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Science ; 370(6523)2020 12 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33184234

RESUMO

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) act in concert with Argonaute (AGO) proteins to repress target messenger RNAs. After AGO loading, miRNAs generally exhibit slow turnover. An important exception occurs when miRNAs encounter highly complementary targets, which can trigger a process called target-directed miRNA degradation (TDMD). During TDMD, miRNAs undergo tailing and trimming, suggesting that this is an important step in the decay mechanism. We identified a cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase (CRL), containing the substrate adaptor ZSWIM8, that mediates TDMD. The ZSWIM8 CRL interacts with AGO proteins, promotes TDMD in a tailing and trimming-independent manner, and regulates miRNA expression in multiple cell types. These findings suggest a model in which the ZSWIM8 ubiquitin ligase mediates TDMD by directing proteasomal decay of miRNA-containing complexes engaged with highly complementary targets.


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MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Estabilidade de RNA , RNA Longo não Codificante/metabolismo , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligases/metabolismo , Proteínas Argonautas/metabolismo , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Humanos , Células K562 , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligases/genética
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Elife ; 82019 02 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30735131

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Although numerous long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified, our understanding of their roles in mammalian physiology remains limited. Here, we investigated the physiologic function of the conserved lncRNA Norad in vivo. Deletion of Norad in mice results in genomic instability and mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to a dramatic multi-system degenerative phenotype resembling premature aging. Loss of tissue homeostasis in Norad-deficient animals is attributable to augmented activity of PUMILIO proteins, which act as post-transcriptional repressors of target mRNAs to which they bind. Norad is the preferred RNA target of PUMILIO2 (PUM2) in mouse tissues and, upon loss of Norad, PUM2 hyperactively represses key genes required for mitosis and mitochondrial function. Accordingly, enforced Pum2 expression fully phenocopies Norad deletion, resulting in rapid-onset aging-associated phenotypes. These findings provide new insights and open new lines of investigation into the roles of noncoding RNAs and RNA binding proteins in normal physiology and aging.


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Senilidade Prematura/genética , Envelhecimento/genética , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Senilidade Prematura/patologia , Animais , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/genética , Homeostase/genética , Humanos , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitose/genética , Fenótipo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética
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