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HuR promotes the molecular signature and phenotype of activated microglia: Implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- FAM120A - a protein inserted in the ALS disease network.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- ELAV/Hu RNA-binding protein family: key regulators in neurological disorders, cancer, and other diseases.RNA biology · 2025Review
- Myeloid-specific tristetraprolin mitigates postsurgical incisional pain by suppressing proinflammatory responses.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025Article
- Redirecting microglia phenotype via inhibition of NFAT1 ameliorates deficits in mouse model of synucleinopathies.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Myeloid-specific Tristetraprolin mitigates postsurgical incisional pain by suppressing proinflammatory responses.Research square · 2025Article
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- Late-Stage Skeletal Muscle Transcriptome in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Shows a BMP4-Induced Molecular Signature.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Inhibition of the RNA Regulator HuR Mitigates Spinal Cord Injury by Potently Suppressing Post-Injury Neuroinflammation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- LncRNA Taurine Up-Regulated 1 Knockout Provides Neuroprotection in Ischemic Stroke Rats by Inhibiting Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Shuttling of HuR.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Targeting the RNA-Binding Protein HuR in Cancer.Cancer research · 2023Review
- Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 is enriched at the centrosome in human cells.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Posttranscriptional Regulation of Gene Expression Participates in the Myelin Restoration in Mouse Models of Multiple Sclerosis: Antisense Modulation of HuR and HuD ELAV RNA Binding Protein.Molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Microglia in motor neuron disease: Signaling evidence from last 10 years.Developmental neurobiology · 2022Review
- Inhibition of the RNA Regulator HuR by SRI-42127 Attenuates Neuropathic Pain After Nerve Injury Through Suppression of Neuroinflammatory Responses.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022Article
- LncRNAs and their RBPs: How to influence the fate of stem cells?Stem cell research & therapy · 2022Review
- The versatile role of HuR in Glioblastoma and its potential as a therapeutic target for a multi-pronged attack.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2022Review
- Roles of Embryonic Lethal Abnormal Vision-Like RNA Binding Proteins in Cancer and Beyond.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
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- TCF4 and HuR mediated-METTL14 suppresses dissemination of colorectal cancer via N6-methyladenosine-dependent silencing of ARRDC4.Cell death & disease · 2021Article
- Targeting the RNA-Binding Protein HuR as Potential Thera-Peutic Approach for Neurological Disorders: Focus on Amyo-Trophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spinal Muscle Atrophy (SMA) and Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
In neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chronic activation of microglia contributes to disease progression. Activated microglia produce cytokines, chemokines, and other factors that normally serve to clear infection or damaged tissue either directly or through the recruitment of other immune cells. The molecular program driving this phenotype is classically linked to the transcription factor NF-κB and characterized by the upregulation of proinflammatory factors such as IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6. Here, we investigated the role of HuR, an RNA-binding protein that regulates gene expression through posttranscriptional pathways, on the molecular and cellular phenotypes of activated microglia. We performed RNA sequencing of HuR-silenced microglia and found significant attenuation of lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-1β and TNF-α inflammatory pathways and other factors that promote microglial migration and invasion. RNA kinetics and luciferase reporter studies suggested that the attenuation was related to altered promoter activity rather than a change in RNA stability. HuR-silenced microglia showed reduced migration, invasion, and chemotactic properties but maintained viability. MMP-12, a target exquisitely sensitive to HuR knockdown, participates in the migration/invasion phenotype. HuR is abundantly detected in the cytoplasmic compartment of activated microglia from ALS spinal cords consistent with its increased activity. Microglia from ALS-associated mutant SOD1 mice demonstrated higher migration/invasion properties which can be blocked with HuR inhibition. These findings underscore an important role for HuR in sculpting the molecular signature and phenotype of activated microglia, and as a possible therapeutic target in ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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