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ArticleNature communications2017

MicroRNA filters Hox temporal transcription noise to confer boundary formation in the spinal cord.

Chung-Jung Li, Tian Hong, Ying-Tsen Tung, Ya-Ping Yen, Ho-Chiang Hsu, Ya-Lin Lu, Mien Chang, Qing Nie, Jun-An Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chung-Jung LiMolecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Tian HongCenter for Complex Biological Systems, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Ying-Tsen TungInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Ya-Ping YenInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Ho-Chiang HsuInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Ya-Lin LuInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Mien ChangInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Qing NieCenter for Complex Biological Systems, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Jun-An ChenMolecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9870-3203
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica · TWUniversity of California, Irvine · USNational Taiwan University · TW

Funding

Uncover Strategies Used By Biological SystemsP50GM076516 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LANDER, ARTHUR D · 2007 to 2016
$25.1M
Defining an Integrated Signaling Network That Patterns the Craniofacial SkeletonR01DE023050 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CLOUTHIER, DAVID E., NIE, QING · 2014 to 2018
$3.2M
Spatial Dynamics of Tissue and Organ Size ControlR01NS095355 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI CALOF, ANNE LEIGHTON, LANDER, ARTHUR D · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Stochastic Dynamics and Noise Control in Patterning SystemsR01GM107264 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI NIE, QING, SCHILLING, THOMAS F · 2014 to 2017
$1.3M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE023050NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM076516NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107264NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The initial rostrocaudal patterning of the neural tube leads to differential expression of Hox genes that contribute to the specification of motor neuron (MN) subtype identity. Although several 3' Hox mRNAs are expressed in progenitors in a noisy manner, these Hox proteins are not expressed in the progenitors and only become detectable in postmitotic MNs. MicroRNA biogenesis impairment leads to precocious expression and propagates the noise of Hoxa5 at the protein level, resulting in an imprecise Hoxa5-Hoxc8 boundary. Here we uncover, using in silico simulation, two feed-forward Hox-miRNA loops accounting for the precocious and noisy Hoxa5 expression, as well as an ill-defined boundary phenotype in Dicer mutants. Finally, we identify mir-27 as a major regulator coordinating the temporal delay and spatial boundary of Hox protein expression. Our results provide a novel trans Hox-miRNA circuit filtering transcription noise and controlling the timing of protein expression to confer robust individual MN identity.

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Genes, HomeoboxTranscription, GeneticAnimalsComputer SimulationEmbryo, MammalianGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMicroRNAsMotor NeuronsMutationRibonuclease IIIRNA, MessengerSpinal CordTime FactorsMicroRNAsRibonuclease IIIRNA, Messenger

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PMID28337978
PMCPMC5376671
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