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ArticleGenomics, proteomics & bioinformatics2022

Structural and Functional Analyses of Hub MicroRNAs in An Integrated Gene Regulatory Network of Arabidopsis.

Zhaoxu Gao, Jun Li, Li Li, Yanzhi Yang, Jian Li, Chunxiang Fu, Danmeng Zhu, Hang He, Huaqing Cai, Lei Li

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Article in Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhaoxu GaoState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Jun LiPeking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Li LiState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Yanzhi YangState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Jian LiState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Chunxiang FuCAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China.
Danmeng ZhuState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Hang HeState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Huaqing CaiNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Lei LiState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, and School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address: lei.li@pku.edu.cn.
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Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are trans-acting small regulatory RNAs that work coordinately with transcription factors (TFs) to shape the repertoire of cellular mRNAs available for translation. Despite our growing knowledge of individual plant miRNAs, their global roles in gene regulatory networks remain mostly unassessed. Based on interactions obtained from public databases and curated from the literature, we reconstructed an integrated miRNA network in Arabidopsis that includes 66 core TFs, 318 miRNAs, and 1712 downstream genes. We found that miRNAs occupy distinct niches and enrich miRNA-containing feed-forward loops (FFLs), particularly those with miRNAs as intermediate nodes. Further analyses revealed that miRNA-containing FFLs coordinate TFs located in different hierarchical layers and that intertwined miRNA-containing FFLs are associated with party and date miRNA hubs. Using the date hub MIR858A as an example, we performed detailed molecular and genetic analyses of three interconnected miRNA-containing FFLs. These analyses revealed individual functions of the selected miRNA-containing FFLs and elucidated how the date hub miRNA fulfills multiple regulatory roles. Collectively, our findings highlight the prevalence and importance of miRNA-containing FFLs, and provide new insights into the design principles and control logics of miRNA regulatory networks governing gene expression programs in plants.

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ArabidopsisMicroRNAsDatabases, FactualGene Regulatory NetworksTranscription FactorsMicroRNAsTranscription FactorsDate hubFeed-forward loopMicroRNAMIR858ATranscription factor

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