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    MicroRNAs and Their Target Gene Networks in Breast Cancer
    (BioMed Central, 2010) O'Day, Elizabeth; Lal, Ashish
    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a major class of small endogenous RNA molecules that post-transcriptionally inhibit gene expression. Many miRNAs have been implicated in several human cancers, including breast cancer. Here we describe the association between altered miRNA signatures and breast cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis. The loss of several tumor suppressor miRNAs (miR-206, miR-17-5p, miR-125a, miR-125b, miR-200, let-7, miR-34 and miR-31) and the overexpression of certain oncogenic miRNAs (miR-21, miR-155, miR-10b, miR-373 and miR-520c) have been observed in many breast cancers. The gene networks orchestrated by these miRNAs are still largely unknown, although key targets have been identified that may contribute to the disease phenotype. Here we report how the observed perturbations in miRNA expression profiles may lead to disruption of key pathways involved in breast cancer.
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    Identification of a Signature Motif in Target mRNAs of RNA-binding Protein AUF1
    (Oxford University Press, 2009) Mazan-Mamczarz, Krystyna; Kuwano, Yuki; Zhan, Ming; White, Elizabeth A.; Martindale, Jennifer; Lal, Ashish; Gorospe, Myriam
    The ubiquitous RNA-binding protein AUF1 promotes the degradation of some target mRNAs, but increases the stability and translation of other targets. Here, we isolated AUF1-associated mRNAs by immunoprecipitation of (AUF1–RNA) ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes from HeLa cells, identified them using microarrays, and used them to elucidate a signature motif shared among AUF1 target transcripts. The predicted AUF1 motif (29–39 nucleotides) contained 79% As and Us, consistent with the AU-rich sequences of reported AUF1 targets. Importantly, 10 out of 15 previously reported AUF1 target mRNAs contained the AUF1 motif. The predicted interactions between AUF1 and target mRNAs were recapitulated in vitro using biotinylated RNAs. Interestingly, further validation of predicted AUF1 target transcripts revealed that AUF1 associates with both the pre-mRNA and the mature mRNA forms. The consequences of AUF1 binding to 10 predicted target mRNAs were tested by silencing AUF1, which elevated the steady-state levels of only four mRNAs, and by overexpressing AUF1, which also lowered the levels of only four mRNAs. In total, we have identified a signature motif in AUF1 target mRNAs, have found that AUF1 also associates with the corresponding pre-mRNAs, and have discovered that altering AUF1 levels alone only modifies the levels of subsets of target mRNAs.