Characterizing microRNA-mediated modulation of gene expression noise and its effect on synthetic gene circuits.
competing RNA
competition
gene expression noise
microRNA
synthetic gene circuit
Journal
Cell reports
ISSN: 2211-1247
Titre abrégé: Cell Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101573691
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 08 2021
24 08 2021
Historique:
received:
22
07
2020
revised:
13
07
2021
accepted:
28
07
2021
entrez:
25
8
2021
pubmed:
26
8
2021
medline:
12
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to modulate gene expression noise, but less is known about how miRNAs with different properties may regulate noise differently. Here, we investigate the role of competing RNAs and the composition of miRNA response elements (MREs) in modulating noise. We find that weak competing RNAs could introduce lower noise than strong competing RNAs. In comparison with a single MRE, both repetitive and composite MREs can reduce the noise at low expression, but repetitive MREs can elevate the noise remarkably at high expression. We further observed the behavior of a synthetic cell-type classifier with miRNAs as inputs and find that miRNAs and MREs that could introduce higher noise tend to enhance cell state transition. These results provide a systematic and quantitative understanding of the function of miRNAs in controlling gene expression noise and the utilization of miRNAs to modulate the behavior of synthetic gene circuits.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34433047
pii: S2211-1247(21)01007-X
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109573
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
MicroRNAs
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109573Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests Tsinghua University has a pending patent related to this work.