Small RNAs derived from lncRNA RNase MRP have gene-silencing activity relevant to human cartilage-hair hypoplasia.

Abstract

Post-transcriptional processing of some long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) reveals that they are a source of miRNAs. We show that the 268-nt non-coding RNA component of mitochondrial RNA processing endoribonuclease, (RNase MRP), is the source of at least two short (∼20 nt) RNAs designated RMRP-S1 and RMRP-S2, which function as miRNAs. Point mutations in RNase MRP cause human cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), and several disease-causing mutations map to RMRP-S1 and -S2. SHAPE chemical probing identified two alternative secondary structures altered by disease mutations. RMRP-S1 and -S2 are significantly reduced in two fibroblast cell lines and a B-cell line derived from CHH patients. Tests of gene regulatory activity of RMRP-S1 and -S2 identified over 900 genes that were significantly regulated, of which over 75% were down-regulated, and 90% contained target sites with seed complements of RMRP-S1 and -S2 predominantly in their 3' UTRs. Pathway analysis identified regulated genes that function in skeletal development, hair development and hematopoietic cell differentiation including PTCH2 and SOX4 among others, linked to major CHH phenotypes. Also, genes associated with alternative RNA splicing, cell proliferation and differentiation were highly targeted. Therefore, alterations RMRP-S1 and -S2, caused by point mutations in RMRP, are strongly implicated in the molecular mechanism of CHH.

• Authors: Leslie E Rogler, Brian Kosmyna, David Moskowitz, Remon Bebawee, Joseph Rahimzadeh, Katrina Kutchko, Alain Laederach, Luigi D Notarangelo, Silvia Giliani, Eric Bouhassira, Paul Frenette, Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, Charles E Rogler
• Journal: Human molecular genetics (Hum Mol Genet) Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pg. 368-82 (Jan 15 2014) ISSN: 1460-2083 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 24009312 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• MicroRNAs
• PTCH2 protein, human
• Patched Receptors
• Patched-2 Receptor
• RNA, Long Noncoding
• Receptors, Cell Surface
• SOX4 protein, human
• SOXC Transcription Factors
• Endoribonucleases
• mitochondrial RNA-processing endoribonuclease

Topics

• Alternative Splicing
• Cell Line
• Endoribonucleases (genetics)
• HEK293 Cells
• Hair (abnormalities)
• Hematopoiesis (genetics)
• High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
• Hirschsprung Disease (genetics)
• Humans
• Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes (genetics)
• Liver (metabolism, pathology)
• MicroRNAs (genetics)
• Nucleic Acid Conformation
• Osteochondrodysplasias (congenital, genetics)
• Patched Receptors
• Patched-2 Receptor
• Phenotype
• Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
• RNA Interference
• RNA, Long Noncoding (genetics)
• Receptors, Cell Surface (metabolism)
• SOXC Transcription Factors (metabolism)