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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

Axonal mRNA localization and translation: local events with broad roles.

Lichao Li, Jun Yu, Sheng-Jian Ji

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 authors.

Lichao Li *School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
Jun Yu *School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
Sheng-Jian JiSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China. jisj@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3380-258X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31871038National Natural Science Foundation of China 32170955Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipal Government ZDSYS20200811144002008Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions 2019SHIBS0002Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions 2021SHIBS0002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Messenger RNA (mRNA) can be transported and targeted to different subcellular compartments and locally translated. Local translation is an evolutionally conserved mechanism that in mammals, provides an important tool to exquisitely regulate the subcellular proteome in different cell types, including neurons. Local translation in axons is involved in processes such as neuronal development, function, plasticity, and diseases. Here, we summarize the current progress on axonal mRNA transport and translation. We focus on the regulatory mechanisms governing how mRNAs are transported to axons and how they are locally translated in axons. We discuss the roles of axonally synthesized proteins, which either function locally in axons, or are retrogradely trafficked back to soma to achieve neuron-wide gene regulation. We also examine local translation in neurological diseases. Finally, we give a critical perspective on the remaining questions that could be answered to uncover the fundamental rules governing local translation, and discuss how this could lead to new therapeutic targets for neurological diseases.

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AnimalsAxonsBiological TransportCytoskeletonGene Expression RegulationHumansMitochondriaNervous System DiseasesProtein BiosynthesisRatsRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionXenopusRNA, MessengerLocal protein synthesisLocal translationmRNA localizationmRNA transportRetrograde signaling

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PMID34698881
PMCPMC11072051

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