期刊
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 55, 期 1, 页码 483-494出版社
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0340-2
关键词
Small non-coding RNA; Neuronal piRNA; Intra-axonal translation; Regenerating nerve; Small RNA sequencing; Axon growth
资金
- National Institutes of Health [P20-GM103464, R21-NS085691]
- Delaware INBRE Core Center Access Award from an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [P30-GM114736, P20-GM103446, U54 GM104941]
Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) have been shown to play pivotal roles in spatiotemporal-specific gene regulation that is linked to many different biological functions. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), typically 25-34-nucleotide long, are originally identified and thought to be restricted in germline cells. However, recent studies suggest that piRNAs associate with neuronal PIWI proteins, contributing to neuronal development and function. Here, we identify a cohort of piRNA-like sncRNAs (piLRNAs) in rat sciatic nerve axoplasm and directly contrast temporal changes of piLRNA levels in the nerve following injury, as compared with those in an uninjured nerve using deep sequencing. We find that 32 of a total of 53 annotated piLRNAs show significant changes in their levels in the regenerating nerve, suggesting that individual axonal piLRNAs may play important regulatory roles in local messenger RNA (mRNA) translation during regeneration. Bioinformatics and biochemical analyses show that these piLRNAs carry characteristic features of mammalian piRNAs, including sizes, a sequence bias for uracil at the 5'-end and a 2'-O-methylation at the 3'-end. Their axonal expression is directly visualized by fluorescence in situ hybridization in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons as well as immunoprecipitation with MIWI. Further, depletion of MIWI protein using RNAi from cultured sensory neurons increases axon growth rates, decreases axon retraction after injury, and increases axon regrowth after injury. All these data suggest more general roles for MIWI/piLRNA pathway that could confer a unique advantage for coordinately altering the population of proteins generated in growth cones and axons of neurons by targeting mRNA cohorts.
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