Project description:We provide data showing alternative splicing regulation by Muscleblind proteins in MEFs. MEFs lacking functional Muscleblind (DKO MEFs) were stably reconstituted with Muscleblind proteins from Homo sapiens, Ciona intestinalis, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans or Trichoplax adhaerens and splicing regulation was explored using RNA-seq analysis followed by MISO (Mixture of Isoforms). Alternative splicing was accessed using RNA-sequencing data from five DKO MEF lines reconstituted with different GFP-tagged Muscleblind homologs or GFP alone and compared to RNA-seq data from three WT MEF lines and three control DKO MEFs (no Muscleblind reconstitution). A total of 12 samples were used for high-throughput sequencing.
Project description:We provide data showing alternative splicing regulation by Muscleblind proteins in MEFs. MEFs lacking functional Muscleblind (DKO MEFs) were stably reconstituted with Muscleblind proteins from Homo sapiens, Ciona intestinalis, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans or Trichoplax adhaerens and splicing regulation was explored using RNA-seq analysis followed by MISO (Mixture of Isoforms).
Project description:CUG-binding protein 1 (CUGBP1) and muscleblind-like 1 (MBNL1) are developmentally regulated RNA-binding proteins that are causally associated with myotonic dystrophy type 1. We extensively determined RNA-binding sites of CUGBP1 and MBNL1 to investigate their roles in RNA processing. We also analyzed polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) as a control. CUGBP1 and MBNL1 preferentially bind to alternatively spliced introns and exons, respectively, and regulate alternative splicing events. Moreover, CUGBP1 and MBNL1 are preferentially bound to the 3' untranslated regions (UTRs), in particular of genes for RNA-binding proteins, and facilitate decay of the bound mRNAs. In addition, CUGBP1 and MBNL1 mutually destabilize mRNA. Precise temporal regulation of CUGBP1 and MBNL1 are likely to be essential for accurate control of destabilization of a broad spectrum of genes as well as of alternative splicing events in cell differentiation and tissue development.
2012-01-04 | E-MTAB-414 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Muscleblind-like proteins regulate embryonic stem cell-specific alternative splicing and reprogramming
Project description:Previous investigations of the core gene regulatory circuitry that controls embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency have largely focused on the roles of transcription, chromatin and non- coding RNA regulators. Alternative splicing (AS) represents a widely acting mode of gene regulation, yet its role in the regulation of ESC pluripotency and differentiation is poorly understood. Here, we identify the Muscleblind-like RNA binding proteins, MBNL1 and MBNL2, as conserved and direct negative regulators of a large program of AS events that are differentially regulated between ESCs and other cell types. Knockdown of MBNL proteins in differentiated cells causes switching to an ESC-like AS pattern for at least half of these AS events. Among the events is an ESC-specific AS switch in the forkhead family transcription factor FOXP1 that controls pluripotency. Consistent with a central and negative regulatory role for MBNL proteins in pluripotency, their knockdown significantly enhances the expression of key pluripotency genes and the formation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) during somatic cell reprogramming. mRNA profiles of various embryonic stem cells, tissues and cell lines from human and mouse using high-throughput sequencing data and the role of MBNL proteins in regulation of ESC-differential alternative splicing