Discovery of novel microRNA mimic repressors of ribosome biogenesis

Abstract While microRNAs and other non-coding RNAs are the next frontier of novel regulators of mammalian ribosome biogenesis (RB), a systematic exploration of microRNA-mediated RB regulation has not yet been undertaken. We carried out a high-content screen in MCF10A cells for changes in nucleolar number using a library of 2,603 mature human microRNA mimics. Following a secondary screen for nucleolar rRNA biogenesis inhibition, we identified 72 novel microRNA negative regulators of RB after stringent hit calling. Hits included 27 well-conserved microRNAs present in MirGeneDB, and were enriched for mRNA targets encoding proteins with nucleolar localization or functions in cell cycle regulation. Rigorous selection and validation of a subset of 15 microRNA hits unexpectedly revealed that most of them caused dysregulated pre-rRNA processing, elucidating a novel role for microRNAs in RB regulation. Almost all hits impaired global protein synthesis and upregulatedCDKN1A(p21) levels, while causing diverse effects on RNA Polymerase 1 (RNAP1) transcription and TP53 protein levels. We discovered that the MIR-28 siblings, hsa-miR-28-5p and hsa-miR-708-5p, directly and potently target the ribosomal protein mRNARPS28via tandem primate-specific 3’ UTR binding sites, causing a severe pre-18S pre-rRNA processing defect. Our work illuminates novel microRNA attenuators of RB, forging a promising new path for microRNA mimic chemotherapeutics.Graphical Abstract <jats:fig id="ufig1" position="float" orientation="portrait" fig-type="figure"><jats:graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="526327v2_ufig1" position="float" orientation="portrait" /></jats:fig>.

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 16. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bryant, Carson J. [VerfasserIn]
McCool, Mason A. [VerfasserIn]
Rosado-González, Gabriela T. [VerfasserIn]
Abriola, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Surovtseva, Yulia V. [VerfasserIn]
Baserga, Susan J. [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.02.17.526327

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XBI03872152X