PMID- 23707639 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140806 LR - 20211021 IS - 1873-7064 (Electronic) IS - 0028-3908 (Print) IS - 0028-3908 (Linking) VI - 76 Pt C IP - 0 0 DP - 2014 Jan TI - Transcript specificity in BDNF-regulated protein synthesis. PG - 657-63 LID - S0028-3908(13)00213-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.05.004 [doi] AB - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a critical activity-dependent modulator of gene expression, which can regulate both transcription and translation. Several functions of BDNF, including the induction of dendrite outgrowth and long-term synaptic plasticity, are known to depend, in particular, upon the ability of BDNF to regulate protein synthesis. Although BDNF modestly increases total neuronal protein synthesis, substantial evidence indicates that BDNF induces the translation of only a small subset of expressed mRNAs and demonstrates an extraordinary degree of transcript specificity. The mechanism by which BDNF selectively upregulates the translation of only a discrete group of mRNAs is of intrinsic importance to its trophic function in promoting neuronal growth and plasticity, and is the focus of this review. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'BDNF Regulation of Synaptic Structure, Function, and Plasticity'. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ruiz, Claudia R AU - Ruiz CR AD - Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. FAU - Shi, Jay AU - Shi J FAU - Meffert, Mollie K AU - Meffert MK LA - eng GR - F31 MH098634/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH080740/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 EY017203/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - MH098634/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH098016/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH098016/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20130522 PL - England TA - Neuropharmacology JT - Neuropharmacology JID - 0236217 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism MH - Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects/*physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism PMC - PMC3795894 MID - NIHMS484592 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Let-7 OT - Lin28 OT - Post-transcriptional regulators OT - Protein synthesis OT - RNA-binding proteins OT - Synaptic plasticity OT - microRNAs EDAT- 2013/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/07 06:00 PMCR- 2015/01/01 CRDT- 2013/05/28 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/05/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/05/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0028-3908(13)00213-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.05.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropharmacology. 2014 Jan;76 Pt C(0 0):657-63. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.05.004. Epub 2013 May 22.