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Knock-Down of Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1 Results in Neurite Damage, Altered Stress Granule Biology, and Cellular Toxicity in Differentiated Neuronal Cells.

Amber Anees, Hannah E Salapa, Patricia A Thibault, Catherine Hutchinson, S Austin Hammond, Michael C Levin

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Amber AneesOffice of Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, CMSNRC (Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3474-5399
Hannah E SalapaOffice of Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, CMSNRC (Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7594-4514
Patricia A ThibaultOffice of Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, CMSNRC (Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0M7, Canada.
Catherine HutchinsonOffice of Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, CMSNRC (Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0M7, Canada.
S Austin HammondNext-Generation Sequencing Facility, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
Michael C LevinOffice of Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, CMSNRC (Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0M7, Canada michael.levin@usask.ca.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) is an RNA binding protein (RBP) that is localized within neurons and plays crucial roles in RNA metabolism. Its importance in neuronal functioning is underscored from the study of its pathogenic features in many neurodegenerative diseases where neuronal hnRNP A1 is mislocalized from the nucleus to the cytoplasm resulting in loss of hnRNP A1 function. Here, we model hnRNP A1 loss-of-function by siRNA-mediated knock-down in differentiated Neuro-2a cells. Through RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) followed by gene ontology (GO) analyses, we show that hnRNP A1 is involved in important biological processes, including RNA metabolism, neuronal function, neuronal morphology, neuronal viability, and stress granule (SG) formation. We further confirmed several of these roles by showing that hnRNP A1 knock-down results in a reduction of neurite outgrowth, increase in cell cytotoxicity and changes in SG formation. In summary, these findings indicate that hnRNP A1 loss-of-function contributes to neuronal dysfunction and cell death and implicates hnRNP A1 dysfunction in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.

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NeuritesNeuronsStress GranulesAnimalsCell LineGene Knockdown TechniquesHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1MiceHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1Neuro-2a cell lineneurodegenerative diseaseneuronal cell damageRNA binding proteinsmall interfering RNA

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PMID34697074
PMCPMC8607908

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