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ArticleMolecular neurobiology2019

Neurite-Enriched MicroRNA-218 Stimulates Translation of the GluA2 Subunit and Increases Excitatory Synaptic Strength.

Anna Rocchi, Daniela Moretti, Gabriele Lignani, Elisabetta Colombo, Joachim Scholz-Starke, Pietro Baldelli, Tatiana Tkatch, Fabio Benfenati

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Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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8 authors.

Anna RocchiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy. anna.rocchi@iit.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-9063
Daniela MorettiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Gabriele LignaniCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Elisabetta ColomboCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Joachim Scholz-StarkeCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Pietro BaldelliIRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Tatiana TkatchCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
Fabio BenfenatiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.

Funding

Compagnia di San Paolo 2015.0546Compagnia di San Paolo 2017.0589Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Finalizzata GR-2013-02355540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local control of protein translation is a fundamental process for the regulation of synaptic plasticity. It has been demonstrated that the local protein synthesis occurring in axons and dendrites can be shaped by numerous mechanisms, including miRNA-mediated regulation. However, several aspects underlying this regulatory process have not been elucidated yet. Here, we analyze the differential miRNA profile in cell bodies and neurites of primary hippocampal neurons and find an enrichment of the precursor and mature forms of miR-218 in the neuritic projections. We show that miR-218 abundance is regulated during hippocampal development and by chronic silencing or activation of neuronal network. Overexpression and knockdown of miR-218 demonstrated that miR-218 targets the mRNA encoding the GluA2 subunit of AMPA receptors and modulates its expression. At the functional level, miR-218 overexpression increases glutamatergic synaptic transmission at both single neuron and network levels. Our data demonstrate that miR-218 may play a key role in the regulation of AMPA-mediated excitatory transmission and in the homeostatic regulation of synaptic plasticity.

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Protein BiosynthesisAnimalsBase SequenceCell BodyExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHippocampusMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsNerve NetNeuritesProtein SubunitsReceptors, AMPASynapsesglutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2MicroRNAsMIRN218 microRNA, mouseProtein SubunitsReceptors, AMPAGluA2Homeostatic plasticityLocal translationNeurite-specific microRNAs

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