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Transcriptional dynamics of microRNAs and their targets during Drosophila neurogenesis

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Item Type:Article
Title:Transcriptional dynamics of microRNAs and their targets during Drosophila neurogenesis
Creators Name:Menzel, P., McCorkindale, A.L., Stefanov, S.R., Zinzen, R.P. and Meyer, I.M.
Abstract:During Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis, tight regulation of gene expression in time and space is required for the orderly emergence of specific cell types. While the general importance of microRNAs in regulating eukaryotic gene expression has been well-established, their role in early neurogenesis remains to be addressed. In this survey, we investigate the transcriptional dynamics of microRNAs and their target transcripts during neurogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster . To this end, we use the recently developed DIV-MARIS protocol, a method for enriching specific cell types from the Drosophila embryo in vivo, to sequence cell-type-specific transcriptomes. We generate dedicated small and total RNA-seq libraries for neuroblasts, neurons and glia cells at early (6-8 h after egg laying (AEL)) and late (18-22 h AEL) stage. This allows us to directly compare these transcriptomes and investigate the potential functional roles of individual microRNAs with spatio-temporal resolution genome-wide, which is beyond the capabilities of existing in-situ hybridization studies. Overall, we identify 74 microRNAs that are significantly differentially expressed between the three cell types and the two developmental stages. In all cell types, predicted target genes of down-regulated microRNAs show a significant enrichment of their target genes related to neurogenesis. We also investigate how microRNAs regulate the transcriptome by targeting transcription factors and find many candidate microRNAs with putative roles in neurogenesis. Our survey highlights the roles of miRNAs as regulators of differentiation and glioneurognesis in the fruit fly and provides distinct starting points for dedicated functional follow-up studies.
Keywords:microRNAs, Nervous System, Development, Spatiotemporal Expression, Transcriptomics, Animals, Drosophila melanogaster
Source:RNA Biology
ISSN:1547-6286
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Volume:16
Number:1
Page Range:69-81
Date:20 January 2019
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2018.1558907
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