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1: Neuron. 2001 Oct 25;32(2):277-87.Click here to read Links
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Neuron. 2001 Oct 25;32(2):174-6.

Dopamine and glutamate induce distinct striatal splice forms of Ania-6, an RNA polymerase II-associated cyclin.

Berke JD, Sgambato V, Zhu PP, Lavoie B, Vincent M, Krause M, Hyman SE.

Molecular Plasticity Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Control of neuronal gene expression by drugs or neurotransmitters is a critical step in long-term neural plasticity. Here, we show that a gene induced in the striatum by cocaine or direct dopamine stimulation, ania-6, is a member of a novel family of cyclins with homology to cyclins K/T/H/C. Further, different types of neurotransmitter stimulation cause selective induction of distinct ania-6 isoforms, through alternative splicing. The longer Ania-6 protein colocalizes with nuclear speckles and is associated with key elements of the RNA elongation/processing complex, including the hyperphosphorylated form of RNA polymerase II, the splicing factor SC-35, and the p110 PITSLRE cyclin-dependent kinase. Distinct types of neuronal stimulation may therefore differentially modulate nuclear RNA processing, through altered transcription and splicing of ania-6.

PMID: 11683997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]