Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Translational derepression of Elavl4 isoforms at their alternative 5′ UTRs determines neuronal development

  • Tatiana Popovitchenko,
  • Yongkyu Park,
  • Nicholas F. Page,
  • Xiaobing Luo,
  • Zeljka Krsnik,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Iva Salamon,
  • Jessica D. Stephenson,
  • Matthew L. Kraushar,
  • Nicole L. Volk,
  • Sejal M. Patel,
  • H. R. Sagara Wijeratne,
  • Diana Li,
  • Kandarp S. Suthar,
  • Aaron Wach,
  • Miao Sun,
  • Sebastian J. Arnold,
  • Wado Akamatsu,
  • Hideyuki Okano,
  • Luc Paillard,
  • Huaye Zhang,
  • Steven Buyske,
  • Ivica Kostovic,
  • Silvia De Rubeis,
  • Ronald P. Hart,
  • Mladen-Roko Rasin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15412-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Translational regulation of isoforms in the developing nervous system is not well understood. Here, the authors report translational de-repression of RNA binding protein isoforms at their 5′UTRs in the neocortex and show the neurodevelopmental risk of post-transcriptional dysregulation.