Differential 3′ splice site recognition of SMN1 and SMN2 transcripts by U2AF and U2 snRNP

De Araújo, M. M., Bonnal, S., Hastings, M. L., Krainer, A. R., Valcárcel, J. (April 2009) Differential 3′ splice site recognition of SMN1 and SMN2 transcripts by U2AF and U2 snRNP. RNA, 15 (4). pp. 515-523.

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URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19244360
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1273209

Abstract

Spinal Muscular atrophy is a prevalent genetic disease caused by mutation of the SMN1 gene, which encodes the SMN protein involved in assembly of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complexes. A paralog of the gene, SMN2, cannot provide adequate levels of functional SMN because exon 7 is skipped in a significant fraction of the mature transcripts. A C to T transition located at position 6 of exon 7 is critical for the difference in exon skipping between SMN1 and SMN2. Here we report that this nucleotide difference results in increased ultraviolet light-mediated crosslinking of the splicing factor U2AF65 with the 3? splice site of SMN1 intron 6 in HeLa nuclear extract. U2 snRNP association, analyzed by native gel electrophoresis, is also more efficient on SMN1 than on SMN2, particularly under conditions of competition, suggesting more effective use of limiting factors. Two trans-acting factors implicated in SMN regulation, SF2/ASF and hnRNP A1, promote and repress, respectively, U2 snRNP recruitment to both RNAs. Interestingly, depending on the transcript and the regulatory factor, the effects on U2 binding not always correlate with changes in U2AF65 crosslinking. Furthermore, blocking recognition of a Tra2- ?1-dependent splicing enhancer located in exon 7 inhibits U2 snRNP recruitment without affecting U2AF 65 crosslinking. Collectively, the results suggest that both U2AF binding and other steps of U2 snRNP recruitment can be control points in SMN splicing regulation. Copyright © 2009 RNA Society.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: SMN Splicing U2 snRNP U2AF
Subjects: bioinformatics
diseases & disorders > congenital hereditary genetic diseases
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
diseases & disorders
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > introns > intron splicing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > introns
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types
diseases & disorders > congenital hereditary genetic diseases > spinal muscular atrophy
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > splicing factor
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Krainer lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: April 2009
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2013 17:40
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2017 21:24
PMCID: PMC2661831
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/27361

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