Author: ["Jingli Cao","Yidong Shen","Lei Zhu","Yanan Xu","Yizhuo Zhou","Zhili Wu","Yiping Li","Xiumin Yan","Xueliang Zhu"]
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Abstract
Ciliogenesis requires the removal of CP110 from the mother centriole; actin dynamics also influence ciliation, at least partly by affecting the centrosomal accumulation of ciliogenic membrane vesicles. How these distinct processes are properly regulated remains unknown. Here we show that miR-129-3p, a microRNA conserved in vertebrates, controlled cilia biogenesis in cultured cells by concomitantly downregulating CP110 and repressing branched F-actin formation. Blocking miR-129-3p inhibited serum-starvation-induced ciliogenesis, whereas its overexpression potently induced ciliation in proliferating cells and also promoted cilia elongation. Gene expression analysis further identified ARP2, TOCA1, ABLIM1 and ABLIM3 as its targets in ciliation-related actin dynamics. Moreover, miR-129-3p inhibition in zebrafish embryos suppressed ciliation in Kupffer’s vesicle and the pronephros, and induced developmental abnormalities including a curved body, pericardial oedema and defective left–right asymmetry. Therefore, our results reveal a mechanism that orchestrates both the centriole-to-basal body transition and subsequent cilia assembly through microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation. Ciliogenesis requires the removal of CP110 from the mother centriole, and is influenced by actin dynamics. Zhu and colleagues now show that the microRNA miR-129-3p controls primary cilia formation in vertebrates by downregulating CP110 and targeting multiple actin regulators to suppress actin dynamics.Cite this article
Cao, J., Shen, Y., Zhu, L. et al. miR-129-3p controls cilia assembly by regulating CP110 and actin dynamics. Nat Cell Biol 14, 697–706 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2512 