Genome-Wide Analysis of mRNAs Regulated by Drosha and Argonaute Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster
Genome-Wide Analysis of mRNAs Regulated by Drosha and Argonaute Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster
RNA silencing pathways are conserved gene regulation mechanisms that elicit decay and/or translational repression of mRNAs complementary to short interfering RNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs). The fraction of the transcriptome regulated by these pathways is not known, but it is thought that each miRNA may have hundreds of targets. To identify transcripts regulated by silencing pathways at the genomic level, we examined mRNA expression profiles in Drosophila melanogaster cells depleted of four Argonaute paralogs (i.e., AGO1, AGO2, PIWI, or Aubergine) that play essential roles in RNA silencing. We also profiled cells depleted of the miRNA-processing enzyme Drosha. The results reveal that transcripts differentially expressed in Drosha-depleted cells have highly correlated expression in the AGO1 knockdown and are significantly enriched in predicted and validated miRNA targets. The levels of a subset of miRNA targets are also regulated by AGO2. Moreover, AGO1 and AGO2 silence the expression of a common set of mobile genetic elements. Together, these results indicate that the functional overlap between AGO1 and AGO2 in Drosophila is more important than previously thought.
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory Germany
- University of Oxford United Kingdom
- European Bioinformatics Institute United Kingdom
Ribonuclease III, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, Blotting, Western, Genome, Insect, Protein Array Analysis, Proteins, Genes, Insect, Precipitin Tests, Drosophila melanogaster, Genes, Reporter, Peptide Initiation Factors, Argonaute Proteins, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, RNA-Induced Silencing Complex, RNA Interference, RNA, Messenger, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, Luciferases
Ribonuclease III, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, Blotting, Western, Genome, Insect, Protein Array Analysis, Proteins, Genes, Insect, Precipitin Tests, Drosophila melanogaster, Genes, Reporter, Peptide Initiation Factors, Argonaute Proteins, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, RNA-Induced Silencing Complex, RNA Interference, RNA, Messenger, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, Luciferases
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