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ArticleNeuron2023

Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development.

Louis-Jan Pilaz, Jing Liu, Kaumudi Joshi, Yuji Tsunekawa, Camila M Musso, Brooke R D'Arcy, Ikuo K Suzuki, Fernando C Alsina, Pratiksha Kc, Sahil Sethi and 3 more

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Article in Neuron, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Louis-Jan PilazDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA.
Jing LiuDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Kaumudi JoshiDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Yuji TsunekawaLaboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.
Camila M MussoDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Brooke R D'ArcyDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Ikuo K SuzukiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Fernando C AlsinaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Pratiksha KcPediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA.
Sahil SethiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Pierre VanderhaeghenVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences & Leuven Brain Institute, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Institut de Recherches en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), and ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Franck PolleuxDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, New York, NY 10027, USA; Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Debra L SilverDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Departments of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Duke Regeneration Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: debra.silver@duke.edu.
Duke University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of South Dakota · US

Funding

Mechanisms of neural progenitor division in the developing brainR01NS083897 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SILVER, DEBRA · 2013 to 2023
$3.4M
Investigating sex differences in DDX3X mouse modelsR01NS120667 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SILVER, DEBRA L. · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brainR01NS110388 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SILVER, DEBRA · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083897NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110388NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS120667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA localization and local translation enable exquisite spatial and temporal control of gene expression, particularly in polarized, elongated cells. These features are especially prominent in radial glial cells (RGCs), which are neural and glial precursors of the developing cerebral cortex and scaffolds for migrating neurons. Yet the mechanisms by which subcellular RGC compartments accomplish their diverse functions are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that mRNA localization and local translation of the RhoGAP ARHGAP11A in the basal endfeet of RGCs control their morphology and mediate neuronal positioning. Arhgap11a transcript and protein exhibit conserved localization to RGC basal structures in mice and humans, conferred by the 5' UTR. Proper RGC morphology relies upon active Arhgap11a mRNA transport and localization to the basal endfeet, where ARHGAP11A is locally synthesized. This translation is essential for positioning interneurons at the basement membrane. Thus, local translation spatially and acutely activates Rho signaling in RGCs to compartmentalize neural progenitor functions.

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Ependymoglial CellsNeurogliaAnimalsCerebral CortexGTPase-Activating ProteinsHumansMiceNeurogenesisRNA, MessengerARHGAP11A protein, humanGTPase-Activating ProteinsRNA, MessengerArhgap11acortical developmentinterneuron positioning neuronal migrationlocal translationmousemRNA localizationmRNA transportradial glial endfeetRhoGAP

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PMID36924763
PMCPMC10132781
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