MicroRNAs direct rapid deadenylation of mRNA

被引:855
作者
Wu, LG
Fan, JH
Belasco, JG
机构
[1] NYU, Sch Med, Skirball Inst Biomol Med, New York, NY 10016 USA
[2] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, New York, NY 10016 USA
关键词
let-7; miR-125b; poly(A); translation;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0510928103
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ubiquitous regulators of eukaryotic gene expression. In addition to repressing translation, miRNAs can down-regulate the concentration of mRNAs that contain elements to which they are imperfectly complementary. Using miR-125b and let-7 as representative rill we show that in mammalian cells this reduction in message abundance is a consequence of accelerated deadenylation, which leads to rapid mRNA decay. The ability of miRNAs to expedite poly(A) removal does not result from decreased translation; nor does translational repression by miRNAs require a poly(A) tail, a 3' histone stem-loop being an effective substitute. These findings suggest that miRNAs use two distinct posttranscriptional mechanisms to down-regulate gene expression.
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页码:4034 / 4039
页数:6
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