Author:
SHUKLA SUPRIYA,DEL GATTO-KONCZAK FABIENNE,BREATHNACH RICHARD,FISHER STEVEN A.
Abstract
A considerable amount of smooth muscle phenotypic diversity is generated by tissue-specific and developmentally regulated splicing of alternative exons. The control mechanisms are unknown. We are using a myosin phosphatase targeting subunit-1 (MYPT1) alternative exon as a model to investigate this question. In the present study, we show that the RNA binding proteins TIA and PTB function as antagonistic enhancers and suppressors of splicing of the alternative exon, respectively. Each functions through a single U-rich element, containing two UCUU motifs, just downstream of the alternative exon 5′ splice site. Tissue-specific down-regulation of TIA protein in the perinatal period allows PTB to bind to the U-rich element and suppress splicing of the alternative exon as the visceral smooth muscle acquires the fast-phasic smooth muscle contractile phenotype. This provides a novel role for PTB in the tissue-specific regulation of splicing of alternative exons during the generation of smooth muscle phenotypic diversity.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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24 articles.
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