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Use of conformationally locking antisense oligonucleotides for the targeted inhibition of junction containing precursor microRNAs

ABSTRACT: Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are widely used as therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, cancers, and virus infections. One class of ASOs functions to enhance protein expression by sequestering the mature microRNA (miRNA) in a double-stranded structure within the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). An alternative approach for the targeted control of gene expression is to use ASOs that bind to the pre-elements of miRNAs (pre-miRNAs) and modulate their enzymatic processing. Here, we demonstrate that ASOs directed at disrupting the junction of pre-miR-31, a region we previously identified as critical for regulating processing by the Dicer/TRBP complex, are potent inhibitors of Dicer/TRBP processing in vitro. Furthermore, we extend and validate this strategy to pre-miR-144, which has a similar junction-dependent structure-function relationship. Through analysis of pre-miRNA secondary structures, we find that nearly 20% of human pre-miRNAs are predicted to contain junctions and we validate our ASO approach on several members of this group. Importantly, we also verify the application of junction-targeting ASOs for the specific inhibition of pre-miRNA processing in cell. The levels of mature miRNA decrease in both RT-qPCR and dual luciferase assays and we confirm the specificity for the target miRNA by RNA sequencing. Our study reemphasizes the important roles of RNA structure in regulating Dicer/TRBP processing of pre-miRNAs and provides the framework to develop structure-informed ASOs that serve to inhibit miRNA production.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE325777 | GEO | 2026/03/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:We have used genome editing to generate inactivating deletion mutations in all three copies of the dicer (hdcr) gene present in the human cell line 293T. As previously shown in murine ES cells lacking Dicer function, hDcr-deficient 293T cells are severely impaired for the production of mature microRNAs (miRNAs). Nevertheless, RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs) present in these hDcr-deficient cells are readily programmed by transfected, synthetic miRNA duplexes to repress mRNAs bearing either fully or partially complementary targets, including targets bearing incomplete seed homology to the introduced miRNA. Using these hDcr-deficient 293T cells, we demonstrate that human pre-miRNA processing can be effectively rescued by ectopic expression of the Drosophila Dicer 1 protein, but only in the presence of the PB isoform of Loquacious (Loqs-PB), the fly homolog of the hDcr co-factor TRBP. In contrast, Drosophila Dicer 2, even in the presence of its co-factors Loqs-PD and R2D2, was unable to support human pre-miRNA processing. Interestingly, although ectopic Drosophila Dicer 1/Loqs-PB or hDcr both rescued pre-miRNA processing effectively in these hDcr-deficient cells, there were significant differences in the ratio of the miRNA isoforms that were produced, especially in the case of miR-30 family members, and we also noted differences in the relative expression level of miRNAs versus passenger strands for a subset of human miRNAs. These data demonstrate that the mechanisms underlying the accurate processing of pre-miRNAs are largely, but not entirely, conserved between mammalian and insect cells. Series includes three datasets of total small RNA reads from wild type and Dicer negative 293T cells. Also included are total small RNA reads of the Dicer-negative cell line NoDice(4-25) transfected with a vector expressing human Dicer, Drosophila Dicer1, or mock transfected. RISC-associated small RNAs identified by ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation (RIP-Seq) in wild type 293T, Dicer-negative NoDice(4-25) line, and NoDice(4-25) transfected with either hsa-miR-155 or kshv-miR-K12-11 miRNA duplexes. The final data series are PAR-CLIP libraries which identified microRNA targets in untransfected NoDice(4-25) cells and NoDice(4-25) cells transfected with either hsa-miR-92a, hsa-miR-155, kshv-miR-K12-11 miRNA duplexes

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