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探讨microRNA-mediated控制基因表达的局限性

Probing the limits to microRNA-mediated control of gene expression

Araks Martirosyan, Matteo Figliuzzi, Enzo Marinari, Andrea De Martino

摘要:

根据“ceRNA假说”,microRNA(miRNAs)可以作为长编码或非编码RNA分子之间有效的正相互作用的介质,对各种生物过程具有重要的潜在意义。在这里,最近的工作提供了一个定量描述的小调控元件的信息传递渠道的启发,我们的特点的有效性,miRNA介导的调节调节的调制器(转录因子)和目标节点(长RNA)之间可实现的最佳信息流。我们的研究结果表明,虽然需要足够大程度的靶去抑制来激活miRNA介导的传递,但(a)在复杂加工和/或转录能力的不同机制的情况下,转录后miRNA通道的调节可以优于通过直接转录控制实现的调节;此外,(b)在存在大量弱相互作用的miRNA分子的情况下,来自滴定的额外噪声消失,使得miRNA通道与直接通道一样有效地处理信息。这些观察结果建立了miRNA介导的转录后串扰的限制,并表明,除了提供一定程度的噪音缓冲,这种类型的控制可以有效地在细胞中作为故障安全机制和作为基因表达的优先微调器,指出这些功能中的每一个被最大化的特定情况。

英文摘要:

According to the `ceRNA hypothesis', microRNAs (miRNAs) may act as mediators of an effective positive interaction between long coding or non-coding RNA molecules, carrying significant potential implications for a variety of biological processes. Here, inspired by recent work providing a quantitative description of small regulatory elements as information-conveying channels, we characterize the effectiveness of miRNA-mediated regulation in terms of the optimal information flow achievable between modulator (transcription factors) and target nodes (long RNAs). Our findings show that, while a sufficiently large degree of target derepression is needed to activate miRNA-mediated transmission, (a) in case of differential mechanisms of complex processing and/or transcriptional capabilities, regulation by a post-transcriptional miRNA-channel can outperform that achieved through direct transcriptional control; moreover, (b) in the presence of large populations of weakly interacting miRNA molecules the extra noise coming from titration disappears, allowing the miRNA-channel to process information as effectively as the direct channel. These observations establish the limits of miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional cross-talk and suggest that, besides providing a degree of noise buffering, this type of control may be effectively employed in cells both as a failsafe mechanism and as a preferential fine tuner of gene expression, pointing to the specific situations in which each of these functionalities is maximized.

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