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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Neuronal differentiation by TAp73 is mediated by microRNA-34a regulation of synaptic protein targets.

Massimiliano Agostini, Paola Tucci, Richard Killick, Eleonora Candi, Berna S Sayan, Pia Rivetti di Val Cervo, Pierluigi Nicotera, Frank McKeon, Richard A Knight, Tak W Mak and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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126citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Massimiliano AgostiniToxicology Unit, Medical Research Council, Leicester University, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom.
Paola Tucci
Richard Killick
Eleonora Candi
Berna S Sayan
Pia Rivetti di Val Cervo
Pierluigi Nicotera
Frank McKeon
Richard A Knight
Tak W Mak
Gerry Melino
Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata · ITMedical Research Council · GBUniversity of Leicester · GBBreast Cancer Research Foundation · USGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEHarvard University · USKing's College Hospital · GBUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U132670600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The p53-family member TAp73 is a transcription factor that plays a key role in many biological processes. Here, we show that p73 drives the expression of microRNA (miR)-34a, but not miR-34b and -c, by acting on specific binding sites on the miR-34a promoter. Expression of miR-34a is modulated in parallel with that of TAp73 during in vitro differentiation of neuroblastoma cells and cortical neurons. Retinoid-driven neuroblastoma differentiation is inhibited by knockdown of either p73 or miR-34a. Transcript expression of miR-34a is significantly reduced in vivo both in the cortex and hippocampus of p73(-/-) mice; miR-34a and TAp73 expression also increase during postnatal development of the brain and cerebellum when synaptogenesis occurs. Accordingly, overexpression or silencing of miR-34a inversely modulates expression of synaptic targets, including synaptotagmin-1 and syntaxin-1A. Notably, the axis TAp73/miR-34a/synaptotagmin-1 is conserved in brains from Alzheimer's patients. These data reinforce a role for TAp73 in neuronal development.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCerebral CortexChromatin ImmunoprecipitationComputational BiologyGene Expression RegulationHippocampusHumansLaser Capture MicrodissectionMiceMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsNeuronsNuclear Proteinsdelta Np73, mouseMicroRNAsMIRN34a microRNA, mouseNuclear ProteinsSynaptotagmin I

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PMID22160687
PMCPMC3248477
OpenAlexW2050378367

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