| Literature DB >> 20797886 |
Vidisha Tripathi1, Jonathan D Ellis, Zhen Shen, David Y Song, Qun Pan, Andrew T Watt, Susan M Freier, C Frank Bennett, Alok Sharma, Paula A Bubulya, Benjamin J Blencowe, Supriya G Prasanth, Kannanganattu V Prasanth.
Abstract
Alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNA is utilized by higher eukaryotes to achieve increased transcriptome and proteomic complexity. The serine/arginine (SR) splicing factors regulate tissue- or cell-type-specific AS in a concentration- and phosphorylation-dependent manner. However, the mechanisms that modulate the cellular levels of active SR proteins remain to be elucidated. In the present study, we provide evidence for a role for the long nuclear-retained regulatory RNA (nrRNA), MALAT1 in AS regulation. MALAT1 interacts with SR proteins and influences the distribution of these and other splicing factors in nuclear speckle domains. Depletion of MALAT1 or overexpression of an SR protein changes the AS of a similar set of endogenous pre-mRNAs. Furthermore, MALAT1 regulates cellular levels of phosphorylated forms of SR proteins. Taken together, our results suggest that MALAT1 regulates AS by modulating the levels of active SR proteins. Our results further highlight the role for an nrRNA in the regulation of gene expression.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20797886 PMCID： PMC4158944 DOI： 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell ISSN： 1097-2765 Impact factor: 17.970