2019
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13527-1
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DNA methylation directs microRNA biogenesis in mammalian cells

Abstract: MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis initiates co-transcriptionally, but how the Microprocessor machinery pinpoints the locations of short precursor miRNA sequences within long flanking regions of the transcript is not known. Here we show that miRNA biogenesis depends on DNA methylation. When the regions flanking the miRNA coding sequence are highly methylated, the miRNAs are more highly expressed, have greater sequence conservation, and are more likely to drive cancer-related phenotypes than miRNAs encoded by unmethyl… Show more

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“…Similarly, re-expression of miRNAs in response to DIM was demonstrated in cancer cell lines [44]. According to Glaich et al [45], miRNAs encoded by highly methylated loci are more frequently expressed than miRNAs which are encoded by unmethylated loci. We suggest that in sham animals, DIM-evoked hypomethylation of global DNA could account for low expression of miRNAs, except for miRNAs, which control apoptosis, autophagy and/or excitotoxicity and inhibit the vulnerability of cerebral tissue to ischemic injury.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Similarly, re-expression of miRNAs in response to DIM was demonstrated in cancer cell lines [44]. According to Glaich et al [45], miRNAs encoded by highly methylated loci are more frequently expressed than miRNAs which are encoded by unmethylated loci. We suggest that in sham animals, DIM-evoked hypomethylation of global DNA could account for low expression of miRNAs, except for miRNAs, which control apoptosis, autophagy and/or excitotoxicity and inhibit the vulnerability of cerebral tissue to ischemic injury.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…SETDB1 levels are greatly increased in numerous cancers, including lung cancer (Lafuente-Sanchis et al, 2016;Chen B. et al, 2018), and is an important epigenetic regulator involved in control of histone methylation in tumorigenesis, dysregulation of histone methylation, and aberrant miRNA profiling, contributing to tumorigenesis and progression (Chen Y. et al, 2018;Michalak et al, 2019). Moreover, DNA methylation can directly influence miRNA biogenesis (Glaich et al, 2019). Numerous microRNAs can be epigenetically silenced by DNA methylation of their promotor regions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The last pathway is from DNA methylation to protein via miRNAs. This dependence is primarily based on recent studies that have shown the influence of DNA methylation directly on the expression of miRNAs [ 44 ]. Note that these relationships are not exhaustive and additional experiments will be needed to fully model the pathways that influence the production of protein from DNA.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%