RRC ID 46567
Author Barberan-Soler S, Medina P, Estella J, Williams J, Zahler AM.
Title Co-regulation of alternative splicing by diverse splicing factors in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Journal Nucleic Acids Res
Abstract Regulation of alternative splicing is controlled by pre-mRNA sequences (cis-elements) and trans-acting protein factors that bind them. The combinatorial interactions of multiple protein factors with the cis-elements surrounding a given alternative splicing event lead to an integrated splicing decision. The mechanism of multifactorial splicing regulation is poorly understood. Using a splicing-sensitive DNA microarray, we assayed 352 Caenorhabditis elegans alternative cassette exons for changes in embryonic splicing patterns between wild-type and 12 different strains carrying mutations in a splicing factor. We identified many alternative splicing events that are regulated by multiple splicing factors. Many splicing factors have the ability to behave as splicing repressors for some alternative cassette exons and as splicing activators for others. Unexpectedly, we found that the ability of a given alternative splicing factor to behave as an enhancer or repressor of a specific splicing event can change during development. Our observations that splicing factors can change their effects on a substrate during development support a model in which combinatorial effects of multiple factors, both constitutive and developmentally regulated ones, contribute to the overall splicing decision.
Volume 39(2)
Pages 666-74
Published 2011-1-1
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkq767
PII gkq767
PMID 20805248
PMC PMC3025544
MeSH Alternative Splicing* Animals Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / physiology* Mutation Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis RNA-Binding Proteins / genetics RNA-Binding Proteins / physiology*
IF 11.502
Times Cited 17
WOS Category BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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