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ArticleNature communications2023

Rational design of microRNA-responsive switch for programmable translational control in mammalian cells.

Hui Ning, Gan Liu, Lei Li, Qiang Liu, Huiya Huang, Zhen Xie

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Cellular functions and biomedical applications of circular RNAs.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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  19. Sample-to-answer salivary miRNA testing: New frontiers in point-of-care diagnostic technologies.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui Ning *MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Department of Automation, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6909-4282
Gan Liu *Syngentech Inc., Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5170-2537
Lei LiMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Department of Automation, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Qiang LiuSyngentech Inc., Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.
Huiya HuangSyngentech Inc., Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.
Zhen XieMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Department of Automation, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. zhenxie@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8798-9592
Syngenta (China) · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial RNA translation modulation usually relies on multiple components, such as RNA binding proteins (RBPs) or microRNAs (miRNAs) for off-switches and double-inverter cascades for on-switches. Recently, translational circular RNAs (circRNAs) were developed as promising alternatives for linear messenger RNAs (mRNAs). However, circRNAs still lack straightforward and programmable translation control strategies. Here, we rationally design a programmable miRNA-responsive internal ribosome entry site (IRES) translation activation and repression (PROMITAR) platform capable of implementing miRNA-based translation upregulation and downregulation in a single RNA construct. Based on the PROMITAR platform, we construct logic gates and cell-type classifier circRNAs and successfully identify desired mammalian cell types. We also demonstrate the potential therapeutic application of our platform for targeted cancer cell killing by encoding a cytotoxic protein in our engineered circRNAs. We expect our platform to expand the toolbox for RNA synthetic biology and provide an approach for potential biomedical applications in the future.

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MicroRNAsAnimalsDown-RegulationInternal Ribosome Entry SitesMammalsRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerInternal Ribosome Entry SitesMicroRNAsRNA, CircularRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID37938567
PMCPMC10632459
OpenAlexW4388498815

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