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ArticleMolecular cell2019

3' Uridylation Confers miRNAs with Non-canonical Target Repertoires.

Acong Yang, Xavier Bofill-De Ros, Tie-Juan Shao, Minjie Jiang, Katherine Li, Patricia Villanueva, Lisheng Dai, Shuo Gu

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Article in Molecular cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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69 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Acong YangRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Xavier Bofill-De RosRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Tie-Juan ShaoRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; School of Basic Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Minjie JiangRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Katherine LiRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Patricia VillanuevaRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Lisheng DaiRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Shuo GuRNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Electronic address: shuo.gu@nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

Uncover the mechanisms regulating the biogenesis and decay of miRNAs in cancerZIABC011566 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GU, SHUO · 2014 to 2025
$16.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many microRNAs (miRNAs) exist alongside abundant miRNA isoforms (isomiRs), most of which arise from post-maturation sequence modifications such as 3' uridylation. However, the ways in which these sequence modifications affect miRNA function remain poorly understood. Here, using human miR-27a in cell lines as a model, we discovered that a nonfunctional target site unable to base-pair extensively with the miRNA seed sequence can regain function when an upstream adenosine is able to base-pair with a post-transcriptionally added uridine in the miR-27a tail. This tail-U-mediated repression (TUMR) is abolished in cells lacking the uridylation enzymes TUT4 and TUT7, indicating that uridylation alters miRNA function by modulating target recognition. We identified a set of non-canonical targets in human cells that are specifically regulated by uridylated miR-27a. We provide evidence that TUMR expands the targets of other endogenous miRNAs. Our study reveals a function of uridylated isomiRs in regulating non-canonical miRNA targets.

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AdenosineBase PairingDNA-Binding ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansMicroRNAsRNA NucleotidyltransferasesRNA StabilityUridineAdenosineDNA-Binding ProteinsMicroRNAsMIRN27 microRNA, humanRNA NucleotidyltransferasesTUT4 protein, humanTUT7 protein, humanUridineisomiRsmiR-27amiRNAnoncanonical targeturidylation

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