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A Slow Dynamic RNA Switch Regulates Processing of microRNA-21.

ABSTRACT: The microRNAs are non-coding RNAs which post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of many eukaryotic genes, and whose dysregulation is a driver of human disease. Here we report the discovery of a very slow (0.1 s^-1) conformational rearrangement at the Dicer cleavage site of pre-miR-21, which regulates the relative concentration of readily- and inefficiently-processed RNA structural states. We show that this dynamic switch is affected by single nucleotide mutations and can be biased by small molecule and peptide ligands, which can direct the microRNA to occupy the inefficiently processed state and reduce processing efficiency. This result reveals a new mechanism of RNA regulation and suggests a chemical approach to suppressing or activating pathogenic microRNAs by selective stabilization of their unprocessed or processed states.

SUBMITTER: Shortridge MD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593484 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Slow Dynamic RNA Switch Regulates Processing of microRNA-21.

Shortridge Matthew D MD Olsen Greg L GL Yang Wen W Walker Matthew J MJ Varani Gabriele G

Journal of molecular biology 20220623 16

The microRNAs are non-coding RNAs which post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of many eukaryotic genes, and whose dysregulation is a driver of human disease. Here we report the discovery of a very slow (0.1 s<sup>-1</sup>) conformational rearrangement at the Dicer cleavage site of pre-miR-21, which regulates the relative concentration of readily- and inefficiently-processed RNA structural states. We show that this dynamic switch is affected by single nucleotide mutations and can be bias ...[more]

PMID: 35752213

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