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First published online 25 October 2006
doi: 10.1242/dev.02655

Development 133, 4631-4641 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
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The mir-84 and let-7 paralogous microRNA genes of Caenorhabditis elegans direct the cessation of molting via the conserved nuclear hormone receptors NHR-23 and NHR-25

Gabriel D. Hayes, Alison R. Frand and Gary Ruvkun*

Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: ruvkun{at}molbio.mgh.harvard.edu)

Accepted 21 September 2006

The let-7 microRNA (miRNA) gene of Caenorhabditis elegans controls the timing of developmental events. let-7 is conserved throughout bilaterian phylogeny and has multiple paralogs. Here, we show that the paralog mir-84 acts synergistically with let-7 to promote terminal differentiation of the hypodermis and the cessation of molting in C. elegans. Loss of mir-84 exacerbates phenotypes caused by mutations in let-7, whereas increased expression of mir-84 suppresses a let-7 null allele. Adults with reduced levels of mir-84 and let-7 express genes characteristic of larval molting as they initiate a supernumerary molt. mir-84 and let-7 promote exit from the molting cycle by regulating targets in the heterochronic pathway and also nhr-23 and nhr-25, genes encoding conserved nuclear hormone receptors essential for larval molting. The synergistic action of miRNA paralogs in development may be a general feature of the diversified miRNA gene family.

Key words: miRNAs, microRNAs, mir-84, let-7, Heterochronic pathway, Molting, Nuclear hormone receptors, NHR-23, NHR-25




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