Review Article

A Potential of microRNAs for High-Content Screening

Table 3

Validation assays in miRNA-based screens.

Effector miRNATarget genesValidation assayYearReference
ExpressionaReporterbqRT-PCRIScsiRNAd

miR-372 and -373LATS2++++2006[40]
miR-221 and -222p27Kip1++2007[45]
miR-315Axin and Notum+2007[110]
miR-34aBcl2 and MYCN+2008[111]
miR-373 and -520cCD44++2008[101]
miR-29a, b, cp85α and CDC42++2009[38]
miR-192 and -194Per1, 2 and 3+2009[102]
28 miRNAsp21Cip/Waf1++2010[46]
10 miRNAsMCL1+2010[99]
miR-1285p53+++2010[39]
miR-504p53++2010[10]
11 miRNAsMultiple genes+2010[105]
miR-491Bcl-xL+++2010[11]
28 miRNAsp21Cip/Waf1++2010[114]

a mRNA expression profiling.
b Luciferase and/or GFP reporter assays.
c Immunostaining.
d Recapitulation of miRNA-mediated phenotype by selected siRNAs.