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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Movement of mRNAs into axons occurs by active transport by microtubules through the activity of molecular motor proteins. mRNAs are sequestered into granular-like particles, referred to as transport ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) that mediate transport into the axonal compartment. The interaction of mRNA binding proteins with targeted mRNA is a key event in regulating axonal mRNA localization and subsequent localized translation of mRNAs. Several growth-modulating stimuli have been shown to regulate axonal mRNA localization. These do so by activating specific intracellular signaling pathways that converge upon RNA binding proteins and other components of the transport RNP to regulate their activity specifically. Transport can be both positively and negatively regulated by individual stimuli with regard to individual mRNAs. Consequently, there is exquisite specificity for regulating the axon's composition of mRNAs and proteins that control expression in the axon. Finally, recent studies indicate that axotomy can also trigger changes in axonal mRNA composition by specifically shifting the populations of mRNAs that are transported into distal axons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0080-1844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-224
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of mRNA transport and translation in axons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural