TY - JOUR
T1 - RNA-binding protein Dnd1 inhibits microRNA access to target mRNA.
AU - Kedde, Martijn
AU - Strasser, Markus J
AU - Boldajipour, Bijan
AU - Vrielink, Joachim A F Oude
AU - Slanchev, Krasimir
AU - le Sage, Carlos
AU - Nagel, Remco
AU - Voorhoeve, P Mathijs
AU - van Duijse, Josyanne
AU - Ørom, Ulf Andersson
AU - Lund, Anders Henrik
AU - Perrakis, Anastassis
AU - Raz, Erez
AU - Agami, Reuven
N1 - Keywords: 3' Untranslated Regions; Animals; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Cell Line, Tumor; Connexin 43; Conserved Sequence; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Gene Silencing; Germ Cells; Humans; MicroRNAs; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Protein Binding; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; RNA, Messenger; RNA-Binding Proteins; Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid; Transcription, Genetic; Transfection; Zebrafish; Zebrafish Proteins
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are inhibitors of gene expression capable of controlling processes in normal development and cancer. In mammals, miRNAs use a seed sequence of 6-8 nucleotides (nt) to associate with 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) of mRNAs and inhibit their expression. Intriguingly, occasionally not only the miRNA-targeting site but also sequences in its vicinity are highly conserved throughout evolution. We therefore hypothesized that conserved regions in mRNAs may serve as docking platforms for modulators of miRNA activity. Here we demonstrate that the expression of dead end 1 (Dnd1), an evolutionary conserved RNA-binding protein (RBP), counteracts the function of several miRNAs in human cells and in primordial germ cells of zebrafish by binding mRNAs and prohibiting miRNAs from associating with their target sites. These effects of Dnd1 are mediated through uridine-rich regions present in the miRNA-targeted mRNAs. Thus, our data unravel a novel role of Dnd1 in protecting certain mRNAs from miRNA-mediated repression.
Udgivelsesdato: 2007-Dec-28
AB - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are inhibitors of gene expression capable of controlling processes in normal development and cancer. In mammals, miRNAs use a seed sequence of 6-8 nucleotides (nt) to associate with 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) of mRNAs and inhibit their expression. Intriguingly, occasionally not only the miRNA-targeting site but also sequences in its vicinity are highly conserved throughout evolution. We therefore hypothesized that conserved regions in mRNAs may serve as docking platforms for modulators of miRNA activity. Here we demonstrate that the expression of dead end 1 (Dnd1), an evolutionary conserved RNA-binding protein (RBP), counteracts the function of several miRNAs in human cells and in primordial germ cells of zebrafish by binding mRNAs and prohibiting miRNAs from associating with their target sites. These effects of Dnd1 are mediated through uridine-rich regions present in the miRNA-targeted mRNAs. Thus, our data unravel a novel role of Dnd1 in protecting certain mRNAs from miRNA-mediated repression.
Udgivelsesdato: 2007-Dec-28
U2 - 10.1016/j.cell.2007.11.034
DO - 10.1016/j.cell.2007.11.034
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18155131
SN - 0092-8674
VL - 131
SP - 1273
EP - 1286
JO - Cell
JF - Cell
IS - 7
ER -