Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution.
MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated gene regulation is of critical functional importance in animals and is thought to be largely constrained during evolution. However, little is known regarding evolutionary changes of the miRNA network and their role in human evolution. Here we show that a number of miRNA bin...
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doaj-1b6489c65166464aa8b455c59f8085f62020-11-25T01:19:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042012-01-0183e100257810.1371/journal.pgen.1002578Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution.Jingjing LiYu LiuXiaofeng XinTaehyung Simon KimEduardo Aguiar CabezaJie RenRasmus NielsenJeffrey L WranaZhaolei ZhangMicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated gene regulation is of critical functional importance in animals and is thought to be largely constrained during evolution. However, little is known regarding evolutionary changes of the miRNA network and their role in human evolution. Here we show that a number of miRNA binding sites display high levels of population differentiation in humans and thus are likely targets of local adaptation. In a subset we demonstrate that allelic differences modulate miRNA regulation in mammalian cells, including an interaction between miR-155 and TYRP1, an important melanosomal enzyme associated with human pigmentary differences. We identify alternate alleles of TYRP1 that induce or disrupt miR-155 regulation and demonstrate that these alleles are selected with different modes among human populations, causing a strong negative correlation between the frequency of miR-155 regulation of TYRP1 in human populations and their latitude of residence. We propose that local adaptation of microRNA regulation acts as a rheostat to optimize TYRP1 expression in response to differential UV radiation. Our findings illustrate the evolutionary plasticity of the microRNA regulatory network in recent human evolution.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3310733?pdf=render |
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Jingjing Li Yu Liu Xiaofeng Xin Taehyung Simon Kim Eduardo Aguiar Cabeza Jie Ren Rasmus Nielsen Jeffrey L Wrana Zhaolei Zhang Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. PLoS Genetics |
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Jingjing Li Yu Liu Xiaofeng Xin Taehyung Simon Kim Eduardo Aguiar Cabeza Jie Ren Rasmus Nielsen Jeffrey L Wrana Zhaolei Zhang |
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Jingjing Li |
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Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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Evidence for positive selection on a number of MicroRNA regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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evidence for positive selection on a number of microrna regulatory interactions during recent human evolution. |
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MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated gene regulation is of critical functional importance in animals and is thought to be largely constrained during evolution. However, little is known regarding evolutionary changes of the miRNA network and their role in human evolution. Here we show that a number of miRNA binding sites display high levels of population differentiation in humans and thus are likely targets of local adaptation. In a subset we demonstrate that allelic differences modulate miRNA regulation in mammalian cells, including an interaction between miR-155 and TYRP1, an important melanosomal enzyme associated with human pigmentary differences. We identify alternate alleles of TYRP1 that induce or disrupt miR-155 regulation and demonstrate that these alleles are selected with different modes among human populations, causing a strong negative correlation between the frequency of miR-155 regulation of TYRP1 in human populations and their latitude of residence. We propose that local adaptation of microRNA regulation acts as a rheostat to optimize TYRP1 expression in response to differential UV radiation. Our findings illustrate the evolutionary plasticity of the microRNA regulatory network in recent human evolution. |
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