title: miR-17-5p regulates endocytic trafficking through targeting TBC1D2/Armus.
abstract: miRNA cluster miR-17-92 is known as oncomir-1 due to its potent oncogenic function. miR-17-92 is a polycistronic cluster that encodes 6 miRNAs, and can both facilitate and inhibit cell proliferation. Known targets of miRNAs encoded by this cluster are largely regulators of cell cycle progression and apoptosis. Here, we show that miRNAs encoded by this cluster and sharing the seed sequence of miR-17 exert their influence on one of the most essential cellular processes - endocytic trafficking. By mRNA expression analysis we identified that regulation of endocytic trafficking by miR-17 can potentially be achieved by targeting of a number of trafficking regulators. We have thoroughly validated TBC1D2/Armus, a GAP of Rab7 GTPase, as a novel target of miR-17. Our study reveals regulation of endocytic trafficking as a novel function of miR-17, which might act cooperatively with other functions of miR-17 and related miRNAs in health and disease.
authors.affiliation: BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serva
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Yueh-Tso
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claas
authors.forename: Tautvydas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lisauskas
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matula
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaderali
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erfle
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eils
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: Vytaute
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Starkuviene
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000235:genetics*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; C573412:LDLR protein, human; C524941:MIRN17 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011973:Receptors, LDL; C549113:TBC1D2 protein, human; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor