Local translation of RhoA regulates growth cone collapse

Karen Y. Wu, Ulrich Hengst, Llewellyn J. Cox, Evan Z. Macosko, Andreas Jeromin, Erica R. Urquhart and Samie R. Jaffrey ()
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Karen Y. Wu: Cornell University
Ulrich Hengst: Cornell University
Llewellyn J. Cox: Cornell University
Evan Z. Macosko: Cornell University
Andreas Jeromin: Baylor College of Medicine
Erica R. Urquhart: Cornell University
Samie R. Jaffrey: Cornell University

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7053, 1020-1024

Abstract: Abstract Neuronal development requires highly coordinated regulation of the cytoskeleton within the developing axon. This dynamic regulation manifests itself in axonal branching, turning and pathfinding, presynaptic differentiation, and growth cone collapse and extension. Semaphorin 3A (Sema3A), a secreted guidance cue that primarily functions to repel axons from inappropriate targets, induces cytoskeletal rearrangements that result in growth cone collapse1. These effects require intra-axonal messenger RNA translation. Here we show that transcripts for RhoA, a small guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) that regulates the actin cytoskeleton, are localized to developing axons and growth cones, and this localization is mediated by an axonal targeting element located in the RhoA 3′ untranslated region (UTR). Sema3A induces intra-axonal translation of RhoA mRNA, and this local translation of RhoA is necessary and sufficient for Sema3A-mediated growth cone collapse. These studies indicate that local RhoA translation regulates the neuronal cytoskeleton and identify a new mechanism for the regulation of RhoA signalling.

Date: 2005
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