Project description:The RNA helicase BRR2 (SNRNP200) is one of the key remodeling factors of the spliceosome. Here we show its direct interaction with C9ORF78, a poorly characterized protein predicted to be largely intrinsically disordered. We present cryo-EM structures showing how C9ORF78 and the spliceosomal B-complex protein FBP21 wrap around the C-terminal helicase cassette of BRR2 and that binding of the two proteins is mutually exclusive. C9ORF78 associates with the spliceosome, as we confirm via proteomics and RNA UV-crosslinking. An siRNA mediated C9ORF78 knockdown reveals changes in alternative splicing of specific target pre-mRNAs, which in part depend on its interaction with BRR2. In particular, C9ORF78 regulates a substantial number of alternative 3’ splice sites, which might be facilitated through an additional interaction with human PRP22 (DHX8).
Project description:The RNA helicase BRR2 (SNRNP200) is one of the key remodeling factors of the spliceosome. Here we show its direct interaction with C9ORF78, a poorly characterized protein predicted to be largely intrinsically disordered. We present cryo-EM structures showing how C9ORF78 and the spliceosomal B-complex protein FBP21 wrap around the C-terminal helicase cassette of BRR2 and that binding of the two proteins is mutually exclusive. C9ORF78 associates with the spliceosome, as we confirm via proteomics and RNA UV-crosslinking. An siRNA mediated C9ORF78 knockdown reveals changes in alternative splicing of specific target pre-mRNAs, which in part depend on its interaction with BRR2. In particular, C9ORF78 regulates a substantial number of alternative 3’ splice sites, which might be facilitated through an additional interaction with human PRP22 (DHX8).
Project description:The RNA helicase BRR2 (SNRNP200) is one of the key remodeling factors of the spliceosome. Here we show its direct interaction with C9ORF78, a poorly characterized protein predicted to be largely intrinsically disordered. We present cryo-EM structures showing how C9ORF78 and the spliceosomal B-complex protein FBP21 wrap around the C-terminal helicase cassette of BRR2 and that binding of the two proteins is mutually exclusive. C9ORF78 associates with the spliceosome, as we confirm via proteomics and RNA UV-crosslinking. An siRNA mediated C9ORF78 knockdown reveals changes in alternative splicing of specific target pre-mRNAs, which in part depend on its interaction with BRR2. In particular, C9ORF78 regulates a substantial number of alternative 3’ splice sites, which might be facilitated through an additional interaction with human PRP22 (DHX8).
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25287: Global impact of RNA polymerase II elongation inhibition on alternative splicing regulation (expression) GSE25494: Global impact of RNA polymerase II elongation inhibition on alternative splicing regulation (ChIP-Seq) Refer to individual Series
Project description:The rate of RNA polymerase II (pol II) elongation can influence splice site selection in nascent transcripts, yet the extent and physiological relevance of this kinetic coupling between transcription and alternative splicing is not well understood. We performed experiments to perturb pol II elongation and then globally compared alternative splicing patterns with genome-wide pol II occupancy. RNA binding and RNA processing functions were significantly enriched among the genes with pol II elongation inhibition-dependent changes in alternative splicing. Under conditions that interfere with pol II elongation, including cell stress, increased pol II occupancy was detected in the intronic regions flanking the alternative exons in these genes, and these exons generally became more included. A disproportionately high fraction of these exons introduced premature termination codons that elicited nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), thereby further reducing transcript levels. Our results provide evidence that kinetic coupling between transcription, alternative splicing and NMD affords a rapid mechanism by which cells can respond to changes in growth conditions, including cell stress, to coordinate the levels of RNA processing factors with mRNA levels. In order to identify alternative splicing events influenced by changes in pol II elongation, we performed quantitative alternative splicing microarray profiling (Pan et al., 2004 (PMID 15610736); Shai et al., 2006 (PMID 16403798)) of RNA isolated from stimulated Jurkat T lymphoma cells, cultured separately in the presence or absence of two different drugs that can inhibit pol II elongation: 5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-benzimidazole (DRB) and camptothecin.
Project description:Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA is a prominent mechanism to generate protein diversity, yet its regulation is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate a direct role for histone modifications in alternative splicing. We find distinctive histone modification signatures which correlate with splicing outcome in a set of human genes. Modulation of histone modifications causes splice site switching. The mechanism for histone-mediated splice site selection involves a histone mark which is read by a chromatin protein, which in turn recruits a splicing regulator. These results outline an adaptor system for reading of histone marks by the pre-mRNA splicing machinery. To obtain an estimate of how many PTB-dependent alternative splicing events are regulated by SET2/MRG15-mediated recruitment of PTB, we carried out a genomewide comparative analysis of alternative splicing in hMSC cells depleted of either SETD2, MRG15 or PTB using specific siRNAs, or mock-depleted using a control siRNA.
Project description:The rate of RNA polymerase II (pol II) elongation can influence splice site selection in nascent transcripts, yet the extent and physiological relevance of this kinetic coupling between transcription and alternative splicing is not well understood. We performed experiments to perturb pol II elongation and then globally compared alternative splicing patterns with genome-wide pol II occupancy. RNA binding and RNA processing functions were significantly enriched among the genes with pol II elongation inhibition-dependent changes in alternative splicing. Under conditions that interfere with pol II elongation, including cell stress, increased pol II occupancy was detected in the intronic regions flanking the alternative exons in these genes, and these exons generally became more included. A disproportionately high fraction of these exons introduced premature termination codons that elicited nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), thereby further reducing transcript levels. Our results provide evidence that kinetic coupling between transcription, alternative splicing and NMD affords a rapid mechanism by which cells can respond to changes in growth conditions, including cell stress, to coordinate the levels of RNA processing factors with mRNA levels. To monitor pol II distributions, chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq) was performed using an anti-pol II antibody (4H8) and cross-linked chromatin preparations from Jurkat cells, treated with or without pol II elongation inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-benzimidazole (DRB) at 10 and 25 ug/ml respectively prior to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulation, for 5000+ alternative splicing events.
Project description:The rate of RNA polymerase II (pol II) elongation can influence splice site selection in nascent transcripts, yet the extent and physiological relevance of this kinetic coupling between transcription and alternative splicing is not well understood. We performed experiments to perturb pol II elongation and then globally compared alternative splicing patterns with genome-wide pol II occupancy. RNA binding and RNA processing functions were significantly enriched among the genes with pol II elongation inhibition-dependent changes in alternative splicing. Under conditions that interfere with pol II elongation, including cell stress, increased pol II occupancy was detected in the intronic regions flanking the alternative exons in these genes, and these exons generally became more included. A disproportionately high fraction of these exons introduced premature termination codons that elicited nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), thereby further reducing transcript levels. Our results provide evidence that kinetic coupling between transcription, alternative splicing and NMD affords a rapid mechanism by which cells can respond to changes in growth conditions, including cell stress, to coordinate the levels of RNA processing factors with mRNA levels.