ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019
Nanoscale imaging reveals miRNA-mediated control of functional states of dendritic spines.
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- miRNA cargo in circulating vesicles from neurons is altered in individuals with schizophrenia and associated with severe disease.Science advances · 2023Article
- miR-124-dependent tagging of synapses by synaptopodin enables input-specific homeostatic plasticity.The EMBO journal · 2022Article
- Non-coding RNA in alcohol use disorder by affecting synaptic plasticity.Experimental brain research · 2022Review
- miRNAs as Therapeutic Tools in Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- The Coordination of Local Translation, Membranous Organelle Trafficking, and Synaptic Plasticity in Neurons.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Sculpting Dendritic Spines during Initiation and Maintenance of Neuropathic Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Review
- MicroRNAs as regulators of brain function and targets for treatment of epilepsy.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2020Review
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- miRNA-Dependent Control of Homeostatic Plasticity in Neurons.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2019Review
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Abstract
Dendritic spines are major loci of excitatory inputs and undergo activity-dependent structural changes that contribute to synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Despite the existence of various classification types of spines, how they arise and which molecular components trigger their structural plasticity remain elusive. microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as critical regulators of synapse development and plasticity via their control of gene expression. Brain-specific miR-134s likely regulate the morphological maturation of spines, but their subcellular distributions and functional impacts have rarely been assessed. Here, we exploited atomic force microscopy to visualize in situ miR-134s, which indicated that they are mainly distributed at nearby dendritic shafts and necks of spines. The abundance of miR-134s varied between morphologically and functionally distinct spine types, and their amounts were inversely correlated with their postulated maturation stages. Moreover, spines exhibited reduced contents of miR-134s when selectively stimulated with beads containing brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF). Taken together, in situ visualizations of miRNAs provided unprecedented insights into the "inverse synaptic-tagging" roles of miR-134s that are selective to inactive/irrelevant synapses and potentially a molecular means for modifying synaptic connectivity via structural alteration.
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