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SUBMITTER: Konopacka A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4641828 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Konopacka Agnieszka A Greenwood Mingkwan M Loh Su-Yi SY Paton Julian J Murphy David D
eLife 20151112
In response to an osmotic challenge, the synthesis of the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) increases in the hypothalamus, and this is accompanied by extension of the 3' poly(A) tail of the AVP mRNA, and the up-regulation of the expression of RNA binding protein Caprin-2. Here we show that Caprin-2 binds to AVP mRNAs, and that lentiviral mediated shRNA knockdown of Caprin-2 in the osmotically stimulated hypothalamus shortens the AVP mRNA poly(A) tail at the same time as reducing tr ...[more]