Single-cell landscape and regulation of alternative polyadenylation in the brain
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE291390 | GEO | 2025/03/12
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (APA) results in mRNA isoforms containing different 3’ untranslated regions (3’UTRs) and/or coding sequences. How core cleavage and polyadenylation (C/P) factors regulate APA is not well understood. Using siRNA knockdown coupled with deep sequencing, we found that several C/P factors can play significant roles in 3’UTR-APA. Whereas Pcf11 and Fip1 enhance usage of proximal poly(A) sites (pAs), CFI-25/68, PABPN1, and PABPC1 promote usage of distal pAs. Strong cis element biases were found for pAs regulated by CFI or Fip1, and the distance between pAs plays an important role in APA regulation. In addition, intronic pAs are substantially regulated by splicing factors, with U1 mostly influencing C/P events in 5’ introns and U2 impacting those in efficiently spliced introns. Furthermore, PABPN1 regulates expression of transcripts with pAs near the transcription start site, a property possibly related to its role in RNA degradation. Finally, we found that groups of APA events regulated by C/P factors are also modulated in cell differentiation and development with distinct trends. Together, our results indicate that the abundance of different C/P factors and splicing factors plays diverse roles in APA, and is relevant to APA regulation in biological conditions. knockdown experiments of 23 C/P factors, 3 splicing factors and U1D in mouse C2C12 myoblast cells
2015-04-01 | E-GEOD-62001 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (APA) is an important post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism, which could lead many diseases. PCBP2 plays critical roles in mRNA stabilization, translational enhancement and contributes to human cancer development and progression even though the molecular mechanism is not completely understood. Herein, we report that increased expression of PCBP2 is observed in human breast cancer tissues compared to benign or normal breast tissues, and high expression of PCBP2 is significantly associated with disease progression and poor outcome in patients with breast cancer. Knockdown of PCBP2 expression significantly decreased breast cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Molecularly, UFD1 and NT5E were identified as the downstream genes of PCBP2, which were scanned and verified based on RNA sequencing. Moreover, PCBP2 promotes oncogenic behaviors of breast cancer cells via upregulating the expression of UFD1 and NT5E by directly binding to their 3' untranslated regions (UTRs). Furthermore, we determine that the APA process is involved in regulating the overexpression PCBP2 in breast cancer cells. Therefore, our findings reveal that APA of PCBP2 3' UTR contributes to its overexpression and then promotes breast cancer progression by regulating the expression of UFD1 and NT5E.
2019-05-02 | GSE130564 | GEO
Project description:Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (APA) results in mRNA isoforms containing different 3’ untranslated regions (3’UTRs) and/or coding sequences. How core cleavage and polyadenylation (C/P) factors regulate APA is not well understood. Using siRNA knockdown coupled with deep sequencing, we found that several C/P factors can play significant roles in 3’UTR-APA. Whereas Pcf11 and Fip1 enhance usage of proximal poly(A) sites (pAs), CFI-25/68, PABPN1, and PABPC1 promote usage of distal pAs. Strong cis element biases were found for pAs regulated by CFI or Fip1, and the distance between pAs plays an important role in APA regulation. In addition, intronic pAs are substantially regulated by splicing factors, with U1 mostly influencing C/P events in 5’ introns and U2 impacting those in efficiently spliced introns. Furthermore, PABPN1 regulates expression of transcripts with pAs near the transcription start site, a property possibly related to its role in RNA degradation. Finally, we found that groups of APA events regulated by C/P factors are also modulated in cell differentiation and development with distinct trends. Together, our results indicate that the abundance of different C/P factors and splicing factors plays diverse roles in APA, and is relevant to APA regulation in biological conditions.
2015-04-01 | GSE62001 | GEO
Project description:Poly(A) binding protein nuclear 1 (PABPN1) is a multifunctional regulator of mRNA processing. PABPN1 inhibits alternative polyadenylation (APA), and in conditions with reduced PABPN1 levels APA utilization causes genome-wide mRNA dysregulation. PABPN1 levels decline from midlife onwards in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) and in aged muscles. Reduced PABPN1 levels cause muscle atrophy by altering mRNA levels of the ubiquitin proteasome system. The effect of PABPN1-mediated APA utilization on the proteome has not been investigated yet. We report the PABPN1-mediated proteome in Tibialis anterior (TA) mouse muscles, signifying functional impact for the mitochondria, cytoskeleton and translation cellular machineries. Central nucleation and split myofibers marked PABPN1-derived muscle histology. We show that up-regulation of the cytoskeletal proteins: Murc, Pfn1 and Csrp3, is highly associated with PABPN1-mediated muscle pathology and with reduced PABPN1 levels. Elevation of PABPN1 levels by sirtinol treatment reversed muscle pathology and restored levels of those cytoskeletal proteins. We suggest that restoration of PABPN1 levels in aged muscles could be a novel therapeutic strategy to mitigate muscle waste.
2020-07-06 | PXD004865 | Pride
Project description:Purpose: To identify all of the APA targets of CFIm25 on a global scale and develop an algorithm that can idenitify APA events from standard RNA-seq data Methods: RNA from HeLa cells treated with control siRNA and CFIm25 siRNA were subject to RNA-Seq. Using a custom-designed algorithm to mine RNA-seq data for novel APA events regulated by CFIm25. Results: We identified over 1,400 genes with shortened 3’UTRs after CFIm25 knockdown. Importantly, we show that as a consequence of APA, many of these mRNAs have greatly enhanced protein expression due to the loss of destabilizing features within the 3’UTR. Conclusions: Our study underscored the critical function of the CFIm complex members in governing APA and establish a previously unknown link between APA and metabolic pathways important for tumor progression. Hela cell line mRNA profiles of control treated and CFIm25 Knockdown were generated by RNA-Seq using Illumina GAIIx.
2014-05-15 | E-GEOD-42420 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6 A) and alternative polyadenylation (APA) are important regulators of gene expression in eukaryotes. Recently, it was found that m6 A is closely related to APA. However, the molecular mechanism of this new APA regulation remains elusive. Here, we show that YTHDC1, a nuclear m6 A reader, can suppress proximal APA sites and produce longer 3' UTR transcripts by binding to their upstream m6 A sites. YTHDC1 can directly interact with the 3' end processing factor FIP1L1 and interfere with its ability to recruit CPSF4. Binding to the m6 A sites can promote liquid-liquid phase separation of YTHDC1 and FIP1L1, which may play an important role in their interaction and APA regulation. Collectively, YTHDC1 as an m6 A "reader" links m6 A modification with pre-mRNA 3' end processing, providing a new mechanism for APA regulation.
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Project description:Alternative polyadenylation (APA) of mRNAs has emerged as an important mechanism for post-transcriptional gene regulation in higher eukaryotes. Although microarrays have recently been used to characterize APA globally, they have a number of serious limitations that prevents comprehensive and highly quantitative analysis. To better characterize APA and its regulation, we have developed a deep sequencing-based method called Poly(A) Site Sequencing (PAS-Seq) for quantitatively profiling RNA polyadenylation at the transcriptome level. PAS-Seq not only accurately and comprehensively identifies poly(A) junctions in mRNAs and noncoding RNAs, but also provides quantitative information on the relative abundance of polyadenylated RNAs. We first analyzed HeLa cell transcriptome using PAS-Seq to demonstrate that PAS-Seq not only accurately and comprehensively identifies poly(A) junctions, but also provide quantitative information on the relativel abundance of APA isoforms. Next we analyzed the mouse embryonic stem cells, neural stem/progenitor cells, and neurons by PAS-Seq to characterize the dynamic changes of mRNA polyadenylation during stem cell differentiation.
2011-02-26 | E-GEOD-25450 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: To identify all of the APA targets of CFIm25 on a global scale and develop an algorithm that can idenitify APA events from standard RNA-seq data Methods: RNA from HeLa cells treated with control siRNA and CFIm25 siRNA were subject to RNA-Seq. Using a custom-designed algorithm to mine RNA-seq data for novel APA events regulated by CFIm25. Results: We identified over 1,400 genes with shortened 3’UTRs after CFIm25 knockdown. Importantly, we show that as a consequence of APA, many of these mRNAs have greatly enhanced protein expression due to the loss of destabilizing features within the 3’UTR. Conclusions: Our study underscored the critical function of the CFIm complex members in governing APA and establish a previously unknown link between APA and metabolic pathways important for tumor progression.
2014-05-15 | GSE42420 | GEO
Project description:Alternative polyadenylation (APA) leading to changes of mRNA 3’UTRs has been associated to numerous pathologies but its molecular origin and functional consequences often remain enigmatic. We show that all Influenza A virus (IAV) strains cause APA of host transcripts and mapped the effect to a drug-targetable glycine residue (G184) in the viral non-structural protein 1 (NS1) that is required for its interaction with CPSF4. Unexpectedly, this interaction is also conserved in IAVs not causing virus-induced transcriptional shutoff and introduction of G184R in NS1 alleviates APA. Functionally, a recombinant PR8 (NS1-G184R) virus elicited increased secretion of inflammatory cytokines as compared to the parental wild-type in vitro and in vivo, and had a strongly attenuated phenotype in vivo. Finally, we show that many pathogens induce APA, which is potentially used towards similar immunomodulatory effects.
2023-07-12 | PXD040456 | Pride
Project description:Alternative polyadenylation (APA) creates distinct transcripts from the same gene by cleaving the pre-mRNA at poly(A) sites that can lie within the 3' UTR, introns, or exons. Most studies focus on APA within the 3' UTR, but here we show that CPSF6 insufficiency alters protein levels and causes a developmental syndrome by deregulating APA throughout the transcript. In neonatal humans and zebrafish larvae, CPSF6 insufficiency shifts poly(A) site usage between the 3'UTR and internal sites in a pathway-specific manner. Genes associated with neuronal function undergo mostly intronic APA, reducing their expression, while genes associated with heart and skeletal function mostly undergo 3' UTR APA and are upregulated. This suggests that, in healthy conditions, cells toggle between internal and 3'UTR APA to modulate protein expression.
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