Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex.

ABSTRACT: How the ubiquitously expressed splicing factors specifically regulate neural crest (NC) development and enhance their vulnerability to splicing perturbations remain poorly understood. Here, we show that NC-specific DLC1, partnering with SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex, are crucial for determining avian trunk NC cell fate by regulating the splicing of NC specifiers SOX9 and SNAI2 pre-mRNAs rather than their upstream regulators BMP4, WNT1, and PAX7. Mechanistically, SF3B1-PHF5A binds to the intronic branch site (BS) sequences of all factors, while DLC1 interacts with a specific motif near the BS sequences of SOX9 and SNAI2, thereby determining their functional specificity in NC specification. Moreover, DLC1 increases NC cells' vulnerability to splicing modulator pladienolide B (PB) by reducing

SUBMITTER: Zheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280072 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature