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Homeostatic regulation of MeCP2 expression by a CREB-induced microRNA

Homeostatic regulation of MeCP2 expression by a CREB-induced microRNA Both increases and decreases in methyl CpG–binding protein 2 (MeCP2) levels cause neurodevelopmental defects. We found that MeCP2 translation is regulated by microRNA 132 (miR132). Block of miR132-mediated repression increased MeCP2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in cultured rat neurons and the loss of MeCP2 reduced BDNF and miR132 levels in vivo. This feedback loop may provide a mechanism for homeostatic control of MeCP2 expression. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Neuroscience Springer Journals

Homeostatic regulation of MeCP2 expression by a CREB-induced microRNA

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Neurosciences; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Techniques; Neurobiology; Animal Genetics and Genomics
ISSN
1097-6256
eISSN
1546-1726
DOI
10.1038/nn2010
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Abstract

Both increases and decreases in methyl CpG–binding protein 2 (MeCP2) levels cause neurodevelopmental defects. We found that MeCP2 translation is regulated by microRNA 132 (miR132). Block of miR132-mediated repression increased MeCP2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in cultured rat neurons and the loss of MeCP2 reduced BDNF and miR132 levels in vivo. This feedback loop may provide a mechanism for homeostatic control of MeCP2 expression.

Journal

Nature NeuroscienceSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 11, 2007

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