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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) is a trophic factor that has been implicated in neural development, neurotransmission, and synaptic plasticity. NRG1 has multiple isoforms that are generated by usage of different promoters and alternative splicing of a single gene. However, little is known about NRG1 isoform composition profile, whether it changes during development, or the underlying mechanisms. We found that each of the six types of NRG1 has a distinct expression pattern in the brain at different ages, resulting in a change in NRG1 isoform composition. In both human and rat, the most dominant are types III and II, followed by either type I or type V, while types IV and VI are the least abundant. The expression of NRG1 isoforms is higher in rat brains at ages of E13 and P5 (in particular type V), suggesting roles in early neural development and in the neonatal critical period. At the cellular level, the majority of NRG1 isoforms (types I, II, and III) are expressed in excitatory neurons, although they are also present in GABAergic neurons and astrocytes. Finally, the expression of each NRG1 isoform is distinctly regulated by neuronal activity, which causes significant increase in type I and IV NRG1 levels. Neuronal activity regulation of type IV expression requires a CRE cis-element in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) that binds to CREB. These results indicate that expression of NRG1 isoforms is regulated by distinct mechanisms, which may contribute to versatile functions of NRG1 and pathologic mechanisms of brain disorders such as schizophrenia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8491-501
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Neuregulin-1, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:21653853-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Specific regulation of NRG1 isoform expression by neuronal activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural