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dc.contributor.authorBassell, Gary J.
dc.contributor.authorSinger, Robert H.
dc.contributor.authorKosik, Kenneth S.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:09:02.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:15:59Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:15:59Z
dc.date.issued1994-03-01
dc.date.submitted2008-07-16
dc.identifier.citationNeuron. 1994 Mar;12(3):571-82.
dc.identifier.issn0896-6273 (Print)
dc.identifier.pmid8155320
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34223
dc.description.abstractThe structural basis for the synthesis of specific proteins within distinct intraneuronal compartments is unknown. We studied the distribution of poly(A) mRNA within cultured cerebrocortical neurons using high resolution in situ hybridization to identify cytoskeletal components that may anchor mRNA. After 1 day in culture, poly(A) mRNA was distributed throughout all of the initial neurites, including the axon-like process. At 4 days in culture, poly(A) mRNA was distributed throughout the cell body and dendritic processes, but confined to the proximal segment of the axon. Poly(A) mRNA was bound to the cytoskeleton as demonstrated by resistance to detergent extraction. Perturbation of microtubules with colchicine resulted in a major reduction of dendritic poly(A) mRNA; however, this distribution was unaffected by cytochalasin. Ultrastructural in situ hybridization revealed that poly(A) mRNA and associated ribosomes were excluded from tightly bundled microtubules.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8155320&dopt=Abstract ">Link to article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0896-6273(94)90213-5
dc.subjectAnimals; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex; Cytochalasin D; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Neurons; Poly A; RNA, Messenger; Rats; Tissue Distribution
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.titleAssociation of poly(A) mRNA with microtubules in cultured neurons
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleNeuron
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue3
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/88
dc.identifier.contextkey549650
html.description.abstract<p>The structural basis for the synthesis of specific proteins within distinct intraneuronal compartments is unknown. We studied the distribution of poly(A) mRNA within cultured cerebrocortical neurons using high resolution in situ hybridization to identify cytoskeletal components that may anchor mRNA. After 1 day in culture, poly(A) mRNA was distributed throughout all of the initial neurites, including the axon-like process. At 4 days in culture, poly(A) mRNA was distributed throughout the cell body and dendritic processes, but confined to the proximal segment of the axon. Poly(A) mRNA was bound to the cytoskeleton as demonstrated by resistance to detergent extraction. Perturbation of microtubules with colchicine resulted in a major reduction of dendritic poly(A) mRNA; however, this distribution was unaffected by cytochalasin. Ultrastructural in situ hybridization revealed that poly(A) mRNA and associated ribosomes were excluded from tightly bundled microtubules.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathgsbs_sp/88
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
dc.source.pages571-82


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