ADAR1 Forms a Complex with Dicer to Promote MicroRNA Processing and RNA-Induced Gene Silencing
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Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) are involved in RNA editing that converts adenosine residues to inosine specifically in double-stranded RNAs. In this study, we investigated the interaction of the RNA editing mechanism with the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery and found that ADAR1 forms a complex with Dicer through direct protein-protein interaction. Most importantly, ADAR1 increases the maximum rate (Vmax) of pre-microRNA (miRNA) cleavage by Dicer and facilitates loading of miRNA onto RNA-induced silencing complexes, identifying a new role of ADAR1 in miRNA processing and RNAi mechanisms. ADAR1 differentiates its functions in RNA editing and RNAi by the formation of either ADAR1/ADAR1 homodimer or Dicer/ADAR1 heterodimer complexes, respectively. As expected, the expression of miRNAs is globally inhibited in ADAR1(-/-) mouse embryos, which, in turn, alters the expression of their target genes and might contribute to their embryonic lethal phenotype.
- Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands
- The Wistar Institute United States
Ribonuclease III, Base Sequence, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Adenosine Deaminase, Molecular Sequence Data, IGMD 8: Mitochondrial medicine NCMLS 4: Energy and redox metabolism, RNA-Binding Proteins, Embryo, Mammalian, Up-Regulation, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, Mice, MicroRNAs, HEK293 Cells, Animals, Humans, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, RNA Interference, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, RNA, Small Interfering, Dimerization, HeLa Cells
Ribonuclease III, Base Sequence, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Adenosine Deaminase, Molecular Sequence Data, IGMD 8: Mitochondrial medicine NCMLS 4: Energy and redox metabolism, RNA-Binding Proteins, Embryo, Mammalian, Up-Regulation, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, Mice, MicroRNAs, HEK293 Cells, Animals, Humans, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, RNA Interference, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, RNA, Small Interfering, Dimerization, HeLa Cells
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