Control of hnRNP A1 Alternative Splicing: an Intron Element Represses Use of the Common 3′ Splice Site
AUTOR(ES)
Simard, Martin J.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Alternative splicing of exon 7B in the hnRNP A1 pre-mRNA produces mRNAs encoding two proteins: hnRNP A1 and the less abundant A1B. We have reported the identification of several intron elements that contribute to exon 7B skipping. In this study, we report the activity of a novel element, conserved element 9 (CE9), located in the intron downstream of exon 7B. We show that multiple copies of CE9 inhibit exon 7B-exon 8 splicing in vitro. When CE9 is inserted between two competing 3′ splice sites, a single copy of CE9 decreases splicing to the distal 3′ splice site. Our in vivo results also support the conclusion that CE9 is a splicing modulator. First, inserting multiple copies of CE9 into an A1 minigene compromises the production of fully spliced products. Second, one copy of CE9 stimulates the inclusion of a short internal exon in a derivative of the human β-globin gene. In this case, in vitro splicing assays suggest that CE9 decreases splicing of intron 1, an event that improves splicing of intron 2 and decreases skipping of the short internal exon. The ability of CE9 to act on heterologous substrates, combined with the results of a competition assay, suggest that the activity of CE9 is mediated by a trans-acting factor. Our results indicate that CE9 represses the use of the common 3′ splice site in the hnRNP A1 alternative splicing unit.
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