Publication Date:
2008-05-09
Description:
Drosophila endogenous small RNAs are categorized according to their mechanisms of biogenesis and the Argonaute protein to which they bind. MicroRNAs are a class of ubiquitously expressed RNAs of approximately 22 nucleotides in length, which arise from structured precursors through the action of Drosha-Pasha and Dicer-1-Loquacious complexes. These join Argonaute-1 to regulate gene expression. A second endogenous small RNA class, the Piwi-interacting RNAs, bind Piwi proteins and suppress transposons. Piwi-interacting RNAs are restricted to the gonad, and at least a subset of these arises by Piwi-catalysed cleavage of single-stranded RNAs. Here we show that Drosophila generates a third small RNA class, endogenous small interfering RNAs, in both gonadal and somatic tissues. Production of these RNAs requires Dicer-2, but a subset depends preferentially on Loquacious rather than the canonical Dicer-2 partner, R2D2 (ref. 14). Endogenous small interfering RNAs arise both from convergent transcription units and from structured genomic loci in a tissue-specific fashion. They predominantly join Argonaute-2 and have the capacity, as a class, to target both protein-coding genes and mobile elements. These observations expand the repertoire of small RNAs in Drosophila, adding a class that blurs distinctions based on known biogenesis mechanisms and functional roles.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895258/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895258/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Czech, Benjamin -- Malone, Colin D -- Zhou, Rui -- Stark, Alexander -- Schlingeheyde, Catherine -- Dus, Monica -- Perrimon, Norbert -- Kellis, Manolis -- Wohlschlegel, James A -- Sachidanandam, Ravi -- Hannon, Gregory J -- Brennecke, Julius -- U01 HG004264/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- U01 HG004264-02/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- U54 HG004555/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- U54 HG004555-01/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- U54 HG004570/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- U54 HG004570-01/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2008 Jun 5;453(7196):798-802. doi: 10.1038/nature07007. Epub 2008 May 7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Watson School of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18463631" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Argonaute Proteins
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Cell Line
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Drosophila Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Drosophila melanogaster/cytology/enzymology/*genetics/metabolism
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Protein Binding
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RNA Helicases/metabolism
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*RNA Interference
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RNA, Small Interfering/biosynthesis/genetics/*metabolism
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RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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RNA-Induced Silencing Complex/genetics/metabolism
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Retroelements/genetics
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Ribonuclease III
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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