In Silico Profiling of Regulatory MicroRNA Targets in Programmed Cell Death 1 Gene
In Silico Profiling of Regulatory MicroRNA Targets in Programmed Cell Death 1 Gene
Aftab Shaukat1,*, Sana Hanif2, Irfan Shaukat3, Muhammad Ahsan Naeem4,5, Shadab Shaukat6, Rizwan Shukat8, Shahid Ali Rajput9, Imran Shaukat10, Mubashar Hassan4, Khalid Mehmood7, Saqib Umar11 and Muhammad Ali Jamil1
ABSTRACT
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are the novel class of small non-coding RNAs comprising of 17-24 nucleotides that, targets in silencing of one or more genes. Despite their importance as gene regulator, computational strategies are still at its initial stages. Several computer based prediction databases remain the only foundation for rapid identification of putative microRNA target. By utilizing experimentally validated targets, the search of further targets via bioinformatics tools help to predict gene target site. Keeping this in view, a study has been planned to investigate PDCD1 gene regulatory miRNA targets, their sequences and their seed location in human using online server miRDB. We have identified 26 specific miRNAs (hsa-miR-939-3p, hsa-miR-661, hsa-miR-2861, hsa-miR-23b-5p, hsa-miR-23a-5p, hsa-miR-4764-5p, hsa-miR-6734-3p, hsa-miR-4441, hsa-miR-4267, hsa-miR-4456, hsa-miR-7847-3p, hsa-miR-6515-5p, hsa-miR-5692b, hsa-miR-4664-5p, hsa-miR-342-5p, hsa-miR-5692c, hsa-miR-3911, hsa-miR-3960, hsa-miR-6852-5p, hsa-miR-4253, hsa-miR-6862-5p, hsa-miR-4296, hsa-miR-4695-5p, hsa-miR-4447, hsa-miR-4532 and hsa-miR-6752-3p) in humans which can target different regions in PDCD1gene. Multiple sequence alignments were also performed to investigate similarities among mature sequences of these miRNAs. Our data will provide concrete bases for the validation of thesemiRNAs.
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August 2020
Vol. 52, Iss. 4, Pages 1225-1630
