Accession ID: MIRT001207 [miRNA, hsa-miR-155 :: APC, target gene]
pre-miRNA Information
pre-miRNA ID hsa-mir-155 LinkOut: [miRBase ]
Description Homo sapiens miR-155 stem-loop
Comment Human mir-155 is predicted based on homology to a cloned miR from mouse (MIR:MI0000177) .
2nd Structure of pre-miRNA
Mature miRNA Information
Mature miRNA hsa-miR-155-3p
Mature Sequence 43| CUCCUACAUAUUAGCAUUAACA |64
Evidence Experimental
Experiments Cloned
Putative hsa-miR-155-3p Targets LinkOut: [ TargetScanS 5.1 | MicroCosm | microRNA.org | miRecords | miRDB | miRo | miRNAMap 2.0 ]
Mature miRNA hsa-miR-155-5p
Mature Sequence 4| UUAAUGCUAAUCGUGAUAGGGGU |26
Evidence Experimental
Experiments Cloned
Putative hsa-miR-155-5p Targets LinkOut: [ TargetScanS 5.1 | MicroCosm | microRNA.org | miRecords | miRDB | miRo | miRNAMap 2.0 ]
miRNA-target interaction network
Gene Information
Gene Symbol APC LinkOut: [ Entrez Gene | BioGPS | Wikipedia | iHop ]
Synonyms BTPS2, DP2, DP2.5, DP3, GS
Description adenomatous polyposis coli
Transcript NM_000038   LinkOut: [ RefSeq ]
Other Transcripts NM_001127510, NM_001127511   
Expression LinkOut: [ BioGPS ]
KEGG Pathway hsa04310    Wnt signaling pathway - Homo sapiens (human)
hsa04810    Regulation of actin cytoskeleton - Homo sapiens (human)
hsa05200    Pathways in cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
hsa05210    Colorectal cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
hsa05213    Endometrial cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
hsa05217    Basal cell carcinoma - Homo sapiens (human)
Putative miRNA Targets on APC LinkOut: [ TargetScan 5.1 | MicroCosm | miRNAMap 2.0 ]
3'UTR of APC
(miRNA target sites are highlighted)
>APC|NM_000038|3'UTR
   1 TAAAAGAGAGGAAGAATGAAACTAAGAAAATTCTATGTTAATTACAACTGCTATATAGACATTTTGTTTCAAATGAAACT
  81 TTAAAAGACTGAAAAATTTTGTAAATAGGTTTGATTCTTGTTAGAGGGTTTTTGTTCTGGAAGCCATATTTGATAGTATA
 161 CTTTGTCTTCACTGGTCTTATTTTGGGAGGCACTCTTGATGGTTAGGAAAAAAATAGTAAAGCCAAGTATGTTTGTACAG
 241 TATGTTTTACATGTATTTAAAGTAGCATCCCATCCCAACTTCCTTTAATTATTGCTTGTCTTAAAATAATGAACACTACA
 321 GATAGAAAATATGATATATTGCTGTTATCAATCATTTCTAGATTATAAACTGACTAAACTTACATCAGGGAAAAATTGGT
 401 ATTTATGCAAAAAAAAATGTTTTTGTCCTTGTGAGTCCATCTAACATCATAATTAATCATGTGGCTGTGAAATTCACAGT
 481 AATATGGTTCCCGATGAACAAGTTTACCCAGCCTGCTTTGCTTTACTGCATGAATGAAACTGATGGTTCAATTTCAGAAG
 561 TAATGATTAACAGTTATGTGGTCACATGATGTGCATAGAGATAGCTACAGTGTAATAATTTACACTATTTTGTGCTCCAA
 641 ACAAAACAAAAATCTGTGTAACTGTAAAACATTGAATGAAACTATTTTACCTGAACTAGATTTTATCTGAAAGTAGGTAG
 721 AATTTTTGCTATGCTGTAATTTGTTGTATATTCTGGTATTTGAGGTGAGATGGCTGCTCTTTTATTAATGAGACATGAAT
 801 TGTGTCTCAACAGAAACTAAATGAACATTTCAGAATAAATTATTGCTGTATGTAAACTGTTACTGAAATTGGTATTTGTT
 881 TGAAGGGTCTTGTTTCACATTTGTATTAATAATTGTTTAAAATGCCTCTTTTAAAAGCTTATATAAATTTTTTTCTTCAG
 961 CTTCTATGCATTAAGAGTAAAATTCCTCTTACTGTAATAAAAACAATTGAAGAAGACTGTTGCCACTTAACCATTCCATG
1041 CGTTGGCACTTATCTATTCCTGAAATTTCTTTTATGTGATTAGCTCATCTTGATTTTTAATATTTTTCCACTTAAACTTT
1121 TTTTTCTTACTCCACTGGAGCTCAGTAAAAGTAAATTCATGTAATAGCAATGCAAGCAGCCTAGCACAGACTAAGCATTG
1201 AGCATAATAGGCCCACATAATTTCCTCTTTCTTAATATTATAGAATTCTGTACTTGAAATTGATTCTTAGACATTGCAGT
1281 CTCTTCGAGGCTTTACAGTGTAAACTGTCTTGCCCCTTCATCTTCTTGTTGCAACTGGGTCTGACATGAACACTTTTTAT
1361 CACCCTGTATGTTAGGGCAAGATCTCAGCAGTGAAGTATAATCAGCACTTTGCCATGCTCAGAAAATTCAAATCACATGG
1441 AACTTTAGAGGTAGATTTAATACGATTAAGATATTCAGAAGTATATTTTAGAATCCCTGCCTGTTAAGGAAACTTTATTT
1521 GTGGTAGGTACAGTTCTGGGGTACATGTTAAGTGTCCCCTTATACAGTGGAGGGAAGTCTTCCTTCCTGAAGGAAAATAA
1601 ACTGACACTTATTAACTAAGATAATTTACTTAATATATCTTCCCTGATTTGTTTTAAAAGATCAGAGGGTGACTGATGAT
1681 ACATGCATACATATTTGTTGAATAAATGAAAATTTATTTTTAGTGATAAGATTCATACACTCTGTATTTGGGGAGGGAAA
1761 ACCTTTTTAAGCATGGTGGGGCACTCAGATAGGAGTGAATACACCTACCTGGTGCCTTGAAAATCACATCAAGTAGTTAA
1841 TTATCTACCCCTTACCTGTGTTTATAACTTCCAGGTAATGAGAATGATTTTTTTTAAAGCTAAAATGCCAGTAAATAAAA
1921 GTGCTATGACTTGAGCTAAGATATTTGACTCCAATGCCTGTACTGTGTCTACTGCACCACTTTGTAAACACTTCAATTTA
2001 CTATCTTTGAAATGATTGACCTTTAAATTTTTGCCAAATGTTATCTGAAATTGTCTATGAATACCATCTACTTCTGTTGT
2081 TTTCCCAGGCTTCCATAAACAATGGAGATACATGCA
Target sites Provided by authors  Predicted by miRanda
miRNA-target interactions (Predicted by miRanda)
IDDuplex structurePositionScoreMFE
1
miRNA  3' acAAUUACGAUUAUACAUccuc 5'
            ||| |||| :||||||    
Target 5' aaTTATTGCT-GTATGTAaact 3'
838 - 858 115.00 -7.36
2
miRNA  3' acaAUUAC-GAUU----AUACAUCcuc 5'
             ||||| :|||    |||||:|   
Target 5' aagTAATGATTAACAGTTATGTGGtca 3'
558 - 584 113.00 -6.00
3
miRNA  3' acaAUUACGAUUA-UACAUCcuc 5'
             ||||  |||| ||||:|   
Target 5' tcaTAAT--TAATCATGTGGctg 3'
447 - 467 111.00 -6.70
Experimental Support 1 for Functional miRNA-Target Interaction
miRNA:Target hsa-miR-155 :: APC    [ Functional MTI ]
Validation Method Luciferase reporter assay , Western blot
Conditions HEK293
Location of target site 3'UTR
Tools used in this research miRBase Target Database
Original Description (Extracted from the article) ... As expected, these AMOs all were able to significantly increase luciferase activities (Figure 1G), presumably by knocking down the endogenous miR-21, miR-155 and miR-17-5p in HeLa cells ...

- Lu, Y. Xiao, J. Lin, H. Bai, Y. Luo, X. et al., 2009, Nucleic Acids Res.

miRNA-target interactions (Provided by authors)
IDDuplex structurePosition
1
miRNA  3' ugGGGAUAGUGCUA--AU-CGUAAUu 5'
            ::|| ||| | |  || |||||| 
Target 5' -uUUCU-UCA-GCUUCUAUGCAUUAa 3'
1 - 23
Article - Lu, Y. Xiao, J. Lin, H. Bai, Y. Luo, X. et al.
- Nucleic Acids Res, 2009
Anti-miRNA antisense inhibitors (AMOs) have demonstrated their utility in miRNA research and potential in miRNA therapy. Here we report a modified AMO approach in which multiple antisense units are engineered into a single unit that is able to simultaneously silence multiple-target miRNAs, the multiple-target AMO or MTg-AMO. We validated the technique with two separate MTg-AMOs: anti-miR-21/anti-miR-155/anti-miR-17-5p and anti-miR-1/anti-miR-133. We first verified the ability of the MTg-AMOs to antagonize the repressive actions of their target miRNAs using luciferase reporter activity assays and to specifically knock down the levels of their target miRNAs using real-time RT-PCR methods. We then used the MTg-AMO approach to identify several tumor suppressors-TGFBI, APC and BCL2L11 as the target genes for oncogenic miR-21, miR-155 and miR-17-5p, respectively, and two cardiac ion channel genes HCN2 (encoding a subunit of cardiac pacemaker channel) and CACNA1C (encoding the alpha-subunit of cardiac L-type Ca(2+) channel) for the muscle-specific miR-1 and miR-133. We further demonstrated that the MTg-AMO targeting miR-21, miR-155 and miR-17-5p produced a greater inhibitory effect on cancer cell growth, compared with the regular single-target AMOs. Moreover, while using the regular single-target AMOs excluded HCN2 as a target gene for either miR-1 or miR-133, the MTg-AMO approach is able to reveal HCN2 as the target for both miR-1 and miR-133. Our findings suggest the MTg-AMO as an improved approach for miRNA target finding and for studying function of miRNAs. This approach may find its broad application for exploring biological processes involving multiple miRNAs and multiple genes.
LinkOut: [PMID: 19136465]