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ArticleNeuron2019

Axonogenesis Is Coordinated by Neuron-Specific Alternative Splicing Programming and Splicing Regulator PTBP2.

Min Zhang, Volkan Ergin, Lin Lin, Cheryl Stork, Liang Chen, Sika Zheng

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Article in Neuron, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 89 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 1 country.

Min ZhangDivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Volkan ErginDivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Lin LinDivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Cheryl StorkGraduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Liang ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: liang.chen@usc.edu.
Sika ZhengDivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Electronic address: sika.zheng@ucr.edu.
University of California, Riverside · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

RNA regulation of intrinsically-determined neuronal propertiesR01MH116220 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHENG, SIKA · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
The Regulation and Function of Neuron-Specific Alternative SplicingR01NS104041 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHENG, SIKA · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Statistical methods for the study of alternative splicing using deep sequencingR01GM097230 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, LIANG · 2011 to 2014
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097230NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116220NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How a neuron acquires an axon is a fundamental question. Piecemeal identification of many axonogenesis-related genes has been done, but coordinated regulation is unknown. Through unbiased transcriptome profiling of immature primary cortical neurons during early axon formation, we discovered an association between axonogenesis and neuron-specific alternative splicing. Known axonogenesis genes exhibit little expression alternation but widespread splicing changes. Axonogenesis-associated splicing is governed by RNA binding protein PTBP2, which is enriched in neurons and peaks around axonogenesis in the brain. Cortical depletion of PTBP2 prematurely induces axonogenesis-associated splicing, causes imbalanced expression of axonogenesis-associated isoforms, and specifically affects axon formation in vitro and in vivo. PTBP2-controlled axonogenesis-associated Shtn1 splicing determines SHTN1's capacity to regulate actin interaction, polymerization, and axon growth. Precocious Shtn1 isoform switch contributes to disorganized axon formation of Ptbp2

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingNeurogenesisActinsAnimalsAxonsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Tissue ProteinsPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinActinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinPtbp2 protein, mouseshootin 1 protein, mouseaxon formationneuritenPTBpolaritypolarizationpolypyrimidine-tractPTBRNA binding proteinShootin1SHOT1

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PMID30733148
PMCPMC6474845
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