Athanasios Kyritsis, Rafailia Aa Beta, Diana Scutelnic, Vasiliki Stravokefalou, Valerio Del Vescovo, Zoi V Arsenopoulou, Konstantinos Papikinos, Margherita Grasso, Francesca Fontana, Paraskevi Moutopoulou, Alexandros Tsiporis, Martina Samiotaki, George Panayotou, Michela A Denti, Nikolaos Aa Balatsos
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Abstract
The majority of pri-miRNAs acquire a 5' cap and 3' poly(A) tail. Mature miRNAs recruit deadenylases that shorten poly(Α) tails triggering target mRNA degradation. Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) is a deadenylase that also mediates late steps of noncoding RNA maturation. Herein, we show that PARN affects the expression of a subset of miRNAs in NCI-H520 cells of lung cancer origin, including miR-29a and miR-1207, which are also predicted to target PARN mRNA. PARN associates with pri-miR-29a and pri-miR-1207 regulating their poly(A) lengths. Conversely, miR-29a-3p and miR-1207-5p bind the 3' UTR of PARN mRNA and regulate its expression. Cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 6 (CPSF6) recruits PARN to pri-miRNAs and together they affect primary and mature miR-29a-3p levels. Modulation of PARN, miR-29a-3p, or miR-1207-5p expression affects cell migration. We present a model to describe the dynamic relation between PARN and miR-29a and discuss its biological significance.
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Life Science Alliance is a global, open-access, editorially independent, and peer-reviewed journal launched by an alliance of EMBO Press, Rockefeller University Press, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Life Science Alliance is committed to rapid, fair, and transparent publication of valuable research from across all areas in the life sciences.