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So BR, Di C, Cai Z, Venters CC, Guo J, Oh JM, Arai C, Dreyfuss G. A Complex of U1 snRNP with Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors Controls Telescripting, Regulating mRNA Transcription in Human Cells. Mol Cell 2019; 76:590-599.e4. [PMID: 31522989 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Full-length transcription in the majority of human genes depends on U1 snRNP (U1) to co-transcriptionally suppress transcription-terminating premature 3' end cleavage and polyadenylation (PCPA) from cryptic polyadenylation signals (PASs) in introns. However, the mechanism of this U1 activity, termed telescripting, is unknown. Here, we captured a complex, comprising U1 and CPA factors (U1-CPAFs), that binds intronic PASs and suppresses PCPA. U1-CPAFs are distinct from U1-spliceosomal complexes; they include CPA's three main subunits, CFIm, CPSF, and CstF; lack essential splicing factors; and associate with transcription elongation and mRNA export complexes. Telescripting requires U1:pre-mRNA base-pairing, which can be disrupted by U1 antisense oligonucleotide (U1 AMO), triggering PCPA. U1 AMO remodels U1-CPAFs, revealing changes, including recruitment of CPA-stimulating factors, that explain U1-CPAFs' switch from repressive to activated states. Our findings outline this U1 telescripting mechanism and demonstrate U1's unique role as central regulator of pre-mRNA processing and transcription.
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- Byung Ran So
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Transcriptome profile of human neuroblastoma cells in the hypomagnetic field. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2014; 57:448-61. [PMID: 24777382 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4644-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Research has shown that the hypomagnetic field (HMF) can affect embryo development, cell proliferation, learning and memory, and in vitro tubulin assembly. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism by which the HMF exerts its effect, by comparing the transcriptome profiles of human neuroblastoma cells exposed to either the HMF or the geomagnetic field. A total of 2464 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, 216 of which were up-regulated and 2248 of which were down-regulated after exposure to the HMF. These DEGs were found to be significantly clustered into several key processes, namely macromolecule localization, protein transport, RNA processing, and brain function. Seventeen DEGs were verified by real-time quantitative PCR, and the expression levels of nine of these DEGs were measured every 6 h. Most notably, MAPK1 and CRY2, showed significant up- and down-regulation, respectively, during the first 6 h of HMF exposure, which suggests involvement of the MAPK pathway and cryptochrome in the early bio-HMF response. Our results provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed biological effects of the HMF.
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Pandya-Jones A. Pre-mRNA splicing during transcription in the mammalian system. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2011; 2:700-17. [PMID: 21823230 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Splicing of RNA polymerase II transcripts is a crucial step in gene expression and a key generator of mRNA diversity. Splicing and transcription have generally been studied in isolation, although in vivo pre-mRNA splicing occurs in concert with transcription. The two processes appear to be functionally connected because a number of variables that regulate transcription have been identified as also influencing splicing. However, the mechanisms that couple the two processes are largely unknown. This review highlights the observations that implicate splicing as occurring during transcription and describes the evidence supporting functional interactions between the two processes. I discuss postulated models of how splicing couples to transcription and consider the potential impact that such coupling might have on exon recognition. WIREs RNA 2011 2 700-717 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.86 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Amy Pandya-Jones
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
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Chapman RD, Conrad M, Eick D. Role of the mammalian RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain (CTD) nonconsensus repeats in CTD stability and cell proliferation. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:7665-74. [PMID: 16107713 PMCID: PMC1190292 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.17.7665-7674.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The C-terminal domain (CTD) of mammalian RNA polymerase II (Pol II) consists of 52 repeats of the consensus heptapeptide YSPTSPS and links transcription to the processing of pre-mRNA. The length of the CTD and the number of repeats diverging from the consensus sequence have increased through evolution, but their functional importance remains unknown. Here, we show that the deletion of repeats 1 to 3 or 52 leads to cleavage and degradation of the CTD from Pol II in vivo. Including these repeats, however, allowed the construction of stable, synthetic CTDs. To our surprise, polymerases consisting of just consensus repeats could support normal growth and viability of cells. We conclude that all other nonconsensus CTD repeats are dispensable for the transcription and pre-mRNA processing of genes essential for proliferation.
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- Rob D Chapman
- GSF-Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumour Genetics, Munich, Germany.
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Mathioudaki K, Leotsakou T, Papadokostopoulou A, Paraskevas E, Ardavanis A, Talieri M, Scorilas A. SR-A1, a member of the human pre-mRNA splicing factor family, and its expression in colon cancer progression. Biol Chem 2004; 385:785-90. [PMID: 15493872 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2004.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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SR (serine-arginine) proteins are essential pre-mRNA splicing factors. Several SR proteins have been characterized in humans, among them SR-A1. It has been demonstrated by members of our group that the SR-A1 gene is constitutively expressed in most of the human tissues, while its transcription is increased in breast carcinoma cell lines. Moreover, the SR-A1 gene is overexpressed in a set of ovarian tumors, suggesting that it may be involved in the pathogenesis and/or progression of ovarian cancer. Therefore, in the present study we examined the expression of the SR-A1 gene in colon cancer tissues by RT-PCR and found that it is overexpressed as compared to normal mucosa (p=0.01). The SR-A1 gene was expressed more frequently in well-differentiated tumors than those with poor differentiation. Survival curves determined by the Kaplan-Meier method and univariate analysis demonstrated that SR-A1-positivity is associated with a long survival (p=0.044). However, when entered into a Cox multivariate model adjusted for other clinicopathological features studied, SR-A1 expression status was not found to be of independent prognostic significance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study examining the expression of the novel gene SR-A1 in colon cancer progression.
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Skaar DA, Greenleaf AL. The RNA polymerase II CTD kinase CTDK-I affects pre-mRNA 3' cleavage/polyadenylation through the processing component Pti1p. Mol Cell 2002; 10:1429-39. [PMID: 12504017 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00731-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There are several kinases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that phosphorylate the CTD of RNA polymerase II, but specific and distinct functions of the phospho-CTDs generated by the different kinases are not well understood. A genetic screen for suppressors of loss of yeast CTD kinase I (CTDK-I) function (by deletion of the catalytic subunit gene CTK1) identified PTI1, a potential 3' cleavage/polyadenylation factor. Genetic and physical interactions connect Pti1p to components of CF IA and CF II/CPF, and mutations of PTI1 or CTK1 affect 3' cleavage site choice and transcript abundance of particular genes. Therefore, one important function of the CTDK-I-generated phospho-CTD appears to be the coupling of transcription to 3' processing of pre-mRNAs by a Pti1p-containing complex.
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- David A Skaar
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Howe KJ. RNA polymerase II conducts a symphony of pre-mRNA processing activities. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1577:308-24. [PMID: 12213660 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(02)00460-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) and its associated factors interact with a diverse collection of nuclear proteins during the course of precursor messenger RNA synthesis. This growing list of known contacts provides compelling evidence for the existence of large multifunctional complexes, a.k.a. transcriptosomes, within which the biosynthesis of mature mRNAs is coordinated. Recent studies have demonstrated that the unique carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNAP II plays an important role in recruiting many of these activities to the transcriptional machinery. Throughout the transcription cycle the CTD undergoes a variety of covalent and structural modifications which can, in turn, modulate the interactions and functions of processing factors during transcription initiation, elongation and termination. New evidence suggests that the possibility that interaction of some of these processing factors with the polymerase can affect its elongation rate. Besides the CTD, proteins involved in pre-mRNA processing can interact with general transcription factors (GTFs) and transcriptional activators, which associate with polymerase at promoters. This suggests a mechanism for the recruitment of specific processing activities to different transcription units. This harmonic integration of transcriptional and post-transcriptional activities, many of which once were considered to be functionally isolated within the cell, supports a general model for the coordination of gene expression by RNAP II within the nucleus.
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- Kenneth James Howe
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Carty SM, Greenleaf AL. Hyperphosphorylated C-terminal repeat domain-associating proteins in the nuclear proteome link transcription to DNA/chromatin modification and RNA processing. Mol Cell Proteomics 2002; 1:598-610. [PMID: 12376575 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m200029-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Using an interaction blot approach to search in the human nuclear proteome, we identified eight novel proteins that bind the hyperphosphorylated C-terminal repeat domain (phosphoCTD) of RNA polymerase II. Unexpectedly, five of the new phosphoCTD-associating proteins (PCAPs) represent either enzymes that act on DNA and chromatin (topoisomerase I, DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferase 1, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1) or proteins known to bind DNA (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) U/SAF-A, hnRNP D). The other three PCAPs represent factors involved in pre-mRNA metabolism as anticipated (CA150, NSAP1/hnRNP Q, hnRNP R) (note that hnRNP U/SAF-A and hnRNP D are also implicated in pre-mRNA metabolism). Identifying as PCAPs proteins involved in diverse DNA transactions suggests that the range of phosphoCTD functions extends far beyond just transcription and RNA processing. In view of the activities possessed by the DNA-directed PCAPs, it is likely that the phosphoCTD plays important roles in genome integrity, epigenetic regulation, and potentially nuclear structure. We present a model in which the phosphoCTD association of the PCAPs poises them to act either on the nascent transcript or on the DNA/chromatin template. We propose that the phosphoCTD of elongating RNA polymerase II is a major organizer of nuclear functions.
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- Sherry M Carty
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Näär AM, Taatjes DJ, Zhai W, Nogales E, Tjian R. Human CRSP interacts with RNA polymerase II CTD and adopts a specific CTD-bound conformation. Genes Dev 2002; 16:1339-44. [PMID: 12050112 PMCID: PMC186316 DOI: 10.1101/gad.987602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Activation of gene transcription in mammalian cells requires several classes of coactivators that participate in different steps of the activation cascade. Using conventional and affinity chromatography, we have isolated a human coactivator complex that interacts directly with the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (Pol II). The CTD-binding complex is structurally and functionally indistinguishable from our previously isolated CRSP coactivator complex. The closely related, but transcriptionally inactive, ARC-L complex failed to interact with the CTD, indicating a significant biochemical difference between CRSP and ARC-L that may, in part, explain their functional divergence. Electron microscopy and three-dimensional single-particle reconstruction reveals a conformation for CTD-CRSP that is structurally distinct from unliganded CRSP or CRSP bound to SREBP-1a, but highly similar to CRSP bound to the VP16 activator. Together, our findings suggest that the human CRSP coactivator functions, at least in part, by mediating activator-dependent recruitment of RNA Pol II via the CTD.
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- Anders M Näär
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown 02129, USA
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Scorilas A, Kyriakopoulou L, Katsaros D, Diamandis EP. Cloning of a gene (SR-A1), encoding for a new member of the human Ser/Arg-rich family of pre-mRNA splicing factors: overexpression in aggressive ovarian cancer. Br J Cancer 2001; 85:190-8. [PMID: 11461075 PMCID: PMC2364031 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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By using the positional cloning gene approach, we were able to identify a novel gene encoding for a serine/arginine-rich protein, which appears to be the human homologue of the rat A1 gene. We named this new gene SR-A1. Members of the SR family of proteins have been shown to interact with the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the large subunit of RNA polymerase II and participate in pre-mRNA splicing. We have localized the SR-A1 gene between the known genes IRF3 and RRAS on chromosome 19q13.3. The novel gene spans 16.7 kb of genomic sequence and it is formed of 11 exons and 10 intervening introns. The SR-A1 protein is composed of 1312 amino acids, with a molecular mass of 139.3 kDa and a theoretical isoelectric point of 9.31. The SR-A1 protein contains an SR-rich domain as well as a CTD-binding domain present only in a subset of SR-proteins. Through interactions with the pre-mRNA and the CTD domain of the Polymerase II, SR proteins have been shown to regulate alternative splicing. The SR-A1 gene is expressed in all tissues tested, with highest levels found in fetal brain and fetal liver. Our data suggest that this gene is overexpressed in a subset of ovarian cancers which are clinically more aggressive. Studies with the steroid hormone receptor-positive breast and prostate carcinoma cell lines ZR-75-1, BT-474 and LNCaP, respectively, suggest that SR-A1 is constitutively expressed. Furthermore, the mRNA of the SR-A1 gene in these cell lines appears to increase by estrogens, androgens and glucocorticoids, and to a lesser extend by progestins.
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- A Scorilas
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
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Carty SM, Goldstrohm AC, Suñé C, Garcia-Blanco MA, Greenleaf AL. Protein-interaction modules that organize nuclear function: FF domains of CA150 bind the phosphoCTD of RNA polymerase II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:9015-20. [PMID: 10908677 PMCID: PMC16813 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.160266597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An approach for purifying nuclear proteins that bind directly to the hyperphosphorylated C-terminal repeat domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II was developed and used to identify one human phosphoCTD-associating protein as CA150. CA150 is a nuclear factor implicated in transcription elongation. Because the hyperphosphorylated CTD is a feature of actively transcribing RNA polymerase II (Pol II), phosphoCTD (PCTD) binding places CA150 in a location appropriate for performing a role in transcription elongation-related events. Several recombinant segments of CA150 bound the PCTD. Predominant binding is mediated by the portion of CA150 containing six FF domains, compact modules of previously unknown function. In fact, small recombinant proteins containing the fifth FF domain bound the PCTD. PCTD binding is the first specific function assigned to an FF domain. As FF domains are found in a variety of nuclear proteins, it is likely that some of these proteins are also PCTD-associating proteins. Thus FF domains appear to be compact protein-interaction modules that, like WW domains, can be evolutionarily shuffled to organize nuclear function.
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- S M Carty
- Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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McGarvey T, Rosonina E, McCracken S, Li Q, Arnaout R, Mientjes E, Nickerson JA, Awrey D, Greenblatt J, Grosveld G, Blencowe BJ. The acute myeloid leukemia-associated protein, DEK, forms a splicing-dependent interaction with exon-product complexes. J Cell Biol 2000; 150:309-20. [PMID: 10908574 PMCID: PMC2180225 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.2.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2000] [Accepted: 06/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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DEK is an approximately 45-kD phosphoprotein that is fused to the nucleoporin CAN as a result of a (6;9) chromosomal translocation in a subset of acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs). It has also been identified as an autoimmune antigen in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. Despite the association of DEK with several human diseases, its function is not known. In this study, we demonstrate that DEK, together with SR proteins, associates with the SRm160 splicing coactivator in vitro. DEK is recruited to splicing factor-containing nuclear speckles upon concentration of SRm160 in these structures, indicating that DEK and SRm160 associate in vivo. We further demonstrate that DEK associates with splicing complexes through interactions mediated by SR proteins. Significantly, DEK remains bound to the exon-product RNA after splicing, and this association requires the prior formation of a spliceosome. Thus, DEK is a candidate factor for controlling postsplicing steps in gene expression that are influenced by the prior removal of an intron from pre-mRNA.
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- Tim McGarvey
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Department of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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- Department of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C.H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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Misteli T. Cell biology of transcription and pre-mRNA splicing: nuclear architecture meets nuclear function. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 11):1841-9. [PMID: 10806095 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.11.1841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gene expression is a fundamental cellular process. The basic mechanisms involved in expression of genes have been characterized at the molecular level. A major challenge is now to uncover how transcription, RNA processing and RNA export are organized within the cell nucleus, how these processes are coordinated with each other and how nuclear architecture influences gene expression and regulation. A significant contribution has come from cell biological approaches, which combine molecular techniques with microscopy methods. These studies have revealed that the mammalian cell nucleus is a complex but highly organized organelle, which contains numerous subcompartments. I discuss here how two essential nuclear processes - transcription and pre-mRNA splicing - are spatially organized and coordinated in vivo, and how this organization might contribute to the control of gene expression. The dynamic nature of nuclear proteins and compartments indicates a high degree of plasticity in the cellular organization of nuclear functions. The cellular organization of transcription and splicing suggest that the morphology of nuclear compartments is largely determined by the activities of the nucleus.
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- T Misteli
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Blencowe BJ, Bowman JAL, McCracken S, Rosonina E. SR-related proteins and the processing of messenger RNA precursors. Biochem Cell Biol 1999. [DOI: 10.1139/o99-048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The processing of messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNA) to mRNA in metazoans requires a large number of proteins that contain domains rich in alternating arginine and serine residues (RS domains). These include members of the SR family of splicing factors and proteins that are structurally and functionally distinct from the SR family, collectively referred to below as SR-related proteins. Both groups of RS domain proteins function in constitutive and regulated pre-mRNA splicing. Recently, several SR-related proteins have been identified that are associated with the transcriptional machinery. Other SR-related proteins are associated with mRNA 3prime end formation and have been implicated in export. We review these findings and evidence that proteins containing RS domains may play a fundamental role in coordinating different steps in the synthesis and processing of pre-mRNA.Key words: SR protein, RNA polymerase, spliceosome, polyadenylation, nuclear matrix.
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Wei X, Somanathan S, Samarabandu J, Berezney R. Three-dimensional visualization of transcription sites and their association with splicing factor-rich nuclear speckles. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:543-58. [PMID: 10444064 PMCID: PMC2150559 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.3.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Transcription sites are detected by labeling nascent transcripts with BrUTP in permeabilized 3T3 mouse fibroblasts followed by laser scanning confocal microscopy. Inhibition and enzyme digestion studies confirm that the labeled sites are from RNA transcripts and that RNA polymerase I (RP I) and II (RP II) are responsible for nucleolar and extranucleolar transcription, respectively. An average of 2,000 sites are detected per nucleus with over 90% in the extranucleolar compartment where they are arranged in clusters and three-dimensional networklike arrays. The number of transcription sites, their three-dimensional organization and arrangement into functional zones (Wei et al. 1998) is strikingly maintained after extraction for nuclear matrix. Significant levels of total RP II mediated transcription sites (45%) were associated with splicing factor-rich nuclear speckles even though the speckles occupied <10% of the total extranucleolar space. Moreover, the vast majority of nuclear speckles (>90%) had moderate to high levels of associated transcription activity. Transcription sites were found along the periphery as well as inside the speckles themselves. These spatial relations were confirmed in optical sections through individual speckles and after in vivo labeling of nascent transcripts. Our results demonstrate that nuclear speckles and their surrounding regions are major sites of RP II-mediated transcription in the cell nucleus, and support the view that both speckle- and nonspeckle-associated regions of the nucleus contain sites for the coordination of transcription and splicing processes.
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- Xiangyun Wei
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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Peng J, Liu M, Marion J, Zhu Y, Price DH. RNA polymerase II elongation control. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 1999; 63:365-70. [PMID: 10384301 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1998.63.365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- J Peng
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Lai MC, Teh BH, Tarn WY. A human papillomavirus E2 transcriptional activator. The interactions with cellular splicing factors and potential function in pre-mRNA processing. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:11832-41. [PMID: 10207001 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.17.11832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The human papillomavirus (HPV) E2 protein plays an important role in transcriptional regulation of viral genes as well as in viral DNA replication. Unlike most types of HPV, the E2 protein of epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV)-associated HPVs harbors a relatively long hinged region between the terminal, conserved transactivation and DNA binding/dimerization domains. The sequence of EV-HPV E2 hinge contains multiple arginine/serine (RS) dipeptide repeats which are characteristic of a family of pre-messenger RNA splicing factors, called SR proteins. Here we show that the HPV-5 (an EV-HPV) E2 protein can specifically interact with cellular splicing factors including a set of prototypical SR proteins and two snRNP-associated proteins. Transiently expressed HPV-5 E2 protein colocalizes with a nuclear matrix associated-splicing coactivator in nuclear speckled domains. The RS-rich hinge is essential for E2 transactivator interaction with splicing factors and for its subnuclear localization. Moreover, we present functional evidence for the HPV-5 E2 transactivator, which shows that the RS-rich hinge domain of the E2 protein can facilitate the splicing of precursor messenger RNA made via transactivation by E2 itself. Our results, therefore, suggest that a DNA binding transactivator containing an RS-rich sequence can play a dual role in gene expression.
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- M C Lai
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11526, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Recent cell biological observations have provided new insights into how transcription, pre-mRNA splicing and 3' processing are organized and coordinated with each other in the mammalian cell nucleus. Morphological observations are supported by biochemical evidence that suggests physical interactions between components of the transcription and RNA processing machineries. A working model of the cellular organization of gene expression is now emerging.
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- T Misteli
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724, USA.
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Patturajan M, Wei X, Berezney R, Corden JL. A nuclear matrix protein interacts with the phosphorylated C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:2406-15. [PMID: 9528809 PMCID: PMC121500 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.4.2406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/1997] [Accepted: 01/23/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Yeast two-hybrid screening has led to the identification of a family of proteins that interact with the repetitive C-terminal repeat domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (A. Yuryev et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:6975-6980, 1996). In addition to serine/arginine-rich SR motifs, the SCAFs (SR-like CTD-associated factors) contain discrete CTD-interacting domains. In this paper, we show that the CTD-interacting domain of SCAF8 specifically binds CTD molecules phosphorylated on serines 2 and 5 of the consensus sequence Tyr1Ser2Pro3Thr4Ser5Pro6Ser7. In addition, we demonstrate that SCAF8 associates with hyperphosphorylated but not with hypophosphorylated RNA polymerase II in vitro and in vivo. This result suggests that SCAF8 is not present in preinitiation complexes but rather associates with elongating RNA polymerase II. Immunolocalization studies show that SCAF8 is present in granular nuclear foci which correspond to sites of active transcription. We also provide evidence that SCAF8 foci are associated with the nuclear matrix. A fraction of these sites overlap with a subset of larger nuclear speckles containing phosphorylated polymerase II. Taken together, our results indicate a possible role for SCAF8 in linking transcription and pre-mRNA processing.
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- M Patturajan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2185, USA
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Since its discovery in 1985, the function of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II has been a puzzle. Recent studies suggest that the CTD functions as a linear platform for assembly of complexes that splice, cleave and polyadenylate pre-mRNA. A new set of CTD-associated SR-like proteins (CASPs) have been implicated in pre-mRNA processing and transcription elongation as a component of the emerging 'transcriptosome'.
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- J L Corden
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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