Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. MicroRNAs are predicted to regulate the expression of more than 60% of mammalian genes and play fundamental roles in most biological processes. Deregulation of miRNA expression is a hallmark of most cancers and further investigation of mechanisms controlling miRNA biogenesis is needed. The dsRNA-binding protein, NF90 has been shown to act as a competitor of Microprocessor for a limited number of pri-miRNAs. Here, we show that NF90 has a more widespread effect on pri-miRNA biogenesis than previously thought. Genome-wide approaches revealed that NF90 is associated with the stem region of 38 pri-miRNAs, in a manner that is largely exclusive of Microprocessor. Following loss of NF90, 25 NF90-bound pri-miRNAs showed increased abundance of mature miRNA products. NF90-targeted pri-miRNAs are highly stable, having a lower free energy and fewer mismatches compared to all pri-miRNAs. Mutations leading to less stable structures reduced NF90 binding while increasing pri-miRNA stability led to ac quisition of NF90 association, as determined by RNA EMSA. NF90-bound and modulated pri-miRNAs are embedded in introns of host genes and expression of several is concomitantly modulated, including an oncogene implicated in metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma, TIAM2. These data suggest that NF90 controls the processing of a subset of highly stable, intronic miRNAs.
Project description:To assess the efficacy of AdV-VP55 mediated degredation of host miRNAs. Small RNA profiles of HEK 293T cells treated with type 5 Adeno vectors expressing either GFP or GFP-VP55 for 24 hours
Project description:DAWDLE (DDL) is a conserved forkhead-associated (FHA) domain-containing protein that plays essential roles in development and immunity. It was found to act in the biogenesis of microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which regulate gene expression at transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional levels. However, its global effect on miRNA accumulation still is not known. To determine the global effect of DDL on the accumulation of miRNAs and siRNAs, we compared the small RNA profile in ddl-1 with that in WS (Wild-type, WT). Small RNA libraries prepared from inflorescences of ddl-1 and WS was subjected to Illumina deep sequencing analyses. The results show that many miRNAs and siRNAs were reduced in abundance in ddl relative to WS in two biological replicates
Project description:In plants, DICER-LIKE1 is a critical enzyme in the biogenesis pathway of plant miRNAs. Zinc-finger nucleases were used to generate single and double-mutants of soybean DCL1 homologs. We created several small RNA libraries to investigate the effect on miRNA abundance in these various mutants. RNAseq transcript data was also generated in order to investigate targets of those impacted miRNAs.
Project description:CDC5 is a conserved DNA-binding protein that is required for development and immunity. It promotes the accumulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which repress gene expression. In this project, we aim to determine its global effect of on the accumulation of miRNAs and siRNAs. We compared the small RNA profile in cdc5-1 with that in Col (Wild-type, WT). Small RNA libraries prepared from inflorescences of cdc5-1 and Col was subjected to Illumina deep sequencing analyses. The results show that many miRNAs and siRNAs were reduced in abundance in cdc5 relative to Col in two biological replicates.
