期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 26, 期 51, 页码 13390-13399出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3432-06.2006
关键词
synaptic plasticity; microarray; hippocampus; protein synthesis; mRNA localization; in situ hybridization; dendrite
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH064547, R01MH64547] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01NS45324, R01 NS045324] Funding Source: Medline
The regulated translation of localized mRNAs in neurons provides a mechanism for spatially restricting gene expression in a synapsespecific manner. To identify the population of mRNAs present in distal neuronal processes of rodent hippocampal neurons, we grew neurons on polycarbonate filters etched with 3 mu m pores. Although the neuronal cell bodies remained on the top surface of the filters, dendrites, axons, and glial processes penetrated through the pores to grow along the bottom surface of the membrane where they could be mechanically separated from cell bodies. Quantitative PCR and immunochemical analyses of the process preparation revealed that it was remarkably free of somatic contamination. Microarray analysis of RNA isolated from the processes identified over 100 potentially localized mRNAs. In situ hybridization studies of 19 of these transcripts confirmed that all 19 were present in dendrites, validating the utility of this approach for identifying dendritically localized transcripts. Many of the identified mRNAs encoded components of the translational machinery and several were associated with the RNA- binding protein Staufen. These findings indicate that there is a rich repertoire of mRNAswhose translation can be locally regulated and support the emerging idea that local protein synthesis serves to boost the translational capacity of synapses.
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