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Post-Transcriptional Control of the GAP-43 mRNA by the ELAV-Like Protein HuD

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RNA Binding Proteins

Part of the book series: Endocrine Updates ((ENDO,volume 16))

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Post-transcriptional control by mRNA-binding proteins is critical for shaping the temporal and spatial pattern of expression of a large number of developmentally regulated genes. Among these is the gene for GAP-43, a growth-associated protein expressed in neurons primarily during the initial establishment and remodeling of neural connections. Both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms control GAP-43 gene expression during development. While promoter activity determines the neural-specific expression of the gene, changes in mRNA stability modulate GAP-43 expression in neurons undergoing process outgrowth in response to growth factors and other signaling agents. For example, in PC12 cells induced to differentiate by nerve growth factor (NGF), GAP-43 mRNA levels are regulated primarily through selective changes in the rate of degradation of the mRNA. This process depends on the activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and is mediated by the interaction of highly conserved sequences in the 3’ untranslated region (3 ‘UTR) of the mRNA with neuronal-specific RNA-binding proteins. One of these proteins was recently identified as the ELAV-like protein HuD. SLAV is an RNA-binding protein that is critical for the development of the nervous system in Drosophila and HuD is one of four human homologs of this protein. This chapter discusses the evidence demonstrating a role for HuD in the control of GAP-43 mRNA stability, gene expression and neuronal differentiation, and presents recent findings on the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects.

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Perrone-Bizzozero, N., Keller, R. (2002). Post-Transcriptional Control of the GAP-43 mRNA by the ELAV-Like Protein HuD. In: Sandberg, K., Mulroney, S.E. (eds) RNA Binding Proteins. Endocrine Updates, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6446-8_9

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