| Autor: |
Bernabò, Paola, Tebaldi, Toma, Groen, Ewout J.N., Lane, Fiona M., Perenthaler, Elena, Mattedi, Francesca, Newbery, Helen J., Zhou, Haiyan, Zuccotti, Paola, Potrich, Valentina, Shorrock, Hannah K., Muntoni, Francesco, Quattrone, Alessandro, Gillingwater, Thomas H., Viero, Gabriella |
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Cell Reports; October 2017, Vol. 21 Issue: 4 p953-965, 13p |
| Abstrakt: |
Genetic alterations impacting ubiquitously expressed proteins involved in RNA metabolism often result in neurodegenerative conditions, with increasing evidence suggesting that translation defects can contribute to disease. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by low levels of SMN protein, whose role in pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we identified in vivoand in vitrotranslation defects that are cell autonomous and SMN dependent. By determining in parallel the in vivotranscriptome and translatome in SMA mice, we observed a robust decrease in translation efficiency arising during early stages of disease. We provide a catalogue of RNAs with altered translation efficiency, identifying ribosome biology and translation as central processes affected by SMN depletion. This was further supported by a decrease in the number of ribosomes in SMA motor neurons in vivo. Overall, our findings suggest ribosome biology as an important, yet largely overlooked, factor in motor neuron degeneration. |
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