Biology:miR-296

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miR-296
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Conserved secondary structure of miR-296 microRNA precursor
Identifiers
SymbolmiR-296
Alt. SymbolsMIR296
RfamRF00733
miRBaseMI0000747
miRBase familyMIPF0000159
NCBI Gene407022
HGNC31617
OMIM610945
RefSeqNR_029844
Other data
RNA typemiRNA
Domain(s)Mammalia
GO0035195
SO0001244
LocusChr. 20 q13.32
PDB structuresPDBe

miR-296 is a family of microRNA precursors found in mammals, including humans. The ~22 nucleotide mature miRNA sequence is excised from the precursor hairpin by the enzyme Dicer.[1] This sequence then associates with RISC which effects RNA interference.[2]

miR-296 has been named an "angiomiR"[3] due to being characterised as a microRNA which regulates angiogenesis, the process of growth and creation of new blood vessels.[4] miR-296 is thought to have a specific role in cancer in promoting tumour angiogenesis.[3][5] It achieves this by targeting HGS mRNA, reducing its expression in endothelial cells which then results in greater number of VEGF receptors.[3][6]

miR-296 has predicted target sites in the transcription factor NANOG[7] and may also contribute to carcinogenesis by dysregulating p53.[8]

References

  1. "microRNAs: tiny regulators with great potential". Cell 107 (7): 823–6. December 2001. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00616-X. PMID 11779458. 
  2. "Human RISC couples microRNA biogenesis and posttranscriptional gene silencing". Cell 123 (4): 631–40. November 2005. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.10.022. PMID 16271387. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "AngiomiRs--key regulators of angiogenesis". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 19 (3): 205–11. June 2009. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2009.04.002. PMID 19446450. 
  4. "MicroRNA-mediated regulation of the angiogenic switch". Current Opinion in Hematology 18 (3): 171–6. May 2011. doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e328345a180. PMID 21423013.  (Subscription content?)
  5. "Vascular microRNAs". Current Drug Targets 11 (8): 943–9. August 2010. doi:10.2174/138945010791591313. PMID 20415654. 
  6. "miR-296 regulates growth factor receptor overexpression in angiogenic endothelial cells". Cancer Cell 14 (5): 382–93. November 2008. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2008.10.005. PMID 18977327. 
  7. "MicroRNAs to Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2 coding regions modulate embryonic stem cell differentiation". Nature 455 (7216): 1124–8. October 2008. doi:10.1038/nature07299. PMID 18806776. Bibcode2008Natur.455.1124T. 
  8. "MicroRNA-296 is enriched in cancer cells and downregulates p21WAF1 mRNA expression via interaction with its 3' untranslated region". Nucleic Acids Research 39 (18): 8078–91. October 2011. doi:10.1093/nar/gkr492. PMID 21724611. 

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