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Individual Micrornas (Mirnas) Display Distinct Mrna Targeting "Rules", Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Kevin Xie, Mary H. Jennings, Yanling Hu, Arnold J. Stromberg, Peter T. Nelson
Individual Micrornas (Mirnas) Display Distinct Mrna Targeting "Rules", Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Kevin Xie, Mary H. Jennings, Yanling Hu, Arnold J. Stromberg, Peter T. Nelson
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) guide Argonaute (AGO)-containing microribonucleoprotein (miRNP) complexes to target mRNAs.It has been assumed that miRNAs behave similarly to each other with regard to mRNA target recognition. The usual assumptions, which are based on prior studies, are that miRNAs target preferentially sequences in the 3'UTR of mRNAs,guided by the 5' "seed" portion of the miRNAs. Here we isolated AGO- and miRNA-containing miRNPs from human H4 tumor cells by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) with anti-AGO antibody. Cells were transfected with miR-107, miR-124,miR-128, miR-320, or a negative control miRNA. Co-IPed RNAs were subjected to downstream high-density Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST microarray analyses using …
Microrna In Situ Hybridization In The Human Entorhinal And Transentorhinal Cortex, Peter T. Nelson, James Dimayuga, Bernard R. Wilfred
Microrna In Situ Hybridization In The Human Entorhinal And Transentorhinal Cortex, Peter T. Nelson, James Dimayuga, Bernard R. Wilfred
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in gene expression regulation in both healthy and disease brains. To better understand those roles, it is necessary to characterize the miRNAs that are expressed in particular cell types under a range of conditions. In situ hybridization (ISH) can demonstrate cell- and lamina-specific patterns of miRNA expression that would be lost in tissue-level expression profiling. In the present study, ISH was performed with special focus on the human entorhinal cortex (EC) and transentorhinal cortex (TEC). The TEC is the area of the cerebral cortex that first develops neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the …
Anti-Argonaute Rip-Chip Shows That Mirna Transfections Alter Global Patterns Of Mrna Recruitment To Microribonucleoprotein Complexes, Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Yanling Hu, Arnold J. Stromberg, Peter T. Nelson
Anti-Argonaute Rip-Chip Shows That Mirna Transfections Alter Global Patterns Of Mrna Recruitment To Microribonucleoprotein Complexes, Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Yanling Hu, Arnold J. Stromberg, Peter T. Nelson
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in gene expression regulation by guiding Argonaute (AGO)-containing microribonucleoprotein (miRNP) effector complexes to target polynucleotides. There are still uncertainties about how miRNAs interact with mRNAs. Here we employed a biochemical approach to isolate AGO-containing miRNPs from human H4 tumor cells by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) with a previously described anti-AGO antibody. Co-immunoprecipitated (co-IPed) RNAs were subjected to downstream Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST microarray analysis. During rigorous validation, the "RIP-Chip" assay identified target mRNAs specifically associated with AGO complexes. RIP-Chip was performed after transfecting brain-enriched miRNAs (miR-107, miR-124, miR-128, and miR-320) and nonphysiologic control miRNA to identify …