title: Independent transcription of miR-281 in the intron of ODA in Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently received much interest for their role in post-transcriptional regulation. However, the study of miRNA transcription lags behind that of gene cloning and functional analysis. The MiR-281 in Drosophila melanogaster is located in the first intron of isoform RA of the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme (ODA) gene. ODA has three isoforms because of alternative transcription start sites (TSSs). Expression profile analysis indicated that miR-281 is not co-expressed with any ODA isoform. We amplified the primary transcripts of miR-281 using the RACE technique. The pri-miRNA is 2149bp with a poly (A) tail and a canonical polyadenylation signal (AATAAA). Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed the binding of hypophosphorylated Pol-II and the transcription factor Myc at the core miR-281 promoter region. The abundance of miR-281 does not correlate, either positively or negatively, with the expression of any ODA isoform, indicating that ODA has little influence on the transcription of miR-281.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Huiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Jinjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004257:DNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007438:Introns; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D026723:Polyadenylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D035683:MicroRNAs; D011506:Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; C031017:ornithine decarboxylase antizyme; D004257:DNA Polymerase II