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ArticleNature communications2015

MicroRNA miR124 is required for the expression of homeostatic synaptic plasticity.

Qingming Hou, Hongyu Ruan, James Gilbert, Guan Wang, Qi Ma, Wei-Dong Yao, Heng-Ye Man

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Qingming HouDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Hongyu RuanDivision of Neuroscience, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, USA.
James GilbertDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Guan WangDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Qi MaDivision of Neuroscience, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, USA.
Wei-Dong YaoDivision of Neuroscience, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, USA.
Heng-Ye ManDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of Homeostatic Synaptic PlasticityR01MH079407 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MAN, HENGYE · 2008 to 2018
$3.9M
Nonproteolytic Polyubiquitin Chains at the SynapseR01MH106489 · NIMH · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI YAO, WEI-DONG · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Dopaminergic Enabling of Synaptic Plasticity in Prefrontal CircuitsR01DA032283 · NIDA · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI YAO, WEI-DONG · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032283NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH079407NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homeostatic synaptic plasticity is a compensatory response to alterations in neuronal activity. Chronic deprivation of neuronal activity results in an increase in synaptic AMPA receptors (AMPARs) and postsynaptic currents. The biogenesis of GluA2-lacking, calcium-permeable AMPARs (CP-AMPARs) plays a crucial role in the homeostatic response; however, the mechanisms leading to CP-AMPAR formation remain unclear. Here we show that the microRNA, miR124, is required for the generation of CP-AMPARs and homeostatic plasticity. miR124 suppresses GluA2 expression via targeting its 3'-UTR, leading to the formation of CP-AMPARs. Blockade of miR124 function abolishes the homeostatic response, whereas miR124 overexpression leads to earlier induction of homeostatic plasticity. miR124 transcription is controlled by an inhibitory transcription factor EVI1, acting by association with the deacetylase HDAC1. Our data support a cellular cascade in which inactivity relieves EVI1/HDAC-mediated inhibition of miR124 gene transcription, resulting in enhanced miR124 expression, formation of CP-AMPARs and subsequent induction of homeostatic synaptic plasticity.

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Neuronal PlasticityAnimalsHippocampusHomeostasisHumansMicroRNAsNeuronsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, AMPAglutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2MicroRNAsMIRN124 microRNA, ratReceptors, AMPA

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PMCPMC4686673

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