MiRNA-target chimeras identified with CLEAR-CLIP reveal miRNA 3' end pairing as a major determinant of Argonaute binding in vivo [mouse cortex CLEAR-CLIP]
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ABSTRACT: microRNAs (miRNAs) act as sequence-specific guides for Argonaute (AGO) proteins, which mediate post-transcriptional silencing of target mRNAs. Despite their importance in many biological processes, rules governing AGO-miRNA targeting are only partially understood. We use a modified AGO HITS-CLIP strategy, termed CLEAR (Covalent Ligation of Endogenous Argonaute-bound RNAs) CLIP that enriches miRNAs ligated to their endogenous mRNA targets. CLEAR-CLIP mapped ~130,000 endogenous miRNA-target interactions in mouse brain and ~40,000 in human hepatoma cells. Motif and structural analysis define expanded pairing rules for over 200 mammalian miRNAs. Most interactions combine seed-based pairing with distinct, miRNA-specific patterns of auxiliary pairing. At some regulatory sites, this specificity confers distinct silencing functions to miRNA family members with shared seed sequences but divergent 3’ ends. This work provides a means for explicit biochemical identification of miRNA sites in vivo, leading to the discovery that miRNA 3’ end pairing is a general determinant of AGO binding specificity.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE73058 | GEO | 2015/11/15
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA296129
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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