Neurite-Enriched MicroRNA-218 Stimulates Translation of the GluA2 Subunit and Increases Excitatory Synaptic Strength

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 5701-5714

  Rocchi, Anna ^a,b   Moretti, Daniela ^a   Lignani, Gabriele ^a,c,d   Colombo, Elisabetta ^a,b   Scholz Starke, Joachim ^a,e   Baldelli, Pietro ^b,c   Tkatch, Tatiana ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

GluA2; Homeostatic plasticity; Local translation; Neurite specific microRNAs

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 218; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 2; MIRN218 MICRORNA, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE CONTROL; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL BODY; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL BODY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; NERVE NET; NEURITES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85060623567     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-1492-7     Document Type: Article

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