Functional characterization of Drosophila microRNAs by a novel in vivo library.

Abstract:

:Animal microRNAs (miRNA) are implicated in the control of nearly all cellular functions. Due to high sequence redundancy within the miRNA gene pool, loss of most of these 21- to 24-bp long RNAs individually does not cause a phenotype. Thus, only very few miRNAs have been associated with clear functional roles. We constructed a transgenic UAS-miRNA library in Drosophila melanogaster that contains 180 fly miRNAs. This library circumvents the redundancy issues by facilitating the controlled misexpression of individual miRNAs and is a useful tool to complement loss-of-function approaches. Demonstrating the effectiveness of our library, 78 miRNAs induced clear phenotypes. Most of these miRNAs were previously unstudied. Furthermore, we present a simple system to create GFP sensors to monitor miRNA expression and test direct functional interactions in vivo. Finally, we focus on the miR-92 family and identify a direct target gene that is responsible for the specific wing phenotype induced by the misexpression of miR-92 family members.

journal_name

Genetics

journal_title

Genetics

authors

Schertel C,Rutishauser T,Förstemann K,Basler K

doi

10.1534/genetics.112.145383

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1543-52

issue

4

eissn

0016-6731

issn

1943-2631

pii

genetics.112.145383

journal_volume

192

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