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ArticleMolecular brain2011

Regulation of chemotropic guidance of nerve growth cones by microRNA.

Liang Han, Zhexing Wen, Rachel C Lynn, Marie-Laure Baudet, Christine E Holt, Yukio Sasaki, Gary J Bassell, James Q Zheng

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Article in Molecular brain, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. MicroRNAs in Tissue Regeneration: Lessons from Animal Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. RNA in axons, dendrites, synapses and beyond.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024
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  8. The microRNAsThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2019
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  16. microRNAs in axon guidance.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2014
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8 authors.

Liang HanDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Zhexing Wen
Rachel C Lynn
Marie-Laure Baudet
Christine E Holt
Yukio Sasaki
Gary J Bassell
James Q Zheng

Funding

Mechanisms of growth cone turning in diffusible gradientR01GM083889 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI ZHENG, JAMES Q · 2007 to 2021
$4.5M
Identification of localized miRNAs for neuronal development and plasticityR21DA027080 · NIDA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BASSELL, GARY J · 2009 to 2010
$426k
NIDA NIH HHS DA027080NIGMS NIH HHS GM083889Wellcome Trust 085314
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe small non-coding microRNAs play an important role in development by regulating protein translation, but their involvement in axon guidance is unknown. Here, we investigated the role of microRNA-134 (miR-134) in chemotropic guidance of nerve growth cones.

resultsWe found that miR-134 is highly expressed in the neural tube of Xenopus embryos. Fluorescent in situ hybridization also showed that miR-134 is enriched in the growth cones of Xenopus spinal neurons in culture. Importantly, overexpression of miR-134 mimics or antisense inhibitors blocked protein synthesis (PS)-dependent attractive responses of Xenopus growth cones to a gradient of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, miR-134 mimics or inhibitors had no effect on PS-independent bidirectional responses of Xenopus growth cones to bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP7). Our data further showed that Xenopus LIM kinase 1 (Xlimk1) mRNA is a potential target of miR-134 regulation.

conclusionsThese findings demonstrate a role for miR-134 in translation-dependent guidance of nerve growth cones. Different guidance cues may act through distinct signaling pathways to elicit PS-dependent and -independent mechanisms to steer growth cones in response to a wide array of spatiotemporal cues during development.

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ChemotaxisAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene Expression RegulationGrowth ConesHumansMicroRNAsMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Models, BiologicalOligonucleotides, AntisensePhosphorylationXenopusXenopus ProteinsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorMicroRNAsMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Oligonucleotides, AntisenseXenopus Proteins

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PMID22051374
PMCPMC3217933

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