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Regulation of Huntingtin Gene Expression by miRNA-137, -214, -148a, and Their Respective isomiRs
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With the advent of deep sequencing technology, a variety of miRNA length and sequence variants, termed isomiRNAs (isomiRs), have been discovered. However, the functional roles of these commonly detected isomiRs remain unknown. In this paper, we demonstrated that miRNAs regulate the expression of the HTT gene, whose mutation leads to Huntington’s disease (HD), a hereditary degenerative disorder. Specifically, we validated the interactions of canonical miRNAs, miR-137, miR-214, and miR-148a, with the HTT 3'UTR using a luciferase assay. Moreover, we applied synthetic miRNA mimics to examine whether a slight shifting of miRNA seed regions might alter the regulation of the HTT transcript. We also examined miR-137, miR-214, and miR-148a isomiRs and showed the activity of these isoforms on reporter constructs bearing appropriate sequences from the HTT 3'UTR. Hence, we demonstrated that certain 5'-end variants of miRNAs might be functional for the regulation of the same targets as canonical miRNAs.
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![Figure 1 Graphical presentation of selected miRNA target site distribution in the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) of the huntingtin transcript. To predict miRNAs that potentially target the HTT 3′UTR, the TargetScanHuman algorithm (Release 6.2) [46] was used. (A) Regions of interaction for the miRNAs selected for experimental validation; (B) miRNA base pairing with an appropriate target sequence is schematically presented.](/paper-figures/252d2851b7634851859348befc1c460f/regulation-of-huntingtin-gene-expression-by-mirna-137-214-148a-and-their-figure-1.jpg)


![Figure 4 Graphical presentation of selected isomiR variants and their potential to target different genes. (A) Nucleotide sequences of miR-137, miR-214, miR-148a, and their isoforms. miRNA sequences are marked in red, and isomiR sequences are shown in blue, green, and violet for −1-, +1-, and +2-nt seed shifting, respectively. The miRNA seed sequences are labeled with black rectangles. Information on the miRNA lengths, as well as their potential for targeting the HTT gene and isomiR expression levels, is also provided. (*) Ability to interact with the HTT 3′UTR, as predicted by the TargetScanHuman algorithm (Release 6.2) for miRNAs and the TargetScan Custom (Release 5.2) for isomiRs [46], (**) isomiR read number according to the YM500 database [53]; (B) Venn diagrams showing the predicted miRNA targets for selected isomiRs. Potential targets for the 5′-end variants of miR-137, miR-214, and miR-148a were predicted using the TargetScan Custom algorithm (Release 5.2) and are shown as overlaps in the Venn diagrams. Targets for the canonical miRNAs are compared with the targets for the miRNAs with the shifted seed regions and are depicted in the same colors as in panel A. The numbers inside the circles denote the numbers of potential targets predicted for the appropriate miRNA variants.](/paper-figures/0f26066d75264f0daddcbd60649e3fc0/regulation-of-huntingtin-gene-expression-by-mirna-137-214-148a-and-their-figure-4.jpg)


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“miRNAs that target the HTT 3′UTR and reduce HTT transcript levels in vitro, miR-148a-5p, miR-150-5p and miR-214-5p”
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- Kozlowska, E., Krzyzosiak, W., & Koscianska, E.
- Affiliations
- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14 Str., 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- ORCID
- Koscianska, Edyta
- Venue
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2013-08-19
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 16999-17016
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- 1422-0067
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- PMC3759948
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