Mir-184

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mir-184
MiR-184 secondary structure.png
miR-184 microRNA secondary structure and sequence conservation
Identifiers
Symbolmir-184
Rfam RF00657
miRBase family MIPF0000059
NCBI Gene 406960
HGNC 31555
OMIM 613146
Other data
RNA type microRNA
Domain(s) Eukaryota; Chordata
PDB structures PDBe

In molecular biology, miR-184 microRNA is a short non-coding RNA molecule. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as posttranscriptional regulators of expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. [1] Several targets for miR-184 have been described, including that of mediators of neurological development, apoptosis and it has been suggested that miR-184 plays an essential role in development. [2]

Contents

MicroRNAs can bind to the three prime untranslated region (3'UTR) of the target messenger RNA (mRNA). [3] Binding of the miRNA can hinder translation of mRNA by promoting degradation or inducing deadenylation. [4]

Genomic location

miR-184 is a single copy gene and evolutionarily conserved at the nucleotide level from flies to humans. [5] In humans, miR-184 is located within region 25.1 on the q-arm of chromosome 15, and its corresponding transcript is comparatively small (84bp) which is not encoded near other clustered miRNAs. [6] In the mouse genome, miR-184 is located in an imprinted locus on mouse chromosome 9, and it is 55 kb away from the nearest coding gene. [7]

The genomic region immediately surrounding miR-184 does not contain a classic CpG island, but does contain several CpG-rich sequences that are suitable for MBD1 binding. [8]

Expression

miR-184 displays a tissue- and developmental-specific expression pattern. In mammals, mature miR-184 is particularly enriched in the brain and testis, [7] along with the corneal epithelium. [9] Depolarization of cortical neurons results in pri-miR-184 expression in an allele specific manner. [7] High expression is observed in suprabasal cells of the corneal epithelium in the mouse model, along with expression in mouse testis and brain tissue. [7] [9] In Zebrafish, it is expressed in lens, hatching gland and epidermis (shown by Northern blot). [10] miR-184 is expressed ubiquitously in Drosophila embryos, larvae and adults, and its expression pattern displays dynamic changes during the development of embryo, especially in the central nervous system. [2] [5] However, the temporal and spatial expression pattern of miR-184 is still being debated.

Role in neuronal cells

C. Liu et al. showed that Methyl-CpG binding protein 1 (MBD1) regulates the expression of several miRNAs in adult neural stem/progenitor cells (aNSCs) and, specifically, that miR-184 is directly repressed by MBD1. High levels of miR-184 promotes cell proliferation but inhibits differentiation of aNSCs, whereas inhibition of miR-184 rescued phenotypes associated with MBD1 deficiency. [11]

Numblike (Numbl) is known to be important in embryonic neural stem cell function and cortical brain development and has been identified as a downstream target of miR-184. [12] [13] It has been found that exogenously expressed Numbl could rescue aNSC proliferation and differentiation deficits resulting from either elevated miR-184 or MBD1 deficiency. [11]

Other Targets

An analysis of the primary transcript of miR-184 (pri-mir-184) in several mouse tissues revealed specific expression in the brain and testis. Its expression is repressed by the binding of methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) to its promoter, but is upregulated by the release of MeCP2 after depolarization, suggesting a link between miRNAs and DNA methylation pathways . [7] J. Yu et al. demonstrated that the lipid phosphatase SH2-containing phosphoinositide 5'phosphatase 2 (SHIP2) is a target of miRNA-205 (miR-205) in epithelial cells, and that the corneal epithelial-specific miR-184 can interfere with the ability of miR-205 to suppress SHIP2 levels. The mechanism by which miR-184 negatively regulates miR-205 appears to be unique, and is the first example of a miRNA negatively regulating another to maintain levels of a target protein. miR-184 does not directly affect SHIP2 translation, but instead prevents miR-205 from interacting with SHIP2 mRNA. Interfering with miR-205 function by using a synthetic antagomir, or by the ectopic expression of miR-184, is thought to lead to a coordinated damping of the Akt signaling pathway via SHIP2 induction. [14]

R. Weitzel et al. showed that miR-184 mediates NFAT1 translational regulation in umbilical cord blood (UCB) graft CD4+ T-cells leading to blunted allogenic responses. [15]

J. Roberts et al. found that miR-184 repressed the expression of Argonaute 2 in epidermal keratinocytes. [16] Similarly, Tattikota et al. showed miR-184 reduced Argonaute 2 levels in the MIN6 mouse pancreatic beta islet cell line. [17]

Furthermore, miR-184 has multiple roles in Drosophila female germline development. [18]

Finally, a recent study identified miR-184 as essential for embryonic corneal commitment of pluripotent stem cells. [19]

Disease relevance

• A single base mutation in the seed region of miR-184 causes EDICT syndrome, a hereditary eye disease. [20]
• A mutation altering the miR-184 seed region causes familial keratoconus with cataract. [21]
Rett syndrome. [7]
• Several forms of cancer (see below) including elevation of miR-184 levels in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. [22] All-trans-retinoic acid induces miR-184 expression in neuroblastoma cell line and ectopic miR-184 causes apoptosis. [23]
• miR-184 has been implicated in ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization. [24]

Angiogenesis and cancer

Dysregulation of miRNA expression is thought to play a part in abnormal gene expression in cancer cells, and miR-184 has been implicated in several forms of cancer. [22] [25] MYCN has been found to contribute to tumorigenesis, in part, by repressing miR-184, leading to increased levels of the serine/threonine kinase, AKT2. AKT2 is a major effector of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways, one of the most potent survival pathways in cancer, and is a direct target of miR-184. It has been suggested that MYCN provides a tumourigenic effect, in part, by protecting AKT2 mRNA from degradation by miR-184, permitting the PI3K pathway to remain functional. [26]

miR-184 has been found to be significantly increased in the tumor cells in comparison with the normal epithelial cells of the tongue. High miR-184 levels were not only detected in the tumor tissues, but also in the plasma of patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Decreased plasma levels of miR-184 were observed in patients after surgical removal of the primary tumor, suggesting that it is a potential oncogenic miRNA in tongue SCC. Inhibiting miR-184 promotes apoptosis as well as hindering cell proliferation in cultured tongue SCC cells. [27] Furthermore, over expression of miR-184 in neuroblastoma cell lines results in apoptosis. [23] SND1 expression is regulated by miR-184 in gliomas. [28]

See also

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