Journal
BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1436, Issue -, Pages 20-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.12.001
Keywords
microRNA; Synaptoneurosomes; Kainic acid; Quantitative real-time polymerase chain; Reaction; Microarray; miRNA-induced silencing complex
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- New Jersey Stem Cell Commission
- Life Technologies Corp., USA
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomedicas (PDCB, UNAM)
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia del Distrito Federal (ICyTDF)
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT)
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In recent years, microRNAs or miRNAs have been proposed to target neuronal mRNAs localized near the synapse, exerting a pivotal role in modulating local protein synthesis, and presumably affecting adaptive mechanisms such as synaptic plasticity. In the present study we have characterized the distribution of miRNAs in five regions of the adult mammalian brain and compared the relative abundance between total fractions and purified synaptoneurosomes (SN), using three different methodologies. The results show selective enrichment or depletion of some miRNAs when comparing total versus SN fractions. These miRNAs were different for each brain region explored. Changes in distribution could not be attributed to simple diffusion or to a targeting sequence inside the miRNAs. In silico analysis suggest that the differences in distribution may be related to the preferential concentration of synaptically localized mRNA targeted by the miRNAs. These results favor a model of co-transport of the miRNA-mRNA complex to the synapse, although further studies are required to validate this hypothesis. Using an in vivo model for increasing excitatory activity in the cortex and the hippocampus indicates that the distribution of some miRNAs can be modulated by enhanced neuronal (epileptogenic) activity. All these results demonstrate the dynamic modulation in the local distribution of miRNAs from the adult brain, which may play key roles in controlling localized protein synthesis at the synapse. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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