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ArticleCell reports2017

Resolving Subcellular miRNA Trafficking and Turnover at Single-Molecule Resolution.

Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya, Laurie A Heinicke, Jun I Park, Elizabeth L Cameron, Nils G Walter

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Noncanonical functions of microRNAs in the nucleus.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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  20. Challenging Cellular Homeostasis: Spatial and Temporal Regulation of miRNAs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sethuramasundaram PitchiayaSingle Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
Laurie A HeinickeSingle Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
Jun I ParkSingle Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
Elizabeth L CameronSingle Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
Nils G WalterSingle Molecule Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA. Electronic address: nwalter@umich.edu.

Funding

Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP)T32GM008353 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCHWENDEMAN, ANNA · 1991 to 2021
$9.3M
U-turn of the Hepatitis Delta Virus RibozymeR01GM062357 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WALTER, NILS G · 2001 to 2019
$5.8M
Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Trekking with the Ribognome: Single Molecule Microscopy of Intracellular miRNPsR01GM081025 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WALTER, NILS G · 2007 to 2010
$998k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062357NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081025NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008353NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of microRNA (miRNA) localization and stability is critical for their extensive cytoplasmic RNA silencing activity and emerging nuclear functions. Here, we have developed single-molecule fluorescence-based tools to assess the subcellular trafficking, integrity, and activity of miRNAs. We find that seed-matched RNA targets protect miRNAs against degradation and enhance their nuclear retention. While target-stabilized, functional, cytoplasmic miRNAs reside in high-molecular-weight complexes, nuclear miRNAs, as well as cytoplasmic miRNAs targeted by complementary anti-miRNAs, are sequestered stably within significantly lower-molecular-weight complexes and rendered repression incompetent. miRNA stability and activity depend on Argonaute protein abundance, whereas miRNA strand selection, unwinding, and nuclear retention depend on Argonaute identity. Taken together, our results show that miRNA degradation competes with Argonaute loading and target binding to control subcellular miRNA abundance for gene silencing surveillance. Probing single cells for miRNA activity, trafficking, and metabolism promises to facilitate screening for effective miRNA mimics and anti-miRNA drugs.

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AnimalsArgonaute ProteinsCell CountCell Line, TumorCell NucleusHumansIntracellular SpaceMiceMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalMolecular ProbesReproducibility of ResultsRNA, MessengerRNA StabilityRNA TransportSingle Molecule ImagingArgonaute ProteinsMicroRNAsMolecular ProbesRNA, Messengeranti-miRsArgonautecorrelative counting analysismicroRNAmRNA targetssingle-molecule microscopy

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PMID28423324
PMCPMC5482240

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