Publication Date:
2013-03-01
Description:
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) in animals are an enigmatic class of RNA with unknown function. To explore circRNAs systematically, we sequenced and computationally analysed human, mouse and nematode RNA. We detected thousands of well-expressed, stable circRNAs, often showing tissue/developmental-stage-specific expression. Sequence analysis indicated important regulatory functions for circRNAs. We found that a human circRNA, antisense to the cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 transcript (CDR1as), is densely bound by microRNA (miRNA) effector complexes and harbours 63 conserved binding sites for the ancient miRNA miR-7. Further analyses indicated that CDR1as functions to bind miR-7 in neuronal tissues. Human CDR1as expression in zebrafish impaired midbrain development, similar to knocking down miR-7, suggesting that CDR1as is a miRNA antagonist with a miRNA-binding capacity ten times higher than any other known transcript. Together, our data provide evidence that circRNAs form a large class of post-transcriptional regulators. Numerous circRNAs form by head-to-tail splicing of exons, suggesting previously unrecognized regulatory potential of coding sequences.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Memczak, Sebastian -- Jens, Marvin -- Elefsinioti, Antigoni -- Torti, Francesca -- Krueger, Janna -- Rybak, Agnieszka -- Maier, Luisa -- Mackowiak, Sebastian D -- Gregersen, Lea H -- Munschauer, Mathias -- Loewer, Alexander -- Ziebold, Ulrike -- Landthaler, Markus -- Kocks, Christine -- le Noble, Ferdinand -- Rajewsky, Nikolaus -- England -- Nature. 2013 Mar 21;495(7441):333-8. doi: 10.1038/nature11928. Epub 2013 Feb 27.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Systems Biology of Gene Regulatory Elements, Max-Delbruck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rossle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23446348" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Autoantigens/genetics/metabolism
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Binding Sites
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Brain/metabolism
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Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Conserved Sequence
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Female
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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HEK293 Cells
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Humans
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Male
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Mice
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MicroRNAs/genetics/metabolism
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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RNA/genetics/*metabolism
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Zebrafish/embryology/genetics/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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