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Let-7 represses Nr6a1 and a mid-gestation developmental program in adult fibroblasts.


ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical to proliferation, differentiation, and development. Here, we characterize gene expression in murine Dicer-null adult mesenchymal stem cell lines, a fibroblast cell type. Loss of Dicer leads to derepression of let-7 targets at levels that exceed 10-fold to 100-fold with increases in transcription. Direct and indirect targets of this miRNA belong to a mid-gestation embryonic program that encompasses known oncofetal genes as well as oncogenes not previously associated with an embryonic state. Surprisingly, this mid-gestation program represents a distinct period that occurs between the pluripotent state of the inner cell mass at embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5) and the induction of let-7 upon differentiation at E10.5. Within this mid-gestation program, we characterize the let-7 target Nr6a1, an embryonic transcriptional repressor that regulates gene expression in adult fibroblasts following miRNA loss. In total, let-7 is required for the continual suppression of embryonic gene expression in adult cells, a mechanism that may underlie its tumor-suppressive function.

SUBMITTER: Gurtan AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3650230 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Let-7 represses Nr6a1 and a mid-gestation developmental program in adult fibroblasts.

Gurtan Allan M AM   Ravi Arvind A   Rahl Peter B PB   Bosson Andrew D AD   JnBaptiste Courtney K CK   Bhutkar Arjun A   Whittaker Charles A CA   Young Richard A RA   Sharp Phillip A PA  

Genes & development 20130401 8


MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical to proliferation, differentiation, and development. Here, we characterize gene expression in murine Dicer-null adult mesenchymal stem cell lines, a fibroblast cell type. Loss of Dicer leads to derepression of let-7 targets at levels that exceed 10-fold to 100-fold with increases in transcription. Direct and indirect targets of this miRNA belong to a mid-gestation embryonic program that encompasses known oncofetal genes as well as oncogenes not previously associate  ...[more]

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