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The Bifunctional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* Regulates REST and CoREST and Is Downregulated in Huntington's Disease
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The transcription factor REST silences neuronal gene expression in non-neuronal cells. In neurons, the protein is sequestered in the cytoplasm in part through binding to huntingtin. Polyglutamine expansions in huntingtin, which causes Huntington's disease (HD), abrogates REST-huntingtin binding. Consequently, REST translocates to the nucleus, occupies RE1 repressor sequences and decreases neuronal gene expression. In this work, we found that levels of several microRNAs (miRNAs) with upstream RE1 sites are decreased in HD patient cortices relative to healthy controls. Interestingly, one of these, the bifunctional brain enriched miR-9/miR-9*, targets two components of the REST complex: miR-9 targets REST and miR-9* targets CoREST. These data provide evidence for a double negative feedback loop between the REST silencing complex and the miRNAs it regulates.
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In Huntington’s disease (HD) cortex, several REST-regulated microRNAs are downregulated with disease progression, including the bifunctional miR-9/miR-9*. The authors show that miR-9 targets REST and miR-9* targets CoREST, supporting a double-negative feedback loop between the REST silencing complex and the miRNAs it regulates.
Key findings
- In Brodmann’s area 4 (BA4) cortex, five predicted REST-regulated miRNAs were significantly diminished with increasing HD grade: miR-9 (F(3,22)=9.876, p=0.0003), miR-9* (F(3,22)=6.799, p=0.0021), miR-29b (F(3,22)=3.658, p=0.0281), miR-124a (F(3,16)=7.833, p=0.001), and miR-132 (F(3,22)=7.611, p=0.0011).
- A QPCR miRNA array of 365 mature miRNAs in control and early HD (grades 1 and 2) BA4 cortex found an additional 5 decreased miRNAs; miR-196a and miR-486 were increased by nearly 6-fold and 3-fold, respectively, in HD1 samples relative to controls.
- miR-9 targets REST and miR-9* targets CoREST: pre-miR-9 reduced REST reporter and endogenous REST protein, while pre-miR-9* reduced CoREST reporter and endogenous CoREST protein; target site protectors rescued these effects.
- Reducing REST expression in HEK 293 and NT2 cells enhanced miR-9 expression and processing (p<0.05), providing functional evidence for a negative feedback loop between the REST complex and REST-regulated miRNAs.
Methods
- Postmortem BA4 cortex samples from healthy controls (n=7; ages 46–62) and HD grade 1 (n=7; ages 42–70), grade 2 (n=6; ages 45–78), grade 3 (n=2; ages 60–65), and grade 4 (n=4; ages 53–60); CAG repeat length was 16–21 for controls and 37–46 for HD, with postmortem time 2–20 hrs.
- Mature miRNA expression was measured by quantitative PCR using TaqMan Array Human MiRNA Panel v1.0 or TaqMan MiRNA Assays, normalized to RNU48 and shown as fold change relative to controls.
- Mechanistic validation used HEK 293 and NT2 cells with REST/CoREST 3′ UTR luciferase reporters, mU6 miR-9/9* or pre-miRs, anti-miRs, target site protectors, siRNAs, and Western blots; data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post hoc analysis.
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- The paper does not state a limitations section.
- Evident from the text: human HD grade 3 (n=2) and grade 4 (n=4) samples were very small, and the human data are cross-sectional postmortem BA4 cortex only, limiting generalization across brain regions and disease stages.
- Evident from the text: target validation relied heavily on HEK 293/NT2 cell lines and reporter assays rather than HD brain tissue, and the authors note it is currently under study whether diminished miRNAs result from or contribute to the dedifferentiation profile in HD cortex.
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“miR-9-1 and miR-9-3 both have upstream RE1 sequences that is can be occupied by REST (Conaco et al., 2006; Johnson et al., 2008).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > REST and CoREST contain predicted miR-9 and 9* regulatory sites
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Conaco et al., 2006 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results identify miR-9-1 and miR-9-3 among loci near REST-binding sites, and report ChIP evidence that REST occupies RE1 sites associated with the identified miRNA genes (Fig. 1A; page not provided). The text of our copy describes those sites as nearby, but does not establish that the RE1 sequences for both loci are upstream. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“The transcription factor REST silences neuronal gene expression in non-neuronal cells.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zuccato et al., 2003 source
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The paper’s opening section states that REST inhibits expression of neuronal genes in nonneuronal cells. The Discussion likewise says that REST binds neuronal genes in those cells and blocks their transcription. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“Interestingly, genes related to neurogenesis are highly overrepresented amongst the genes changed in expression in the cortex (BA4) of HD patients (Hodges et al., 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Hodges et al., 2006 source
In “Signaling pathways and axonal structural elements show the greatest impact of gene expression changes,” the paper reports over-representation of nodes related to CNS development and neurogenesis in HD BA4, as well as in the caudate. This supports the claim about neurogenesis-related genes among those with changed expression in BA4. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Once in the nucleus, REST can bind RE1 consensus sequences and recruit co-repressors including mSin3, the co-repressor of REST (CoREST, also known as RCOR1) and methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) (Andres et al., 1999) to inactivate neuron-specific genes (Zuccato et al., 2003; Conaco et al., 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Andres et al., 1999 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The introduction and Discussion (page not available in our copy) identify REST as a DNA-binding repressor and show that it recruits CoREST to repress neural-specific gene expression. The citation follows a list of three corepressors, but our copy does not identify mSin3 or MeCP2 as REST corepressors; the separately cited clause about gene inactivation is not the issue here. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zuccato et al., 2003 source
- Supportedcites Conaco et al., 2006 source
The Discussion states that REST binds consensus RE1 sites in neuronal genes and blocks their transcription. The paper also describes silencing through corepressors associated with REST, while the specific list of mSin3, CoREST, and MeCP2 is attached to Andres et al. (1999) in the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“We specifically chose Brodmann’s area 4 (BA4) cortex because prior work indicates widespread transcriptional changes in this region in HD patients (Hodges et al., 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Hodges et al., 2006 source
In “Regional differences and similarities in gene expression within HD brains” (page not provided), the paper reports altered mRNA expression for 1,482 probe sets in HD BA4 motor cortex compared with controls. That supports the citing sentence’s characterization of substantial transcriptional changes in this region. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“This may reflect a dedifferentiation mediated by aberrant REST localization, since REST mRNA levels do not change significantly in HD (Hodges et al., 2006), as well as global changes in miR-9/9* and miR-124a target levels.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Could not verifycites Hodges et al., 2006 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The ‘Regional differences and similarities in gene expression within HD brains’ section reports changes across brain regions, but does not give a result for REST mRNA. Searches for REST, NRSF, and RE1-silencing transcription factor found no passage establishing whether REST mRNA changes significantly in HD. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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“One of the molecular phenotypes in HD patients is transcriptional misregulation in striatum and distinct cortical regions (Hodges et al., 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
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- Partly supportedcites Hodges et al., 2006 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract (page not provided) reports altered mRNA expression in the caudate nucleus and motor cortex of human HD brains. It also reports no detected mRNA changes in the prefrontal association cortex, so the claim overstates the evidence if “distinct cortical regions” means multiple affected cortical regions. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“For miR-139, miR-135b, and miR-212 no significant differences were observed with increasing disease severity, while miR-218 demonstrated a trend toward increasing expression with disease grade (Fig. 1A).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“Cotransfection of the CoREST 3′ UTR reporter plasmid and 5 or 15 nM pre-miR-9* reduced reporter expression compared to controls (F(2,11) = 41.612, p = 0.0001 and F(2,11) = 7.423, p = 0.0091, respectively), unlike miR-9, (Fig. 3A).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miR-9 targets REST
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“Consistent with these reporter-based assays, over expression of mU6 miR-9/9*, but not mU6 miR-124a or 132, in HEK 293 cells significantly reduced REST (F(2,12) = 26.006, p = 0.0001) and CoREST (F(2,12) =24.017, p = 0.0001) expression (Fig. 1D,E).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > REST and CoREST contain predicted miR-9 and 9* regulatory sites
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“The 3′ UTRs of REST (Fig. S2) and CoREST (Fig. S3) contain miRNA recognition elements (MRE) for miR-9, miR-9*, miR-132 and miR-124a (CoREST only) (Wu and Xie, 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > REST and CoREST contain predicted miR-9 and 9* regulatory sites
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Wu and Xie, 2006 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In Results, under “Evidence for a double-negative feedback loop between REST complex and brain-related miRNAs” (page not available), the paper predicts a miR-9 target site in REST’s longer 3′ UTR and identifies CoREST as a predicted miR-124a target. It lists miR-9* and miR-132 as targeting MeCP2, not REST or CoREST, so it does not support those parts of the claim. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Could not verifycites Lewis et al., 2003 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The paper’s discussion of predicted miRNA–UTR pairs (indexed as Abstract; page unavailable) does not identify REST or CoREST as targets of the specified miRNAs. Searches for REST, CoREST, miR-9*, miR-132, and miR-124a found no passage establishing those particular recognition elements; the supplementary-data passages describe target lists but do not give the relevant entries. (LLM, conf=0.73)
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“Double negative feedback networks have been reported in other systems where critical balancing of multiple factors is essential (Tsang et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Tsang et al., 2007 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (page unavailable) identifies putative negative autofeedback loops, and the passage on type I circuits (indexed as Abstract; page unavailable) proposes that they help maintain steady protein levels. These passages support a role for feedback in stabilizing regulation, but they do not establish the more specific claim that double-negative feedback networks have been reported in systems requiring a critical balance of multiple factors. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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“REST expression is highest in pluripotent stem cells and decreases upon restriction to neural progenitor cells and subsequently to neurons (Ballas et al., 2005).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Ballas et al., 2005 source
The Discussion states that REST protein is highest in pluripotent ES-cell nuclei and falls to minimal levels as they differentiate into neural progenitors. The Results report that REST is undetectable in cortical progenitors and absent from neuronal-gene chromatin in mature neurons. This progression concerns REST protein; REST mRNA does not show the same decline. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“In mouse cortical development, miR-9 appears necessary for appropriate differentiation of Cajal-Retzius cells (Shibata et al., 2008).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Shibata et al., 2008 source
In the section “miR-9 regulates the differentiation of Cajal-Retzius cells” (page unavailable), suppressing miR-9 with an antisense oligonucleotide reduced reelin- and p73-positive Cajal-Retzius cells. This supports the hedged claim that miR-9 is necessary for their appropriate differentiation during mouse cortical development. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“One putative mechanism underlying the transcriptional changes is aberrant cellular distribution of the transcriptional repressor RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST, also known as neuronal restrictive silencing factor, NRSF) (Lunyak et al., 2002; Zuccato et al., 2003 ; Zuccato et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Lunyak et al., 2002 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zuccato et al., 2003 source
- Supportedcites Zuccato et al., 2007 source
The Introduction says wild-type huntingtin retains REST/NRSF in the cytoplasm, whereas mutant huntingtin is associated with its accumulation in the nucleus and repression of BDNF transcription. The Discussion links this altered distribution to transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington’s disease. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Recent studies on the brain enriched miR-9 have revealed its importance in development and lineage commitment (Sempere et al., 2004; Krichevsky et al., 2006).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Sempere et al., 2004 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In Results and discussion, the paper identifies miR-9 as brain-specific and reports its strong induction during retinoic-acid-induced neuronal differentiation. It concludes that miR-9/miR-9* may play an important role in rodent neurogenesis; it does not establish that miR-9 is important for development or lineage commitment as the citing sentence implies. (LLM, conf=0.85)
- Supportedcites Krichevsky et al., 2006 source
The Abstract reports that brain-specific miR-9 affects neural lineage differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cultures. The Discussion identifies miR-9 as a mediator of neurogenesis, while the Summary links these findings to a suggested role in mammalian brain development. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Similarly, REST repressor complex binding to RE1 sequences upstream of miRNA transcripts may alter miRNA expression profiles (Conaco et al., 2006; Klein et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Conaco et al., 2006 source
The Results report REST occupancy at RE1 sites associated with several miRNA genes. Changing REST activity altered miR-9, miR-124a, and miR-132 transcript levels, supporting the claim that REST binding may alter miRNA expression profiles. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Klein et al., 2007 source
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“REST interacts with CoREST and other transcriptional repressors to regulate neuronal gene expression and lineage commitment through its direct control of both mRNA and, as shown more recently, miRNA transcripts (Vo et al., 2005; Conaco et al., 2006; Mortazavi et al., 2006 ; Visvanathan et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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- Not matchedcites Vo et al., 2005
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The introductory passage describes REST silencing neuronal genes through associated corepressors, and the Results identify CoREST as a REST corepressor. The Discussion states that REST binds sites in neuronal genes and miR-124a to block their transcription, with their derepression during neurogenesis favoring a neuronal phenotype. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)
- Partly supportedcites Mortazavi et al., 2006 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The introduction says REST recruits CoREST and other cofactors to repress neuronal genes. The section on neuronal transcription factor and microRNA loci says REST represses protein-coding and microRNA genes in stem cells and progenitors, but presents their role in the transition to neurons as a proposed model that may modulate or accelerate that transition. The claim overstates this modeled role in lineage commitment as established. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“The transcriptional repressor REST is mislocalized in brains of patients with HD, with increased nuclear localization and occupancy at RE1 sites compared to healthy controls (Zuccato et al., 2003 ; Zuccato et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zuccato et al., 2003 source
- Partly supportedcites Zuccato et al., 2007 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The section “A global analysis of endogenous REST/NRSF binding in HD human brain” (page unavailable) reports greater REST occupancy at RE1/NRSE sites in cortical samples from patients with HD than in age-matched controls. The paper discusses increased nuclear REST as a proposed explanation, but the passages do not establish increased nuclear localization in patients’ brains compared with controls. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Indeed, canonical and non-canonical REST binding motifs have recently been mapped in close proximity to 22 miRNA sites in the human genome, including several of which are located within close proximity to neuron enriched miRNAs (Bruce et al., 2004; Jothi et al., 2008).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Bruce et al., 2004 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports a genome-wide map of human RE1 sites and notes additional sites that diverge from the consensus. Neither that passage nor the searched passages on microRNA and miRNA report 22 nearby miRNA sites or identify neuron-enriched miRNAs. The paper supports the motif-mapping part, but not the claimed miRNA proximity. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Partly supportedcites Jothi et al., 2008 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (Accuracy of identified binding sites; page unavailable) report canonical NRSF/REST motifs and alternative half-site arrangements at mapped binding sites. The cited paper does not report that these sites lie near 22 miRNA sites or near neuron-enriched miRNAs; those specific parts of the claim are unsupported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“Consistent with these observations, REST levels in HEK 293 cells, which decreased upon mU6 miR-9/9* transfection (Fig. 1D,E) was rescued by TSP+ (Student t-test, p < 0.05), but not a control TSP (TSP Neg; Fig. 2D).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miR-9 targets REST
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“For miR-139, miR-135b, and miR-212 no significant differences were observed with increasing disease severity, while miR-218 demonstrated a trend toward increasing expression with disease grade (Fig. 1A).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“Endogenous CoREST protein expression, which was reduced after pre-miR-9* transfection, increased upon cotransfection of TSP+ (Student t-test, p < 0.05) but not TSP Neg (Fig. 3D).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miR-9 targets REST
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“Also, miR-196a and miR-486 were significantly increased by nearly 6 and 3 fold respectively in HD1 samples relative to controls.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“Also, we found no change in miR-132 at stages 1 and 2, but significant upregulation later.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“We saw a trend towards increased miR-29a in tissue from early stage HD, followed by diminished levels.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“Together, these results suggest that the miR-9 predicted MREs in the 3′ UTR of REST are functional, in contrast to the miR-9* predicted MREs.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miR-9 targets REST
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“In zebrafish, miR-9 is important midbrain-hindbrain boundary definition (Leucht et al., 2008).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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“Also, over-expression of miR-124 in non-neuronal cells induces gene expression profiles to a neuronal phenotype (Lim et al., 2005).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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“miR-124 promotes neuronal differentiation, in part through targeting of a splicing factor (Makeyev et al., 2007).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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“MiR-132 has been shown to target MeCP2 (Klein et al., 2007), which can interact with REST and CoREST to suppress transcription (Lunyak et al., 2002).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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“However, in patients with HD mutant Htt fails to bind REST enabling its nuclear translocation (Zuccato et al., 2003).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zuccato et al., 2003 source
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“Interestingly, and in contrast to our findings, their work showed no change in miR-124a, elevated levels of miR-29a, and decreased levels of miR-132.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“Our findings, together with recent work showing that REST can be regulated by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis (Westbrook et al., 2008) underscore the importance of maintaining appropriate levels and intracellular localization (Zuccato et al., 2003) of this repressor complex for appropriate gene transcription and lineage commitment.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Westbrook et al., 2008 source
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“Consequently, REST translocates to the nucleus, occupies RE1 repressor sequences and decreases neuronal gene expression.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Abstract
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“Previous work by Johnson and colleagues measured precursor miRNA levels in HD brain of unknown disease grade (Johnson et al., 2008).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
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“In mature, healthy neurons, REST is expressed at low levels and primarily sequestered in the cytoplasm in part through interaction with Htt (Zuccato et al., 2003).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
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“This may reflect a dedifferentiation mediated by aberrant REST localization, since REST mRNA levels do not change significantly in HD (Hodges et al., 2006), as well as global changes in miR-9/9* and miR-124a target levels.”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Discussion
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“Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in huntingtin, which encodes Huntingtin (Htt) (The Huntingtons Disease Collaborative Research Group, 1993).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Introduction
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- Not matchedcites The Huntingtons Disease Collaborative Research Group, 1993
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miR-9 and miR-9* are processed from the same primary transcript from three genomic loci (miR-9-1, 9-2, and 9-3).
“MiR-9 and miR-9*, which decreased early in HD (Fig 1A), are processed from the same primary transcript from 3 genomic loci (miR-9-1, 9-2 and 9-3); miR-9-1 and miR-9-3 both have upstream RE1 sequences that is can be occupied by REST (Conaco et al., 2006; Johnson et al., 2008).”
The paper relies on this without support.
The postmortem brain samples from Huntington's disease patients and controls are representative of the disease process and are not confounded by post-mortem interval or other factors.
“Post-mortem time for brain samples was 2 – 20 hrs.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The observed miRNA expression changes in Brodmann's area 4 cortex are attributable to Huntington's disease progression rather than to age, sex, or other demographic differences between groups.
“Tissues were collected from Brodmann’s area 4 (BA4) cortex of healthy control (n = 7; ages 46 – 62) and HD grade 1 (n = 7; ages 42-70), 2 (n = 6; ages 45 -78), 3 (n = 2; ages 60 - 65) and 4 (n = 4; 53 - 60).”
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“In HD, the dysregulation of miRNAs has been reported in HD in vitro models, transgenic HD animals and human HD brain [12-24].”
From miR-10b-5p expression in Huntington’s disease brain relates to age of onset and the extent of striatal involvement (2015) · cites this paper as [20]
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“the miR-9 level was shown to be decreased in the postmortem brains of Huntington's disease patients (Packer et al., 2008)”
From The Brain-Enriched MicroRNA miR-9-3p Regulates Synaptic Plasticity and Memory (2016) · cites this paper as Packer et al., 2008
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
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“The physiological importance of miRNAs in nervous system functions and disease states has also been suggested by previous studies of a small number of brainenriched miRNAs (Leucht et al., 2008;Mellios et al., 2008;Packer et al., 2008;Cheng et al., 2009;Schratt, 2009).”
From Comprehensive expression analyses of neural cell-type-specific miRNAs identify new determinants of the specification and maintenance of neuronal phenotypes (2013) · cites this paper as Packer et al., 2008
Statistics that don’t add up
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“F(3,16) = 7.833, p = 0.001”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
Reported p = .001 · recomputed p = .002
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In the paper
“F(2,6) = 16.134, p = 0.0034”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > REST and CoREST contain predicted miR-9 and 9* regulatory sites
Reported p = .0034 · recomputed p = .004
Statistics recomputed
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- Doesn’t add upF(3, 16) = 7.833reported p = .001 · recomputed p = .002
“F(3,16) = 7.833, p = .001”
- Doesn’t add upF(2, 6) = 16.134reported p = .0034 · recomputed p = .004
“F(2,6) = 16.134, p = .0034”
- ConsistentF(3, 22) = 9.876reported p = .0003 · recomputed p < .001
“F(3,22) = 9.876, p = .0003”
- ConsistentF(3, 22) = 6.799reported p = .0021 · recomputed p = .002
“F(3,22) = 6.799, p = .0021”
- ConsistentF(3, 22) = 3.658reported p = .0281 · recomputed p = .028
“F(3,22) = 3.658, p = .0281”
- ConsistentF(2, 6) = 333.08reported p = .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2, 6) = 333.08, p = .0001”
The paper prints p at a floor (such as p < .001)
- ConsistentF(2, 12) = 26.006reported p = .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,12) = 26.006, p = .0001”
The paper prints p at a floor (such as p < .001)
- ConsistentF(2, 12) = 24.017reported p = .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,12) =24.017, p = .0001”
- ConsistentF(2, 9) = 35.524reported p < .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,9) = 35.524, p < .0001”
- ConsistentF(2, 6) = 19.539reported p = .0024 · recomputed p = .002
“F(2,6) = 19.539, p = .0024”
- ConsistentF(2, 9) = 7.552reported p = .0119 · recomputed p = .012
“F(2,9) = 7.552, p = .0119”
- ConsistentF(2, 9) = 38.395reported p < .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,9) = 38.395, p < .0001”
- ConsistentF(2, 11) = 41.612reported p = .0001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,11) = 41.612, p = .0001”
The paper prints p at a floor (such as p < .001)
- ConsistentF(2, 11) = 7.423reported p = .0091 · recomputed p = .009
“F(2,11) = 7.423, p = .0091”
- ConsistentF(2, 9) = 11.173reported p = .0036 · recomputed p = .004
“F(2,9) = 11.173, p = .0036”
- ConsistentF(2, 6) = 32.882reported p = .0006 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,6) =32.882, p = .0006”
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In the paper
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
“We found 5 predicted REST-regulated miRs to be significantly diminished with increasing HD grade: miR-9 (F(3,22) = 9.876, p = 0.0003), miR-9* (F(3,22) = 6.799, p = 0.0021), miR-29b (F(3,22) = 3.658, p = 0.0281), miR-124a (F(3,16) = 7.833, p = 0.001), and miR-132 (F(3,22) = 7.611 p = 0.0011) (Fig. 1A).”
§ The bi-functional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is down-regulated in Huntington’s Disease > Results > miRNA expression changes with HD progression
“Also, we found no change in miR-132 at stages 1 and 2, but significant upregulation later.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Packer, A. N., Xing, Y., Harper, S. Q., Jones, L., & Davidson, B. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Davidson, Beverly L.
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2008-12-31
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 53
- Pages
- 14341-14346
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC3124002
- OpenAlex
- W2001003536
- Semantic Scholar
- 8dce8a39398d97423fda523d757cbefbbd3b6468
- Cited by
- 679
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 68 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 69
- FWCI
- 16.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Hereditary Disease Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA025132)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P01NS050210)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD044093)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- miR-9, rest, CoREST, Huntington's disease, polyglutamine expansion, huntingtin, microRNA regulation, negative feedback loop, neuronal gene expression
- MeSH terms
- RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor, Aged, Brain, Cell Line, Transformed, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Humans, Huntington Disease, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Postmortem Changes, Repressor Proteins, Transfection, Down-Regulation, Disease Progression, 3' Untranslated Regions, MicroRNAs, Co-Repressor Proteins
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