Journal
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 223, Issue 1, Pages 19-27Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.08.011
Keywords
Axon regeneration; Axotomy; Protein synthesis; Translation; RNA transport; Ribonucleoprotein particle; Trophic factor; Axon guidance
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- NIH/NINDS [R01-NS049041, R01-NS041596]
- Adelson Medical Research Foundation
- Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Foundation [TB2-0602-2]
- Paralyzed Veterans of America [PVA-2442]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS041596, R01NS049041] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Locally generating new proteins in subcellular regions provide means to spatially and temporally modify protein content in polarized cells. Recent years have seen resurgence of the concept that axonal processes of neurons can locally synthesize proteins. Experiments from a number of groups have now shown that axonal protein synthesis helps to initiate growth, provides a means to respond to guidance cues, and generates retrograde signaling complexes. Additionally, there is increasing evidence that locally synthesized proteins provide functions beyond injury responses and growth in the mature peripheral nervous system. A key regulatory event in this translational regulation is moving the mRNA templates into the axonal compartment. Transport of mRNAs into axons is a highly regulated and specific process that requires interaction of RNA binding proteins with specific cis-elements or structures within the mRNAs. mRNAs are transported in ribonucleoprotein particles that interact with microtubule motor proteins for long-range axonal transport and likely use microfilaments for short-range movement in the axons. The mature axon is able to recruit mRNAs into translation with injury and possibly other stimuli, suggesting that mRNAs can be stored in a dormant state in the distal axon until needed. Axotomy triggers a shift in the populations of mRNAs localized to axons, indicating a dynamic regulation of the specificity of the axonal transport machinery. In this review, we discuss how axonal mRNA transport and localization are regulated to achieve specific changes in axonal RNA content in response to axonal stimuli. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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