Mature microRNA-binding protein QKI suppresses extracellular microRNA let-7b release.

ABSTRACT: Argonaute (AGO), a component of RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs), is a representative RNA-binding protein (RBP) known to bind with mature microRNAs (miRNAs) and is directly involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. However, despite the biological significance of miRNAs, the roles of other miRNA-binding proteins (miRBPs) remain unclear in the regulation of miRNA loading, dissociation from RISCs and extracellular release. In this study, we performed protein arrays to profile miRBPs and identify 118 RBPs that directly bind to miRNAs. Among those proteins, the RBP quaking (QKI) inhibits extracellular release of the mature microRNA let-7b by controlling the loading of let-7b into extracellular vesicles via additional miRBPs such as AUF1 (also known as hnRNPD) and hnRNPK. The enhan

SUBMITTER: Min KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574364 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature