Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs
MicroRNA (miRNA) play a major role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Mammalian miRNA biogenesis begins with co-transcriptional cleavage of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcripts by the Microprocessor complex. While most miRNA are located within introns of protein coding gene...
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| author | Dhir, Ashish Dhir, Somdutta Proudfoot, Nick J. Jopling, Catherine L. |
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| description | MicroRNA (miRNA) play a major role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Mammalian miRNA biogenesis begins with co-transcriptional cleavage of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcripts by the Microprocessor complex. While most miRNA are located within introns of protein coding genes, a substantial minority of miRNA originate from long non coding (lnc) RNA where transcript processing is largely uncharacterized. Here, by detailed characterization of liver-specific lnc-pri-miR-122 and genome-wide analysis, we show that most lnc-pri-miRNA do not use the canonical cleavage and polyadenylation (CPA) pathway but instead use Microprocessor cleavage to terminate transcription. Microprocessor inactivation leads to extensive transcriptional readthrough of lnc-pri-miRNA and transcriptional interference with downstream genes. Consequently we define a novel RNase III-mediated, polyadenylation-independent mechanism of Pol II transcription termination in mammalian cells. |
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| spelling | nottingham-292212020-05-04T17:05:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29221/ Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs Dhir, Ashish Dhir, Somdutta Proudfoot, Nick J. Jopling, Catherine L. MicroRNA (miRNA) play a major role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Mammalian miRNA biogenesis begins with co-transcriptional cleavage of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcripts by the Microprocessor complex. While most miRNA are located within introns of protein coding genes, a substantial minority of miRNA originate from long non coding (lnc) RNA where transcript processing is largely uncharacterized. Here, by detailed characterization of liver-specific lnc-pri-miR-122 and genome-wide analysis, we show that most lnc-pri-miRNA do not use the canonical cleavage and polyadenylation (CPA) pathway but instead use Microprocessor cleavage to terminate transcription. Microprocessor inactivation leads to extensive transcriptional readthrough of lnc-pri-miRNA and transcriptional interference with downstream genes. Consequently we define a novel RNase III-mediated, polyadenylation-independent mechanism of Pol II transcription termination in mammalian cells. Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-02 Article PeerReviewed Dhir, Ashish, Dhir, Somdutta, Proudfoot, Nick J. and Jopling, Catherine L. (2015) Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 22 . pp. 319-327. ISSN 1545-9993 miRNA lncRNA transcription termination gene expression http://www.nature.com/nsmb/journal/v22/n4/full/nsmb.2982.html doi:10.1038/nsmb.2982 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2982 |
| spellingShingle | miRNA lncRNA transcription termination gene expression Dhir, Ashish Dhir, Somdutta Proudfoot, Nick J. Jopling, Catherine L. Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title | Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title_full | Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title_fullStr | Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title_short | Microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding RNA transcripts hosting microRNAs |
| title_sort | microprocessor mediates transcriptional termination of long noncoding rna transcripts hosting micrornas |
| topic | miRNA lncRNA transcription termination gene expression |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29221/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29221/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29221/ |