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Axonal-SMN (a-SMN), a protein isoform of the survival motor neuron gene, is specifically involved in axonogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease of childhood due to loss of the telomeric survival motor neuron gene, SMN1. The general functions of the main SMN1 protein product, full-length SMN (FL-SMN), do not explain the selective motoneuronal loss of SMA. We identified axonal-SMN (a-SMN), an alternatively spliced SMN form, preferentially encoded by the SMN1 gene in humans. The a-SMN transcript and protein are down-regulated during early development in different tissues. In the spinal cord, the a-SMN protein is selectively expressed in motor neurons and mainly localized in axons. Forced expression of a-SMN stimulates motor neuron axonogenesis in a time-dependent fashion and induces axonal-like growth in non-neuronal cells. Exons 2b and 3 are essential for the axonogenic effects. This discovery indicates an unexpected complexity of the SMN gene system and may help in understanding the pathogenesis of SMA.

SUBMITTER: Setola V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1794299 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Axonal-SMN (a-SMN), a protein isoform of the survival motor neuron gene, is specifically involved in axonogenesis.

Setola Veronica V   Terao Mineko M   Locatelli Denise D   Bassanini Stefania S   Garattini Enrico E   Battaglia Giorgio G  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070129 6


Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease of childhood due to loss of the telomeric survival motor neuron gene, SMN1. The general functions of the main SMN1 protein product, full-length SMN (FL-SMN), do not explain the selective motoneuronal loss of SMA. We identified axonal-SMN (a-SMN), an alternatively spliced SMN form, preferentially encoded by the SMN1 gene in humans. The a-SMN transcript and protein are down-regulated during early development in different tissues. In t  ...[more]

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