An epidermal microRNA regulates neuronal migration through control of the cellular glycosylation state

Mikael Egebjerg Pedersen, Goda Snieckute, Konstantinos Kagias, Camilla Nehammer, Hinke A B Multhaupt, John R Couchman, Roger Pocock

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Abstract

An appropriate balance in glycosylation of proteoglycans is crucial for their ability to regulate animal development. Here, we report that the Caenorhabditis elegans microRNA mir-79, an ortholog of mammalian miR-9, controls sugar-chain homeostasis by targeting two proteins in the proteoglycan biosynthetic pathway: a chondroitin synthase (SQV-5; squashed vulva-5) and a uridine 5'-diphosphate-sugar transporter (SQV-7). Loss of mir-79 causes neurodevelopmental defects through SQV-5 and SQV-7 dysregulation in the epidermis. This results in a partial shutdown of heparan sulfate biosynthesis that impinges on a LON-2/glypican pathway and disrupts neuronal migration. Our results identify a regulatory axis controlled by a conserved microRNA that maintains proteoglycan homeostasis in cells.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftScience
Vol/bind341
Udgave nummer6152
Sider (fra-til)1404-8
Antal sider5
ISSN0036-8075
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 20 sep. 2013

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