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Role of Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins in the Cancer-Immune Landscape. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065086. [PMID: 36982162 PMCID: PMC10049280 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Cancer remains the second leading cause of death, accounting for approximately 20% of all fatalities. Evolving cancer cells and a dysregulated immune system create complex tumor environments that fuel tumor growth, metastasis, and resistance. Over the past decades, significant progress in deciphering cancer cell behavior and recognizing the immune system as a hallmark of tumorigenesis has been achieved. However, the underlying mechanisms controlling the evolving cancer-immune landscape remain mostly unexplored. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear proteins (hnRNP), a highly conserved family of RNA-binding proteins, have vital roles in critical cellular processes, including transcription, post-transcriptional modifications, and translation. Dysregulation of hnRNP is a critical contributor to cancer development and resistance. HnRNP contribute to the diversity of tumor and immune-associated aberrant proteomes by controlling alternative splicing and translation. They can also promote cancer-associated gene expression by regulating transcription factors, binding to DNA directly, or promoting chromatin remodeling. HnRNP are emerging as newly recognized mRNA readers. Here, we review the roles of hnRNP as regulators of the cancer-immune landscape. Dissecting the molecular functions of hnRNP will provide a better understanding of cancer-immune biology and will impact the development of new approaches to control and treat cancer.
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Björk P, Wieslander L. The Balbiani Ring Story: Synthesis, Assembly, Processing, and Transport of Specific Messenger RNA-Protein Complexes. Annu Rev Biochem 2015; 84:65-92. [PMID: 26034888 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060614-034150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eukaryotic gene expression is the result of the integrated action of multimolecular machineries. These machineries associate with gene transcripts, often already nascent precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs). They rebuild the transcript and convey properties allowing the processed transcript, the mRNA, to be exported to the cytoplasm, quality controlled, stored, translated, and degraded. To understand these integrated processes, one must understand the temporal and spatial aspects of the fate of the gene transcripts in relation to interacting molecular machineries. Improved methodology is necessary to study gene expression in vivo for endogenous genes. A complementary approach is to study biological systems that provide exceptional experimental possibilities. We describe such a system, the Balbiani ring (BR) genes in polytene cells in the dipteran Chironomus tentans. The BR genes, along with their pre-mRNA-protein complexes (pre-mRNPs) and mRNA-protein complexes (mRNPs), allow the visualization of intact cell nuclei and enable analyses of where and when different molecular machineries associate with and act on the BR pre-mRNAs and mRNAs.
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- Petra Björk
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
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Jagdeo JM, Dufour A, Fung G, Luo H, Kleifeld O, Overall CM, Jan E. Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein M Facilitates Enterovirus Infection. J Virol 2015; 89:7064-78. [PMID: 25926642 PMCID: PMC4473559 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02977-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Picornavirus infection involves a dynamic interplay of host and viral protein interactions that modulates cellular processes to facilitate virus infection and evade host antiviral defenses. Here, using a proteomics-based approach known as TAILS to identify protease-generated neo-N-terminal peptides, we identify a novel target of the poliovirus 3C proteinase, the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteinM(hnRNP M), a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling RNA-binding protein that is primarily known for its role in pre-mRNA splicing. hnRNPMis cleaved in vitro by poliovirus and coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) 3C proteinases and is targeted in poliovirus- and CVB3-infected HeLa cells and in the hearts of CVB3-infected mice. hnRNPMrelocalizes from the nucleus to the cytoplasm during poliovirus infection. Finally, depletion of hnRNPMusing small interfering RNA knockdown approaches decreases poliovirus and CVB3 infections in HeLa cells and does not affect poliovirus internal ribosome entry site translation and viral RNA stability. We propose that cleavage of and subverting the function of hnRNPMis a general strategy utilized by picornaviruses to facilitate viral infection. IMPORTANCE Enteroviruses, a member of the picornavirus family, are RNA viruses that cause a range of diseases, including respiratory ailments, dilated cardiomyopathy, and paralysis. Although enteroviruses have been studied for several decades, the molecular basis of infection and the pathogenic mechanisms leading to disease are still poorly understood. Here, we identify hnRNPMas a novel target of a viral proteinase. We demonstrate that the virus subverts the function of hnRNPMand redirects it to a step in the viral life cycle. We propose that cleavage of hnRNPMis a general strategy that picornaviruses use to facilitate infection.
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- Julienne M. Jagdeo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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King MR, Matzat LH, Dale RK, Lim SJ, Lei EP. The RNA-binding protein Rumpelstiltskin antagonizes gypsy chromatin insulator function in a tissue-specific manner. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:2956-66. [PMID: 24706949 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.151126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Chromatin insulators are DNA-protein complexes that are situated throughout the genome that are proposed to contribute to higher-order organization and demarcation into distinct transcriptional domains. Mounting evidence in different species implicates RNA and RNA-binding proteins as regulators of chromatin insulator activities. Here, we identify the Drosophila hnRNP M homolog Rumpelstiltskin (Rump) as an antagonist of gypsy chromatin insulator enhancer-blocking and barrier activities. Despite ubiquitous expression of Rump, decreasing Rump levels leads to improvement of barrier activity only in tissues outside of the central nervous system (CNS). Furthermore, rump mutants restore insulator body localization in an insulator mutant background only in non-CNS tissues. Rump associates physically with core gypsy insulator proteins, and chromatin immunoprecipitation and sequencing analysis of Rump demonstrates extensive colocalization with a subset of insulator sites across the genome. The genome-wide binding profile and tissue specificity of Rump contrast with that of Shep, a recently identified RNA-binding protein that antagonizes gypsy insulator activity primarily in the CNS. Our findings indicate parallel roles for RNA-binding proteins in mediating tissue-specific regulation of chromatin insulator activity.
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- Matthew R King
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Cho S, Moon H, Loh TJ, Oh HK, Cho S, Choy HE, Song WK, Chun JS, Zheng X, Shen H. hnRNP M facilitates exon 7 inclusion of SMN2 pre-mRNA in spinal muscular atrophy by targeting an enhancer on exon 7. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1839:306-15. [PMID: 24533984 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease, which causes death of motor neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord. Genetic cause of SMA is the deletion or mutation of SMN1 gene, which encodes the SMN protein. Although SMA patients include SMN2 gene, a duplicate of SMN1 gene, predominant production of exon 7 skipped isoform from SMN2 pre-mRNA, fails to rescue SMA patients. Here we show that hnRNP M, a member of hnRNP protein family, when knocked down, promotes exon 7 skipping of both SMN2 and SMN1 pre-mRNA. By contrast, overexpression of hnRNP M promotes exon 7 inclusion of both SMN2 and SMN1 pre-mRNA. Significantly, hnRNP M promotes exon 7 inclusion in SMA patient cells. Thus, we conclude that hnRNP M promotes exon 7 inclusion of both SMN1 and SMN2 pre-mRNA. We also demonstrate that hnRNP M contacts an enhancer on exon 7, which was previously shown to provide binding site for tra2β. We present evidence that hnRNP M and tra2β contact overlapped sequence on exon 7 but with slightly different RNA sequence requirements. In addition, hnRNP M promotes U2AF65 recruitment on the flanking intron of exon 7. We conclude that hnRNP M promotes exon 7 inclusion of SMN1 and SMN2 pre-mRNA through targeting an enhancer on exon 7 through recruiting U2AF65. Our results provide a clue that hnRNP M is a potential therapeutic target for SMA.
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- Sunghee Cho
- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Therapeutics Research Institute, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-883, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Dong-gu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
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Ji Y, Jarnik M, Tulin AV. Poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase and poly(ADP-ribose)-interacting protein Hrp38 regulate pattern formation during Drosophila eye development. Gene 2013; 526:187-94. [PMID: 23711619 PMCID: PMC3729623 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Drosophila Hrp38, a homolog of human hnRNP A1, has been shown to regulate splicing, but its function can be modified by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. Notwithstanding such findings, our understanding of the roles of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated Hrp38 on development is limited. Here, we have demonstrated that Hrp38 is essential for fly eye development based on a rough-eye phenotype with disorganized ommatidia observed in adult escapers of the hrp38 mutant. We also observed that poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (Parg) loss-of-function, which caused increased Hrp38 poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation, also resulted in the rough-eye phenotype with disrupted ommatidial lattice and reduced number of photoreceptor cells. In addition, ectopic expression of DE-cadherin, which is required for retinal morphogenesis, fully rescued the rough-eye phenotype of the hrp38 mutant. Similarly, Parg mutant eye clones had decreased expression level of DE-cadherin with orientation defects, which is reminiscent of DE-cadherin mutant eye phenotype. Therefore, our results suggest that Hrp38 poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation controls eye pattern formation via regulation of DE-cadherin expression, a finding which has implications for understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of Hrp38-related Fragile X syndrome and PARP1-related retinal degeneration diseases.
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- Yingbiao Ji
- Cancer Biology Program, Epigenetics and Progenitor Cell Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Hessle V, von Euler A, González de Valdivia E, Visa N. Rrp6 is recruited to transcribed genes and accompanies the spliced mRNA to the nuclear pore. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:1466-1474. [PMID: 22745224 PMCID: PMC3404368 DOI: 10.1261/rna.032045.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Rrp6 is an exoribonuclease involved in the quality control of mRNA biogenesis. We have analyzed the association of Rrp6 with the Balbiani ring pre-mRNPs of Chironomus tentans to obtain insight into the role of Rrp6 in splicing surveillance. Rrp6 is recruited to transcribed genes and its distribution along the genes does not correlate with the positions of exons and introns. In the nucleoplasm, Rrp6 is bound to both unspliced and spliced transcripts. Rrp6 is released from the mRNPs in the vicinity of the nuclear pore before nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation. We show that Rrp6 is associated with newly synthesized transcripts during all the nuclear steps of gene expression and is associated with the transcripts independently of their splicing status. These observations suggest that the quality control of pre-mRNA splicing is not based on the selective recruitment of the exoribonuclease Rrp6 to unprocessed mRNAs.
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- Viktoria Hessle
- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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PAPAKOSTAS SPIROS, VASEMÄGI ANTI, VÄHÄ JUHAPEKKA, HIMBERG MIKAEL, PEIL LAURI, PRIMMER CRAIGR. A proteomics approach reveals divergent molecular responses to salinity in populations of European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Mol Ecol 2012; 21:3516-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Luo Z, Li Z, Chen K, Liu R, Li X, Cao H, Zheng SJ. Engagement of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M with listeriolysin O induces type I interferon expression and restricts Listeria monocytogenes growth in host cells. Immunobiology 2012; 217:972-81. [PMID: 22317749 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a key virulence factor secreted by the Gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (LM). Its role in host cell response is still not very clear. Using pull-down assay, mass spectrometry analysis and immunoprecipitation approaches, we found that LLO interacted with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (hnRNPM), a member of RNA splicing complex apparatus, and the binding domain of LLO for hnRNP M was located between amino acids 26 and 176. Knockdown of hnRNP M inhibited LLO-induced activation of IFN-α, IFN-β and AP-1 promoters and enhanced LM growth in host cells. Thus, engagement of hnRNP M with LLO induces type I interferon expression and restricts LM growth in host cells, suggesting a critical role of hnRNP M in LLO-induced immune responses in host cells. These findings will contribute to further understandings of the molecular mechanisms underlying the host defense against LM infection.
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- Zheng Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Murawska M, Brehm A. Immunostaining of Drosophila polytene chromosomes to investigate recruitment of chromatin-binding proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 809:267-277. [PMID: 22113282 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-376-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Gene transcription is a complex process that involves a large number of proteins. These proteins can be brought to their target genes by a variety of different mechanisms: many transcription factors interact with specific DNA sequences in promoters or enhancers, several epigenetic regulators bind histones bearing specific modifications, elongation factors and some RNA processing factors bind to the transcribing RNA polymerase, and other factors interact directly with nascent transcripts or noncoding RNA. Immunostaining of Drosophila polytene chromosomes allows the genome-wide localization of factors involved at different stages of transcriptional regulation. In this chapter, we present protocols that adapt the general technique to probe different recruitment mechanisms employed by these factors, including specific interactions with phosphorylated RNA polymerase II and RNA-mediated chromatin associations.
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- Magdalena Murawska
- Institut für Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung (IMT), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Kühnlein RP. The contribution of the Drosophila model to lipid droplet research. Prog Lipid Res 2011; 50:348-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Serpeloni M, Moraes CB, Muniz JRC, Motta MCM, Ramos ASP, Kessler RL, Inoue AH, Duarte daRocha W, Yamada-Ogatta SF, Fragoso SP, Goldenberg S, Freitas-Junior LH, Ávila AR. An essential nuclear protein in trypanosomes is a component of mRNA transcription/export pathway. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20730. [PMID: 21687672 PMCID: PMC3110772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, different RNA species are exported from the nucleus via specialized pathways. The mRNA export machinery is highly integrated with mRNA processing, and includes a different set of nuclear transport adaptors as well as other mRNA binding proteins, RNA helicases, and NPC-associated proteins. The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a widespread and neglected human disease which is endemic to Latin America. Gene expression in Trypanosoma has unique characteristics, such as constitutive polycistronic transcription of protein-encoding genes and mRNA processing by trans-splicing. In general, post-transcriptional events are the major points for regulation of gene expression in these parasites. However, the export pathway of mRNA from the nucleus is poorly understood. The present study investigated the function of TcSub2, which is a highly conserved protein ortholog to Sub2/ UAP56, a component of the Transcription/Export (TREX) multiprotein complex connecting transcription with mRNA export in yeast/human. Similar to its orthologs, TcSub2 is a nuclear protein, localized in dispersed foci all over the nuclei —except the fibrillar center of nucleolus— and at the interface between dense and non-dense chromatin areas, proposing the association of TcSub2 with transcription/processing sites. These findings were analyzed further by BrUTP incorporation assays and confirmed that TcSub2 is physically associated with active RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II), but not RNA polymerase I (RNA pol I) or Spliced Leader (SL) transcription, demonstrating participation particularly in nuclear mRNA metabolism in T. cruzi. The double knockout of the TcSub2 gene is lethal in T. cruzi, suggesting it has an essential function. Alternatively, RNA interference assays were performed in Trypanosoma brucei. It allowed demonstrating that besides being an essential protein, its knockdown causes mRNA accumulation in the nucleus and decrease of translation levels, reinforcing that Trypanosoma-Sub2 (Tryp-Sub2) is a component of mRNA transcription/export pathway in trypanosomes.
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- Mariana Serpeloni
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Center for Neglected Diseases Drug Discovery (CND3), Institut Pasteur Korea (IPK), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Center for Neglected Diseases Drug Discovery (CND3), Institut Pasteur Korea (IPK), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Laboratório de Regulação da Expressão gênica, Instituto Carlos Chagas (ICC), Curitiba, Brazil
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Park E, Iaccarino C, Lee J, Kwon I, Baik SM, Kim M, Seong JY, Son GH, Borrelli E, Kim K. Regulatory roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M and Nova-1 protein in alternative splicing of dopamine D2 receptor pre-mRNA. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:25301-8. [PMID: 21622564 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.206540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) plays a crucial role in the regulation of diverse key physiological functions, including motor control, reward, learning, and memory. This receptor is present in vivo in two isoforms, D2L and D2S, generated from the same gene by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Each isoform has a specific role in vivo, underlining the importance of a strict control of its synthesis, yet the molecular mechanism modulating alternative D2R pre-mRNA splicing has not been completely elucidated. Here, we identify heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (hnRNP M) as a key molecule controlling D2R splicing. We show that binding of hnRNP M to exon 6 inhibited the inclusion of this exon in the mRNA. Importantly, the splicing factor Nova-1 counteracted hnRNP M effects on D2R pre-mRNA splicing. Indeed, mutations of the putative Nova-1-binding site on exon 6 disrupted Nova-1 RNA assembly and diminished the inhibitory effect of Nova-1 on hnRNP M-dependent exon 6 exclusion. These results identify Nova-1 and hnRNP M as D2R pre-mRNA-binding proteins and show their antagonistic role in the alternative splicing of D2R pre-mRNA.
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- Eonyoung Park
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Nucleocytoplasmic mRNP export is an integral part of mRNP biogenesis. Chromosoma 2010; 120:23-38. [PMID: 21079985 PMCID: PMC3028071 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-010-0298-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Nucleocytoplasmic export and biogenesis of mRNPs are closely coupled. At the gene, concomitant with synthesis of the pre-mRNA, the transcription machinery, hnRNP proteins, processing, quality control and export machineries cooperate to release processed and export competent mRNPs. After diffusion through the interchromatin space, the mRNPs are translocated through the nuclear pore complex and released into the cytoplasm. At the nuclear pore complex, defined compositional and conformational changes are triggered, but specific cotranscriptionally added components are retained in the mRNP and subsequently influence the cytoplasmic fate of the mRNP. Processes taking place at the gene locus and at the nuclear pore complex are crucial for integrating export as an essential part of gene expression. Spatial, temporal and structural aspects of these events have been highlighted in analyses of the Balbiani ring genes.
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Marko M, Leichter M, Patrinou-Georgoula M, Guialis A. hnRNP M interacts with PSF and p54nrb and co-localizes within defined nuclear structures. Exp Cell Res 2010; 316:390-400. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 09/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hessle V, Björk P, Sokolowski M, González de Valdivia E, Silverstein R, Artemenko K, Tyagi A, Maddalo G, Ilag L, Helbig R, Zubarev RA, Visa N. The exosome associates cotranscriptionally with the nascent pre-mRNP through interactions with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:3459-70. [PMID: 19494042 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-01-0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic cells have evolved quality control mechanisms to degrade aberrant mRNA molecules and prevent the synthesis of defective proteins that could be deleterious for the cell. The exosome, a protein complex with ribonuclease activity, is a key player in quality control. An early quality checkpoint takes place cotranscriptionally but little is known about the molecular mechanisms by which the exosome is recruited to the transcribed genes. Here we study the core exosome subunit Rrp4 in two insect model systems, Chironomus and Drosophila. We show that a significant fraction of Rrp4 is associated with the nascent pre-mRNPs and that a specific mRNA-binding protein, Hrp59/hnRNP M, interacts in vivo with multiple exosome subunits. Depletion of Hrp59 by RNA interference reduces the levels of Rrp4 at transcription sites, which suggests that Hrp59 is needed for the exosome to stably interact with nascent pre-mRNPs. Our results lead to a revised mechanistic model for cotranscriptional quality control in which the exosome is constantly recruited to newly synthesized RNAs through direct interactions with specific hnRNP proteins.
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- Viktoria Hessle
- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Worringer KA, Chu F, Panning B. The zinc finger protein Zn72D and DEAD box helicase Belle interact and control maleless mRNA and protein levels. BMC Mol Biol 2009; 10:33. [PMID: 19386123 PMCID: PMC2680859 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background The Male Specific Lethal (MSL) complex is enriched on the single X chromosome in male Drosophila cells and functions to upregulate X-linked gene expression and equalize X-linked gene dosage with XX females. The zinc finger protein Zn72D is required for productive splicing of the maleless (mle) transcript, which encodes an essential subunit of the MSL complex. In the absence of Zn72D, MLE levels are decreased, and as a result, the MSL complex no longer localizes to the X chromosome and dosage compensation is disrupted. To understand the molecular basis of Zn72D function, we identified proteins that interact with Zn72D. Results Among several proteins that associate with Zn72D, we found the DEAD box helicase Belle (Bel). Simultaneous knockdown of Zn72D and bel restored MSL complex localization to the X chromosome and dosage compensation. MLE protein was restored to 70% of wild-type levels, although the level of productively spliced mle transcript was still four-fold lower than in wild-type cells. The increase in production of MLE protein relative to the amount of correctly spliced mle mRNA could not be attributed to an alteration in MLE stability. Conclusion These data indicate that Zn72D and Bel work together to control mle splicing and protein levels. Thus Zn72D and Bel may be factors that coordinate splicing and translational regulation.
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- Kathleen A Worringer
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Ji Y, Tulin AV. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins modulates splicing. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3501-13. [PMID: 19346337 PMCID: PMC2699505 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The biological functions of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are not well understood. However, it is known that hnRNPs are involved in the regulation of alternative splicing for many genes, including the Ddc gene in Drosophila. Therefore, we first confirmed that poly(ADP-ribose) (pADPr) interacts with two Drosophila hnRNPs, Squid/hrp40 and Hrb98DE/hrp38, and that this function is regulated by Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 1 (PARP1) and Poly(ADP-ribose) Glycohydrolase (PARG) in vivo. These findings then provided a basis for analyzing the role of pADPr binding to these two hnRNPs in terms of alternative splicing regulation. Our results showed that Parg null mutation does cause poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of Squid and hrp38 protein, as well as their dissociation from active chromatin. Our data also indicated that pADPr binding to hnRNPs inhibits the RNA-binding ability of hnRNPs. Following that, we demonstrated that poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of Squid and hrp38 proteins inhibits splicing of the intron in the Hsrω-RC transcript, but enhances splicing of the intron in the Ddc pre-mRNA. Taken together, these findings suggest that poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation regulates the interaction between hnRNPs and RNA and thus modulates the splicing pathways.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 215 728 7408; Fax: +1 215 728 2412;
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Björk P, Jin S, Zhao J, Singh OP, Persson JO, Hellman U, Wieslander L. Specific combinations of SR proteins associate with single pre-messenger RNAs in vivo and contribute different functions. J Cell Biol 2009; 184:555-68. [PMID: 19221196 PMCID: PMC2654125 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200806156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins are required for messenger RNA (mRNA) processing, export, surveillance, and translation. We show that in Chironomus tentans, nascent transcripts associate with multiple types of SR proteins in specific combinations. Alternative splicing factor (ASF)/SF2, SC35, 9G8, and hrp45/SRp55 are all present in Balbiani ring (BR) pre-messenger ribonucleoproteins (mRNPs) preferentially when introns appear in the pre-mRNA and when cotranscriptional splicing takes place. However, hrp45/SRp55 is distributed differently in the pre-mRNPs along the gene compared with ASF/SF2, SC35, and 9G8, suggesting functional differences. All four SR proteins are associated with the BR mRNPs during export to the cytoplasm. Interference with SC35 indicates that SC35 is important for the coordination of splicing, transcription, and 3' end processing and also for nucleocytoplasmic export. ASF/SF2 is associated with polyribosomes, whereas SC35, 9G8, and hrp45/SRp55 cosediment with monoribosomes. Thus, individual endogenous pre-mRNPs/mRNPs bind multiple types of SR proteins during transcription, and these SR proteins accompany the mRNA and play different roles during the gene expression pathway in vivo.
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- Petra Björk
- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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RNA-protein interactions profoundly impact organismal development and function through their contributions to the basal gene expression machineries and their regulation of post-transcriptional processes. The repertoire of predicted RNA binding proteins (RBPs) in plants is particularly large, suggesting that the RNA-protein interactome in plants may be more complex and dynamic even than that in metazoa. To dissect RNA-protein interaction networks, it is necessary to identify the RNAs with which each RBP interacts and to determine how those interactions influence RNA fate and downstream processes. Identification of the native RNA ligands of RBPs remains a challenge, but several high-throughput methods for the analysis of RNAs that copurify with specific RBPs from cell extract have been reported recently. This chapter reviews approaches for defining the native RNA ligands of RBPs on a genome-wide scale and provides a protocol for a method that has been used to this end for RBPs that localize to the chloroplast.
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- Alice Barkan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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Jain RA, Gavis ER. The Drosophila hnRNP M homolog Rumpelstiltskin regulates nanos mRNA localization. Development 2008; 135:973-82. [PMID: 18234721 DOI: 10.1242/dev.015438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Anterior-posterior axis patterning of the Drosophila embryo requires Nanos activity selectively in the posterior. This spatial asymmetry of Nanos is generated by the localization of nanos mRNA to the posterior pole of the embryo, where it is subsequently translated. Posterior localization of nanos is mediated by a complex cis-acting localization signal in its 3' untranslated region comprising several partially redundant localization elements. This localization signal redundancy has hampered the identification of trans-acting factors that act specifically to effect posterior localization of nanos. Here, we have used a biochemical approach to identify Rumpelstiltskin, a Drosophila heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) M homolog, which binds directly to an individual nanos localization element. Rumpelstiltskin associates with nanos mRNA in vitro and in vivo, and binding by Rumpelstiltskin correlates with localization element function in vivo. Through analysis of a rumpelstiltskin null mutation by genetic strategies that circumvent redundancy, we demonstrate that Rumpelstiltskin regulates anterior-posterior axis patterning by functioning as a direct-acting nanos mRNA localization factor.
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- Roshan A Jain
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Wei W, Yu XD. Comparative analysis of regulatory motif discovery tools for transcription factor binding sites. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2007; 5:131-42. [PMID: 17893078 PMCID: PMC5054109 DOI: 10.1016/s1672-0229(07)60023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In the post-genomic era, identification of specific regulatory motifs or transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) in non-coding DNA sequences, which is essential to elucidate transcriptional regulatory networks, has emerged as an obstacle that frustrates many researchers. Consequently, numerous motif discovery tools and correlated databases have been applied to solving this problem. However, these existing methods, based on different computational algorithms, show diverse motif prediction efficiency in non-coding DNA sequences. Therefore, understanding the similarities and differences of computational algorithms and enriching the motif discovery literatures are important for users to choose the most appropriate one among the online available tools. Moreover, there still lacks credible criterion to assess motif discovery tools and instructions for researchers to choose the best according to their own projects. Thus integration of the related resources might be a good approach to improve accuracy of the application. Recent studies integrate regulatory motif discovery tools with experimental methods to offer a complementary approach for researchers, and also provide a much-needed model for current researches on transcriptional regulatory networks. Here we present a comparative analysis of regulatory motif discovery tools for TFBSs.
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Hovhannisyan RH, Carstens RP. Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein m is a splicing regulatory protein that can enhance or silence splicing of alternatively spliced exons. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:36265-74. [PMID: 17959601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704188200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Splicing of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) alternative exons IIIb and IIIc is regulated by the auxiliary RNA cis-element ISE/ISS-3 that promotes splicing of exon IIIb and silencing of exon IIIc. Using RNA affinity chromatography, we have identified heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (hnRNP M) as a splicing regulatory factor that binds to ISE/ISS-3 in a sequence-specific manner. Overexpression of hnRNP M promoted exon IIIc skipping in a cell line that normally includes it, and association of hnRNP M with ISE/ISS-3 was shown to contribute to this splicing regulatory function. Thus hnRNP M, along with other members of the hnRNP family of RNA-binding proteins, plays a combinatorial role in regulation of FGFR2 alternative splicing. We also determined that hnRNP M can affect the splicing of several other alternatively spliced exons. This activity of hnRNP M included the ability not only to induce exon skipping but also to promote exon inclusion. This is the first report demonstrating a role for this abundant hnRNP family member in alternative splicing in mammals and suggests that this protein may broadly contribute to the fidelity of splice site recognition and alternative splicing regulation.
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- Ruben H Hovhannisyan
- Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4539, USA
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The application of genomic technologies to the study of mRNA processing is increasingly conducted in metazoan organisms in order to understand the complex events that occur during and after transcription. Large-scale systems analyses of mRNA-protein interactions and mRNA dynamics have revealed specificity in mRNA transcription, splicing, transport, translation, and turnover, and have begun to make connections between the different layers of mRNA processing. Here, we review global studies of post-transcriptional processes and discuss the challenges facing our understanding of mRNA regulation in metazoan organisms. In parallel, we examine genome-scale investigations that have expanded our knowledge of RNA-binding proteins and the networks of mRNAs that they regulate.
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- Adrienne E McKee
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Falk R, Ramström M, Ståhl S, Hober S. Approaches for systematic proteome exploration. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 24:155-68. [PMID: 17376740 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2006] [Revised: 01/24/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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With the completion of the human genome project (HUGO) during recent years, gene function, protein abundance and expression patterns in tissues and cell types have emerged as central areas for the scientific community. A mapped human proteome will extend the value of the genome sequence and large-scale efforts aiming at elucidating protein localization, abundance and function are invaluable for biomarker and drug discovery. This research area, termed proteomics, is more demanding than any genome sequencing effort and to perform this on a wide scale is a highly diverse task. Therefore, the proteomics field employs a range of methods to examine different aspects of proteomics including protein localization, protein-protein interactions, posttranslational modifications and alteration of protein composition (e.g. differential expression) in tissues and body fluids. Here, some of the most commonly used methods, including chromatographic separations together with mass spectrometry and a number of affinity proteomics concepts are discussed and exemplified.
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- Ronny Falk
- Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, School of Biotechnology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Martinez-Contreras R, Cloutier P, Shkreta L, Fisette JF, Revil T, Chabot B. hnRNP proteins and splicing control. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 623:123-47. [PMID: 18380344 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77374-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Proteins of the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoparticles (hnRNP) family form a structurally diverse group of RNA binding proteins implicated in various functions in metazoans. Here we discuss recent advances supporting a role for these proteins in precursor-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing. Heterogeneous nuclear RNP proteins can repress splicing by directly antagonizing the recognition of splice sites, or can interfere with the binding of proteins bound to enhancers. Recently, hnRNP proteins have been shown to hinder communication between factors bound to different splice sites. Conversely, several reports have described a positive role for some hnRNP proteins in pre-mRNA splicing. Moreover, cooperative interactions between bound hnRNP proteins may encourage splicing between specific pairs of splice sites while simultaneously hampering other combinations. Thus, hnRNP proteins utilize a variety of strategies to control splice site selection in a manner that is important for both alternative and constitutive pre-mRNA splicing.
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Hase ME, Yalamanchili P, Visa N. The Drosophila Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein M Protein, HRP59, Regulates Alternative Splicing and Controls the Production of Its Own mRNA. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:39135-41. [PMID: 17077090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604235200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Drosophila heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M, HRP59, is a nuclear protein that associates co-transcriptionally with pre-mRNA and is necessary for the correct expression of a subset of mRNAs. We show here that the hrp59 pre-mRNA is alternatively spliced to generate two different mRNAs that differ in the presence of exon 3. Exon 3-containing transcripts make up the majority of hrp59 transcripts and encode for the functional protein, HRP59-1. Transcripts that lack exon 3 contain a premature translation termination codon and are targeted to the nonsense mediated decay pathway. We show that exon 3 inclusion is itself inhibited by HRP59 and that changes in the HRP59 protein levels affect the splicing activity of the cell. We propose that the ability of HRP59 to regulate the alternative splicing of its own pre-mRNA serves in a negative feedback loop that controls the levels of the HRP59 protein and maintains the homeostasis of the splicing environment.
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- Manuela E Hase
- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Actin is not only a major cytoskeletal component in all eukaryotic cells but also a nuclear protein that plays a role in gene transcription. We put together data from in vitro and in vivo experiments that begin to provide insights into the molecular mechanisms by which actin functions in transcription. Recent studies performed in vitro have suggested that actin, in direct contact with the transcription apparatus, is required in an early step of transcription that is common to all three eukaryotic RNA polymerases. In addition, there is evidence from in vivo studies that actin is involved in the transcription elongation of class II genes. In this case, actin is bound to a specific subset of premessenger RNA binding proteins, and the actin–messenger RNP complex may constitute a molecular platform for recruitment of histone-modifying enzymes. We discuss a general model for actin in RNA polymerase II transcription whereby actin works as a conformational switch in conjunction with specific adaptors to facilitate the remodeling of large macromolecular assemblies at the promoter and along the active gene.
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- Piergiorgio Percipalle
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-117 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Gamberi C, Johnstone O, Lasko P. Drosophila RNA Binding Proteins. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2006; 248:43-139. [PMID: 16487790 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(06)48002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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RNA binding proteins are fundamental mediators of gene expression. The use of the model organism Drosophila has helped to elucidate both tissue-specific and ubiquitous functions of RNA binding proteins. These proteins mediate all aspects of the mRNA lifespan including splicing, nucleocytoplasmic transport, localization, stability, translation, and degradation. Most RNA binding proteins fall into several major groups, based on their RNA binding domains. As well, experimental data have revealed several proteins that can bind RNA but lack canonical RNA binding motifs, suggesting the presence of as yet uncharacterized RNA binding domains. Here, we present the major classes of Drosophila RNA binding proteins with special focus on those with functional information.
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- Chiara Gamberi
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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