The dynamic translatome of retinal ganglion cell axons during assembly and maintenance of the mouse visual system
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ABSTRACT: Local mRNA translation mediates the adaptive responses of axons to extrinsic signals but direct evidence that it occurs in mammalian CNS axons in vivo is scant. We developed an axon-TRAP-RiboTag approach in mouse that allows deep-sequencing analysis of ribosome-bound mRNAs in the retinal ganglion cell axons of the developing and adult retinotectal projection in vivo. The embryonic-to-postnatal axonal translatome comprises an evolving subset of enriched genes with axon-specific roles suggesting distinct steps in axon wiring, such as elongation, pruning and synaptogenesis. Adult axons, remarkably, have a complex translatome with strong links to axon survival, neurotransmission and neurodegenerative disease. Translationally co-regulated mRNA subsets share common upstream regulators, and novel sequence elements generated by alternative splicing that promote axonal mRNA translation. Our results indicate that intricate regulation of compartment-specific mRNA translation in mammalian CNS axons supports the formation and maintenance of neural circuits in vivo. The profiling of ribosome-bound mRNAs in mouse retinal ganglion cell axons at 4 different developmental stages
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Christine Holt
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-79352 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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