Project description:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is implicated in synaptic plasticity and local translation in dendrites. Here we found that the mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, increased the Kv1.1 voltage-gated potassium channel protein in hippocampal neurons and promoted Kv1.1 surface expression on dendrites without altering its axonal expression. Moreover, endogenous Kv1.1 mRNA was detected in dendrites. Using Kv1.1 fused to the photo-convertible fluorescence protein Kaede as a reporter for local synthesis, we observed Kv1.1 synthesis in dendrites upon inhibition of mTOR or the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor. Thus, synaptic excitation may cause local suppression of dendritic Kv1 channels by reducing their local synthesis. Experiment Overall Design: mRNA isoloated from the synaptosomes of the hippocampus is compared to mRNA isolated from the total hippocampus to identify mRNAs that are enriched at the synapse
Project description:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is implicated in synaptic plasticity and local translation in dendrites. Here we found that the mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, increased the Kv1.1 voltage-gated potassium channel protein in hippocampal neurons and promoted Kv1.1 surface expression on dendrites without altering its axonal expression. Moreover, endogenous Kv1.1 mRNA was detected in dendrites. Using Kv1.1 fused to the photo-convertible fluorescence protein Kaede as a reporter for local synthesis, we observed Kv1.1 synthesis in dendrites upon inhibition of mTOR or the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor. Thus, synaptic excitation may cause local suppression of dendritic Kv1 channels by reducing their local synthesis. Keywords: comparison of synaptosomal mRNA to total hippocampal mRNA
Project description:Learning and memory require activity-induced changes in mRNA translation within dendrites, but which mRNAs are involved and how they are regulated remain unclear. We combined proximity labeling with ribosome profiling and CLIP to monitor how depolarization impacts dendritic translation. For a functionally coherent set of transcripts highly enriched in mitochondrial genes, depolarization leads to enhanced uORF translation, eIF4G2 binding, and increased translation. Engineered reporters demonstrate that activity-dependent translational control is conferred by the 5’UTRs and that dendritic localization, eIF4G2 binding, and uORF translation are necessary and sufficient to mediate this regulation. Downstream, this drives activity-dependent changes in dendritic mitochondrial function. Our studies uncover an unanticipated mechanism by which activity-dependent uORF translational control by eIF4G2 enables the coupling of synaptic activity to local remodeling of dendrites.
Project description:Learning and memory require activity-induced changes in mRNA translation within dendrites, but which mRNAs are involved and how they are regulated remain unclear. We combined proximity labeling with ribosome profiling and CLIP to monitor how depolarization impacts dendritic translation. For a functionally coherent set of transcripts highly enriched in mitochondrial genes, depolarization leads to enhanced uORF translation, eIF4G2 binding, and increased translation. Engineered reporters demonstrate that activity-dependent translational control is conferred by the 5’UTRs and that dendritic localization, eIF4G2 binding, and uORF translation are necessary and sufficient to mediate this regulation. Downstream, this drives activity-dependent changes in dendritic mitochondrial function. Our studies uncover an unanticipated mechanism by which activity-dependent uORF translational control by eIF4G2 enables the coupling of synaptic activity to local remodeling of dendrites.
Project description:mTOR regulates mRNA translation. Whereas ribosome-profiling suggested that mTOR exclusively stimulates translation of TOP (containing a 5â-terminal oligopyrimidine [5âTOP] motif) and TOP-like mRNAs, polysome-profiling implied that mTOR also modulates translation of non-TOP mRNAs. We show that ribosome-, but not polysome-profiling, is biased towards identification of TOP mRNAs as differentially translated while obscuring detection of changes in non-TOP mRNA translation. Transcription start site profiling by Nano-Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (nanoCAGE) revealed that many mTOR-sensitive mRNAs do not have 5âTOP motifs. Moreover, nanoCAGE showed that 5â UTR features distinguish two functionally and translationally distinct subsets of mTOR-sensitive mRNAs: i) those with short 5â UTRs enriched for mitochondrial functions such as respiration, that are translated in an eIF4E, but not eIF4A1-dependent manner and ii) mRNAs encoding proliferation- and survival-promoting proteins, that harbor long 5â UTRs, and require both eIF4E and eIF4A1 for their efficient translation. Selective inhibition of translation of mRNAs harboring long 5â UTRs via suppression of eIF4A leads to uncoupling of expression of proteins involved in respiration (e.g. ATP5O) from those protecting mitochondrial integrity (e.g. BCL-2) ultimately resulting in apoptosis. Conversely, simultaneous translational downregulation of both long and short 5â UTR mRNAs by mTOR inhibitors results in suppression of mitochondrial respiration and predominantly cytostatic effects. Therefore, 5â UTR features define differential modes of translation of functionally distinct mTOR-sensitive mRNAs, which explains discrepancies between the effects of mTOR and eIF4A inhibitors on neoplastic cells. Determination of 5'UTR lengths using nanoCAGE in MCF7 cells
Project description:The subcellular localization and translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) supports functional differentiation between cellular compartments. In neuronal dendrites, local translation of mRNA provides a rapid and specific mechanism for synaptic plasticity and memory formation, and might be involved in the pathophysiology of certain brain disorders. Despite the importance of dendritic mRNA translation, little is known about which mRNAs can be translated in dendrites in vivo and when their translation occurs. Here we collect ribosome-bound mRNA from the dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons in the adult mouse hippocampus. We find that dendritic mRNA rapidly associates with ribosomes following a novel experience consisting of a contextual fear conditioning trial. High throughput RNA sequencing followed by machine learning classification reveals an unexpected breadth of ribosome-bound dendritic mRNAs, including mRNAs expected to be entirely somatic. Our findings are in agreement with a mechanism of synaptic plasticity that engages the acute local translation of functionally diverse dendritic mRNAs. RNA-Seq of ribosome-bound mRNA immunoprecipitated from dendrites and soma of CA1 pyramidal neurons in the mouse hippocampus