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Mihye Lee,1,2 Yeon Choi,1,2 Kijun Kim,1,2 Hua Jin,1,2 Jaechul Lim,1,2 Tuan Anh Nguyen,1,2 Jihye Yang,1,2 Minsun Jeong,3,4 Antonio J. Giraldez,3,4 Hui Yang,5 Dinshaw J. Patel,5 and V. Narry Kim1,2,*
1Center for RNA Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 151-742, Korea
2School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
3Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
4Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
5Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
*Correspondence: V. Narry Kim
Summary
Early development depends heavily on accurate control of maternally inherited mRNAs, and yet it remains unknown how maternal microRNAs are regulated during maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). We here find that maternal microRNAs are highly adenylated at their 3′ ends in mature oocytes and early embryos. Maternal microRNA adenylation is widely conserved in fly, sea urchin, and mouse. We identify Wispy, a noncanonical poly(A) polymerase, as the enzyme responsible for microRNA adenylation in flies. Knockout of wispy abrogates adenylation and results in microRNA accumulation in eggs, whereas overexpression of Wispy increases adenylation and reduces microRNA levels in S2 cells. Wispy interacts with Ago1 through protein-protein interaction, which may allow the effective and selective adenylation of microRNAs. Thus, adenylation may contribute to the clearance of maternally deposited microRNAs during MZT. Our work provides mechanistic insights into the regulation of maternal microRNAs and illustrates the importance of RNA tailing in development.
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