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ArticleNature neuroscience2011

miR-124 acts through CoREST to control onset of Sema3A sensitivity in navigating retinal growth cones.

Marie-Laure Baudet, Krishna H Zivraj, Cei Abreu-Goodger, Alistair Muldal, Javier Armisen, Cherie Blenkiron, Leonard D Goldstein, Eric A Miska, Christine E Holt

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Marie-Laure BaudetDepartment of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Krishna H Zivraj
Cei Abreu-Goodger
Alistair Muldal
Javier Armisen
Cherie Blenkiron
Leonard D Goldstein
Eric A Miska
Christine E Holt
University of Cambridge · GBWellcome Trust · GBCenter for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute · MXWellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 11832Medical Research CouncilWellcome Trust 085314Wellcome Trust 092096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During axon pathfinding, growth cones commonly show changes in sensitivity to guidance cues that follow a cell-intrinsic timetable. The cellular timer mechanisms that regulate such changes are, however, poorly understood. Here we have investigated microRNAs (miRNAs) in the timing control of sensitivity to the semaphorin Sema3A in Xenopus laevis retinal ganglion cell (RGC) growth cones. A developmental profiling screen identified miR-124 as a candidate timer. Loss of miR-124 delayed the onset of Sema3A sensitivity and concomitant neuropilin-1 (NRP1) receptor expression and caused cell-autonomous pathfinding errors. CoREST, a cofactor of a NRP1 repressor, was newly identified as a target and mediator of miR-124 for this highly specific temporal aspect of RGC growth cone responsiveness. Our findings indicate that miR-124 is important in regulating the intrinsic temporal changes in RGC growth cone sensitivity and suggest that miRNAs may act broadly as linear timers in vertebrate neuronal development.

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AnimalsAxonsCell DifferentiationCell MovementGrowth ConesMicroRNAsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropilin-1Repressor ProteinsRetinal Ganglion CellsSemaphorin-3ASignal TransductionXenopus laevisMicroRNAsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropilin-1Repressor ProteinsSemaphorin-3A

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PMID22138647
PMCPMC3661270
OpenAlexW2165298439

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