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Brichta L, Shin W, Jackson-Lewis V, Blesa J, Yap EL, Walker Z, Zhang J, Roussarie JP, Alvarez MJ, Califano A, Przedborski S, Greengard P. Identification of neurodegenerative factors using translatome-regulatory network analysis. Nat Neurosci 2015. [PMID: 26214373 PMCID: PMC4763340 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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For degenerative disorders of the CNS, the main obstacle to therapeutic advancement has been the challenge of identifying the key molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal loss. We developed a combinatorial approach including translational profiling and brain regulatory network analysis to search for key determinants of neuronal survival or death. Following the generation of transgenic mice for cell type-specific profiling of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, we established and compared translatome libraries reflecting the molecular signature of these cells at baseline or under degenerative stress. Analysis of these libraries by interrogating a context-specific brain regulatory network led to the identification of a repertoire of intrinsic upstream regulators that drive the dopaminergic stress response. The altered activity of these regulators was not associated with changes in their expression levels. This strategy can be generalized for the identification of molecular determinants involved in the degeneration of other classes of neurons.
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- Lars Brichta
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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McClure CD, Southall TD. Getting Down to Specifics: Profiling Gene Expression and Protein-DNA Interactions in a Cell Type-Specific Manner. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 2015; 91:103-151. [PMID: 26410031 PMCID: PMC4604662 DOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The majority of multicellular organisms are comprised of an extraordinary range of cell types, with different properties and gene expression profiles. Understanding what makes each cell type unique and how their individual characteristics are attributed are key questions for both developmental and neurobiologists alike. The brain is an excellent example of the cellular diversity expressed in the majority of eukaryotes. The mouse brain comprises of approximately 75 million neurons varying in morphology, electrophysiology, and preferences for synaptic partners. A powerful process in beginning to pick apart the mechanisms that specify individual characteristics of the cell, as well as their fate, is to profile gene expression patterns, chromatin states, and transcriptional networks in a cell type-specific manner, i.e., only profiling the cells of interest in a particular tissue. Depending on the organism, the questions being investigated, and the material available, certain cell type-specific profiling methods are more suitable than others. This chapter reviews the approaches presently available for selecting and isolating specific cell types and evaluates their key features.
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- Colin D. McClure
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Ernst Chain Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Ernst Chain Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Hypothalamic neuronal populations are central regulators of energy homeostasis and reproductive function. However, the ontogeny of these critical hypothalamic neuronal populations is largely unknown. We developed a novel approach to examine the developmental pathways that link specific subtypes of neurons by combining embryonic and adult ribosome-tagging strategies in mice. This new method shows that Pomc-expressing precursors not only differentiate into discrete neuronal populations that mediate energy balance (POMC and AgRP neurons), but also into neurons critical for puberty onset and the regulation of reproductive function (Kiss1 neurons). These results demonstrate a developmental link between nutrient-sensing and reproductive neuropeptide synthesizing neuronal populations and suggest a potential pathway that could link maternal nutrition to reproductive development in the offspring.
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Hogarth CA, Evans E, Onken J, Kent T, Mitchell D, Petkovich M, Griswold MD. CYP26 Enzymes Are Necessary Within the Postnatal Seminiferous Epithelium for Normal Murine Spermatogenesis. Biol Reprod 2015; 93:19. [PMID: 26040672 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.129718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The active metabolite of vitamin A, retinoic acid (RA), is known to be essential for spermatogenesis. Changes to RA levels within the seminiferous epithelium can alter the development of male germ cells, including blocking their differentiation completely. Excess RA has been shown to cause germ cell death in both neonatal and adult animals, yet the cells capable of degrading RA within the testis have yet to be investigated. One previous study alluded to a requirement for one of the RA degrading enzymes, CYP26B1, in Sertoli cells but no data exist to determine whether germ cells possess the ability to degrade RA. To bridge this gap, the roles of CYP26A1 and CYP26B1 within the seminiferous epithelium were investigated by creating single and dual conditional knockouts of these enzymes in either Sertoli or germ cells. Analysis of these knockout models revealed that deletion of both Cyp26a1 and Cyp26b1 in either cell type resulted in increased vacuolization within the seminiferous tubules, delayed spermatid release, and an increase in the number of STRA8-positive spermatogonia, but spermatozoa were still produced and the animals were found to be fertile. However, elimination of CYP26B1 activity within both germ and Sertoli cells resulted in severe male subfertility, with a loss of advanced germ cells from the seminiferous epithelium. These data indicate that CYP26 activity within either Sertoli or germ cells is essential for the normal progression of spermatogenesis and that its loss can result in reduced male fertility.
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- Cathryn A Hogarth
- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Cancer Research Institute, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, Canada
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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RiboTag is a flexible tool for measuring the translational state of targeted cells in heterogeneous cell cultures. Biotechniques 2015; 58:308-17. [PMID: 26054767 DOI: 10.2144/000114299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Primary neuronal cultures are a useful tool for measuring pharmacological- and transgene-regulated gene expression; however, accurate measurements can be confounded by heterogeneous cell types and inconsistent transfection efficiency. Here we describe our adaptation of a ribosomal capture strategy that was designed to be used in transgenic mice expressing tagged ribosomal subunits (RiboTag) in specific cell types, thereby allowing measurement of translating RNAs from desired cell types within complex tissues. Using this strategy we were able to isolate and analyze neuron-specific RNA despite the presence of glia by co-transfecting experimental plasmids with plasmids that selectively express RiboTag in neurons. RiboTag immunoprecipitation was capable of recovering high integrity RNA from small numbers of transfected cells that can then be interrogated by a variety of methods (e.g., RT-qPCR, PCR array, RNA-Seq) and compared with basal RNA expression of the entire culture. Additionally, we demonstrate how co-transfection of RiboTag with small hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs can validate and accurately assess the degree of gene expression knockdown, and how RiboTag can be used to measure receptor-mediated gene regulation with transiently expressed designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (DREADDs). RiboTag co-transfection represents a convenient and powerful tool to isolate RNA from a specific subset of cultured cells with a variety of applications for experiments in vitro.
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Xie H, Hoffmann HM, Meadows JD, Mayo SL, Trang C, Leming SS, Maruggi C, Davis SW, Larder R, Mellon PL. Homeodomain Proteins SIX3 and SIX6 Regulate Gonadotrope-specific Genes During Pituitary Development. Mol Endocrinol 2015; 29:842-55. [PMID: 25915183 PMCID: PMC4447639 DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sine oculis-related homeobox 3 (SIX3) and SIX6, 2 closely related homeodomain transcription factors, are involved in development of the mammalian neuroendocrine system and mutations of Six6 adversely affect fertility in mice. We show that both small interfering RNA knockdown in gonadotrope cell lines and knockout of Six6 in both embryonic and adult male mice (Six6 knockout) support roles for SIX3 and SIX6 in transcriptional regulation in gonadotrope gene expression and that SIX3 and SIX6 can functionally compensate for each other. Six3 and Six6 expression patterns in gonadotrope cell lines reflect the timing of the expression of pituitary markers they regulate. Six3 is expressed in an immature gonadotrope cell line and represses transcription of the early lineage-specific pituitary genes, GnRH receptor (GnRHR) and the common α-subunit (Cga), whereas Six6 is expressed in a mature gonadotrope cell line and represses the specific β-subunits of LH and FSH (LHb and FSHb) that are expressed later in development. We show that SIX6 repression requires interaction with transducin-like enhancer of split corepressor proteins and competition for DNA-binding sites with the transcriptional activator pituitary homeobox 1. Our studies also suggest that estradiol and circadian rhythm regulate pituitary expression of Six6 and Six3 in adult females but not in males. In summary, SIX3 and SIX6 play distinct but compensatory roles in regulating transcription of gonadotrope-specific genes as gonadotrope cells differentiate.
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- Huimin Xie
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.X., H.M.H., J.D.M., S.L.M., C.T., S.S.L., C.M., R.L., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Department of Human Genetics (S.W.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Herndon MK, Nilson JH. Maximal expression of Foxl2 in pituitary gonadotropes requires ovarian hormones. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126527. [PMID: 25955311 PMCID: PMC4425675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and activin regulate synthesis of FSH and ultimately fertility. Recent in vivo studies cast SMAD4 and FOXL2 as master transcriptional mediators of activin signaling that act together and independently of GnRH to regulate Fshb gene expression and female fertility. Ovarian hormones regulate GnRH and its receptor (GNRHR) through negative and positive feedback loops. In contrast, the role of ovarian hormones in regulating activin, activin receptors, and components of the activin signaling pathway, including SMAD4 and FOXL2, remains understudied. The widespread distribution of activin and many of its signaling intermediates complicates analysis of the effects of ovarian hormones on their synthesis in gonadotropes, one of five pituitary cell types. We circumvented this complication by using a transgenic model that allows isolation of polyribosomes selectively from gonadotropes of intact females and ovariectomized females treated with or without a GnRH antagonist. This paradigm allows assessment of ovarian hormonal feedback and distinguishes responses that are either independent or dependent on GnRH. Surprisingly, our results indicate that Foxl2 levels in gonadotropes decline significantly in the absence of ovarian input and independently of GnRH. Expression of the genes encoding other members of the activin signaling pathway are unaffected by loss of ovarian hormonal feedback, highlighting their selective effect on Foxl2. Expression of Gnrhr, a known target of FOXL2, also declines upon ovariectomy consistent with reduced expression of Foxl2 and loss of ovarian hormones. In contrast, Fshb mRNA increases dramatically post-ovariectomy due to increased compensatory input from GnRH. Together these data suggest that ovarian hormones regulate expression of Foxl2 thereby expanding the number of genes controlled by the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis that ultimately dictate reproductive fitness.
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- Maria K. Herndon
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Patterson CM, Wong JMT, Leinninger GM, Allison MB, Mabrouk OS, Kasper CL, Gonzalez IE, Mackenzie A, Jones JC, Kennedy RT, Myers MG. Ventral tegmental area neurotensin signaling links the lateral hypothalamus to locomotor activity and striatal dopamine efflux in male mice. Endocrinology 2015; 156:1692-700. [PMID: 25734363 PMCID: PMC4398771 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Projections from the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) innervate components of the mesolimbic dopamine (MLDA) system, including the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens (NAc), to modulate motivation appropriately for physiologic state. Neurotensin (NT)-containing LHA neurons respond to multiple homeostatic challenges and project to the VTA, suggesting that these neurons could link such signals to MLDA function. Indeed, we found that pharmacogenetic activation of LHA NT neurons promoted prolonged DA-dependent locomotor activity and NAc DA efflux, suggesting the importance of VTA neurotransmitter release by LHA NT neurons for the control of MLDA function. Using a microdialysis-mass spectrometry technique that we developed to detect endogenous NT in extracellular fluid in the mouse brain, we found that activation of LHA NT cells acutely increased the extracellular concentration of NT (a known activator of VTA DA cells) in the VTA. In contrast to the prolonged elevation of extracellular NAc DA, however, VTA NT concentrations rapidly returned to baseline. Intra-VTA infusion of NT receptor antagonist abrogated the ability of LHA NT cells to increase extracellular DA in the NAc, demonstrating that VTA NT promotes NAc DA release. Thus, transient LHA-derived NT release in the VTA couples LHA signaling to prolonged changes in DA efflux and MLDA function.
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- Christa M Patterson
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (C.M.P., G.M.L., C.L.K., I.E.G., A.M., J.C.J., M.G.M.), Department of Internal Medicine and Departments of Chemistry (J.-M.T.W., O.S.M., R.T.K.) and Molecular and Integrative Physiology (M.B.A., M.G.M.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055
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Handley A, Schauer T, Ladurner A, Margulies C. Designing Cell-Type-Specific Genome-wide Experiments. Mol Cell 2015; 58:621-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yan G, Yan X. Ribosomal proteomics: Strategies, approaches, and perspectives. Biochimie 2015; 113:69-77. [PMID: 25869001 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Over the past few decades, proteomic research has seen unprecedented development due to technological advancement. However, whole-cell proteomics still has limitations with respect to sample complexity and the accuracy of determining protein locations. To deal with these limitations, several subcellular proteomic studies have been initiated. Nevertheless, compared to other subcellular proteomic fields, such as mitochondrial proteomics, ribosomal proteomics has lagged behind due to the long-held idea that the ribosome is just a translation machine. Recently, with the proposed ribosome filter hypothesis and subsequent studies of ribosome-specific regulatory capacity, ribosomal proteomics has become a promising chapter for both proteomic and ribosomal research. In this review, we discuss the current strategies and approaches in ribosomal proteomics and the efficacies as well as disadvantages of individual approaches for further improvement.
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- Guokai Yan
- College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China; The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China; The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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Nussbacher JK, Batra R, Lagier-Tourenne C, Yeo GW. RNA-binding proteins in neurodegeneration: Seq and you shall receive. Trends Neurosci 2015; 38:226-36. [PMID: 25765321 PMCID: PMC4403644 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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As critical players in gene regulation, RNA binding proteins (RBPs) are taking center stage in our understanding of cellular function and disease. In our era of bench-top sequencers and unprecedented computational power, biological questions can be addressed in a systematic, genome-wide manner. Development of high-throughput sequencing (Seq) methodologies provides unparalleled potential to discover new mechanisms of disease-associated perturbations of RNA homeostasis. Complementary to candidate single-gene studies, these innovative technologies may elicit the discovery of unexpected mechanisms, and enable us to determine the widespread influence of the multifunctional RBPs on their targets. Given that the disruption of RNA processing is increasingly implicated in neurological diseases, these approaches will continue to provide insights into the roles of RBPs in disease pathogenesis.
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- Julia K Nussbacher
- Department of Cellular and Molecule Medicine, Institute for Genomic Medicine, UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecule Medicine, Institute for Genomic Medicine, UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecule Medicine, Institute for Genomic Medicine, UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Ruan HB, Dietrich MO, Liu ZW, Zimmer MR, Li MD, Singh JP, Zhang K, Yin R, Wu J, Horvath TL, Yang X. O-GlcNAc transferase enables AgRP neurons to suppress browning of white fat. Cell 2015; 159:306-17. [PMID: 25303527 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Induction of beige cells causes the browning of white fat and improves energy metabolism. However, the central mechanism that controls adipose tissue browning and its physiological relevance are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that fasting and chemical-genetic activation of orexigenic AgRP neurons in the hypothalamus suppress the browning of white fat. O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins regulates fundamental cellular processes. The levels of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAc modification are enriched in AgRP neurons and are elevated by fasting. Genetic ablation of OGT in AgRP neurons inhibits neuronal excitability through the voltage-dependent potassium channel, promotes white adipose tissue browning, and protects mice against diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance. These data reveal adipose tissue browning as a highly dynamic physiological process under central control, in which O-GlcNAc signaling in AgRP neurons is essential for suppressing thermogenesis to conserve energy in response to fasting.
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- Hai-Bin Ruan
- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 93042, Brazil
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 93042, Brazil
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Puighermanal E, Biever A, Espallergues J, Gangarossa G, De Bundel D, Valjent E. drd2-cre:ribotagmouse line unravels the possible diversity of dopamine d2 receptor-expressing cells of the dorsal mouse hippocampus. Hippocampus 2015; 25:858-75. [DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Emma Puighermanal
- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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- CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle; Montpellier F-34094 France
- INSERM, U661; Montpellier F-34094 France
- Universités de Montpellier 1 & 2, UMR-5203; Montpellier F-34094 France
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Gilbert ML, Yang L, Su T, McKnight GS. Expression of a dominant negative PKA mutation in the kidney elicits a diabetes insipidus phenotype. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2015; 308:F627-38. [PMID: 25587115 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00222.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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PKA plays a critical role in water excretion through regulation of the production and action of the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP). The AVP prohormone is produced in the hypothalamus, where its transcription is regulated by cAMP. Once released into the circulation, AVP stimulates antidiuresis through activation of vasopressin 2 receptors in renal principal cells. Vasopressin 2 receptor activation increases cAMP and activates PKA, which, in turn, phosphorylates aquaporin (AQP)2, triggering apical membrane accumulation, increased collecting duct permeability, and water reabsorption. We used single-minded homolog 1 (Sim1)-Cre recombinase-mediated expression of a dominant negative PKA regulatory subunit (RIαB) to disrupt kinase activity in vivo and assess the role of PKA in fluid homeostasis. RIαB expression gave rise to marked polydipsia and polyuria; however, neither hypothalamic Avp mRNA expression nor urinary AVP levels were attenuated, indicating a primary physiological effect on the kidney. RIαB mice displayed a marked deficit in urinary concentrating ability and greatly reduced levels of AQP2 and phospho-AQP2. Dehydration induced Aqp2 mRNA in the kidney of both control and RIαB-expressing mice, but AQP2 protein levels were still reduced in RIαB-expressing mutants, and mice were unable to fully concentrate their urine and conserve water. We conclude that partial PKA inhibition in the kidney leads to posttranslational effects that reduce AQP2 protein levels and interfere with apical membrane localization. These findings demonstrate a distinct physiological role for PKA signaling in both short- and long-term regulation of AQP2 and characterize a novel mouse model of diabetes insipidus.
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- Merle L Gilbert
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Glioma growth is driven by signaling that ultimately regulates protein synthesis. Gliomas are also complex at the cellular level and involve multiple cell types, including transformed and reactive cells in the brain tumor microenvironment. The distinct functions of the various cell types likely lead to different requirements and regulatory paradigms for protein synthesis. Proneural gliomas can arise from transformation of glial progenitors that are driven to proliferate via mitogenic signaling that affects translation. To investigate translational regulation in this system, we developed a RiboTag glioma mouse model that enables cell-type-specific, genome-wide ribosome profiling of tumor tissue. Infecting glial progenitors with Cre-recombinant retrovirus simultaneously activates expression of tagged ribosomes and delivers a tumor-initiating mutation. Remarkably, we find that although genes specific to transformed cells are highly translated, their translation efficiencies are low compared with normal brain. Ribosome positioning reveals sequence-dependent regulation of ribosomal activity in 5'-leaders upstream of annotated start codons, leading to differential translation in glioma compared with normal brain. Additionally, although transformed cells express a proneural signature, untransformed tumor-associated cells, including reactive astrocytes and microglia, express a mesenchymal signature. Finally, we observe the same phenomena in human disease by combining ribosome profiling of human proneural tumor and non-neoplastic brain tissue with computational deconvolution to assess cell-type-specific translational regulation.
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Quantitative profiling of initiating ribosomes in vivo. Nat Methods 2014; 12:147-53. [PMID: 25486063 PMCID: PMC4344187 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cells have evolved exquisite mechanisms to fine-tune the rate of protein synthesis in response to stress. Systemic mapping of start codon positions and precise measurement of the corresponding initiation rate would transform our understanding of translational control. Here we present quantitative translation initiation sequencing (QTI-seq), where the initiating ribosomes can be profiled in real time at single nucleotide resolution. The resultant initiation map not only delineates variations of start codon selection, but also highlights a dynamic range of initiation rates in response to nutrient starvation. The integrated data set provides unique insights into principles of alternative translation and mechanisms controlling different aspects of translation initiation. Using RiboTag mice, QTI-seq permits tissue-specific profiling of initiating ribosomes in vivo. Liver cell-specific ribosome profiling uncovers a robust translational reprogramming of the proteasome system in fasted mice. Our findings illuminate the prevalence and dynamic nature of translational regulation pivotal to physiological adaptation in vivo.
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King HA, Gerber AP. Translatome profiling: methods for genome-scale analysis of mRNA translation. Brief Funct Genomics 2014; 15:22-31. [PMID: 25380596 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elu045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During the past decade, there has been a rapidly increased appreciation of the role of translation as a key regulatory node in gene expression. Thereby, the development of methods to infer the translatome, which refers to the entirety of mRNAs associated with ribosomes for protein synthesis, has facilitated the discovery of new principles and mechanisms of translation and expanded our view of the underlying logic of protein synthesis. Here, we review the three main methodologies for translatome analysis, and we highlight some of the recent discoveries made using each technique. We first discuss polysomal profiling, a classical technique that involves the separation of mRNAs depending on the number of bound ribosomes using a sucrose gradient, and which has been combined with global analysis tools such as DNA microarrays or high-throughput RNA sequencing to identify the RNAs in polysomal fractions. We then introduce ribosomal profiling, a recently established technique that enables the mapping of ribosomes along mRNAs at near-nucleotide resolution on a global scale. We finally refer to ribosome affinity purification techniques that are based on the cell-type-specific expression of tagged ribosomal proteins, allowing the capture of translatomes from specialized cells in organisms. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these three main techniques in the pursuit of defining the translatome, and we speculate about future developments.
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Chew LJ, DeBoy CA, Senatorov VV. Finding degrees of separation: experimental approaches for astroglial and oligodendroglial cell isolation and genetic targeting. J Neurosci Methods 2014; 236:125-47. [PMID: 25169049 PMCID: PMC4171043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The study of CNS glial cell function requires experimental methods to detect, purify, and manipulate each cell population with fidelity and specificity. With the identification and cloning of cell- and stage-specific markers, glial cell analysis techniques have grown beyond physical methods of tissue dissociation and cell culture, and become highly specific with immunoselection of cell cultures in vitro and genetic targeting in vivo. The unique plasticity of glial cells offers the potential for cell replacement therapies in neurological disease that utilize neural cells derived from transplanted neural stem and progenitor cells. In this mini-review, we outline general physical and genetic approaches for macroglial cell generation. We summarize cell culture methods to obtain astrocytes and oligodendrocytes and their precursors, from developing and adult tissue, as well as approaches to obtain human neural progenitor cells through the establishment of stem cells. We discuss popular targeting rodent strains designed for cell-specific detection, selection and manipulation of neuroglial cell progenitors and their committed progeny. Based on shared markers between astrocytes and stem cells, we discuss genetically modified mouse strains with overlapping expression, and highlight SOX-expressing strains available for targeting of stem and progenitor cell populations. We also include recently established mouse strains for detection, and tag-assisted RNA and miRNA analysis. This discussion aims to provide a brief overview of the rapidly expanding collection of experimental approaches and genetic resources for the isolation and targeting of macroglial cells, their sources, progeny and gene products to facilitate our understanding of their properties and potential application in pathology.
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- Li-Jin Chew
- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
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- Biology Department, Trinity Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Drane L, Ainsley JA, Mayford MR, Reijmers LG. A transgenic mouse line for collecting ribosome-bound mRNA using the tetracycline transactivator system. Front Mol Neurosci 2014; 7:82. [PMID: 25400545 PMCID: PMC4212621 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Acquiring the gene expression profiles of specific neuronal cell-types is important for understanding their molecular identities. Genome-wide gene expression profiles of genetically defined cell-types can be acquired by collecting and sequencing mRNA that is bound to epitope-tagged ribosomes (TRAP; translating ribosome affinity purification). Here, we introduce a transgenic mouse model that combines the TRAP technique with the tetracycline transactivator (tTA) system by expressing EGFP-tagged ribosomal protein L10a (EGFP-L10a) under control of the tetracycline response element (tetO-TRAP). This allows both spatial control of EGFP-L10a expression through cell-type specific tTA expression, as well as temporal regulation by inhibiting transgene expression through the administration of doxycycline. We show that crossing tetO-TRAP mice with transgenic mice expressing tTA under the Camk2a promoter (Camk2a-tTA) results in offspring with cell-type specific expression of EGFP-L10a in CA1 pyramidal neurons and medium spiny neurons in the striatum. Co-immunoprecipitation confirmed that EGFP-L10a integrates into a functional ribosomal complex. In addition, collection of ribosome-bound mRNA from the hippocampus yielded the expected enrichment of genes expressed in CA1 pyramidal neurons, as well as a depletion of genes expressed in other hippocampal cell-types. Finally, we show that crossing tetO-TRAP mice with transgenic Fos-tTA mice enables the expression of EGFP-L10a in CA1 pyramidal neurons that are activated during a fear conditioning trial. The tetO-TRAP mouse can be combined with other tTA mouse lines to enable gene expression profiling of a variety of different cell-types.
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- Laurel Drane
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Tufts University Boston, MA, USA ; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Tufts University Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Tufts University Boston, MA, USA
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Shin J, Ming GL, Song H. Decoding neural transcriptomes and epigenomes via high-throughput sequencing. Nat Neurosci 2014; 17:1463-75. [PMID: 25349913 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The mammalian brain is an evolutionary marvel in which engraving and re-engraving of cellular states enable complex information processing and lifelong maintenance. Understanding the mechanisms by which neurons alter and maintain their molecular signatures during information processing is a fundamental goal of neuroscience. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology is rapidly transforming the ability to probe the molecular basis of neuronal function. NGS can define not only the complete molecular signatures of cells by transcriptome analyses but also the cascade of events that induce or maintain such signatures by epigenetic analyses. Here we offer some general and practical information to demystify NGS technology and highlight its potential to the neuroscience field. We start with discussion of the complexity of the nervous system, then introduce various applications of NGS with practical considerations and describe basic principles underlying various NGS technologies. Finally, we discuss emerging NGS-related technologies for the neuroscience field.
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- Jaehoon Shin
- 1] Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- 1] Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [3] Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [4] The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- 1] Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [3] Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [4] The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Hoffmann HM, Tamrazian A, Xie H, Pérez-Millán MI, Kauffman AS, Mellon PL. Heterozygous deletion of ventral anterior homeobox (vax1) causes subfertility in mice. Endocrinology 2014; 155:4043-53. [PMID: 25060364 PMCID: PMC4164932 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The known genetic causes of idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) are often associated with the loss of GnRH neurons, leading to the disruption of the hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis and subfertility. The majority of IHH cases have unknown origins and likely arise from compound mutations in more than one gene. Here we identify the homeodomain transcription factor ventral anterior homeobox1 (Vax1) as a potential genetic contributor to polygenic IHH. Although otherwise healthy, male and female Vax1 heterozygous (HET) mice are subfertile, indicating dosage sensitivity for the Vax1 allele. Although Vax1 mRNA is expressed in the pituitary, hypothalamus, and testis, we did not detect Vax1 mRNA in the sperm, ovary, or isolated pituitary gonadotropes. Whereas Vax1 HET females produced normal numbers of superovulated oocytes, corpora lutea numbers were reduced along with a slight increase in circulating basal LH and estrogen. The subfertility originated in the hypothalamus in which kisspeptin and GnRH transcripts were altered along with a substantial reduction of GnRH neuron number. Although the pituitary responded normally to a GnRH challenge, diestrus females had reduced LHβ and FSHβ in diestrus. Furthermore, Vax1 HET males had reduced GnRH mRNA and neuron numbers, whereas the pituitary had normal transcript levels and response to GnRH. Interestingly, the Vax1 HET males had an 88% reduction of motile sperm. Taken together, our data suggest that Vax1 HET subfertility originates in the hypothalamus by disrupting the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In addition, male subfertility may also be due to an unknown effect of Vax1 in the testis.
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- Hanne M Hoffmann
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine (H.M.H., A.T., H.X., A.S.K., P.L.M.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0674; Department of Human Genetics (M.I.P.-M.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Solga AC, Pong WW, Walker J, Wylie T, Magrini V, Apicelli AJ, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Kohsaka S, Wu GF, Brody DL, Mardis ER, Gutmann DH. RNA-sequencing reveals oligodendrocyte and neuronal transcripts in microglia relevant to central nervous system disease. Glia 2014; 63:531-548. [PMID: 25258010 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Expression profiling of distinct central nervous system (CNS) cell populations has been employed to facilitate disease classification and to provide insights into the molecular basis of brain pathology. One important cell type implicated in a wide variety of CNS disease states is the resident brain macrophage (microglia). In these studies, microglia are often isolated from dissociated brain tissue by flow sorting procedures [fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)] or from postnatal glial cultures by mechanic isolation. Given the highly dynamic and state-dependent functions of these cells, the use of FACS or short-term culture methods may not accurately capture the biology of brain microglia. In the current study, we performed RNA-sequencing using Cx3cr1(+/GFP) labeled microglia isolated from the brainstem of 6-week-old mice to compare the transcriptomes of FACS-sorted versus laser capture microdissection (LCM). While both isolation techniques resulted in a large number of shared (common) transcripts, we identified transcripts unique to FACS-isolated and LCM-captured microglia. In particular, ∼50% of these LCM-isolated microglial transcripts represented genes typically associated with neurons and glia. While these transcripts clearly localized to microglia using complementary methods, they were not translated into protein. Following the induction of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, increased oligodendrocyte and neuronal transcripts were detected in microglia, while only the myelin basic protein oligodendrocyte transcript was increased in microglia after traumatic brain injury. Collectively, these findings have implications for the design and interpretation of microglia transcriptome-based investigations.
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- Anne C Solga
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
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Otsuki L, Cheetham SW, Brand AH. Freedom of expression: cell-type-specific gene profiling. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2014; 3:429-43. [PMID: 25174322 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cell fate and behavior are results of differential gene regulation, making techniques to profile gene expression in specific cell types highly desirable. Many methods now enable investigation at the DNA, RNA and protein level. This review introduces the most recent and popular techniques, and discusses key issues influencing the choice between these such as ease, cost and applicability of information gained. Interdisciplinary collaborations will no doubt contribute further advances, including not just in single cell type but single-cell expression profiling.
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- Leo Otsuki
- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Tallafuss A, Washbourne P, Postlethwait J. Temporally and spatially restricted gene expression profiling. Curr Genomics 2014; 15:278-92. [PMID: 25132798 PMCID: PMC4133951 DOI: 10.2174/1389202915666140602230106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Identifying gene function in specific cells is critical for understanding the processes that make cells unique. Several different methods are available to isolate actively transcribed RNA or actively translated RNA in specific cells at a chosen time point. Cell-specific mRNA isolation can be accomplished by the expression of transgenes in cells of interest, either directly from a specific promoter or using a modular system such as Gal4/UAS or Cre/lox. All of the methods described in this review, namely thiol-labeling of RNA (TU-tagging or RABT), TRAP (translating ribosome affinity purification) and INTACT (isolation of nuclei tagged in specific cell types), allow next generation sequencing, permitting the identification of enriched gene transcripts within the specific cell-type. We describe here the general concept of each method, include examples, evaluate possible problems related to each technique, and suggest the types of questions for which each method is best suited.
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- Alexandra Tallafuss
- Institute of Neuroscience, 1254-University of Oregon, 1425 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR-97403, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, 1254-University of Oregon, 1425 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR-97403, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, 1254-University of Oregon, 1425 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR-97403, USA
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Ekstrand MI, Nectow AR, Knight ZA, Latcha KN, Pomeranz LE, Friedman JM. Molecular profiling of neurons based on connectivity. Cell 2014; 157:1230-42. [PMID: 24855954 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The complexity and cellular heterogeneity of neural circuitry presents a major challenge to understanding the role of discrete neural populations in controlling behavior. While neuroanatomical methods enable high-resolution mapping of neural circuitry, these approaches do not allow systematic molecular profiling of neurons based on their connectivity. Here, we report the development of an approach for molecularly profiling projective neurons. We show that ribosomes can be tagged with a camelid nanobody raised against GFP and that this system can be engineered to selectively capture translating mRNAs from neurons retrogradely labeled with GFP. Using this system, we profiled neurons projecting to the nucleus accumbens. We then used an AAV to selectively profile midbrain dopamine neurons projecting to the nucleus accumbens. By comparing the captured mRNAs from each experiment, we identified a number of markers specific to VTA dopaminergic projection neurons. The current method provides a means for profiling neurons based on their projections.
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- Mats I Ekstrand
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Spiegel I, Mardinly AR, Gabel HW, Bazinet JE, Couch CH, Tzeng CP, Harmin DA, Greenberg ME. Npas4 regulates excitatory-inhibitory balance within neural circuits through cell-type-specific gene programs. Cell 2014; 157:1216-29. [PMID: 24855953 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The nervous system adapts to experience by inducing a transcriptional program that controls important aspects of synaptic plasticity. Although the molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity are well characterized in excitatory neurons, the mechanisms that regulate this process in inhibitory neurons are only poorly understood. Here, we describe a transcriptional program that is induced by neuronal activity in inhibitory neurons. We find that, while neuronal activity induces expression of early-response transcription factors such as Npas4 in both excitatory and inhibitory neurons, Npas4 activates distinct programs of late-response genes in inhibitory and excitatory neurons. These late-response genes differentially regulate synaptic input to these two types of neurons, promoting inhibition onto excitatory neurons while inducing excitation onto inhibitory neurons. These findings suggest that the functional outcomes of activity-induced transcriptional responses are adapted in a cell-type-specific manner to achieve a circuit-wide homeostatic response.
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- Ivo Spiegel
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kim JG, Suyama S, Koch M, Jin S, Argente-Arizon P, Argente J, Liu ZW, Zimmer MR, Jeong JK, Szigeti-Buck K, Gao Y, Garcia-Caceres C, Yi CX, Salmaso N, Vaccarino FM, Chowen J, Diano S, Dietrich MO, Tschöp MH, Horvath TL. Leptin signaling in astrocytes regulates hypothalamic neuronal circuits and feeding. Nat Neurosci 2014; 17:908-10. [PMID: 24880214 PMCID: PMC4113214 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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We found that leptin receptors were expressed in hypothalamic astrocytes and that their conditional deletion led to altered glial morphology and synaptic inputs onto hypothalamic neurons involved in feeding control. Leptin-regulated feeding was diminished, whereas feeding after fasting or ghrelin administration was elevated in mice with astrocyte-specific leptin receptor deficiency. These data reveal an active role of glial cells in hypothalamic synaptic remodeling and control of feeding by leptin.
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- Jae Geun Kim
- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- 1] Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Department of Endocrinology, Instituto de Investigación La Princesa and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de la Fisiopatología (CIBER) de Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Department of Endocrinology, Instituto de Investigación La Princesa and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de la Fisiopatología (CIBER) de Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- 1] Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- 1] Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Department of Endocrinology, Instituto de Investigación La Princesa and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de la Fisiopatología (CIBER) de Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- 1] Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [3] Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität München, Germany
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- 1] Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [3] Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Kratz A, Beguin P, Kaneko M, Chimura T, Suzuki AM, Matsunaga A, Kato S, Bertin N, Lassmann T, Vigot R, Carninci P, Plessy C, Launey T. Digital expression profiling of the compartmentalized translatome of Purkinje neurons. Genome Res 2014; 24:1396-410. [PMID: 24904046 PMCID: PMC4120092 DOI: 10.1101/gr.164095.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Underlying the complexity of the mammalian brain is its network of neuronal connections, but also the molecular networks of signaling pathways, protein interactions, and regulated gene expression within each individual neuron. The diversity and complexity of the spatially intermingled neurons pose a serious challenge to the identification and quantification of single neuron components. To address this challenge, we present a novel approach for the study of the ribosome-associated transcriptome-the translatome-from selected subcellular domains of specific neurons, and apply it to the Purkinje cells (PCs) in the rat cerebellum. We combined microdissection, translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) in nontransgenic animals, and quantitative nanoCAGE sequencing to obtain a snapshot of RNAs bound to cytoplasmic or rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)-associated ribosomes in the PC and its dendrites. This allowed us to discover novel markers of PCs, to determine structural aspects of genes, to find hitherto uncharacterized transcripts, and to quantify biophysically relevant genes of membrane proteins controlling ion homeostasis and neuronal electrical activities.
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- Anton Kratz
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan;
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Launey Research Unit, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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Cell-type-specific Jumonji histone demethylase gene expression in the healthy rat CNS: detection by a novel flow cytometry method. ASN Neuro 2014; 6:193-207. [PMID: 24735454 PMCID: PMC4034710 DOI: 10.1042/an20130050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Our understanding of how histone demethylation contributes to the regulation of basal gene expression in the brain is largely unknown in any injury model, and especially in the healthy adult brain. Although Jumonji genes are often regulated transcriptionally, cell-specific gene expression of Jumonji histone demethylases in the brain remains poorly understood. Thus, in the present study we profiled the mRNA levels of 26 Jumonji genes in microglia (CD11b+), neurons (NeuN+) and astrocytes (GFAP+) from the healthy adult rat brain. We optimized a method combining a mZBF (modified zinc-based fixative) and FCM (flow cytometry) to simultaneously sort cells from non-transgenic animals. We evaluated cell-surface, intracellular and nuclear proteins, including histones, as well as messenger- and micro-RNAs in different cell types simultaneously from a single-sorted sample. We found that 12 Jumonji genes were differentially expressed between adult microglia, neurons and astrocytes. While JMJD2D was neuron-restricted, PHF8 and JMJD1C were expressed in all three cell types although the expression was highest in neurons. JMJD3 and JMJD5 were expressed in all cell types, but were highly enriched in microglia; astrocytes had the lowest expression of UTX and JHDM1D. Levels of global H3K27 (H3 lysine 27) methylation varied among cell types and appeared to be lowest in microglia, indicating that differences in basal gene expression of specific Jumonji histone demethylases may contribute to cell-specific gene expression in the CNS (central nervous system). This multiparametric technique will be valuable for simultaneously assaying chromatin modifications and gene regulation in the adult CNS.
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Long JZ, Svensson KJ, Tsai L, Zeng X, Roh HC, Kong X, Rao RR, Lou J, Lokurkar I, Baur W, Castellot JJ, Rosen ED, Spiegelman BM. A smooth muscle-like origin for beige adipocytes. Cell Metab 2014; 19:810-20. [PMID: 24709624 PMCID: PMC4052772 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Thermogenic UCP1-positive cells, which include brown and beige adipocytes, transform chemical energy into heat and increase whole-body energy expenditure. Using a ribosomal profiling approach, we present a comprehensive molecular description of brown and beige gene expression from multiple fat depots in vivo. This UCP1-TRAP data set demonstrates striking similarities and important differences between these cell types, including a smooth muscle-like signature expressed by beige, but not classical brown, adipocytes. In vivo fate mapping using either a constitutive or an inducible Myh11-driven Cre demonstrates that at least a subset of beige cells arise from a smooth muscle-like origin. Finally, ectopic expression of PRDM16 converts bona fide vascular smooth muscle cells into Ucp1-positive adipocytes in vitro. These results establish a portrait of brown and beige adipocyte gene expression in vivo and identify a smooth muscle-like origin for beige cells.
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- Jonathan Z Long
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Evans E, Hogarth C, Mitchell D, Griswold M. Riding the spermatogenic wave: profiling gene expression within neonatal germ and sertoli cells during a synchronized initial wave of spermatogenesis in mice. Biol Reprod 2014; 90:108. [PMID: 24719255 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.118034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Continual sperm production relies on germ cells undergoing spermatogenesis asynchronously. As a result, the testis always contains a mixed population of germ cells at different stages of their differentiation process. The heterogeneous nature of the testis makes profiling gene expression within Sertoli cells or specific populations of germ cells impossible when a wild-type testis is assessed. We recently reported a unique method for synchronizing spermatogenesis without affecting fertility by manipulating RA levels within the neonatal testis. Using this protocol, combined with the RiboTag transgenic mouse line, we have mapped the Sertoli and germ cell translatome during the initial synchronized wave of spermatogenesis. Using microarray analysis, we identified 392 and 194 germ cell and Sertoli cells transcripts, respectively, that dynamically change during spermatogonial differentiation, division, and the onset of meiosis. Functional annotation clustering revealed that transcripts enriched in germ cells were mostly associated with meiosis (21 transcripts), chromatin organization (12 transcripts), and cell cycle (3 transcripts). In addition, glycoproteins (65 transcripts), cell adhesion (15 transcripts), and cell junction (13 transcripts) transcripts were overrepresented in the Sertoli cell-enriched list. These datasets represent the first transcriptional analysis of spermatogonial differentiation, division, and meiotic onset. These data suggest that several of the genes encoding meiotic proteins are expressed and are actively being translated well before germ cells enter meiosis. In addition, this study provides novel candidate genes, Asf1b and Esyt3, that may be involved in the regulation of spermatogonial chromatin reorganization, germ-Sertoli cell interactions, and/or blood-testis barrier formation.
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- Elizabeth Evans
- School of Molecular Biosciences and The Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and The Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and The Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences and The Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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The primary cellular source of factor VIII (FVIII) biosynthesis is controversial, with contradictory evidence supporting an endothelial or hepatocyte origin. LMAN1 is a cargo receptor in the early secretory pathway that is responsible for the efficient secretion of factor V (FV) and FVIII to the plasma. Lman1 mutations result in combined deficiency of FV and FVIII, with levels of both factors reduced to ~10% to 15% of normal in human patients. We generated Lman1 conditional knockout mice to characterize the FVIII secretion profiles of endothelial cells and hepatocytes. We demonstrate that endothelial cells are the primary biosynthetic source of murine FVIII and that hepatocytes make no significant contribution to the plasma FVIII pool. Utilizing RiboTag mice and polyribosome immunoprecipitation, we performed endothelial cell-specific messenger RNA isolation and quantitative polymerase chain reaction analyses to confirm that endothelial cells highly express F8 and to explore the heterogeneity of F8 expression in different vascular beds. We demonstrate that endothelial cells from multiple, but not all, tissues contribute to the plasma FVIII pool in the mouse.
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Lane J, Kaartinen V. Signaling networks in palate development. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2014; 6:271-8. [PMID: 24644145 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED Palatogenesis, the formation of the palate, is a dynamic process regulated by a complex series of context-dependent morphogenetic signaling events. Many genes involved in palatogenesis have been discovered through the use of genetically manipulated mouse models as well as from human genetic studies, but the roles of these genes and their products in signaling networks regulating palatogenesis are still poorly known. In this review, we give a brief overview on palatogenesis and introduce key signaling cascades leading to formation of the intact palate. Moreover, we review conceptual differences between pathway biology and network biology and discuss how some of the recent technological advances in conjunction with mouse genetic models have contributed to our understanding of signaling networks regulating palate growth and fusion. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.
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- Jamie Lane
- Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Smith LB, Walker WH. The regulation of spermatogenesis by androgens. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 30:2-13. [PMID: 24598768 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Testosterone is essential for maintaining spermatogenesis and male fertility. However, the molecular mechanisms by which testosterone acts have not begun to be revealed until recently. With the advances obtained from the use of transgenic mice lacking or overexpressing the androgen receptor, the cell specific targets of testosterone action as well as the genes and signaling pathways that are regulated by testosterone are being identified. In this review, the critical steps of spermatogenesis that are regulated by testosterone are discussed as well as the intracellular signaling pathways by which testosterone acts. We also review the functional information that has been obtained from the knock out of the androgen receptor from specific cell types in the testis and the genes found to be regulated after altering testosterone levels or androgen receptor expression.
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- Lee B Smith
- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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De Gendt K, Verhoeven G, Amieux PS, Wilkinson MF. Genome-wide identification of AR-regulated genes translated in Sertoli cells in vivo using the RiboTag approach. Mol Endocrinol 2014; 28:575-91. [PMID: 24606126 DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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An understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which androgens drive spermatogenesis has been thwarted by the fact that few consistent androgen receptor (AR) target genes have been identified. Here, we addressed this issue using next-generation sequencing coupled with the RiboTag approach, which purifies translated mRNAs expressed in cells that express cyclic recombinase (CRE). Using RiboTag mice expressing CRE in Sertoli cells (SCs), we identified genes expressed specifically in SCs in both prepubertal and adult mice. Unexpectedly, this analysis revealed that the SC-specific gene program is already largely defined at the initiation of spermatogenesis despite the subsequent dramatic maturational changes known to occur in SCs. To identify AR-regulated genes, we generated triple-mutant mice in which the SCs express the RiboTag but lack ARs. RNA sequencing analysis revealed hundreds of SC-expressed AR-regulated genes that had previously gone unnoticed, including suppressed genes involved in ovarian development. Comparison of the SC-enriched dataset with that from the whole testes allowed us to classify genes in terms of their degree of expression in SCs. This revealed that a greater fraction of AR-up-regulated genes than AR-down-regulated genes were expressed predominantly in SCs. Our results also revealed that AR signaling in SCs causes a large number of genes not detectably expressed in SCs to undergo altered expression, thereby providing genome-wide evidence for wide-scale communication between SCs and other cells. Taken together, our results identified novel classes of genes expressed in a hormone-dependent manner in different testicular cell subsets and highlight a new approach to analyze cell type-specific gene regulation.
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- Karel De Gendt
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Institute of Genomic Medicine (M.F.W.), University of California, La Jolla, California 92093 (K.D.G., M.F.W.); Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (K.D.G., G.V.); and Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225 (P.S.A.)
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Pollock JD, Wu DY, Satterlee JS. Molecular neuroanatomy: a generation of progress. Trends Neurosci 2014; 37:106-23. [PMID: 24388609 PMCID: PMC3946666 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The neuroscience research landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade. Specifically, an impressive array of new tools and technologies have been generated, including but not limited to: brain gene expression atlases, genetically encoded proteins to monitor and manipulate neuronal activity, and new methods for imaging and mapping circuits. However, despite these technological advances, several significant challenges must be overcome to enable a better understanding of brain function and to develop cell type-targeted therapeutics to treat brain disorders. This review provides an overview of some of the tools and technologies currently being used to advance the field of molecular neuroanatomy, and also discusses emerging technologies that may enable neuroscientists to address these crucial scientific challenges over the coming decade.
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- Jonathan D Pollock
- Division of Basic Neurobiology and Behavioral Research, Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health (NIH), 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA.
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- Division of Basic Neurobiology and Behavioral Research, Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health (NIH), 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Basic Neurobiology and Behavioral Research, Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health (NIH), 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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Taniguchi H. Genetic dissection of GABAergic neural circuits in mouse neocortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:8. [PMID: 24478631 PMCID: PMC3902216 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Diverse and flexible cortical functions rely on the ability of neural circuits to perform multiple types of neuronal computations. GABAergic inhibitory interneurons significantly contribute to this task by regulating the balance of activity, synaptic integration, spiking, synchrony, and oscillation in a neural ensemble. GABAergic interneurons display a high degree of cellular diversity in morphology, physiology, connectivity, and gene expression. A considerable number of subtypes of GABAergic interneurons diversify modes of cortical inhibition, enabling various types of information processing in the cortex. Thus, comprehensively understanding fate specification, circuit assembly, and physiological function of GABAergic interneurons is a key to elucidate the principles of cortical wiring and function. Recent advances in genetically encoded molecular tools have made a breakthrough to systematically study cortical circuitry at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal levels. However, the biggest obstacle to fully applying the power of these to analysis of GABAergic circuits was that there were no efficient and reliable methods to express them in subtypes of GABAergic interneurons. Here, I first summarize cortical interneuron diversity and current understanding of mechanisms, by which distinct classes of GABAergic interneurons are generated. I then review recent development in genetically encoded molecular tools for neural circuit research, and genetic targeting of GABAergic interneuron subtypes, particularly focusing on our recent effort to develop and characterize Cre/CreER knockin lines. Finally, I highlight recent success in genetic targeting of chandelier cells, the most unique and distinct GABAergic interneuron subtype, and discuss what kind of questions need to be addressed to understand development and function of cortical inhibitory circuits.
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- Hiroki Taniguchi
- Development and Function of Inhibitory Neural Circuits, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, JupiterFL, USA
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Gay L, Karfilis KV, Miller MR, Doe CQ, Stankunas K. Applying thiouracil tagging to mouse transcriptome analysis. Nat Protoc 2014; 9:410-20. [PMID: 24457332 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Transcriptional profiling is a powerful approach for studying mouse development, physiology and disease models. Here we describe a protocol for mouse thiouracil tagging (TU tagging), a transcriptome analysis technology that includes in vivo covalent labeling, purification and analysis of cell type-specific RNA. TU tagging enables the isolation of RNA from a given cell population of a complex tissue, avoiding transcriptional changes induced by cell isolation trauma, as well as the identification of actively transcribed RNAs and not preexisting transcripts. Therefore, in contrast to other cell-specific transcriptional profiling methods based on the purification of tagged ribosomes or nuclei, TU tagging provides a direct examination of transcriptional regulation. We describe how to (i) deliver 4-thiouracil to transgenic mice to thio-label cell lineage-specific transcripts, (ii) purify TU-tagged RNA and prepare libraries for Illumina sequencing and (iii) follow a straightforward bioinformatics workflow to identify cell type-enriched or differentially expressed genes. Tissue containing TU-tagged RNA can be obtained in 1 d, RNA-seq libraries can be generated within 2 d and, after sequencing, an initial bioinformatics analysis can be completed in 1 additional day.
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- Leslie Gay
- 1] Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [2] Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [3] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [4]
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- 1] Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [2]
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- 1] Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [2] Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [3]
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- 1] Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [2] Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. [3] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Ingolia NT, Brar GA, Rouskin S, McGeachy AM, Weissman JS. Genome-wide annotation and quantitation of translation by ribosome profiling. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; Chapter 4:4.18.1-4.18.19. [PMID: 23821443 DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb0418s103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recent studies highlight the importance of translational control in determining protein abundance, underscoring the value of measuring gene expression at the level of translation. A protocol for genome-wide, quantitative analysis of in vivo translation by deep sequencing is presented here. This ribosome-profiling approach maps the exact positions of ribosomes on transcripts by nuclease footprinting. The nuclease-protected mRNA fragments are converted into a DNA library suitable for deep sequencing using a strategy that minimizes bias. The abundance of different footprint fragments in deep sequencing data reports on the amount of translation of a gene. Additionally, footprints reveal the exact regions of the transcriptome that are translated. To better define translated reading frames, an adaptation that reveals the sites of translation initiation by pre-treating cells with harringtonine to immobilize initiating ribosomes is described. The protocol described requires 5 to 7 days to generate a completed ribosome profiling sequencing library. Sequencing and data analysis requires an additional 4 to 5 days.
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- Nicholas T Ingolia
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Hupe M, Li MX, Gertow Gillner K, Adams RH, Stenman JM. Evaluation of TRAP-sequencing technology with a versatile conditional mouse model. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:e14. [PMID: 24165879 PMCID: PMC3902954 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Gene expression profiling of various cell lineages has provided invaluable insights into the molecular mechanisms regulating cellular development and differentiation. However, in vivo molecular profiling of rare and interspersed cell populations, such as endothelial cells, has remained challenging. We have generated a versatile floxed translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) mouse model, mCherryTRAP, for Cre-dependent translational profiling of distinct cell lineages from intact tissues. To identify cell type-specific transcripts using TRAP, the data have to be filtered to remove both background transcripts not expressed in the profiled cell type and transcripts expressed in all cell populations of the tissue/organ. Filtering has previously been achieved using transcribed RNA from the tissue/organ. Using the mCherryTRAP model, we demonstrate extensive differential expression of RNAs between the translatome and transcriptome of embryonic brains and kidneys. We evaluate the implications of these data for TRAP studies of abundant and rare cell populations. Finally, we demonstrate the applicability of the technology to study organ-specific endothelial cell differentiation.
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- Mike Hupe
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Box 240, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Box 240, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Box 240, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Box 240, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, Box 240, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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Wang Y, Jiao Y. Translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) for cell-specific translation profiling in developing flowers. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1110:323-8. [PMID: 24395267 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9408-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The development of a multicellular organism is accompanied by cell differentiation. In fact, many biological processes have cell specificity, such that distinct cell types respond differently to endogenous or environmental cues. To obtain cell-specific gene expression profiles, translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) has been developed to label polysomes containing translating mRNAs in genetically defined cell types. Here, we describe the immunopurification of epitope-labeled polysomes and associated RNAs from target cell types. TRAP has the additional advantage of obtaining only translating mRNAs, which are a better proxy to the proteome than a standard mRNA preparation.
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- Ying Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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The elaborate morphology of neurons together with the information processing that occurs in remote dendritic and axonal compartments makes the use of decentralized cell biological machines necessary. Recent years have witnessed a revolution in our understanding of signaling in neuronal compartments and the manifold functions of a variety of RNA molecules that regulate protein translation and other cellular functions. Here we discuss the view that mRNA localization and RNA-regulated and localized translation underlie many fundamental neuronal processes and highlight key issues for future experiments.
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Aviner R, Geiger T, Elroy-Stein O. PUNCH-P for global translatome profiling: Methodology, insights and comparison to other techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 1:e27516. [PMID: 26824027 PMCID: PMC4718054 DOI: 10.4161/trla.27516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Regulation of mRNA translation is a major modulator of gene expression, allowing cells to fine tune protein levels during growth and differentiation and in response to physiological signals and environmental changes. Mass-spectrometry and RNA-sequencing methods now enable global profiling of the translatome, but these still involve significant analytical and economical limitations. We developed a novel system-wide proteomic approach for direct monitoring of translation, termed PUromycin-associated Nascent CHain Proteomics (PUNCH-P), which is based on the recovery of ribosome-nascent chain complexes from cells or tissues followed by incorporation of biotinylated puromycin into newly-synthesized proteins. Biotinylated proteins are then purified by streptavidin and analyzed by mass-spectrometry. Here we present an overview of PUNCH-P, describe other methodologies for global translatome profiling (pSILAC, BONCAT, TRAP/Ribo-tag, Ribo-seq) and provide conceptual comparisons between these methods. We also show how PUNCH-P data can be combined with mRNA measurements to determine relative translation efficiency for specific mRNAs.
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- Ranen Aviner
- Department of Cell Research and Immunology; George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry; Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cell Research and Immunology; George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv, Israel
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Urs NM, Nicholls PJ, Caron MG. Integrated approaches to understanding antipsychotic drug action at GPCRs. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 27:56-62. [PMID: 24680431 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family of genes represents one of the largest druggable families of genes in the human genome. This is evident by the fact that approximately 30% of currently marketed drugs target GPCRs. However, many of these drugs are limited in their clinical potential as they are associated with debilitating side effects-a consequence of our incomplete understanding of their pharmacology and the signaling pathways regulated by GPCRs. Because of the limited range of tools available to resolve these issues, integrated approaches are required to fully understand the pharmacological action of drugs and the biochemical repertoire regulated by GPCRs. In this review we will focus on the action of antipsychotic drugs on certain monoamine GPCRs in the central nervous system (CNS) and the approaches being developed to elucidate their distinct pharmacology.
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- Nikhil M Urs
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States; Department of Medicine, Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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Shigeoka T, Lu B, Holt CE. Cell biology in neuroscience: RNA-based mechanisms underlying axon guidance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 202:991-9. [PMID: 24081488 PMCID: PMC3787380 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201305139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Axon guidance plays a key role in establishing neuronal circuitry. The motile tips of growing axons, the growth cones, navigate by responding directionally to guidance cues that pattern the embryonic neural pathways via receptor-mediated signaling. Evidence in vitro in the last decade supports the notion that RNA-based mechanisms contribute to cue-directed steering during axon guidance. Different cues trigger translation of distinct subsets of mRNAs and localized translation provides precise spatiotemporal control over the growth cone proteome in response to localized receptor activation. Recent evidence has now demonstrated a role for localized translational control in axon guidance decisions in vivo.
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- Toshiaki Shigeoka
- Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DY, England, UK
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Simó S, Cooper JA. Rbx2 regulates neuronal migration through different cullin 5-RING ligase adaptors. Dev Cell 2013; 27:399-411. [PMID: 24210661 PMCID: PMC3851519 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Morphogenesis requires the proper migration and positioning of different cell types in the embryo. Much more is known about how cells start and guide their migrations than about how they stop when they reach their destinations. Here we provide evidence that Rbx2, a subunit of the Cullin 5-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase (CRL5) complex, stops neocortical projection neurons at their target layers. Rbx2 mutation causes neocortical and cerebellar ectopias dependent on Dab1, a key signaling protein in the Reelin pathway. SOCS7, a CRL5 substrate adaptor protein, is also required for neocortical layering. SOCS7-CRL5 complexes stimulate the ubiquitylation and turnover of Dab1. SOCS7 is upregulated during projection neuron migration, and unscheduled SOCS7 expression stops migration prematurely. Cerebellar development requires Rbx2 but not SOCS7, pointing to the importance of other CRL5 adaptors. Our results suggest that CRL5 adaptor expression is spatiotemporally regulated to modulate Reelin signaling and ensure normal neuron positioning in the developing brain.
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- Sergi Simó
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, Washington 98109, U.S.A
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, Washington 98109, U.S.A
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Perry RB, Fainzilber M. Local translation in neuronal processes-in vivotests of a “heretical hypothesis”. Dev Neurobiol 2013; 74:210-7. [DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Rotem B. Perry
- Department of Biological Chemistry; Weizmann Institute of Science; 76100 Rehovot Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry; Weizmann Institute of Science; 76100 Rehovot Israel
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Stanley S, Domingos AI, Kelly L, Garfield A, Damanpour S, Heisler L, Friedman J. Profiling of Glucose-Sensing Neurons Reveals that GHRH Neurons Are Activated by Hypoglycemia. Cell Metab 2013; 18:596-607. [PMID: 24093682 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Comprehensive transcriptional profiling of glucose-sensing neurons is challenging because of low expression levels of glucokinase (Gck) and other key proteins that transduce a glucose signal. To overcome this, we generated and validated transgenic mice with a neuronal/endocrine-specific Gck promoter driving cre expression and mated them to mice with cre-dependent expression of an EGFP-tagged ribosomal protein construct (EEF1A1-LSL.EGFPL10) that can be used to map and profile cells. We found significant Gck expression in hypothalamic and limbic regions in cells that are activated following administration of glucose or 2-deoxyglucose. Transcriptional profiling from Gck-cre/EEF1A1-LSL.EGFPL10 mice enriched known and previously unknown glucose-sensing populations including neurons expressing growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH). Electrophysiological recordings show that hypoglycemia activates GHRH neurons, suggesting a mechanistic link between hypoglycemia and growth hormone release. These studies provide a means for mapping glucose-sensitive neurons and for generating transcriptional profiles from other cell types expressing cre in a cell-specific manner.
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- Sarah Stanley
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Soden ME, Gore BB, Zweifel LS. Defining functional gene-circuit interfaces in the mouse nervous system. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2013; 13:2-12. [PMID: 24007626 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Complexity in the nervous system is established by developmental genetic programs, maintained by differential genetic profiles and sculpted by experiential and environmental influence over gene expression. Determining how specific genes define neuronal phenotypes, shape circuit connectivity and regulate circuit function is essential for understanding how the brain processes information, directs behavior and adapts to changing environments. Mouse genetics has contributed greatly to current percepts of gene-circuit interfaces in behavior, but considerable work remains. Large-scale initiatives to map gene expression and connectivity in the brain, together with advanced techniques in molecular genetics, now allow detailed exploration of the genetic basis of nervous system function at the level of specific circuit connections. In this review, we highlight several key advances for defining the function of specific genes within a neural network.
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- M E Soden
- Department of Pharmacology; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Dietrich MO, Liu ZW, Horvath TL. Mitochondrial dynamics controlled by mitofusins regulate Agrp neuronal activity and diet-induced obesity. Cell 2013; 155:188-99. [PMID: 24074868 PMCID: PMC4142434 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mitochondria are key organelles in the maintenance of cellular energy metabolism and integrity. Here, we show that mitochondria number decrease but their size increase in orexigenic agouti-related protein (Agrp) neurons during the transition from fasted to fed to overfed state. These fusion-like dynamic changes were cell-type specific, as they occurred in the opposite direction in anorexigenic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons. Interfering with mitochondrial fusion mechanisms in Agrp neurons by cell-selectively knocking down mitofusin 1 (Mfn1) or mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) resulted in altered mitochondria size and density in these cells. Deficiency in mitofusins impaired the electric activity of Agrp neurons during high-fat diet (HFD), an event reversed by cell-selective administration of ATP. Agrp-specific Mfn1 or Mfn2 knockout mice gained less weight when fed a HFD due to decreased fat mass. Overall, our data unmask an important role for mitochondrial dynamics governed by Mfn1 and Mfn2 in Agrp neurons in central regulation of whole-body energy metabolism.
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- Marcelo O Dietrich
- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90035, Brazil.
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