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miR-34/449 miRNAs are required for motile ciliogenesis by repressing cp110

The miR-34/449 family consists of six homologous miRNAs at three genomic loci. Redundancy of miR-34/449 miRNAs and their dominant expression in multiciliated epithelia suggest a functional significance in ciliogenesis. Here, we report that mice deficient for all miR-34/449 miRNAs exhibited postnatal...

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Autores principales: Song, Rui, Walentek, Peter, Sponer, Nicole, Klimke, Alexander, Lee, Joon Sub, Dixon, Gary, Harland, Richard, Wan, Ying, Lishko, Polina, Lize, Muriel, Kessel, Michael, He, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4119886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13413
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Sumario:The miR-34/449 family consists of six homologous miRNAs at three genomic loci. Redundancy of miR-34/449 miRNAs and their dominant expression in multiciliated epithelia suggest a functional significance in ciliogenesis. Here, we report that mice deficient for all miR-34/449 miRNAs exhibited postnatal mortality, infertility, and strong respiratory dysfunction caused by defective mucociliary clearance. In both mouse and Xenopus, miR-34/449-deficient multiciliated cells (MCCs) exhibited a significant decrease in cilia length and number, due to defective basal body maturation and apical docking. The effect of miR-34/449 on ciliogenesis was mediated, at least in part, by post-transcriptional repression of Cp110, a centriolar protein suppressing cilia assembly. cp110 knockdown in miR-34/449-deficient MCCs restored ciliogenesis by rescuing basal body maturation and docking. Altogether, our findings elucidate conserved cellular and molecular mechanisms through which miR-34/449 regulate motile ciliogenesis.