Project description:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) shape cellular function in health and disease. However, the function of RBPs expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) remain uncharacterized. Within the CNS, we identify ARID5A as a microglial-specific RBP and integrate multi-omics analyses of ARID5A's RNA, DNA, and protein interactions to uncover its RNA-mediated regulation of microglial functions. We show ARID5A regulates the splicing and translation of its RNA targets, many of which are integral to microglial functions. We find ARID5A modulates cytokine secretion, lysosome activity, and iron accumulation, as well as ferroptosis sensitivity in microglia and co-cultured neurons. We illustrate the neuroprotective potential of ARID5A modulation, in which knockdown restored dysregulated functions in TREM2 mutant microglia. Our results highlight the potential of leveraging ARID5A-RNA interactions to restore dysregulated pathways in neurodegeneration.
Project description:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) shape cellular function in health and disease. However, the function of RBPs expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) remain uncharacterized. Within the CNS, we identify ARID5A as a microglial-specific RBP and integrate multi-omics analyses of ARID5A's RNA, DNA, and protein interactions to uncover its RNA-mediated regulation of microglial functions. We show ARID5A regulates the splicing and translation of its RNA targets, many of which are integral to microglial functions. We find ARID5A modulates cytokine secretion, lysosome activity, and iron accumulation, as well as ferroptosis sensitivity in microglia and co-cultured neurons. We illustrate the neuroprotective potential of ARID5A modulation, in which knockdown restored dysregulated functions in TREM2 mutant microglia. Our results highlight the potential of leveraging ARID5A-RNA interactions to restore dysregulated pathways in neurodegeneration.
Project description:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) shape cellular function in health and disease. However, the function of RBPs expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) remain uncharacterized. Within the CNS, we identify ARID5A as a microglial-specific RBP and integrate multi-omics analyses of ARID5A's RNA, DNA, and protein interactions to uncover its RNA-mediated regulation of microglial functions. We show ARID5A regulates the splicing and translation of its RNA targets, many of which are integral to microglial functions. We find ARID5A modulates cytokine secretion, lysosome activity, and iron accumulation, as well as ferroptosis sensitivity in microglia and co-cultured neurons. We illustrate the neuroprotective potential of ARID5A modulation, in which knockdown restored dysregulated functions in TREM2 mutant microglia. Our results highlight the potential of leveraging ARID5A-RNA interactions to restore dysregulated pathways in neurodegeneration.
Project description:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) shape cellular function in health and disease. However, the function of RBPs expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) remain uncharacterized. Within the CNS, we identify ARID5A as a microglial-specific RBP and integrate multi-omics analyses of ARID5A's RNA, DNA, and protein interactions to uncover its RNA-mediated regulation of microglial functions. We show ARID5A regulates the splicing and translation of its RNA targets, many of which are integral to microglial functions. We find ARID5A modulates cytokine secretion, lysosome activity, and iron accumulation, as well as ferroptosis sensitivity in microglia and co-cultured neurons. We illustrate the neuroprotective potential of ARID5A modulation, in which knockdown restored dysregulated functions in TREM2 mutant microglia. Our results highlight the potential of leveraging ARID5A-RNA interactions to restore dysregulated pathways in neurodegeneration.
Project description:We used P19 cells that overexpress GFP-tagged SRSF7 by 3.4-fold and expression-matched SRSF7 mutants that either lack a functional Zinc-knuckle domain or a part of their RS-domain and compared the extent and pattern of binding to mRNAs. For this we performed iCLIP using anti-GFP antibodies. We also performed iCLIP from monosomal and polysomal fractions. In addition we performed iCLIP using anti-SRSF7 antibodies to compare the binding patterns of SRSF7-GFP, endogenous SRSF7 protein and its truncated SRSF7_RRM variant.
Project description:Our ChIP resuls suggested that coilin association with U3, snRNA and histone genes might be dependent on coilin-RNA interaction. We used iCLIP of coilin-GFP expressed in HeLa and P19 cell lines at endogenous levels to identify coilin RNA targets and investigate RNA-binding specificity. P19 cells expressing GFP fused to a nuclear localization signal (GFP-NLS) was used as a negative control. iCLIP results revealed that coilin binds several classes of ncRNA including snRNAs, U3 snoRNA and scaRNAs. Interestlignly the majority of coilin targets were intronic snoRNAs, suggesting a novel role of CBs in snoRNA biogenesis. 5 biological replicates from P19 and 2 biological replicates from HeLa cells after UV-crosslinking. Negative control samples prepared from GFP-NLS fusion protein are stored uder accession E-MTAB-747.