qiRNA is a new type of small interfering RNA induced by DNA damage.
qiRNA is a new type of small interfering RNA induced by DNA damage.
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10.1038/nature08041
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发表时间：
2009-05-14
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
Liu, Yi
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Lee, Heng-Chi;Chang, Shwu-Shin;Choudhary, Swati;Aalto, Antti P.;Maiti, Mekhala;Bamford, Dennis H.;Liu, Yi
RNA interference pathways use small RNAs to mediate gene silencing in eukaryotes. In addition to small interfering RNAs (siRNA) and microRNAs, several types of endogenously produced small RNAs play important roles in gene regulation, germ cell maintenance and transposon silencing. Production of some of these RNAs requires the synthesis of aberrant RNAs (aRNAs) or pre-siRNAs, which are specifically recognized by RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) to make double stranded RNA (dsRNA). The mechanism for aRNA synthesis and recognition is largely unknown. Here we show that DNA damage induces the expression of the Argonaute protein QDE-2 and a novel class of small RNAs in the filamentous fungus Neurospora. This class of small RNAs, named qiRNAs for their association with QDE-2, are about 20–21 nt long (several nt shorter than Neurospora siRNAs) with a strong preference for uridine at the 5′ end and originate mostly from the ribosomal DNA locus. Production of qiRNAs requires the RdRP QDE-1, the Werner/Bloom RecQ DNA helicase homolog QDE-3 and dicers. qiRNA biogenesis also requires DNA damage-induced aRNAs as precursor, a process that is dependent on QDE-1 and QDE-3. Surprisingly, our results suggest that QDE-1 is the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase that produces aRNAs. In addition, the Neurospora RNAi mutants exhibit increased sensitivity to DNA damage, suggesting a role for qiRNAs in DNA damage response by inhibiting protein translation.
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