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Identification of a microRNA regulator for axon guidance in the olfactory bulb of adult mice

ABSTRACT: Using the highly sensitive miRNA array, we screened 40 microRNAs abundant in the olfactory bulb and we explored the functions of these miRNAs in the olfactory bulb by Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes annotation. The enrichment results indicated that these miRNAs mainly participated in the axon guidance process. Furthermore, the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry, and dual luciferase reporter assay results showed that miR-30c is a specific regulator of semaphorin-3A, which will give new insights in disclosing the mechanism of functional maintenance and sexual-specific differentiation of the olfactory bulb. In this study, three samples from steady-state mice were used to acquire the miRNA expression profiling and the function of the abudant miRNAs in the olfactory bulb were analyzed by bioinformatic methods.Finally, miR-30c was experimentally validated to be a regulator of semaphorin-3A, an important axon guidance cue in the nervous system.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Ting Sun

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-55463 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Identification of a microRNA regulator for axon guidance in the olfactory bulb of adult mice.

Sun Tingting T Li Shanshan S Yang Jing J Yin Yifei Y Ling Shucai S

Gene 20140630 2

Semaphorin3A (sema3a), mainly localized in the olfactory neuron layer and periglomerular layer, is essential for the normal arrangement of axons in the olfactory bulb both in embryonic and adult mice functioning through its dynamic spatiotemporal expression. The regulators that can modulate the expression of sema3a by direct interaction, however, are unknown. In order to find the regulators of sema3a in the olfactory bulb, we focused on microRNAs, well-known post-transcriptional regulators. We f ...[more]

PMID: 24992028

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Identification of a microRNA regulator for axon guidance in the olfactory bulb of adult mice

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Identification of a microRNA regulator for axon guidance in the olfactory bulb of adult mice.

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