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Genome-wide Screen for miRNA Targets Using the MISSION Target ID Library
Published on: April 6, 2012
在人类细胞中,Let-7微RNA抑制了转化启动
Ramesh S Pillai1, Suvendra N Bhattacharyya, Caroline G Artus
1Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
概括
微RNAs (miRNAs) 通过抑制翻译启动来抑制基因表达,可能通过干扰信使RNA (mRNA) 帽子识别来抑制基因表达. 这些被抑制的mRNAs,以及阿尔戈诺特蛋白和miRNAs,在处理体中积聚.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 微RNA (miRNA) 是小型非编码RNA,可以在转录后调节基因表达.
- 在甲基动物中,miRNAs与目标信使RNAs (mRNAs) 的3'未翻译区域结合,导致基因沉默.
- 微RNA抑制蛋白质积累的确切机制在很大程度上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明miRNA介导的基因沉默的机制.
- 调查阿尔戈诺特 (Ago) 蛋白和微核核蛋白 (miRNP) 在转化抑制中的作用.
- 为了确定抑制的mRNA和相关蛋白质的细胞局部.
主要方法:
- 利用人类细胞系研究内源性let-7 miRNP和绑定的阿尔戈诺特 (Ago) 蛋白质.
- 采用记者mRNA来评估翻译抑制.
- 调查的上限依赖和上限独立的翻译.
- 使用显微镜分析了mRNA,ago蛋白和miRNA的亚细胞局部.
主要成果:
- 证明内源的let-7 miRNP和绑定的ago蛋白抑制了人类细胞中的翻译启动.
- 表明M(7)G-cap-独立的翻译没有被抑制,这表明干扰了cap识别.
- 观察了压抑的mRNAs,Ago蛋白和miRNAs在处理体内的共同定位.
结论:
- 由miRNA介导的翻译抑制涉及干扰mRNA帽结构的识别.
- 压抑的mRNAs,Ago蛋白和miRNAs在处理体中的积累是翻译抑制的结果.
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