Functional versatility of transcription factors in the nervous system: the SRF paradigm

B Knöll, A Nordheim - Trends in neurosciences, 2009 - cell.com
Individual transcription factors in the brain frequently display broad functional versatility,
thereby controlling multiple cellular outputs. In accordance, neuron-restricted mutagenesis …

Regulation of dendritic synaptic morphology and transcription by the SRF cofactor MKL/MRTF

A Tabuchi, D Ihara - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accumulating evidence suggests that the serum response factor (SRF) cofactor
megakaryoblastic leukemia (MKL)/myocardin-related transcription factor (MRTF) has critical …

Myocardin-related transcription factors regulate the Cdk5/Pctaire1 kinase cascade to control neurite outgrowth, neuronal migration and brain development

MH Mokalled, A Johnson, Y Kim, J Oh… - …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Numerous motile cell functions depend on signaling from the cytoskeleton to the nucleus.
Myocardin-related transcription factors (MRTFs) translocate to the nucleus in response to …

Serum response factor mediates NGF-dependent target innervation by embryonic DRG sensory neurons

SR Wickramasinghe, RS Alvania, N Ramanan… - Neuron, 2008 - cell.com
Serum response factor (SRF) is a prototypic transcription factor that mediates stimulus-
dependent gene expression. Here, we show that SRF mediates NGF signaling, axonal …

[HTML][HTML] MRTF-A-mediated protection against amyloid-β-induced neuronal injury correlates with restoring autophagy via miR-1273g-3p/mTOR axis in Alzheimer …

W Zhang, Y Yang, Z Xiang, J Cheng, Z Yu… - Aging (Albany …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Myocardia-Related Transcription Factors-A (MRTF-A), which is enriched in the
hippocampus and cerebral cortex, has been shown to have a protective function against …

SRF phosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase-3 promotes axon growth in hippocampal neurons

CL Li, A Sathyamurthy, A Oldenborg… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The growth of axons is an intricately regulated process involving intracellular signaling
cascades and gene transcription. We had previously shown that the stimulus-dependent …

MKLs: co-factors of serum response factor (SRF) in neuronal responses

K Kalita, B Kuzniewska, L Kaczmarek - The international journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Serum response factor (SRF) is a major transcription factor that regulates activity-driven
gene expression in neurons. Activation of SRF-driven transcription occurs through its …

Identification of molecular signatures and pathways involved in Rett syndrome using a multi-omics approach

A Pascual-Alonso, C Xiol, D Smirnov, R Kopajtich… - Human Genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder mainly caused by
mutations in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2). MeCP2 is a multi-functional …

SRF in neurochemistry: overview of recent advances in research on the nervous system

A Tabuchi, D Ihara - Neurochemical Research, 2022 - Springer
Serum response factor (SRF) is a representative transcription factor that plays crucial roles
in various biological phenomena by regulating immediate early genes (IEGs) and genes …

Involvement of the serum response factor coactivator megakaryoblastic leukemia (MKL) in the activin-regulated dendritic complexity of rat cortical neurons

M Ishikawa, N Nishijima, J Shiota, H Sakagami… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Dynamic changes in neuronal morphology and transcriptional regulation play crucial roles
in the neuronal network and function. Accumulating evidence suggests that the …