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ArticleScientific reports2011

Huntingtin mediates dendritic transport of β-actin mRNA in rat neurons.

Bin Ma, Jeffrey N Savas, Man-Shan Yu, Brady P Culver, Moses V Chao, Naoko Tanese

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Article in Scientific reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Bin MaDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
Jeffrey N Savas
Man-Shan Yu
Brady P Culver
Moses V Chao
Naoko Tanese
New York University · USInstitute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology · IT

Funding

Role of the Huntington's Disease Protein in Post-Transcriptional Gene SilencingR01NS061917 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TANESE, NAOKO · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
LEICA TCS SP2 ADBS CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES10RR017970 · NCRR · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BOROWIEC, JAMES A. · 2003 to 2003
$361k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR017970NINDS NIH HHS NS061917NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transport of mRNAs to diverse neuronal locations via RNA granules serves an important function in regulating protein synthesis within restricted sub-cellular domains. We recently detected the Huntington's disease protein huntingtin (Htt) in dendritic RNA granules; however, the functional significance of this localization is not known. Here we report that Htt and the huntingtin-associated protein 1 (HAP1) are co-localized with the microtubule motor proteins, the KIF5A kinesin and dynein, during dendritic transport of β-actin mRNA. Live cell imaging demonstrated that β-actin mRNA is associated with Htt, HAP1, and dynein intermediate chain in cultured neurons. Reduction in the levels of Htt, HAP1, KIF5A, and dynein heavy chain by lentiviral-based shRNAs resulted in a reduction in the transport of β-actin mRNA. These findings support a role for Htt in participating in the mRNA transport machinery that also contains HAP1, KIF5A, and dynein.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsBiological Transport, ActiveBrainCells, CulturedCytoplasmic GranulesDendritesDyneinsFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesHuntingtin ProteinKinesinsMicrotubulesModels, NeurologicalMolecular Motor ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsActinsDyneinsHap1 protein, ratHtt protein, ratHuntingtin ProteinIgf2bp1 protein, ratKif5A protein, ratKinesinsMolecular Motor ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID22355657
PMCPMC3216621
OpenAlexW2025914535

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