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ArticleNucleic acids research2013

Both mature miR-17-5p and passenger strand miR-17-3p target TIMP3 and induce prostate tumor growth and invasion.

Xiangling Yang, William W Du, Haoran Li, Fengqiong Liu, Anna Khorshidi, Zina Jeyapalan Rutnam, Burton B Yang

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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121citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiangling YangSunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Canada and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada.
William W Du
Haoran Li
Fengqiong Liu
Anna Khorshidi
Zina Jeyapalan Rutnam
Burton B Yang
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-102635Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-111171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNA) precursor (pre-miRNA) molecules can be processed to release a miRNA/miRNA* duplex. In the canonical model of miRNA biogenesis, one strand of the duplex is thought to be the biologically active miRNA, whereas the other strand is thought to be inactive and degraded as a carrier or passenger strand called miRNA* (miRNA star). However, recent studies have revealed that miRNA* strands frequently play roles in the regulatory networks of miRNA target molecules. Our recent study indicated that miR-17 transgenic mice could abundantly express both the mature miR-17-5p and the passenger strand miR-17-3p. Here, we showed that miR-17 enhanced prostate tumor growth and invasion by increasing tumor cell proliferation, colony formation, cell survival and invasion. miRNA target analysis showed that both miR-17-5p and miR-17-3p repressed TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3 (TIMP3) expression. Silencing with small interfering RNA against TIMP3 promoted cell survival and invasion. Ectopic expression of TIMP3 decreased cell invasion and cell survival. Our results demonstrated that mature miRNA can function coordinately with its passenger strand, enhancing the repressive ability of a miRNA by binding the same target. Within an intricate regulatory network, this may be among the mechanisms by which miRNA can augment their regulatory capacity.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAnimalsCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalMaleMiceMice, NudeMicroRNAsNeoplasm InvasivenessProstatic NeoplasmsTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3MicroRNAsTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3

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PMID23990326
PMCPMC3834805
OpenAlexW2090648161

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