Akt-mTOR signalling, and therefore potentially skeletal muscle mass. These miRNAs should be considered as candidate targets for in vivo modulation.
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- Evelyn Zacharewicz
- Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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Carrera-Quintanar L, Funes L, Vicente-Salar N, Blasco-Lafarga C, Pons A, Micol V, Roche E. Effect of polyphenol supplements on redox status of blood cells: a randomized controlled exercise training trial. Eur J Nutr 2014; 54:1081-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0785-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lück S, Thurley K, Thaben PF, Westermark PO. Rhythmic degradation explains and unifies circadian transcriptome and proteome data. Cell Rep 2014; 9:741-51. [PMID: 25373909 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The rich mammalian cellular circadian output affects thousands of genes in many cell types and has been the subject of genome-wide transcriptome and proteome studies. The results have been enigmatic because transcript peak abundances do not always follow the peaks of gene-expression activity in time. We posited that circadian degradation of mRNAs and proteins plays a pivotal role in setting their peak times. To establish guiding principles, we derived a theoretical framework that fully describes the amplitudes and phases of biomolecules with circadian half-lives. We were able to explain the circadian transcriptome and proteome studies with the same unifying theory, including cases in which transcripts or proteins appeared before the onset of increased production rates. Furthermore, we estimate that 30% of the circadian transcripts in mouse liver and Drosophila heads are affected by rhythmic posttranscriptional regulation.
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- Sarah Lück
- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Digital switching in a biosensor circuit via programmable timing of gene availability. Nat Chem Biol 2014; 10:1020-7. [PMID: 25306443 PMCID: PMC4232471 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Transient delivery of gene circuits is required in many potential applications of synthetic biology, yet pre-steady-state processes that dominate this delivery route pose significant challenges for robust circuit deployment. Here we show that site-specific recombinases can rectify undesired effects by programmable timing of gene availability in multi-gene circuits. We exemplify the concept with a proportional sensor for endogenous microRNA and show dramatic reduction in its ground state leakage thanks to desynchronization of circuit’s repressor components and their repression target. The new sensors display dynamic range of up to 1000-fold compared to 20-fold in the standard configuration. We applied the approach to classify cell types based on miRNA expression profile and measured > 200-fold output differential between positively- and negatively-identified cells. We also showed major improvement of specificity with cytotoxic output. Our study opens new venues in gene circuit design via judicious temporal control of circuits’ genetic makeup.
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Osella M, Riba A, Testori A, Corà D, Caselle M. Interplay of microRNA and epigenetic regulation in the human regulatory network. Front Genet 2014; 5:345. [PMID: 25339974 PMCID: PMC4186481 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The expression of protein-coding genes is controlled by a complex network of regulatory interactions. It is becoming increasingly appreciated that post-transcriptional repression by microRNAs, a class of small non-coding RNAs, is a key layer of regulation in several biological processes. In this contribution, we discuss the interplay between microRNAs and epigenetic regulators. Among the mixed genetic circuits composed by these two different kinds of regulation, it seems that a central role is played by double-negative feedback loops in which a microRNA inhibits an epigenetic regulator and in turn is controlled at the epigenetic level by the same regulator. We discuss a few relevant properties of this class of network motifs and their potential role in cell differentiation. In particular, using mathematical modeling we show how this particular circuit can exhibit a switch-like behavior between two alternative steady states, while being robust to stochastic transitions between these two states, a feature presumably required for circuits involved in cell fate decision. Finally, we present a list of putative double-negative feedback loops from a literature survey combined with bioinformatic analysis, and discuss in detail a few examples.
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- Matteo Osella
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Torino Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Torino Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Torino Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Istituto per la Ricerca sul Cancro di Candiolo-Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Università di Torino Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Torino Torino, Italy
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Wang T, Gu J, Li Y. Inferring the perturbed microRNA regulatory networks from gene expression data using a network propagation based method. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:255. [PMID: 25069957 PMCID: PMC4124158 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous small regulatory RNAs. Identifications of the dys-regulated or perturbed miRNAs and their key target genes are important for understanding the regulatory networks associated with the studied cellular processes. Several computational methods have been developed to infer the perturbed miRNA regulatory networks by integrating genome-wide gene expression data and sequence-based miRNA-target predictions. However, most of them only use the expression information of the miRNA direct targets, rarely considering the secondary effects of miRNA perturbation on the global gene regulatory networks. RESULTS We proposed a network propagation based method to infer the perturbed miRNAs and their key target genes by integrating gene expressions and global gene regulatory network information. The method used random walk with restart in gene regulatory networks to model the network effects of the miRNA perturbation. Then, it evaluated the significance of the correlation between the network effects of the miRNA perturbation and the gene differential expression levels with a forward searching strategy. Results show that our method outperformed several compared methods in rediscovering the experimentally perturbed miRNAs in cancer cell lines. Then, we applied it on a gene expression dataset of colorectal cancer clinical patient samples and inferred the perturbed miRNA regulatory networks of colorectal cancer, including several known oncogenic or tumor-suppressive miRNAs, such as miR-17, miR-26 and miR-145. CONCLUSIONS Our network propagation based method takes advantage of the network effect of the miRNA perturbation on its target genes. It is a useful approach to infer the perturbed miRNAs and their key target genes associated with the studied biological processes using gene expression data.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, TNLIST Bioinformatics Division & Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Hausser J, Zavolan M. Identification and consequences of miRNA-target interactions--beyond repression of gene expression. Nat Rev Genet 2014; 15:599-612. [PMID: 25022902 DOI: 10.1038/nrg3765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 458] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Comparative genomics analyses and high-throughput experimental studies indicate that a microRNA (miRNA) binds to hundreds of sites across the transcriptome. Although the knockout of components of the miRNA biogenesis pathway has profound phenotypic consequences, most predicted miRNA targets undergo small changes at the mRNA and protein levels when the expression of the miRNA is perturbed. Alternatively, miRNAs can establish thresholds in and increase the coherence of the expression of their target genes, as well as reduce the cell-to-cell variability in target gene expression. Here, we review the recent progress in identifying miRNA targets and the emerging paradigms of how miRNAs shape the dynamics of target gene expression.
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- Jean Hausser
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl Street 234, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Klingelbergstrasse 50-70, 4156 Basel, Switzerland
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Chung PJK, Chi LM, Chen CL, Liang CL, Lin CT, Chang YX, Chen CH, Chang YS. MicroRNA-205 targets tight junction-related proteins during urothelial cellular differentiation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2321-36. [PMID: 24912853 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.033563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The mammalian bladder urothelium classified as basal, intermediate, and terminally differentiated umbrella cells offers one of the most effective permeability barrier functions known to exist in nature because of the formation of apical uroplakin plaques and tight junctions. To improve our understanding of urothelial differentiation, we analyzed the microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles of mouse urinary tissues and by TaqMan miRNA analysis of microdissected urothelial layers and in situ miRNA-specific hybridization to determine the dependence of these miRNAs on the differentiation stage. Our in situ hybridization studies revealed that miR-205 was enriched in the undifferentiated basal and intermediate cell layers. We then used a quantitative proteomics approach to identify miR-205 target genes in primary cultured urothelial cells subjected to antagomir-mediated knockdown of specific miRNAs. Twenty-four genes were reproducibly regulated by miR-205; eleven of them were annotated as cell junction- and tight junction-related molecules. Western blot analysis demonstrated that antagomir-induced silencing of miR-205 in primary cultured urothelial cells elevated the expression levels of Tjp1, Cgnl1, and Cdc42. Ectopic expression of miR-205 in MDCK cells inhibited the expression of tight junction proteins and the formation of tight junctions. miR-205- knockdown urothelial cells showed alterations in keratin synthesis and increases of uroplakin Ia and Ib, which are the urothelial differentiation products. These results suggest that miR-205 may contribute a role in regulation of urothelial differentiation by modulating the expression of tight junction-related molecules.
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- Pei-Jung Katy Chung
- From the ‡Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
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- §Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33375, Taiwan
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- ¶Department of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33375, Taiwan
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- ‖Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
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- From the ‡Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- From the ‡Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- **Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; and
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- From the ‡Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; ‡‡Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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Brümmer A, Hausser J. MicroRNA binding sites in the coding region of mRNAs: extending the repertoire of post-transcriptional gene regulation. Bioessays 2014; 36:617-26. [PMID: 24737341 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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It is well established that microRNAs (miRNAs) induce mRNA degradation by binding to 3' untranslated regions (UTRs). The functionality of sites in the coding domain sequence (CDS), on the other hand, remains under discussion. Such sites have limited impact on target mRNA abundance and recent work suggests that miRNAs bind in the CDS to inhibit translation. What then could be the regulatory benefits of translation inhibition through CDS targeting compared to mRNA degradation following 3' UTR binding? We propose that these domain-dependent effects serve to diversify the functional repertoire of post-transcriptional gene expression control. Possible regulatory benefits may include tuning the time-scale and magnitude of post-transcriptional regulation, regulating protein abundance depending on or independently of the cellular state, and regulation of the protein abundance of alternative splice variants. Finally, we review emerging evidence that these ideas may generalize to RNA-binding proteins beyond miRNAs and Argonaute proteins.
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