Project description:Purpose: Identify whether recombinant ncRNAs are recognized by mammalian cells and processed into mature microRNAs, thus leading to the alteration of downstream target genes. In addition, we also explored whether cleavage is Dicer dependent. Methods: HEK293T (Dicer-WT) and 424 (Dicer-KO) cell lines were treated with 20nM of control tRNA (MSA), nCAR/miR-34a-5p, or nCAR/miR-34a-3p in triplicate. Results: Read counts of known miRNAs were analyzed using a miRDeep module, and read counts derived from nCAR/miR-34a-5p or nCAR/miR-124a-3p transfection were obtained by mapping sequence reads by an in-house developed PERL script. EdgeR was used to analyze significant (P-value < 0.05 and log2CPM > 6) differentially expressed miRNAs and sRNAs. Conclusions: Upon transfection of recombinant RNA agents in mammalian cells, nCAR/miR-34a-5p became the most dominant miRNA and was processed in a Dicer dependent manner, while nCAR/miR-124a-3p become the 7th most abundant miRNA and displayed comparable levels with or without Dicer. In both cases, different isoforms of the mature miRNA sequence were generated.
Project description:Purpose: Identify whether recombinant ncRNAs are recognized by mammalian cells and processed into mature microRNAs, thus leading to the alteration of downstream target genes. In addition, we also explored whether the alteration of known or novel target genes are Dicer dependent. Methods: HEK293T (Dicer-WT) and 424 (Dicer-KO) cell lines were treated with 20nM of control tRNA (MSA), nCAR/miR-34a-5p, or nCAR/miR-34a-3p in triplicate. Results: Read counts of known mRNAs were analyzed using a RSEM-EdgeR workflow. Sequence reads were mapped to the human reference genome (hg19) by BWA, read counts for individual genes were computed using RSEM, and EdgeR was used to analyze significant (log2FC > 1.2 or log2FC < 0.8. P-value < 0.05 and log2CPM > 5) differentially expressed mRNAs. Conclusions: Upon transfection of recombinant RNA agents in mammalian cells, known and novel target genes were regulated in a Dicer dependent manner (nCAR/miR-34a-5p) and also in a Dicer independent manner (nCAR/miR-124a-3p).
