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<p>miRNA arm switching is a pivotal regulatory mechanism that allows organisms to fine-tune gene expression by selectively utilizing either the 5p or 3p strand of a miRNA duplex. This process, conserved across species, facilitates adaptive responses to developmental cues, environmental changes, and disease states. By dynamically altering strand selection, arm switching reshapes gene regulatory networks, contributing to phenotypic diversity and evolutionary innovation. Despite its growing recognition, the mechanisms driving arm switching—such as thermodynamic properties and enzyme-mediated processing—remain incompletely understood. This review synthesizes current findings, highlighting arm switching as a highly conserved mechanism with profound implications for the evolution of regulatory networks. We explore how this phenomenon expands miRNA functionality, drives phenotypic plasticity, and co-evolves with miRNA gene duplications to fuel the diversification of biological functions across taxa.</p>

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Decoding microRNA arm switching: a key to evolutionary innovation and gene regulation

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    2025年5月10日

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  • Danillo Pinhal,
  • Leandro de B. Gonçalves,
  • Vinícius F. Campos,
  • James G. Patton

摘要

miRNA arm switching is a pivotal regulatory mechanism that allows organisms to fine-tune gene expression by selectively utilizing either the 5p or 3p strand of a miRNA duplex. This process, conserved across species, facilitates adaptive responses to developmental cues, environmental changes, and disease states. By dynamically altering strand selection, arm switching reshapes gene regulatory networks, contributing to phenotypic diversity and evolutionary innovation. Despite its growing recognition, the mechanisms driving arm switching—such as thermodynamic properties and enzyme-mediated processing—remain incompletely understood. This review synthesizes current findings, highlighting arm switching as a highly conserved mechanism with profound implications for the evolution of regulatory networks. We explore how this phenomenon expands miRNA functionality, drives phenotypic plasticity, and co-evolves with miRNA gene duplications to fuel the diversification of biological functions across taxa.