Aranda-Abreu G E, Behar L, Chung S, Furneaux H, Ginzburg I
Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
J Neurosci. 1999 Aug 15;19(16):6907-17. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-16-06907.1999.
The embryonic lethal abnormal vision (ELAV)-like proteins are mRNA-binding proteins that regulate mRNA stability. The neuronal members of this family are required for neuronal differentiation. We identified the binding region of purified HuD protein to a target neuronal mRNA encoding for the tau microtubule-associated protein and demonstrated an in vivo interaction between the ELAV-like protein and its target tau mRNA. We show that treatment of neuronal cells with antisense oligodeoxynucleotides directed against HuD blocks the induction of neurite outgrowth and decreases the levels of tau mRNAs, indicating that the ELAV-like proteins are required for neuronal differentiation.
胚胎致死性异常视觉(ELAV)样蛋白是调节mRNA稳定性的mRNA结合蛋白。该家族的神经元成员是神经元分化所必需的。我们鉴定了纯化的HuD蛋白与编码tau微管相关蛋白的靶神经元mRNA的结合区域,并证明了ELAV样蛋白与其靶tau mRNA之间的体内相互作用。我们表明,用针对HuD的反义寡脱氧核苷酸处理神经元细胞可阻断神经突生长的诱导并降低tau mRNA的水平,这表明ELAV样蛋白是神经元分化所必需的。