
Small noncoding RNAs function in concert with Argonaute (Ago) proteins to regulate gene expression at the level of transcription, mRNA stability, or translation. Ago proteins bind small RNAs and form the core of silencing complexes. Here, we report the analysis of small RNAs associated with human Ago1 and Ago2 revealed by immunoprecipitation and deep sequencing. Among the reads, we find small RNAs originating from the small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) ACA45. Moreover, processing of ACA45 requires Dicer activity but is independent of Drosha/DGCR8. Using bioinformatic prediction algorithms and luciferase reporter assays, we uncover the mediator subunit CDC2L6 as one potential mRNA target of ACA45 small RNAs, suggesting a role for ACA45-processing products in posttranscriptional gene silencing. We further identify a number of human snoRNAs with microRNA (miRNA)-like processing signatures. We have, therefore, identified a class of small RNAs in human cells that originate from snoRNAs and can function like miRNAs.
Ribonuclease III, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, PROTEIN, Kidney, Models, Biological, Cell Line, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, Genes, Reporter, Endoribonucleases, Humans, RNA, Small Nucleolar, RNA-Induced Silencing Complex, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, RNA, Small Interfering, Luciferases, Molecular Biology, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Computational Biology, Cell Biology, MicroRNAs, Argonaute Proteins, RNA, RNA Interference, Algorithms
Ribonuclease III, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, PROTEIN, Kidney, Models, Biological, Cell Line, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, Genes, Reporter, Endoribonucleases, Humans, RNA, Small Nucleolar, RNA-Induced Silencing Complex, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, RNA, Small Interfering, Luciferases, Molecular Biology, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Computational Biology, Cell Biology, MicroRNAs, Argonaute Proteins, RNA, RNA Interference, Algorithms
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