Abstract
Neurons are highly polarized cells, often with very long processes, which can comprise up to 95% of the cytoplasm. This raises the issue of transporting and turnover of proteins transport. In addition to fast axonal transport, axonal translation has been proposed to be responsible for producing at least some axonal proteins. In multiple experimental models, local synthesis of several proteins has been demonstrated in axons, growth cones, and nerve terminals. Multiple lines of evidence are consistent with the existence of axonal rRNAs, mRNAs, tRNAs, and micro RNAs and micro RNA regulatory proteins (RISC complex). Multiple signalling pathways, including mTOR, may regulate axonal translation. The origin of axonal RNAs is often attributed to transport from the neuronal soma, but evidence supporting cell-to-cell transport from Schwann cells to axons as a source of at least some axonal RNAs is emerging. This intercellular transport will be discussed in the context of normal and regenerative conditions.
Keywords: Axon, local translation, miRNAs, mRNAs, mTOR, transcriptome, UTR, β-actin mRNA, Alpha- and beta-tubulin, energy-filtered transmission EM, periaxoplasmic ribosomal plaques, retinal ganglion cells, immuno-EM
Current Chemical Biology
Title: The Axonal Transcriptome: RNA Localization and Function
Volume: 5 Issue: 2
Author(s): Lucia Canclini, Alejandra Kun, Aldo Calliari, John A. Mercer, Jose R. Sotelo and Jose R. Sotelo-Silveira
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Keywords: Axon, local translation, miRNAs, mRNAs, mTOR, transcriptome, UTR, β-actin mRNA, Alpha- and beta-tubulin, energy-filtered transmission EM, periaxoplasmic ribosomal plaques, retinal ganglion cells, immuno-EM
Abstract: Neurons are highly polarized cells, often with very long processes, which can comprise up to 95% of the cytoplasm. This raises the issue of transporting and turnover of proteins transport. In addition to fast axonal transport, axonal translation has been proposed to be responsible for producing at least some axonal proteins. In multiple experimental models, local synthesis of several proteins has been demonstrated in axons, growth cones, and nerve terminals. Multiple lines of evidence are consistent with the existence of axonal rRNAs, mRNAs, tRNAs, and micro RNAs and micro RNA regulatory proteins (RISC complex). Multiple signalling pathways, including mTOR, may regulate axonal translation. The origin of axonal RNAs is often attributed to transport from the neuronal soma, but evidence supporting cell-to-cell transport from Schwann cells to axons as a source of at least some axonal RNAs is emerging. This intercellular transport will be discussed in the context of normal and regenerative conditions.
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Canclini Lucia, Kun Alejandra, Calliari Aldo, A. Mercer John, R. Sotelo Jose and R. Sotelo-Silveira Jose, The Axonal Transcriptome: RNA Localization and Function, Current Chemical Biology 2011; 5 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212796811105020099
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