Eitan Erez Zahavi, Indrek Koppel, Riki Kawaguchi, Juan A. Oses-Prieto, Adam Briner, Aboozar Monavarfeshani, Irene Dalla Costa, Erna van Niekerk, Jinyoung Lee, Samaneh Matoo, Shane Hegarty, Ryan J. Donahue, Pabitra K. Sahoo, Shifra Ben-Dor, Ester Feldmesser, Julia Ryvkin, Dena Leshkowitz, Rotem Ben-Tov Perry, Yuyan Cheng, Eli Farber, Mike Fainzilber
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Abstract
Neuronal growth and regeneration are regulated by local translation of mRNAs in axons. We examined RNA polyadenylation changes upon sensory neuron injury and found upregulation of a subset of polyadenylated B2-SINE repeat elements, hereby termed GI-SINEs (growth-inducing B2-SINEs). GI-SINEs are induced from ATF3 and other AP-1 promoter-associated extragenic loci in injured sensory neurons but are not upregulated in lesioned retinal ganglion neurons. Exogenous GI-SINE expression elicited axonal growth in injured sensory, retinal, and corticospinal tract neurons. GI-SINEs interact with ribosomal proteins and nucleolin, an axon-growth-regulating RNA-binding protein, to regulate translation in neuronal cytoplasm. Finally, antisense oligos against GI-SINEs perturb sensory neuron outgrowth and nucleolin-ribosome interactions. Thus, a specific subfamily of transposable elements is integral to a physiological circuit linking AP-1 transcription with localized RNA translation.
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