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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 424, Issue -, Pages 411-418Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090915
Keywords
Argonaute 2; brain; mir-346; receptor-interacting protein 140 (RIP140); translation regulation; 5 '-untranslated region (5 ' UTR)
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- National Institutes for Health [DA11190, DA11806, DK54733, DK60521, K02-DA13926]
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RIP 140 (receptor-interacting protein 140) is a transcriptional corepressor that regulates diverse genes such as those responsive to hormones and involved in metabolic processes. The expression of RIP 140 is regulated by multiple hormonal activities in adipose tissue and cancer cell lines. However, it is unclear whether and how RIP140 is regulated post-transcriptionally. Using 5'RACE (rapid amplification of 5' cDNA ends), we have identified a novel 5'splice variant of RIP140 mRNA in mouse brain and P19 cells. A target sequence for miRNA (microRNA) mir-346 was found in the 5'UTR (5'-untranslated region) of RIP 140 mRNA; this mRNA is also expressed endogenously in mouse brain and P 19 cells. Gain- and loss-of-function Studies demonstrated that mir-346 elevates RIP140 protein levels by facilitating association of its mRNA with the polysome fraction. Furthermore, the activity of mir-346 does not require Ago-2 (Argonaute 2). The expression of mir-346 enhances the gene repressive activity of RIP140. This is the first report demonstrating post-transcriptional regulation of RIP140 mRNA, involving the enhancing effect of a specific miRNA that targets RIP140's 5'UTR.
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