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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2001

Vasopressin mRNA localization in nerve cells: characterization of cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors.

E Mohr, N Prakash, K Vieluf, C Fuhrmann, F Buck, D Richter

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

E MohrUniversität Hamburg, Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. emohr@uke.uni-hamburg.de
N Prakash
K Vieluf
C Fuhrmann
F Buck
D Richter
Hamburg Institut (Germany) · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEWeizmann Institute of Science · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA localization is a complex pathway. Besides mRNA sorting per se, this process includes aspects of regulated translation. It requires protein factors that interact with defined sequences (or sequence motifs) of the transcript, and the protein/RNA complexes are finally guided along the cytoskeleton to their ultimate destinations. The mRNA encoding the vasopressin (VP) precursor protein is localized to the nerve cell processes in vivo and in primary cultured nerve cells. Sorting of VP transcripts to dendrites is mediated by the last 395 nucleotides of the mRNA, the dendritic localizer sequence, and it depends on intact microtubules. In vitro interaction studies with cytosolic extracts demonstrated specific binding of a protein, enriched in nerve cell tissues, to the radiolabeled dendritic localizer sequence probe. Biochemical purification revealed that this protein is the multifunctional poly(A)-binding protein (PABP). It is well known for its ability to bind with high affinity to poly(A) tails of mRNAs, prerequisite for mRNA stabilization and stimulation of translational initiation, respectively. With lower affinities, PABP can also associate with non-poly(A) sequences. The physiological consequences of these PABP/RNA interactions are far from clear but may include functions such as translational silencing. Presumably, the translational state of mRNAs subject to dendritic sorting is influenced by external stimuli. PABP thus could be a component required to regulate local synthesis of the VP precursor and possibly of other proteins.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBrainChromatography, AffinityCloning, MolecularDendritesGene Expression RegulationMolecular Sequence DataNeuronsPoly(A)-Binding ProteinsProtein BiosynthesisProtein PrecursorsRatsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerVasopressinsPoly(A)-Binding ProteinspreprovasopressinProtein PrecursorsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerVasopressins

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PMID11416190
PMCPMC34625
OpenAlexW1981668509

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