ArticleMolecular neurobiology2018
Analysis of piRNA-Like Small Non-coding RNAs Present in Axons of Adult Sensory Neurons.
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- Role of piRNA biogenesis and its neuronal function in the development of neurodegenerative diseases.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- Exosomes/microvesicles target SARS-CoV-2 via innate and RNA-induced immunity with PIWI-piRNA system.Life science alliance · 2022Article
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- piRNAs and PIWI Proteins as Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers of Genitourinary Cancers.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- PIWI-Interacting RNAs (piRNAs): Promising Applications as Emerging Biomarkers for Digestive System Cancer.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
- piRNAs and endo-siRNAs: Small molecules with large roles in the nervous system.Neurochemistry international · 2021Review
- Specific PIWI-Interacting RNAs and Related Small Noncoding RNAs Are Associated With Ovarian Aging in Ames Dwarf (df/df) Mice.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Article
- An old weapon with a new function: PIWI-interacting RNAs in neurodegenerative diseases.Translational neurodegeneration · 2021Review
- Tissue-Specific Knockdown of Genes of the Argonaute Family Modulates Lifespan and Radioresistance in Drosophila Melanogaster.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- The functional organization of axonal mRNA transport and translation.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2021Review
- Adult Neural Stem Cell Regulation by Small Non-coding RNAs: Physiological Significance and Pathological Implications.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
- Intra-axonal mechanisms driving axon regeneration.Brain research · 2020Review
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Abstract
Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) have been shown to play pivotal roles in spatiotemporal-specific gene regulation that is linked to many different biological functions. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), typically 25-34-nucleotide long, are originally identified and thought to be restricted in germline cells. However, recent studies suggest that piRNAs associate with neuronal PIWI proteins, contributing to neuronal development and function. Here, we identify a cohort of piRNA-like sncRNAs (piLRNAs) in rat sciatic nerve axoplasm and directly contrast temporal changes of piLRNA levels in the nerve following injury, as compared with those in an uninjured nerve using deep sequencing. We find that 32 of a total of 53 annotated piLRNAs show significant changes in their levels in the regenerating nerve, suggesting that individual axonal piLRNAs may play important regulatory roles in local messenger RNA (mRNA) translation during regeneration. Bioinformatics and biochemical analyses show that these piLRNAs carry characteristic features of mammalian piRNAs, including sizes, a sequence bias for uracil at the 5'-end and a 2'-O-methylation at the 3'-end. Their axonal expression is directly visualized by fluorescence in situ hybridization in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons as well as immunoprecipitation with MIWI. Further, depletion of MIWI protein using RNAi from cultured sensory neurons increases axon growth rates, decreases axon retraction after injury, and increases axon regrowth after injury. All these data suggest more general roles for MIWI/piLRNA pathway that could confer a unique advantage for coordinately altering the population of proteins generated in growth cones and axons of neurons by targeting mRNA cohorts.
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