Promiscuous splicing-derived hairpins are dominant substrates of tailing-mediated defense of miRNA biogenesis in mammals
UID: 11210
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- Summary from GEO:
"A canonical pathway generates microRNAs (miRNAs) via stepwise cleavage of hairpin precursors by RNase III enzymes Drosha and Dicer, followed by loading of resultant ~22 nucleotide (nt) RNAs into an Argonaute (Ago) effector complex. In addition, non-canonical substrates can bypass either RNase III enzyme to yield functional small RNAs, including hundreds of intron-derived hairpins that comprise pre-miRNA mimics that bypass Drosha (i.e., mirtrons). Here, we show that mirtron breadth is much larger than currently appreciated, since hundreds of novel splicing-derived hairpins are detected in intermediate (~50-100 nt) but not small (20-30nt) RNA data. Since mirtrons were originally defined on the basis of small RNA duplexes, we term the larger set of loci as structured, splicing-derived RNAs (ssdRNAs). Although individual species generally accumulate modestly, these are broadly detected in Dicer and/or Ago complexes and can mediate repression in directed assays. Nevertheless, their extremely poor conservation suggests they do not generally benefit regulatory networks, and may instead contaminate the canonical miRNA pathway. In aggregate, ssdRNAs/mirtrons comprise the dominant hairpin substrates for 3' tailing by multiple terminal nucleotidyltransferases, notably TUT4/7 and TENT2. We provide evidence that hairpin tailing is inhibitory for ssdRNA/mirtron biogenesis and/or function, and that this pathway has restricted the evolution of canonical pre-miRNAs that resemble splicing products. Overall, the rampant proliferation of evolutionary young mammalian mirtrons, coupled with an attendant molecular defense, comprises a Red Queen's race of intragenomic conflict."
Overall design from GEO:
"Comparative small RNA expression profiling analysis for HEK293T cells and its TUTase KO derivatives. Ago2-associated intermediate (50-80 nt) RNA profiling from K562 cells."
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Accession #: GSE206186Access via BioProject
Accession #: PRJNA849575 - Access Restrictions
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- CSV, TAR, BW
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