Mir-96 microRNA explained

microRNA mir-96
Symbol:	mir-96
Altsymbols:	MIR96
Rfam:	RF00669
Mirbase:	MI0000098
Mirbase Family:	MIPF0000072
Rna Type:	Gene miRNA
Tax Domain:	Eukaryota

miR-96 microRNA precursor is a small non-coding RNA that regulates gene expression. microRNAs are transcribed as ~80 nucleotide precursors and subsequently processed by the Dicer enzyme to give a ~23 nucleotide products. In this case the mature sequence comes from the 5′ arm of the precursor.^[1] The mature products are thought to have regulatory roles through complementarity to mRNA.

miR-96 is thought to be conserved within Nephrozoa, i.e. the Deuterostomes and Protostomes.^[2]

Variation within the seed region of mature miR-96 has been associated with autosomal dominant, progressive hearing loss in humans and mice. The homozygous mutant mice were profoundly deaf, showing no cochlear responses. Heterozygous mice and humans progressively lose the ability to hear.^{[3] [4] [5]} Five genes, of 132 predicted targets, have been experimentally validated as targets of miR-96: Aqp5, Celsr2, Myrip, Odf2 and Ryk.^[4]

Microarray analysis of 4-day old wildtype and mutant mice showed that in the 3′ UTR of upregulated genes, there was a significant enrichment in heptamers complementary to miR-96, implying that miR-96 normally affects a wide range of target genes, and that the mutation results in a loss of normal targets. Among the downregulated genes, there is a significant enrichment in heptamers complementary to the mutant miR-96, so the mutant miR-96 has gained novel targets.^[4] Among the downregulated genes were five of particular interest; Ocm, Pitpnm1, Prestin, Ptprq and Gfi1, all of which are strongly and specifically expressed in hair cells. Mice mutant for the latter three exhibit deafness and hair cell degeneration.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Media reports

• Sanger press release
• New Insights Into Progressive Hearing Loss

Further reading

• Kondkar AA, Bray MS, Leal SM, etal . VAMP8/endobrevin is overexpressed in hyperreactive human platelets: suggested role for platelet microRNA. . J. Thromb. Haemost. . 8 . 2 . 369–378 . 2010 . 19943878 . 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03700.x . 3312605.
• Modamio-Høybjør S, Moreno-Pelayo MA, Mencía A, etal . A novel locus for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, DFNA50, maps to chromosome 7q32 between the DFNB17 and DFNB13 deafness loci. . J. Med. Genet. . 41 . 2 . 14e–14 . 2004 . 14757864 . 1735673 . 10.1136/jmg.2003.012500 .
• Guttilla IK, White BA . Coordinate regulation of FOXO1 by miR-27a, miR-96, and miR-182 in breast cancer cells. . J. Biol. Chem. . 284 . 35 . 23204–23216 . 2009 . 19574223 . 2749094 . 10.1074/jbc.M109.031427 . free .

External links

• • miRBase page for the mir-96 microRNA precursor family
• HGNC page for the mir-96 microRNA precursor family
• OMIM page for the mir-96 microRNA precursor family
• ENTREZ page for the mir-96 microRNA precursor family

Notes and References

1. Mourelatos Z, Dostie J, Paushkin S, Sharma A, Charroux B, Abel L, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G . miRNPs: a novel class of ribonucleoproteins containing numerous microRNAs. . Genes Dev . 16 . 6 . 720–728 . 2002 . 11914277 . 10.1101/gad.974702 . 155365.
2. Wheeler BM, Heimberg AM, Moy VN, Sperling EA, Holstein TW, Heber S, Peterson KJ . The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs. . Evol Dev . 11 . 1 . 50–68 . 2009. 19196333 . 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00302.x.
3. Mencía A, Modamio-Høybjør S, Redshaw N, Morín M, Mayo-Merino F, Olavarrieta L, Aguirre LA, del Castillo I, Steel KP, Dalmay T, Moreno F, Moreno-Pelayo MA . Mutations in the seed region of human miR-96 are responsible for nonsyndromic progressive hearing loss. . Nat Genet . 41 . 5 . 609–613 . 2009 . 19363479 . 10.1038/ng.355.
4. Lewis MA, Quint E, Glazier AM, Fuchs H, De Angelis MH, Langford C, van Dongen S, Abreu-Goodger C, Piipari M, Redshaw N, Dalmay T, Moreno-Pelayo MA, Enright AJ, Steel KP . An ENU-induced mutation of miR-96 associated with progressive hearing loss in mice. . Nat Genet . 41 . 5 . 614–618 . 2009 . 19363478 . 10.1038/ng.369 . 2705913.
5. Soukup GA . Little but loud: Small RNAs have a resounding affect [sic] on ear development. . Brain Res . 1277. 104–114. 2009 . 19245798 . 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.027 . 2700218.
6. Liberman MC, Gao J, He DZ, Wu X, Jia S, Zuo J . Prestin is required for electromotility of the outer hair cell and for the cochlear amplifier. . Nature . 419 . 6904 . 300–304 . 2002 . 12239568 . 10.1038/nature01059. 2002Natur.419..300L .
7. Goodyear RJ, Legan PK, Wright MB, Marcotti W, Oganesian A, Coats SA, Booth CJ, Kros CJ, Seifert RA, Bowen-Pope DF, Richardson GP . A receptor-like inositol lipid phosphatase is required for the maturation of developing cochlear hair bundles. . J Neurosci . 23 . 27 . 9208–9219 . 2003 . 14534255 . 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09208.2003. free . 6740823 .
8. 10.1242/dev.00190. Huda Zoghbi . Wallis D, Hamblen M, Zhou Y, Venken KJ, Schumacher A, Grimes HL, Zoghbi HY, Orkin SH, Bellen HJ . The zinc finger transcription factor Gfi1, implicated in lymphomagenesis, is required for inner ear hair cell differentiation and survival. . Development . 130 . 1 . 221–232 . 2003 . 12441305. free .