Plasmid-based target protectors allow specific blockade of miRNA silencing activity in mammalian developmental systems.
Plasmid-based target protectors allow specific blockade of miRNA silencing activity in mammalian developmental systems.
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DOI:
10.3389/fncel.2013.00163
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Sun T
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作者:
Knauss JL;Bian S;Sun T
Over the past decade, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as essential posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. Though a great deal has been discovered about miRNA genomics, biogenesis, mechanisms, and functions, the challenge of attributing phenotypes of altered miRNA expression to specific targets still remains. Here, we apply the existing target protector concept of blocking miRNA action at a single binding site in the 3′untranslated region (3′UTR) of its target to a plasmid-based approach. We optimize and demonstrate target protector efficacy in vitro, where it blocks repression of a luciferase construct and an endogenous protein. Using the developing mouse cortex as a model, we validate that target protectors are effective in vivo, where protectors for the miR-19a binding sites in the Pten 3′UTR alter proliferation and specification of neural progenitors, phenocopying Pten ectopic expression phenotypes. Our study introduces a new tool for analyzing specific miRNA:target interactions across mammalian developmental systems, facilitating further miRNA functional discoveries.
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影响因子:
8.8
作者:
Bian S;Hong J;Li Q;Schebelle L;Pollock A;Knauss JL;Garg V;Sun T
通讯作者:
Sun T
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Zheng, Hongwu;Ying, Haoqiang;Yan, Haiyan;Kimmelman, Alec C.;Hiller, David J.;Chen, An-Jou;Perry, Samuel R.;Tonon, Giovanni;Chu, Gerald C.;Ding, Zhihu;Stommel, Jayne M.;Dunn, Katherine L.;Wiedemeyer, Ruprecht;You, Mingjian J.;Brennan, Cameron;Wang, Y. Alan;Ligon, Keith L.;Wong, Wing H.;Chin, Lynda;DePinho, Ronald A.
通讯作者:
DePinho, Ronald A.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0914785107
发表时间:
2010-08-31
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Conte, Ivan;Carrella, Sabrina;Banfi, Sandro
通讯作者:
Banfi, Sandro
影响因子:
10.5
作者:
Mu, Ping;Han, Yoon-Chi;Ventura, Andrea
通讯作者:
Ventura, Andrea
影响因子:
64.5
作者:
Lewis, BP;Shih, IH;Burge, CB
通讯作者:
Burge, CB