RBM25/LUC7L3 function in cardiac sodium channel splicing regulation of human heart failure.

ABSTRACT: Alternative splicing is a posttranscriptional mechanism that can substantially change the pattern of gene expression. Up to 95% of human genes have multiexon alternative spliced forms, suggesting that alternative splicing is one of the most significant components of the functional complexity of the human genome. Nevertheless, alternative splicing regulation has received comparatively little attention in the study of cardiac diseases. When investigating SCN5A splicing abnormalities in heart failure (HF), we found that 47 of 181 known splicing regulators were upregulated in HF compared to controls, which indicates that splicing regulation may play a key role in HF. Our results show that angiotensin II and hypoxia, signals common to HF, result in increased LUC7L3 and RBM25 splicing regulators

SUBMITTER: Gao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3532530 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature