• Int J Med Sci · Jan 2014

    A novel PCR-based approach to discover miRNA target genes.

    • Shiwei Duan, Yunliang Wang, Hongwei Wang, Shufei Wang, Lindan Ji, Dongjun Dai, Danjie Jiang, Xiaoxi Zhang, and Qiang Wang.
    • 1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ZJ 315000, China.
    • Int J Med Sci. 2014 Jan 1; 11 (12): 1270-4.

    AbstractMiRNAs are potent regulators of gene expression, and most miRNAs have from several to several thousands of gene targets. Validating the numerous gene targets of a given miRNA remains challenging despite the existence of various tools and databases that predict candidate gene-miRNA pairs. In the present study, we present a high-throughput but flexible method that applies a PCR-based application to simulate the binding of miRNAs to their gene targets. Using hsa-miR-377 as an illustrative example, our method was able to identify 13 potential targets of hsa-miR-377. Moreover, our results include 2 genes (SOD2 and PPM1A) that have already been verified as targets of hsa-miR-377. Our method may provide an alternative way of identifying the gene targets of miRNAs for future research.

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