CPEB and translational control by cytoplasmic polyadenylation: Impact on synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory

YS Huang, R Mendez, M Fernandez, JD Richter - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The late 1990s were banner years in molecular neuroscience; seminal studies
demonstrated that local protein synthesis, at or near synapses, was necessary for synaptic …

The neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying fear dysregulation in posttraumatic stress disorder

J Iqbal, GD Huang, YX Xue, M Yang… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress-associated complex and debilitating
psychiatric disorder due to an imbalance of neurotransmitters in response to traumatic …

Curculigoside rescues hippocampal synaptic deficits elicited by PTSD through activating cAMP‐PKA signaling

M Ji, Z Zhang, F Gao, S Yang, J Wang… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic traumatic stress results in various psychiatric disorders, especially posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Previous study demonstrated that curculigoside (CUR) a component …

[HTML][HTML] A human-relevant mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals induces changes in hippocampal DNA methylation correlating with hyperactive behavior in male …

M Di Criscio, JE Lodahl, A Stamatakis, E Kitraki… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans are ubiquitously exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), substances
that interfere with endogenous hormonal signaling. Exposure during early development is of …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenic mis-splicing of CPEB4 in schizophrenia

I Ollà, AF Pardiñas, A Parras, IH Hernández… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) is caused by an interplay of polygenic risk and
environmental factors, which may alter regulators of gene expression leading to pathogenic …

CPEB3 Maintains Developmental Competence of the Oocyte

L Lamacova, D Jansova, Z Jiang, M Dvoran… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Mammalian oocyte development depends on the temporally controlled translation of
maternal transcripts, particularly in the coordination of meiotic and early embryonic …

Inhibition of Cpeb3 ribozyme elevates CPEB3 protein expression and polyadenylation of its target mRNAs and enhances object location memory

CC Chen, J Han, CA Chinn, JS Rounds, X Li, M Nikan… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
A self-cleaving ribozyme that maps to an intron of the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-
binding protein 3 (Cpeb3) gene is thought to play a role in human episodic memory, but the …

An Interaction between Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Stress-Related Glucocorticoids in the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease

T Numakawa, R Kajihara - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Both the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glucocorticoids (GCs) play multiple
roles in various aspects of neurons, including cell survival and synaptic function. BDNF and …

CPEB2-activated axonal translation of VGLUT2 mRNA promotes glutamatergic transmission and presynaptic plasticity

WH Lu, TT Chang, YM Chang, YH Liu, CH Lin… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Background Local translation at synapses is important for rapidly remodeling the synaptic
proteome to sustain long-term plasticity and memory. While the regulatory mechanisms …

Suppression of the CPEB3 ribozyme modulates the progression of glioblastoma

C Chen, E Wang, L Tong, M Nikan, DA Bota… - Cancer …, 2024 - escholarship.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive primary malignant brain tumor in
adults, with a poor prognosis that highlights a dire clinical need for innovative therapeutic …