When Argonaute takes out the ribonuclease sword

K Nakanishi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - ASBMB
Argonaute (AGO) proteins in all three domains of life form ribonucleoprotein or
deoxyribonucleoprotein complexes by loading a guide RNA or DNA, respectively. Since all …

Non‐coding RNAs in diabetic foot ulcer‐a focus on infected wounds

B Qin, Q Peng, H Dong, L Lei… - … /Metabolism Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a wide range of neuropathies, vasculopathies, and
immunopathies, resulting in many complications. More than 30% of diabetic patients risk …

AGO2 silences mobile transposons in the nucleus of quiescent cells

L Sala, M Kumar, M Prajapat… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Argonaute 2 (AGO2) is a cytoplasmic component of the miRNA pathway, with
essential roles in development and disease. Yet little is known about its regulation in vivo …

Altered splicing factor and alternative splicing events in a mouse model of diet-and polychlorinated biphenyl-induced liver disease

BJ Petri, KM Piell, B Wahlang, KZ Head… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with human environmental exposure
to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Alternative splicing (AS) is dysregulated in steatotic …

The multiplicity of Argonaute complexes in mammalian cells

M Mauro, M Berretta, G Palermo, V Cavalieri… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2023 - ASPET
Argonautes (AGOs) are a highly conserved family of proteins found in most eukaryotes and
involved in mechanisms of gene regulation, both at the transcriptional and post …

The potyviral silencing suppressor HCPro recruits and employs host ARGONAUTE1 in pro-viral functions

M Pollari, S De, A Wang, K Mäkinen - PLoS Pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we demonstrate a novel pro-viral role for the Nicotiana benthamiana
ARGONAUTE 1 (AGO1) in potyvirus infection. AGO1 strongly enhanced potato virus A (PVA) …

Inducible and reversible inhibition of miRNA-mediated gene repression in vivo

G La Rocca, B King, B Shui, X Li, M Zhang, KM Akat… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Although virtually all gene networks are predicted to be controlled by miRNAs, the
contribution of this important layer of gene regulation to tissue homeostasis in adult animals …

Role of GW182 protein in the cell

S Niaz, MU Hussain - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2018 - Elsevier
GW182 proteins interact directly with the argonaute proteins and constitute key components
of miRNA repressor complexes (miRISC) in metazoans. As argonautes are insufficient for …

Comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the major RNA-induced silencing complex members

R Zhang, Y Jing, H Zhang, Y Niu, C Liu, J Wang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) plays a critical role in small interfering RNA (siRNA)
and microRNAs (miRNA) pathways. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the …

Roles of the core components of the mammalian mirisc in chromatin biology

G La Rocca, V Cavalieri - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Argonaute (AGO) and the Trinucleotide Repeat Containing 6 (TNRC6) family proteins
are the core components of the mammalian microRNA-induced silencing complex (miRISC) …