Furger Andre, O'Sullivan Justin M, Binnie Alexandra, Lee Barbara A, Proudfoot Nick J
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
Genes Dev. 2002 Nov 1;16(21):2792-9. doi: 10.1101/gad.983602.
Reconstruction of a gene with its introns removed results in reduced levels of cytoplasmic mRNA. This is partly explained by introns promoting the export of mRNA through coupling splicing to nuclear export processes. However, we show here that splicing signals can have a direct role in enhancing gene transcription. Removal of promoter proximal splice signals from a mammalian gene or the excision of introns from two different yeast genes results in a marked reduction in levels of nascent transcription, based on both nuclear run-on and direct image analysis. This further establishes that mRNA processing and transcription are tightly coupled mechanisms.
去除内含子后的基因重建导致细胞质mRNA水平降低。这部分是因为内含子通过将剪接与核输出过程偶联来促进mRNA的输出。然而,我们在此表明剪接信号在增强基因转录方面可发挥直接作用。基于核延伸分析和直接图像分析,从哺乳动物基因中去除启动子近端剪接信号或从两个不同的酵母基因中切除内含子会导致新生转录水平显著降低。这进一步证实mRNA加工和转录是紧密偶联的机制。