College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Key Laboratory of RNA Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
EMBO Rep. 2023 Oct 9;24(10):e57128. doi: 10.15252/embr.202357128. Epub 2023 Sep 4.
The polyA tail of mRNAs is important for many aspects of RNA metabolism. However, whether and how it regulates pre-mRNA splicing is still unknown. Here, we report that the polyA tail acts as a splicing enhancer for the last intron via the nuclear polyA binding protein PABPN1 in HeLa cells. PABPN1-depletion induces the retention of a group of introns with a weaker 3' splice site, and they show a strong 3'-end bias and mainly locate in nuclear speckles. The polyA tail is essential for PABPN1-enhanced last intron splicing and functions in a length-dependent manner. Tethering PABPN1 to nonpolyadenylated transcripts also promotes splicing, suggesting a direct role for PABPN1 in splicing regulation. Using TurboID-MS, we construct the PABPN1 interactome, including many spliceosomal and RNA-binding proteins. Specifically, PABPN1 can recruit RBM26&27 to promote splicing by interacting with the coiled-coil and RRM domain of RBM27. PABPN1-regulated terminal intron splicing is conserved in mice. Together, our study establishes a novel mode of post-transcriptional splicing regulation via the polyA tail and PABPN1.
mRNA 的 polyA 尾巴在 RNA 代谢的许多方面都很重要。然而,它是否以及如何调节前体 mRNA 的剪接仍然未知。在这里,我们报告说,在 HeLa 细胞中,polyA 尾巴通过核 polyA 结合蛋白 PABPN1 作为最后一个内含子的剪接增强子发挥作用。PABPN1 耗竭诱导一组具有较弱 3'剪接位点的内含子保留,它们表现出强烈的 3'-末端偏向性,主要位于核斑点中。polyA 尾巴对于 PABPN1 增强的最后一个内含子剪接是必不可少的,并且以长度依赖性方式发挥作用。将 PABPN1 连接到非多聚腺苷酸化的转录本也促进剪接,表明 PABPN1 在剪接调节中具有直接作用。使用 TurboID-MS,我们构建了 PABPN1 相互作用组,包括许多剪接体和 RNA 结合蛋白。具体来说,PABPN1 可以通过与 RBM27 的卷曲螺旋和 RRM 结构域相互作用,募集 RBM26&27 来促进剪接。PABPN1 调节的末端内含子剪接在小鼠中是保守的。总之,我们的研究建立了一种通过 polyA 尾巴和 PABPN1 进行的新型转录后剪接调节模式。