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ArticleNature genetics2018

MiCEE is a ncRNA-protein complex that mediates epigenetic silencing and nucleolar organization.

Indrabahadur Singh, Adriana Contreras, Julio Cordero, Karla Rubio, Stephanie Dobersch, Stefan Günther, Sylvia Jeratsch, Aditi Mehta, Marcus Krüger, Johannes Graumann and 4 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Indrabahadur SinghLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Adriana ContrerasLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4361-9335
Julio CorderoLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Karla RubioLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Stephanie DoberschLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Stefan GüntherDepartment of Cardiac Development, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Sylvia JeratschBiomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Aditi MehtaLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Marcus KrügerInstitute for Genetics, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Center for Molecular Medicine (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Johannes GraumannBiomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-5850
Werner SeegerDepartment of Lung Development and Remodeling Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Gergana DobrevaAnatomy and Developmental Biology, CBTM, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Thomas BraunDepartment of Cardiac Development, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Guillermo BarretoLung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany. guillermo.barreto@mpi-bn.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7777-4712
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research · DEHeidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEKazan Federal University · RUUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of the eukaryotic genome is transcribed into noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), which are important regulators of different nuclear processes by controlling chromatin structure. However, the full extent of ncRNA function has remained elusive. Here we deciphered the function of the microRNA Mirlet7d as a key regulator of bidirectionally transcribed genes. We found that nuclear Mirlet7d binds ncRNAs expressed from these genes. Mirlet7d-ncRNA duplexes are further bound by C1D, which in turn targets the RNA exosome complex and the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to the bidirectionally active loci. The exosome degrades the ncRNAs, whereas PRC2 induces heterochromatin and transcriptional silencing through EZH2. Moreover, this multicomponent RNA-protein complex, which we named MiCEE, tethers the regulated genes to the perinucleolar region and thus is required for proper nucleolar organization. Our study demonstrates that the MiCEE complex mediates epigenetic silencing of bidirectionally expressed genes and global genome organization.

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AnimalsCell LineCell NucleolusCell NucleusChromatinDrosophilaEpigenesis, GeneticExosomesGene SilencingHEK293 CellsHeterochromatinHumansMiceMicroRNAsNucleolus Organizer RegionPolycomb Repressive Complex 2ChromatinHeterochromatinMicroRNAsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2RNA, Untranslated

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