microRNA expression in the aging mouse lung.

Williams, Andrew Evan, Perry, Mark, Moschos, Sterghios and Lindsay, Mark Andrew (2007) microRNA expression in the aging mouse lung. BMC Genomics, 8. p. 172. ISSN 1471-2164

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a novel class of short double stranded RNA that mediate the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Previous studies have implicated changes in miRNA expression in the regulation of development and the induction of diseases such as cancer. However, although miRNAs have been implicated in the process of aging in C. elegans, nothing is known of their role in mammalian tissues.

RESULTS

To address this question, we have used a highly-sensitive, semi-quantitative RT-PCR based approach to measure the expression profile of 256 of the 493 currently identified miRNAs in the lungs from 6 month (adult) and 18 month (aged) old female BALB/c mice. We show that, despite the characteristic changes in anatomy and gene expression associated with lung aging, there were no significant changes in the expression of 256 miRNAs.

CONCLUSION

Overall, these results show that miRNA transcription is unchanged during lung aging and suggests that stable expression of miRNAs might instead buffer age related changes in the expression of protein-encoding genes.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B200 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy
C700 Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Sterghios Moschos
Date Deposited: 24 Oct 2016 09:57
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 04:51
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/28147

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