Stem-loop sequence aae-mir-375

Accession MI0013504
Description Aedes aegypti miR-375 stem-loop
Gene family MIPF0000114; mir-375
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In molecular biology miR-375 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small (18-25 nucleotides), non-coding RNAs that regulate genes post-transcriptionally by inhibiting translation and/or causing mRNA degradation. miR-375 is found on human chromosome 2 in between the CRYBA2 and CCDC108 genes. miR-375 is specifically expressed in the pancreatic islets and brain. miR-375 was one of the first miRNAs identified in the pancreas (Poy et al, 2004), and remains one of the best characterised in terms of function. It is expressed in the pancreas and pituitary gland, organs linked by their role in hormone secretion, and expression levels increase during pancreas organogenesis. Loss-of-function studies showed that miR-375 is essential for β-cell formation in zebrafish (Kloosterman et al, 2007). miR-375 knockout mice have decreased numbers of β-cells and increased numbers of α-cells. The increase in glucagon levels, combined with the reduction in insulin levels, results in hyperglycaemia. This shows the importance of miR-375 in the establishment of normal pancreatic cell mass through the targeting of a group of genes which control cellular growth and proliferation in the developing pancreas (Poy et al, 2009). Further evidence for the involvement of miR-375 in pancreas development includes the fact that its expression is regulated by several transcription factors important in pancreatic development and function, including HNF6, INSM1, NGN3, NEUROD1, and PDX-1 (Keller et al, 2007).

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Stem-loop
---u           aguu   ua    c    u   ga    ugaa    -aau    uuc 
    ggaagaauccg    acu  agcc aacg aca  aacu    ucug    gccg   u
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    ucuucuuaggc    uga  ucgg uugc ugu  uuga    agau    cggu   a
cuag           guau   gc    u    u   --    ----    cguu    uag 
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Comments

This miRNA was identified independently in Aedes aegypti [1] and in the closely related Aedes albopictus, for which there was no genome sequence [2]. The latter reads were therefore also mapped to the Aedes aegypti genome [2].

Genome context
Coordinates (AaegL1) Overlapping transcripts
supercont1.309: 1318735-1318850 [-]
intergenic

Mature sequence aae-miR-375

Accession MIMAT0014298
Sequence

78 - 

uuuguucguuuggcucgaguua

 - 99

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Evidence experimental; 454 [1], Solexa [2]

References

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PMID:20167119 "Identification of microRNAs expressed in two mosquito vectors, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus" Skalsky RL, Vanlandingham DL, Scholle F, Higgs S, Cullen BR BMC Genomics. 11:119(2010).