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AGO-bound mature miRNAs are oligouridylated by TUTs and subsequently degraded by DIS3L2

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  • Acong Yang

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)

  • Tie-Juan Shao

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
    Zhejiang Chinese Medical University)

  • Xavier Bofill-De Ros

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)

  • Chuanjiang Lian

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
    Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Patricia Villanueva

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)

  • Lisheng Dai

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)

  • Shuo Gu

    (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) associated with Argonaute proteins (AGOs) regulate gene expression in mammals. miRNA 3’ ends are subject to frequent sequence modifications, which have been proposed to affect miRNA stability. However, the underlying mechanism is not well understood. Here, by genetic and biochemical studies as well as deep sequencing analyses, we find that AGO mutations disrupting miRNA 3’ binding are sufficient to trigger extensive miRNA 3’ modifications in HEK293T cells and in cancer patients. Comparing these modifications in TUT4, TUT7 and DIS3L2 knockout cells, we find that TUT7 is more robust than TUT4 in oligouridylating mature miRNAs, which in turn leads to their degradation by the DIS3L2 exonuclease. Our findings indicate a decay machinery removing AGO-associated miRNAs with an exposed 3’ end. A set of endogenous miRNAs including miR-7, miR-222 and miR-769 are targeted by this machinery presumably due to target-directed miRNA degradation.

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  • Acong Yang & Tie-Juan Shao & Xavier Bofill-De Ros & Chuanjiang Lian & Patricia Villanueva & Lisheng Dai & Shuo Gu, 2020. "AGO-bound mature miRNAs are oligouridylated by TUTs and subsequently degraded by DIS3L2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-16533-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16533-w
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    1. Acong Yang & Xavier Bofill-De Ros & Ryan Stanton & Tie-Juan Shao & Patricia Villanueva & Shuo Gu, 2022. "TENT2, TUT4, and TUT7 selectively regulate miRNA sequence and abundance," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Peike Sheng & Lu Li & Tianqi Li & Yuzhi Wang & Nicholas M. Hiers & Jennifer S. Mejia & Jossie S. Sanchez & Lei Zhou & Mingyi Xie, 2023. "Screening of Drosophila microRNA-degradation sequences reveals Argonaute1 mRNA’s role in regulating miR-999," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.

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