To test the hypothesis that these developmental timing genes mediate the regulatory role of miR-71 in larval development during recovery from starvation-induced L1 diapause, we examined whether knocking down HBL-1 function can suppress the retarded VPC timing defect of mir-71(lf). Reduction-of-function mutation (rf) in the age-1/PI3 kinase gene, age-1(hx546), made worms long-lived in the L1 starvation assay and was able to suppress the reduced L1 survival rate of mir-71(lf); the rate of the double mutants was comparable to that of wild type (Fig. 2A). Our genetic analysis indicated that for both L1 diapause survival and developmental recovery functions, miR-71 regulates expressions of genes in both the insulin receptor-dependent and -independent pathways.
L1 starvation assay was adapted from a previously described protocol (3). Worms strains were grown and maintained at 20 °C as described (29). This result is consistent with the observation that miR-71 is specifically required for the starvation-induced stress response (Fig. S5). For example, we observed a robust retarded mutant phenotype in the vulval lineage but did not see obvious defects in seam cell differentiation or alae formation. It seems plausible that miRNAs that control developmental timing are also involved in regulating the metabolic rate through repressing the InsR pathway activity.
To determine viability, 20-μL aliquots (60–100 worms) were placed every 3 d onto two 6-cm nematode growth medium (NGM) plates seeded with OP50, and the numbers of L1 worms were recorded as number of plated worms (Np). A total of 16–24 h later, the density of newly hatched L1 worms was adjusted to three to five worms per microliter S-basal. The eggs were transferred to plates seeded with HB101 and bleached again 3 d later. Briefly, worms were well fed for at least two generations, and gravid adults were bleached with hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide.
S1A indicated a dominant role of intestinal miRNAs in regulating L1 starvation survival. We used a dual-color 3′UTR reporter system (18) to test the computational, prediction-based hypothesis that the 3′UTRs of age-1 and unc-31 are directly regulated by miR-71 (Fig. 3B and Materials and Methods). Among these potential miRNA targets, the predicted miR-71–targeting sites in the 3′UTRs of age-1 and unc-31 are conserved between C.

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• Note that there are extra GFP-positive cells (red arrows) in mir-71(lf) mutants.
• The data for 3′UTR expression and for VPC timing were analyzed using χ2 test.
• As pointed out above, multiple miRNAs in addition to miR-71 and the let-7 family miRNAs have roles in L1 diapause, and they may regulate the expression of many diverse targets that may include, but are not limited to, factors involved in UNC-31–InsR-signaling activities.
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(D) Bar graph showing that the delayed VPC timing defect of mir-71(lf) worms was enhanced by daf-16(lf) after 1 or 3 d of L1 starvation. (B) Bar graph showing revery play login the correlation between the severity of the retarded vulval precursor cell (VPC) timing defect of mir-71(lf) mutants and the duration of L1 starvation. Whereas the vulva of wild-type worms developed into the pyramidal stage (81 of 82 worms), the P6.p of mir-71(n4115, lf) mutant worms divided only once (83 of 89 worms). The computation-based prediction that age-1 and pdk-1 are potential targets of miR-71 was also reported in a recent study focusing on miRNA functions in aging where the mRNA level of pdk-1 was shown to be up-regulated in mir-71 worms (14). (C) Fluorescence and differential interference contrast (DIC) images showing that the age-1 3′UTR reporter was repressed in mir-71(+) worms (3/4 transgenic lines) but not in mir-71(lf) worms (4/4 transgenic lines).

L1 Starvation Survival Assay and Statistical Analysis.