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ArticleThe EMBO journal2020

Dynamic properties of noise and Her6 levels are optimized by miR-9, allowing the decoding of the Her6 oscillator.

Ximena Soto, Veronica Biga, Jochen Kursawe, Robert Lea, Parnian Doostdar, Riba Thomas, Nancy Papalopulu

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2020. 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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25 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ximena Soto *Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2680-1837
Veronica Biga *Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Jochen KursaweSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Robert LeaFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Parnian DoostdarFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Riba ThomasFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Nancy PapalopuluFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6992-6870
University of Manchester · GBUniversity of St Andrews · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noise is prevalent in biology and has been widely quantified using snapshot measurements. This static view obscures our understanding of dynamic noise properties and how these affect gene expression and cell state transitions. Using a CRISPR/Cas9 Zebrafish her6::Venus reporter combined with mathematical and in vivo experimentation, we explore how noise affects the protein dynamics of Her6, a basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor. During neurogenesis, Her6 expression transitions from fluctuating to oscillatory at single-cell level. We identify that absence of miR-9 input generates high-frequency noise in Her6 traces, inhibits the transition to oscillatory protein expression and prevents the downregulation of Her6. Together, these impair the upregulation of downstream targets and cells accumulate in a normally transitory state where progenitor and early differentiation markers are co-expressed. Computational modelling and double smFISH of her6 and the early neurogenesis marker, elavl3, suggest that the change in Her6 dynamics precedes the downregulation in Her6 levels. This sheds light onto the order of events at the moment of cell state transition and how this is influenced by the dynamic properties of noise. Our results suggest that Her/Hes oscillations, facilitated by dynamic noise optimization by miR-9, endow progenitor cells with the ability to make a cell state transition.

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Biological ClocksNeurogenesisAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsELAV-Like Protein 3MicroRNAsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteinselavl3 protein, zebrafishELAV-Like Protein 3Her6 protein, zebrafishMicroRNAsMIRN9 microRNA, zebrafishZebrafish Proteinscell state transitionsgene expression noiseHer6 oscillationsmiR-9Zebrafish neurogenesis

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PMID32395844
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