Let-7 represses Nr6a1 and a mid-gestation developmental program in adult fibroblasts
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Gurtan, Allan M.; Ravi, Arvind; Bosson, Andrew David; JnBaptiste, Courtney Kenneil; Bhutkar, Arjun (AJ); Whittaker, Charles A.; Young, Richard A.; Sharp, Phillip A.; Rahl, Peter B.; ... Show more Show less
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical to proliferation, differentiation, and development. Here, we characterize gene expression in murine Dicer-null adult mesenchymal stem cell lines, a fibroblast cell type. Loss of Dicer leads to derepression of let-7 targets at levels that exceed 10-fold to 100-fold with increases in transcription. Direct and indirect targets of this miRNA belong to a mid-gestation embryonic program that encompasses known oncofetal genes as well as oncogenes not previously associated with an embryonic state. Surprisingly, this mid-gestation program represents a distinct period that occurs between the pluripotent state of the inner cell mass at embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5) and the induction of let-7 upon differentiation at E10.5. Within this mid-gestation program, we characterize the let-7 target Nr6a1, an embryonic transcriptional repressor that regulates gene expression in adult fibroblasts following miRNA loss. In total, let-7 is required for the continual suppression of embryonic gene expression in adult cells, a mechanism that may underlie its tumor-suppressive function.
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2013-04Department
Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MITJournal
Genes & Development
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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Gurtan, A. M., A. Ravi, P. B. Rahl, A. D. Bosson, C. K. JnBaptiste, A. Bhutkar, C. A. Whittaker, R. A. Young, and P. A. Sharp. “Let-7 Represses Nr6a1 and a Mid-Gestation Developmental Program in Adult Fibroblasts.” Genes & Development 27, no. 8 (April 15, 2013): 941–954. Copyright © 2013 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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0890-9369
1549-5477