Cell-Type-Based Analysis of MicroRNA Profiles in the Mouse Brain
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MicroRNAs (miRNA) are implicated in brain development and function but the underlying mechanisms have been difficult to study in part due to the cellular heterogeneity in neural circuits. To systematically analyze miRNA expression in neurons, we have established a miRNA tagging and affinity-purification (miRAP) method that is targeted to cell types through the Cre-loxP binary system in mice. Our studies of the neocortex and cerebellum reveal the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs with distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons and subtypes of GABAergic neurons. We further detected putative novel miRNAs, tissue or cell type-specific strand selection of miRNAs, and miRNA editing. Our method thus will facilitate a systematic analysis of miRNA expression and regulation in specific neuron types in the context of neuronal development, physiology, plasticity, pathology, and disease models, and is generally applicable to other cell types and tissues.
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The authors developed miRAP, a Cre-loxP–targeted AGO2 affinity-purification method, to profile microRNAs in genetically defined mouse brain cell types. They report distinct miRNA profiles across glutamatergic, GABAergic, and GABAergic-subtype neurons, plus evidence for novel miRNAs, strand switching, and miRNA editing.
Key findings
- miRAP profiled five neuron types—cortical Camk2α glutamatergic, Gad2, PV, and SST GABAergic neurons, and cerebellar Purkinje cells—plus neocortex and cerebellum tissue, generating 19 libraries and 291,164,604 raw reads; 99.5% of mapped reads aligned to known miRNA hairpins.
- The study detected over 480 known miRNAs with distinct cell-type profiles; hierarchical clustering separated neuron types from tissue samples and grouped neocortical GABAergic neurons more closely with cerebellar Purkinje cells than with cortical glutamatergic neurons.
- Differential expression was widespread: 221/527 detected miRNAs/miRNA* differed between neocortex and cerebellum, 157/523 between Camk2α and Gad2 neurons, and 125/511 between PV and SST neurons (P<0.001), with Taqman PCR validating sequencing results.
- The authors also detected 23 putative novel miRNAs in the abstract, 18 inferred A-to-I editing sites, and tissue- or cell-type-specific strand selection, such as miR-544-3p versus miR-544-5p and altered miR-299*/miR-485* usage.
Methods
- miRAP used Rosa26-LSL-tAGO2 mice expressing GFP-MYC-tagged Ago2 after Cre recombination; cell-type-specific Cre drivers targeted tAGO2 to defined neuron populations in P56 mouse neocortex and cerebellum, followed by MYC/AGO2/GFP immunoprecipitation and small RNA deep sequencing on Illumina Genome Analyzer II.
- Validation included Taqman miRNA PCR normalized to miR-124, FACS sorting of Camk2α cells from a Rosa26-LSL-H2B-GFP reporter line, and northern blotting for candidate novel miRNAs.
- Sequencing reads were mapped to mouse mm9 and annotated with miRbase v16; differential expression used edgeR with TMM normalization and exact tests, while novel miRNAs were predicted with miRDeep2 and editing sites were called from A-to-G mismatches.
Limitations
- The paper states that not all neurons of a given class expressed tAgo2, that tag redistribution during homogenization/IP is a potential caveat (though less concerning because AGO2-miRNA binding is stable), and that miRAP versus FACS discrepancies may arise from FACS stress, loss of neurites, RISC-bound versus steady-state miRNAs, and subtype differences.
- The paper also notes that in situ hybridization with LNA probes did not yield consistent, interpretable results, probably due to low expression of cell-type-specific miRNAs.
- Evident from the text: cell-type profiles may underrepresent neurons that do not activate tAgo2, and novel miRNA validation was partial—11 candidates gave northern blot signals, and 11 were tested by Taqman PCR, with 7 overlapping between the two sets.
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- Findingnone given
A miRNA tagging and affinity purification method targeted to cell types through the Cre-loxP binary system in mice was established.
“we have established a miRNA tagging and affinity purification (miRAP) method that is targeted to cell types through the Cre-loxP binary system in mice.”
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A large fraction of known miRNAs is expressed in mouse neocortex and cerebellum.
“Our studies of the neocortex and cerebellum reveal the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs with distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.”
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23 putative novel miRNAs were detected.
“Our method further detects 23 putative novel miRNAs and also provides evidence for tissue-specific strand selection of miRNAs and miRNA editing in subset of neuron types.”
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Known miRNAs show distinct expression profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and in subtypes of GABAergic neurons.
“Our studies of the neocortex and cerebellum reveal the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs with distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.”
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · plain
“Our study reveals the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs (over 480) which show distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.”
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In the validation experiment for Camk2α-Cre, expression of miRNAs in two mouse lines harboring different transgenic alleles, LSL-tAgo2 and LSL-H2BGFP, showed the same expression level for the miRNAs examined.
“in the validation experiment for Camk2α -Cre, the expression of miRNAs in two mouse lines harboring different transgenic allele, i.e. LSL-tAgo2 and LSL-H2BGFP, showed the same expression level for the miRNAs examined.”
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Epitope tagging of Ago2 protein allows direct purification of miRNAs from tissue homogenates using antibodies against the engineered molecular tag.
“We demonstrate that epitope tagging of Ago2 protein allows direct purification of miRNAs from tissue homogenates using antibodies against the engineered molecular tag.”
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The study detected putative novel miRNAs.
“We have further detected putative novel miRNAs, tissue or cell type- specific strand selection of miRNAs, and miRNA editing.”
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Tissue-specific strand selection of miRNAs was detected.
“Our method further detects 23 putative novel miRNAs and also provides evidence for tissue-specific strand selection of miRNAs and miRNA editing in subset of neuron types.”
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tAGO2 can be efficiently immunoprecipitated from tAgo2 brain lysate using antibody to AGO2, GFP or MYC.
“Using antibody to AGO2, GFP or MYC, tAGO2 can be efficiently immunoprecipitated (IP) from tAgo2 brain lysate (Figure 1C).”
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The study reveals expression of over 480 known miRNAs.
“Our study reveals the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs (over 480) which show distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.”
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The study detected miRNA editing.
“We have further detected putative novel miRNAs, tissue or cell type- specific strand selection of miRNAs, and miRNA editing.”
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Hierarchical clustering based on average linkage of Pearson Correlation of miRNA profiles revealed non-random partition of samples into two major branches, one containing all five individual neuron types and the other containing the two tissue types.
“Hierarchical clustering based on the average linkage of Pearson Correlation (Eisen et al., 1998) of miRNA profiles revealed non-random partition of the samples into two major branches, one containing all five individual neuron types and the other containing the two tissue types (Figure 3).”
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miRNA editing in a subset of neuron types was detected.
“Our method further detects 23 putative novel miRNAs and also provides evidence for tissue-specific strand selection of miRNAs and miRNA editing in subset of neuron types.”
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A group of brain specific miRNAs, such as miR-124, miR-29b and miR-9, were highly enriched in all samples.
“Consistent with previous reports, we observed that a group of miRNAs known to be brain specific, such as miR-124, miR-29b and miR-9, were highly enriched in all the samples. (Bak et al., 2008, Landgraf et al., 2007).”
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The study reveals expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs with distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.
“Our study reveals the expression of a large fraction of known miRNAs with distinct profiles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and subtypes of GABAergic neurons.”
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Using miRAP, the study obtained the first set of miRNA expression profiles in defined neuron types in mouse brain.
“Using miRAP, we have obtained the first set of miRNA expression profiles in defined neuron types in mouse brain.”
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After removal of low-quality reads and those lacking 3' adaptor, 68.2% of the filtered reads equal or longer than 18nt were perfectly mapped to the mouse genome (mm9).
“After removal of low-quality reads and those lacking 3' adaptor, 68.2% of the filtered reads equal or longer than 18nt were perfectly mapped to the mouse genome (mm9).”
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RNAs corresponding to miRNAs (20-23 nucleotides) were enriched using AGO2, MYC or GFP antibody-conjugated Dynabeads, but not with IgG control.
“Enrichment of RNAs corresponding to miRNAs (e.g. 20–23 nucleotides) was observed using AGO2, MYC or GFP antibody-conjugated Dynabeads, but not with IgG control (Figure 1D).”
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Comparing expression data obtained from miRAP and FACS, the study detected discrepancy in expression levels of a few miRNAs.
“When comparing expression data obtained from miRAP and FACS, we detected discrepancy in expression levels of a few miRNAs (Figure 4E).”
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miRNA Taqman PCR detected brain-specific miRNAs such as miR-124 at much higher levels than miRNAs known to be absent such as miR-122 in the RNA extracts.
“In addition, miRNA Taqman PCR detected miRNAs that are known to be brain specific in these RNA extracts (e.g. miR-124) at much higher levels than others that are known to be absent (e.g. miR-122, data not shown).”
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The study detected tissue or cell type-specific strand selection of miRNAs.
“We have further detected putative novel miRNAs, tissue or cell type- specific strand selection of miRNAs, and miRNA editing.”
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99.5% of all mapped reads can be aligned to known miRNA hairpins (miRbase version 16).
“99.5% of all mapped reads can be aligned to known miRNA hairpins (miRbase version 16).”
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In CMV-Cre;LSL-tAgo2 offspring, tAgo2 is ubiquitously expressed in all cells of the animal.
“Offspring of CMV-Cre;LSL-tAgo2 were identified in which tAgo2 is ubiquitously expressed in all cells of the animal (the tAgo2 mouse) (Sppl Figure 1).”
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miRNA profiles from five neuron types in mouse cerebral cortex and cerebellum were analyzed by deep sequencing.
“To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach in the brain, we have analyzed miRNA profiles from five neuron types in mouse cerebral cortex and cerebellum by deep sequencing.”
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A Cre-loxp binary expression system was established to deliver epitope-tagged AGO2 to genetically defined cell types.
“We further established a Cre-loxp binary expression system to deliver epitope-tagged AGO2 (tAGO2) to genetically defined cell types.”
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miRAP can be applied to genetically defined cell types in any complex tissues in mice.
“Here we present a novel miRNA tagging and Affinity Purification method, miRAP, which can be applied to genetically defined cell types in any complex tissues in mice.”
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The tag redistribution issue is less of a concern for miRAP because AGO2-miRNA interaction is very stable and of high affinity.
“This issue is less of a concern for miRAP because AGO2-miRNA interaction is very stable and of high affinity (Tang et al., 2008).”
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Physical enrichment methods for cell type based expression profiling are often labor intensive and of low yield.
“These methods are often labor intensive and of low yield.”
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The AGO2 western blot result demonstrates tight Cre-dependent activation of tAgo2 expression from the LSL-STOP cassette.
“This result demonstrates the tight Cre-dependent activation of tAgo2 expression from the LSL-STOP cassette.”
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Brain specific or CNS specific miRNAs are not always neuron specific.
“A common assumption is that brain specific or CNS specific miRNAs are likely to be neuron specific. Our findings suggest this is not always the case.”
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miRAP is generally applicable to other cell types and tissues in mice.
“is generally applicable to other cell types and tissues.”
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · plain
“The miRAP method therefore enables a systematic analysis of miRNA expression and regulation in different neuron types in the brain and is generally applicable to other cell types and tissues in mice.”
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- Interpretationreasoning
miRAP enables a systematic analysis of miRNA expression and regulation in different neuron types in the brain.
“The miRAP method therefore enables a systematic analysis of miRNA expression and regulation in different neuron types in the brain and is generally applicable to other cell types and tissues in mice.”
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None of the inferred A-to-I editing sites was found to correspond to known SNPs by checking in the Perlegen SNP database and dbSNP.
“None of the inferred A-to-I editing sites was found to correspond to known SNPs by checking in the Perlegen SNP database and dbSNP.”
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Comparison of FACS with miRAP in the Camk2α-Cre line suggests that the method faithfully represents the miRNA profiles in this cell type.
“In addition, comparison of FACS with miRAP in the Camk2α-Cre line suggests that our method faithfully represent the miRNA profiles in this cell type.”
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The identity and physiological state of neuron types are largely determined by their patterns of gene expression.
“To a large extent, the identity and physiological state of neuron types are determined by their patterns of gene expression (Nelson et al., 2006, Hobert et al., 2010).”
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Combined with cell type-restricted Cre driver lines, the R26-LSL-tAGO2 strategy allows systematic analysis of miRNA expression in different cell types in mice.
“Combined with an increasing inventory of cell type-restricted Cre driver lines (Taniguchi et al., 2011) this strategy would allow systematic analysis of miRNA expression in different cell types in mice.”
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- Premisecitation
Among the four members of the AGO family in human and mouse, only AGO2 exhibits endonuclease activity.
“Among the four members in the AGO family in human and mouse, only AGO2 exhibits endoneuclase activity (Meister et al., 2004, Ikeda et al., 2006) and is indispensible for Dicer-independent miRNA biogenesis (Cheloufi et al., 2010).”
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A potential caveat in a molecular tagging strategy to nucleic acid purification is the redistribution of the affinity tag to the un-tagged pool during homogenization and IP.
“A potential caveat in a molecular tagging strategy to nucleic acid purification is the redistribution of the affinity tag to the un-tagged pool during homogenization and IP.”
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miRAP is based on the fact that mature miRNAs are incorporated into RISC, in which AGO2 directly binds miRNAs and their mRNA targets.
“This method is based on the fact that mature miRNAs are incorporated into RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), in which the Argonaute protein AGO2 directly binds miRNAs and their mRNA targets (Hammond et al., 2001).”
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- Interpretationreasoning
The compounding effect of these factors will affect the miRNA profiles obtained from miRAP and FACS.
“The compounding effect of these factors will affect the miRNAs profiles obtained from these two methods.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Not all mature miRNAs are incorporated into the RISC complex.
- Premisecitation
Until recently, cell type based expression profiling in the brain mainly relied on physical enrichment of target cell populations such as laser capture microdissection, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, or manual sorting.
“Until recently, cell type based expression profiling in the brain has mainly relied on physical enrichment of target cell population such as laser capture microdissection (Meguro et al., 2004, Rossner et al., 2006), fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) (Tomomura et al., 2001, Lobo et al., 2006), or manual sorting (Sugino et al., 2006).”
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The miRAP system is unlikely to affect the native miRNA profiles.
“All together, these results indicate that the miRAP system is unlikely to affect the native miRNA profiles.”
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Physical damage and stress during FACS sorting may alter miRNA profiles.
“First, physical damage and stress during FACS sorting may alter miRNA profiles, because expression of certain miRNAs are sensitive to neuronal activity or respond to cellular stress.”
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The cell type specificity of tAGO2 was validated by dual immunostaining using antibodies against GFP and appropriate cell type markers.
“The cell type specificity of tAGO2 was validated by dual immunostaining using antibodies against GFP and appropriate cell type markers (Figure 2, Sppl Figure 2, Sppl Table 1).”
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A knockin allele at the Rosa26 locus that expresses tAGO2 upon Cre/loxp recombination (R26-LSL-tAGO2) was generated.
“We generated a knockin allele at the Gt(ROSA)26Sor (Rosa26) locus which expresses tAGO2 upon Cre/loxp recombination (R26-LSL-tAGO2).”
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Ago2 immuno-precipitation is a more efficient way to enrich miRNAs while excluding other small RNAs such as degradation products of mRNAs than small RNA libraries constructed from size fractionated total RNA in most previous studies.
“This percentage is higher than those from small RNA libraries constructed from size fractionated total RNA in most previous studies (commonly ranging 50%~80%), indicating that Ago2 immuno-precipitation is a more efficient way to enrich miRNAs while excluding other small RNAs such as degradation product of mRNAs (Sppl Table 1).”
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tAGO2 can be reliably and systematically delivered to different cell types at consistent levels using the Cre/loxp binary expression system.
“In addition to confirming the functionality of tAGO2, it is essential to reliably and systematically deliver tAGO2 to different cell types at consistent levels. We achieved this using the Cre/loxp binary expression system (Figure 1B).”
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Findingown datamiR-143 was expressed at relatively high levels in both neocortex and cerebellum but at relatively low levels in all examined neuron types.
“For example, miR-143 was expressed at relatively high levels in both neocortex and cerebellum (ranking at 30 and 51 respectively, from highest to lowest, average normalized per million reads number > 10,000 ), but expressed at relatively low levels in all the examined neuron types (ranking after 160, average normalized per million reads number <500, pairwise fold-change > 20, P<10−84) (Sppl Table”
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Findingown datatAGO2 predominantly localized to the cytoplasm in neuronal somata, but was also detected in neurites, with a particularly prominent example in the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.
“tAGO2 predominantly localized to the cytoplasm in neuronal somata, but was also detected in neurites, with a particularly prominent example in the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells (Figure 2).”
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Findingown dataIn total, 19 libraries and 291,164,604 raw reads were generated.
“In total, we generated19 libraries and 291,164,604 raw reads.”
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Findingown dataA 100kD endogenous AGO2 band was detected in whole brain homogenates from both tAgo2 and LSL-tAgo2 mice, while the higher molecular weight tAGO2 band was detected only in the tAgo2 sample.
“Using antibody against AGO2, a 100kD endogenous band was detected in whole brain homogenates from both the tAgo2 and LSL-tAgo2 mouse, while the higher molecular weight tAGO2 band is only detected in tAgo2 sample (Figure 1C).”
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FindingreasoningThe study's extensive effort to validate RNA expression by in situ hybridization using LNA probes did not yield consistent and interpretable results, probably due to relatively low expression of cell type specific miRNAs.
“Unfortunately, our extensive effort did not yield consistent and interpretable results, probably due to the relatively low expression of cell type specific miRNAs.”
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Premisenone givenIndividual cell types are the building blocks of neural circuits and the basic units of gene regulation.
“because individual cell types are the building blocks of neural circuits as well as the basic units of gene regulation.”
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InterpretationreasoningThe tag redistribution issue is inherent to the tag and IP procedure itself and thus is common to all datasets; it would reduce the observed magnitude of differential expression among cell types.
“This issue is inherent to the tag and IP procedure itself and thus is common to all datasets; it would reduce the observed magnitude of differential expression among cell types.”
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Interpretationown dataThe hierarchical clustering result demonstrates the necessity and power of cell type based analysis.
“This result demonstrates the necessity and power of cell type based analysis.”
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InterpretationcitationmiRAP should capture miRNAs in neurites because AGO2 localizes in dendrites and tAGO2 signal can be detected in dendrites.
“miRAP, on the other hand, should capture miRNAs in neurites since AGO2 has been shown to localize in dendtrites (Cougot et al., 2008, Lugli et al., 2005) and tAGO2 signal can be detected in dendrites (Figure 3).”
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PremisecitationAgo HITS-CLIP has been used to profile miRNA-mRNA targets in the mouse brain.
“Recently, Ago HITS-CLIP has been used to profile miRNA-mRNA targets in the mouse brain (Chi et al., 2009).”
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Study design and conductown dataAlthough not all neurons of a given class expressed tAgo2, almost all GFP+ cells colocalized with corresponding cell type markers, proving highly stringent specificity of the system.
“Although not all neurons of a given classes expressed tAgo2, almost all GFP+ cells colocalized with corresponding cell type markers, proving the highly stringent specificity of our system.”
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Study design and conductown dataRadiolabeled synthetic RNA oligos were spiked into small RNA libraries and retained as a spike-in oligo control for RNA editing analysis.
“Radiolabeled synthetic RNA oligos (M19: CGUACGGUUUAAACUUCGA and M24: CGUACGGUUUAAACUUCGAAAUGU) were spiked in to trace RNA on UREA-PAGE during library preparation, and were depleted by PmelI digestion after PCR amplification. Significant amount of oligos were retained in the libraries, and were used as spike-in oligo control for RNA editing analysis.”
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Study design and conductnone givenAll miRNA Taqman PCR reactions were run in triplicate.
“All reactions were run in triplicate.”
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InterpretationreasoningProfiles from miRAP likely represent active miRNAs associated with Ago2, while miRNA extraction from sorted cells harvests steady state miRNAs regardless of functional status.
“Profiles from miRAP likely represent “active” miRNAs which are associated with Ago2, while miRNA extraction from sorted cells harvests steady state miRNAs regardless of their functional status.”
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Study design and conductown dataThe correlation coefficient of miRNA profiles from biological replicates within a group was extremely high (>0.96), indicating high reproducibility of the miRAP method.
“In our experiments, the correlation coefficient of miRNA profiles from biological replicates within a group (the same cell or tissue type) were extremely high (>0.96, Sppl Table 1), indicating the high reproducibility of the miRAP method.”
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PremisecitationmiRNAs can influence transcription by regulating the translation of transcriptional factors.
“miRNAs can also influence transcription by regulating the translation of transcriptional factors (Hobert, 2008).”
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Study design and conductown dataThe same data sets were randomly shuffled 10,000 times and processed under the same procedure; the P-value for the actual data set was set to 0.001 as the cutoff to report differential expression of miRNAs.
“The same data sets were randomly shuffled 10,000 times, and then processed under the same procedure. According to this result, P-value for the actual data set was set to 0.001 as the cutoff to report differentia expression of miRNAs.”
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PremisecitationFACS sorted neurons only retain cell body whereas most of their neuronal processes are lost, along with miRNAs localized in dendrites and synapses.
“FACS sorted neurons only retain cell body whereas most of their neuronal processes are lost, along with the miRNAs that are localized in dendrites (Tai and Schuman, 2006) and synapses (Schratt, 2009, Lugli et al., 2008).”
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PremisecitationmiRNAs regulate the stability and translation of mRNAs.
“In addition to gene transcription which dictates mRNA production, the stability and translation of mRNAs are regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs), the class of 20~23nt small noncoding RNAs (He and Hannon, 2004, Bartel, 2004).”
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PremisecitationAGO2 is indispensable for Dicer-independent miRNA biogenesis.
“Among the four members in the AGO family in human and mouse, only AGO2 exhibits endoneuclase activity (Meister et al., 2004, Ikeda et al., 2006) and is indispensible for Dicer-independent miRNA biogenesis (Cheloufi et al., 2010).”
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Study design and conductnone givenOnly miRNAs with unique precursor and five or more reads on either arm in at least 10 libraries were considered and reported for arm switching.
“Only miRNAs with unique precursor and five or more reads on either arm in at least 10 libraries were considered and reported.”
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PremisereasoningA necessary step is comprehensive characterization of miRNA expression profiles at the level of distinct neuron types.
“A necessary step is a comprehensive characterization of miRNA expression profiles at the level of distinct neuron types, because individual cell types are the building blocks of neural circuits as well as the basic units of gene regulation.”
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PremisereasoningA comprehensive understanding of gene expression profiles in defined cell types provides a molecular explanation of cell phenotypes.
“Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of gene expression profiles in defined cell types not only provides a molecular explanation of cell phenotypes but also is necessary for establishing the link from gene function to neural circuit organization and dynamics.”
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PremisereasoningA comprehensive understanding of gene expression profiles in defined cell types is necessary for establishing the link from gene function to neural circuit organization and dynamics.
“Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of gene expression profiles in defined cell types not only provides a molecular explanation of cell phenotypes but also is necessary for establishing the link from gene function to neural circuit organization and dynamics.”
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Study design and conductown dataAll PCR positive ES cell clones were also positive for southern blot.
“All PCR positive clones were also positive for southern blot.”
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PremisecitationAGO immunoprecipitation has been successfully used to isolate miRNAs and their mRNA targets.
“AGO immunoprecipitation has been successfully used to isolate miRNAs and their mRNA targets (Easow et al., 2007, Beitzinger et al., 2007, Hendrickson et al., 2008, Zhang et al., 2007, Hammell et al., 2008, Karginov et al., 2007).”
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PremisecitationRecent studies reveal diverse roles of miRNAs in the brain, including neural patterning, neural stem cell differentiation, cell type specification, synaptic plasticity, and neuropsychiatric disorders.
“Recent studies begin to reveal diverse role of miRNAs in the brain, such as in neural patterning (Ronshaugen et al., 2005), neural stem cell differentiation (Kuwabara et al., 2004), cell type specification (Poole and Hobert, 2006), synaptic plasticity (Schratt et al., 2006), and also in neuropsychiatric disorders (Shafi et al., 2010, Xu et al., 2010a).”
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PremisecitationGenetic tagging methods such as TRAP and Ribo-tag begin to overcome obstacles of physical enrichment but are limited to the analysis of mRNA expression.
“The recent invention of genetic tagging methods, such as TRAP (Heiman et al., 2008b) and Ribo-tag (Sanz et al., 2009), begin to overcome these obstacles, but these strategies have been limited to the analysis of mRNA expression.”
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- cites Sanz et al., 2009 source
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Interpretationnone givenWithin each major GLU and GABAergic neuron type in the study, subtypes likely express tAgo2 at different levels and show different miRNA expression and regulation, including their response to stress and physical damage during FACS.
“Finally, within each major GLU and GABAergic neurons in our study, subtypes likely express tAgo2 at different levels and show different miRNA expression and regulation, including their response to stress and physical damage during FACS.”
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The role of miRNAs in brain development, function, and plasticity remains poorly understood.
“Despite their prominent expression in the mammalian brain, the role of miRNAs in brain development, function, and plasticity remains poorly understood.”
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A major challenge is to link miRNA activity in defined neuron types to specific aspects of neuronal specification, development and physiology.
“A major challenge is to link miRNA activity in defined neuron types to specific aspects of neuronal specification, development and physiology; characterizing miRNA profiles in specific cell types is the first step.”
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Not all mature miRNAs are incorporated into the RISC complex.
“Third, not all mature miRNAs are incorporated into RISC complex.”
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- Authors
- He, M., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, M. Q., Hannon, G. J., & Huang, Z. J.
- Affiliations
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- The University of Texas at Dallas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Huang, Z. Josh
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-48
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3270494
- OpenAlex
- W2105336002
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 72
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- FWCI
- 7.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2012-02-09)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31061160497, 60905013, 91019016)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA regulation and disease
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
- Keywords
- miRNA expression profiling, Cre-loxP system, glutamatergic neurons, GABAergic neurons, neocortex, cerebellum, novel miRNAs, mouse brain
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Chromosome Mapping, Flow Cytometry, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Molecular, Neurons, RNA Editing, Microscopy, Confocal, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, MicroRNAs, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, Argonaute Proteins
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