The nuclear transcription factor RARalpha associates with neuronal RNA granules and suppresses translation.
All-trans-retinoic acid stimulates dendritic growth in hippocampal neurons within minutes by activating mitogen-activated protein kinase and mTOR and increasing dendritic translation of calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha and the alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate receptor subunit GluR1. Hippocampal neurons express RARalpha in dendrites, and knocking down RARalpha prevents all-trans-retinoic acid effects on ... dendritic growth. Here we show, by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of immunoaffinity isolates of hippocampal neurons, that RARalpha partners with many RNA-binding proteins and translation factors conveyed in dendritic RNA transport granules, including the purine-rich element-binding protein, Pur alpha. The interaction of RARalpha with Pur alpha, an RNA-binding protein required for dendritic RNA transport, and other RNA-binding proteins was confirmed by tandem affinity purification. Confocal microscopy confirmed localization of neuronal RARalpha in dendritic RNA granules with Pur alpha and FMRP (the fragile x mental retardation protein). Hippocampal RARalpha also associates with mRNA, e.g. encoding GluR1 and calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha. Consistent with a granule function of conveying translationally silenced mRNA, RARalpha inhibits translation initiation, independent of 7-methylguanylate cap or poly(A) tail, and prompts mRNA redistribution to silencing ribonucleoprotein particles. These data afford a mechanism for rapid stimulation of dendritic growth by all-trans-retinoic acid and reveal that the ligand-dependent transcription factor RARalpha also regulates translation.
Mesh Terms:
Actins, Animals, Cercopithecus aethiops, Chromatography, Liquid, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hippocampus, Mass Spectrometry, Mice, Models, Biological, Neurons, Protein Biosynthesis, RNA, RNA, Messenger, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Synapses, Transcription Factors
Actins, Animals, Cercopithecus aethiops, Chromatography, Liquid, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hippocampus, Mass Spectrometry, Mice, Models, Biological, Neurons, Protein Biosynthesis, RNA, RNA, Messenger, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Synapses, Transcription Factors
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Jul. 25, 2008
PubMed ID: 18495661
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