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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

Cooperation meets competition in microRNA-mediated DMPK transcript regulation.

Edyta Koscianska, Tomasz M Witkos, Emilia Kozlowska, Marzena Wojciechowska, Wlodzimierz J Krzyzosiak

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edyta KoscianskaDepartment of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland edytak@ibch.poznan.pl.
Tomasz M WitkosDepartment of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
Emilia KozlowskaDepartment of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
Marzena WojciechowskaDepartment of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
Wlodzimierz J KrzyzosiakDepartment of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland wlodkrzy@ibch.poznan.pl.
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fundamental role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the regulation of gene expression has been well-established, but many miRNA-driven regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. In the present study, we demonstrate that miRNAs regulate the expression of DMPK, the gene mutated in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), and we provide insight regarding the concerted effect of the miRNAs on the DMPK target. Specifically, we examined the binding of several miRNAs to the DMPK 3' UTR using luciferase assays. We validated the interactions between the DMPK transcript and the conserved miR-206 and miR-148a. We suggest a possible cooperativity between these two miRNAs and discuss gene targeting by miRNA pairs that vary in distance between their binding sites and expression profiles. In the same luciferase reporter system, we showed miR-15b/16 binding to the non-conserved CUG repeat tract present in the DMPK transcript and that the CUG-repeat-binding miRNAs might also act cooperatively. Moreover, we detected miR-16 in cytoplasmic foci formed by exogenously expressed RNAs with expanded CUG repeats. Therefore, we propose that the expanded CUGs may serve as a target for concerted regulation by miRNAs and may also act as molecular sponges for natural miRNAs with CAG repeats in their seed regions, thereby affecting their physiological functions.

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3' Untranslated RegionsGene Expression RegulationAnimalsBinding SitesHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMicroRNAsMyotonin-Protein KinaseRNA, MessengerTrinucleotide Repeats3' Untranslated RegionsDMPK protein, humanMicroRNAsMIRN148 microRNA, humanMIRN206 microRNA, humanMyotonin-Protein KinaseRNA, Messenger

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PMCPMC4627076
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