Deciphering the transcriptional circuitry of microRNA genes expressed during human monocytic differentiation
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Schmeier, Sebastian
MacPherson, Cameron R
Essack, Magbubah
Kaur, Mandeep
Schaefer, Ulf
Suzuki, Harukazu
Hayashizaki, Yoshihide
Bajic, Vladimir B.
KAUST Department
Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program
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2009-12-10Online Publication Date
2009-12-10Print Publication Date
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Background: Macrophages are immune cells involved in various biological processes including host defence, homeostasis, differentiation, and organogenesis. Disruption of macrophage biology has been linked to increased pathogen infection, inflammation and malignant diseases. Differential gene expression observed in monocytic differentiation is primarily regulated by interacting transcription factors (TFs). Current research suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) degrade and repress translation of mRNA, but also may target genes involved in differentiation. We focus on getting insights into the transcriptional circuitry regulating miRNA genes expressed during monocytic differentiation. Results: We computationally analysed the transcriptional circuitry of miRNA genes during monocytic differentiation using in vitro time-course expression data for TFs and miRNAs. A set of TF?miRNA associations was derived from predicted TF binding sites in promoter regions of miRNA genes. Time-lagged expression correlation analysis was utilised to evaluate the TF?miRNA associations. Our analysis identified 12 TFs that potentially play a central role in regulating miRNAs throughout the differentiation process. Six of these 12 TFs (ATF2, E2F3, HOXA4, NFE2L1, SP3, and YY1) have not previously been described to be important for monocytic differentiation. The remaining six TFs are CEBPB, CREB1, ELK1, NFE2L2, RUNX1, and USF2. For several miRNAs (miR-21, miR-155, miR-424, and miR-17-92), we show how their inferred transcriptional regulation impacts monocytic differentiation. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that miRNAs and their transcriptional regulatory control are integral molecular mechanisms during differentiation. Furthermore, it is the first study to decipher on a large-scale, how miRNAs are controlled by TFs during human monocytic differentiation. Subsequently, we have identified 12 candidate key controllers of miRNAs during this differentiation process. 2009 Schmeier et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.Citation
Schmeier S, MacPherson CR, Essack M, Kaur M, Schaefer U, et al. (2009) Deciphering the transcriptional circuitry of microRNA genes expressed during human monocytic differentiation. BMC Genomics 10: 595. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-595.Publisher
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