Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 21;33(34):13735-42. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0962-13.2013.
Many neuronal mRNAs are actively transported into distal axons. The 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of axonal mRNAs often contain cues for their localization. The 3' UTR of neuritin mRNA was shown to be sufficient for localization into axons of hippocampal neurons. Here, we show that neuritin mRNA localizes into axons of rat sensory neurons, but this is predominantly driven by the 5' rather than 3' UTR. Neuritin mRNA shifts from cell body to axon predominantly after nerve crush injury, suggesting that it encodes a growth-associated protein. Consistent with this, overexpression of neuritin increases axon growth but only when its mRNA localizes into the axons.
许多神经元 mRNA 被主动运输到远端轴突中。轴突 mRNA 的 3'非翻译区 (UTR) 通常包含定位信号。神经黏蛋白 mRNA 的 3'UTR 足以使其定位于海马神经元的轴突中。在这里,我们表明神经黏蛋白 mRNA 定位于大鼠感觉神经元的轴突中,但主要是由 5'UTR 而不是 3'UTR 驱动的。神经黏蛋白 mRNA 在神经挤压损伤后主要从细胞体转移到轴突,表明它编码一种与生长相关的蛋白质。与之一致的是,神经黏蛋白的过表达增加了轴突的生长,但只有当它的 mRNA 定位于轴突中时才会发生这种情况。