A C. elegans genome-scale microRNA network contains composite feedback motifs with high flux capacity
Authors
Martinez, Natalia JuliaOw, Maria C.
Barrasa, M. Inmaculada
Hammell, Molly
Sequerra, Reynaldo
Doucette-Stamm, Lynn
Roth, Frederick P.
Ambros, Victor R.
Walhout, Albertha J. M.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Program in Molecular MedicineProgram in Gene Function and Expression
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2008-09-17Keywords
Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Caenorhabditis elegans; *Genome; MicroRNAs; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Transcription, GeneticLife Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and transcription factors (TFs) are primary metazoan gene regulators. Whereas much attention has focused on finding the targets of both miRNAs and TFs, the transcriptional networks that regulate miRNA expression remain largely unexplored. Here, we present the first genome-scale Caenorhabditis elegans miRNA regulatory network that contains experimentally mapped transcriptional TF --> miRNA interactions, as well as computationally predicted post-transcriptional miRNA --> TF interactions. We find that this integrated miRNA network contains 23 miRNA <--> TF composite feedback loops in which a TF that controls a miRNA is itself regulated by that same miRNA. By rigorous network randomizations, we show that such loops occur more frequently than expected by chance and, hence, constitute a genuine network motif. Interestingly, miRNAs and TFs in such loops are heavily regulated and regulate many targets. This "high flux capacity" suggests that loops provide a mechanism of high information flow for the coordinate and adaptable control of miRNA and TF target regulons. Y1H dataset can be found as a supplemental file to this paper. See Additional Files below.Source
Genes Dev. 2008 Sep 15;22(18):2535-49. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1101/gad.1678608Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/32792PubMed ID
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10.1101/gad.1678608