Author:
Masamha Chioniso P.,Xia Zheng,Peart Natoya,Collum Scott,Li Wei,Wagner Eric J.,Shyu Ann-Bin
Abstract
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) and alternative splicing (AS) provide mRNAs with the means to avoid microRNA repression through selective shortening or differential usage of 3′UTRs. The two glutaminase (GLS) mRNA isoforms, termed KGA and GAC, contain distinct 3′UTRs with the KGA isoform subject to repression by miR-23. We show that depletion of the APA regulator CFIm25 causes a strong shift to the usage of a proximal poly(A) site within the KGA 3′UTR and also alters splicing to favor exclusion of the GAC 3′UTR. Surprisingly, we observe that while miR-23 is capable of down-regulating the shortened KGA 3′UTR, it has only minor impact on the full-length KGA 3′UTR, demonstrating that additional potent negative regulation of GLS expression exists beyond this single microRNA targeting site. Finally, we show that the apoptosis induced upon down-regulation of the GAC isoform can be alleviated through concurrent reduction in CFIm25 expression, revealing the sensitivity of glutaminase expression to the levels of RNA processing factors. These results exemplify the complex interplay between RNA processing and microRNA repression in controlling glutamine metabolism in cancer cells.
Funder
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Department of Defense
National Institutes of Health
US Department of Defense
CPRIT
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cited by
31 articles.
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