Growth cone MKK7 mRNA targeting regulates MAP1b-dependent microtubule bundling to control neurite elongation.
Growth cone MKK7 mRNA targeting regulates MAP1b-dependent microtubule bundling to control neurite elongation.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001439
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Pertz O
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作者:
Feltrin D;Fusco L;Witte H;Moretti F;Martin K;Letzelter M;Fluri E;Scheiffele P;Pertz O
Growth cone localization of MKK7 mRNA switches the classic function of MKK7 protein in transcriptional control to regulation of microtubules necessary for neuronal outgrowth. Local mRNA translation in neurons has been mostly studied during axon guidance and synapse formation but not during initial neurite outgrowth. We performed a genome-wide screen for neurite-enriched mRNAs and identified an mRNA that encodes mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7 (MKK7), a MAP kinase kinase (MAPKK) for Jun kinase (JNK). We show that MKK7 mRNA localizes to the growth cone where it has the potential to be translated. MKK7 is then specifically phosphorylated in the neurite shaft, where it is part of a MAP kinase signaling module consisting of dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK), MKK7, and JNK1. This triggers Map1b phosphorylation to regulate microtubule bundling leading to neurite elongation. We propose a model in which MKK7 mRNA localization and translation in the growth cone allows for a mechanism to position JNK signaling in the neurite shaft and to specifically link it to regulation of microtubule bundling. At the same time, this uncouples activated JNK from its functions relevant to nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation. MRNA transcripts are usually translated into proteins in the cytosol. Some mRNAs, however, are first transported to specific subcellular regions where they are translated to perform localized functions. This is especially important in highly polarized cells such as neurons. Here, we find that a transcript encoding the signaling molecule mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7 (MKK7) localizes to the growth cone of neuronal processes, where it most likely is translated. This is surprising, because MKK7 has been linked to activation of transcription in the nucleus in response to cellular insults. We find that growth cone MKK7 mRNA transcript localization, and potentially its translation at this subcellular localization, allows the MKK7 protein to switch its function and regulate the microtubule cytoskeleton, which is necessary for neuronal outgrowth. This occurs through the formation of a spatially regulated MKK7 signaling domain in the neurite that performs this highly specialized function.
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