Genome-wide impact of a recently expanded microRNA cluster in mouse
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Zheng, Grace X. Y.; Ravi, Arvind; Gould, Genevieve Michelle; Burge, Christopher B.; Sharp, Phillip A.
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Variations in microRNA (miRNA) gene and/or target repertoire are likely to be key drivers of phenotypic differences between species. To better understand these changes, we developed a computational method that identifies signatures of species-specific target site gain and loss associated with miRNA acquisition. Interestingly, several of the miRNAs implicated in mouse 3′ UTR evolution derive from a single rapidly expanded rodent-specific miRNA cluster. Located in the intron of Sfmbt2, a maternally imprinted polycomb gene, these miRNAs (referred to as the Sfmbt2 cluster) are expressed in both embryonic stem cells and the placenta. One abundant miRNA from the cluster, miR-467a, functionally overlaps with the mir-290-295 cluster in promoting growth and survival of mouse embryonic stem cells. Predicted novel targets of the remaining cluster members are enriched in pathways regulating cell survival. Two relevant species-specific target candidates, Lats2 and Dedd2, were validated in cultured cells. We suggest that the rapid evolution of the Sfmbt2 cluster may be a result of intersex conflict for growth regulation in early mammalian development and could provide a general model for the genomic response to acquisition of miRNAs and similar regulatory factors.
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2011-09Department
Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology; Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MITJournal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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Zheng, G. X. Y. et al. “Genome-wide Impact of a Recently Expanded microRNA Cluster in Mouse.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.38 (2011): 15804–15809. Web. ©2011 by the National Academy of Sciences.
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0027-8424
1091-6490