MIR34A

MIR34A
Identifiers
Aliases	MIR34A , MIRN34A, miRNA34A, mir-34, mir-34a, microRNA 34a, MIRN34 microRNA, human
External IDs	OMIM: 611172 GeneCards: MIR34A
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	9,151,777 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	liver; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; left adrenal gland; ; transverse colon; ; left lobe of thyroid gland; ; subcutaneous adipose tissue; ; vagina; ; body of pancreas; ; skin of abdomen; ; nucleus accumbens;
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	More reference expression data
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Orthologs
	407040
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	ENSG00000284357
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	n ; a
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Last updated November 28, 2023

MicroRNA 34a (miR-34a) is a MicroRNA that in humans is encoded by the MIR34A gene.^[3]

Function

microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase II as part of capped and polyadenylated primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) that can be either protein-coding or non-coding.

The primary transcript is cleaved by the Drosha ribonuclease III enzyme to produce an approximately 70-nt stem-loop precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA), which is further cleaved by the cytoplasmic Dicer ribonuclease to generate the mature miRNA and antisense miRNA star (miRNA*) products.

The mature miRNA is incorporated into a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which recognizes target mRNAs through imperfect base pairing with the miRNA and most commonly results in translational inhibition or destabilization of the target mRNA. The RefSeq represents the predicted microRNA stem-loop.

Repair of DNA damage

Expression of miR-34A is markedly up-regulated in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from mice subjected to ionizing radiation.^[4] HSCs that are deficient in miR-34A have decreased expression of genes involved in the DNA repair processes of homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining.^[4] These and other findings demonstrate that miR-34A contributes to the survival of HSCs after irradiation.^[4]

Clinical relevance

miR-34a suppresses the gene expression of the NAMPT gene which encodes the nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) enzyme which is the rate-limiting enzyme in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) salvage pathway, resulting in reduced levels of NAD.^[5] miR-34a suppression of NAMPT gene expression also reduces levels of sirtuin 1.^[5] Aging and obesity increases levels of miR-34a.^[5] The pro-inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB (increasingly expressed with obesity and aging)^[6] increases miR-34a expression by binding to its promoter region.^[7] Inhibition of miR-34a in diet-induced obese mice restored levels of NAMPT and NAD, reducing inflammation and improving glucose tolerance.^[8]

miR-34a represses the translation of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) in liver by binding to the 3′-UTR region of SIRT1 messenger RNA, contributing to metabolic syndrome ^[9]^[10] Downregulation of SIRT1 by miR-34a promotes cellular senescence and inflammation in vascular smooth muscle cells of old mice, similar to reduced SIRT1 in vascular smooth muscle cells in humans.^[11] Impaired endothelial-dependent vasorelaxation caused by miR-34a can be ameliorated by SIRT1 overexpression.^[11]

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References

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