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Limited complementarity between U1 snRNA and a retroviral 5' splice site permits its attenuation via RNA secondary structure. 2009

Daniela Zychlinski, and Steffen Erkelenz, and Vanessa Melhorn, and Christopher Baum, and Heiner Schaal, and Jens Bohne
Institute for Virology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

Multiple types of regulation are used by cells and viruses to control alternative splicing. In murine leukemia virus, accessibility of the 5' splice site (ss) is regulated by an upstream region, which can fold into a complex RNA stem-loop structure. The underlying sequence of the structure itself is negligible, since most of it could be functionally replaced by a simple heterologous RNA stem-loop preserving the wild-type splicing pattern. Increasing the RNA duplex formation between U1 snRNA and the 5'ss by a compensatory mutation in position +6 led to enhanced splicing. Interestingly, this mutation affects splicing only in the context of the secondary structure, arguing for a dynamic interplay between structure and primary 5'ss sequence. The reduced 5'ss accessibility could also be counteracted by recruiting a splicing enhancer domain via a modified MS2 phage coat protein to a single binding site at the tip of the simple RNA stem-loop. The mechanism of 5'ss attenuation was revealed using hyperstable U1 snRNA mutants, showing that restricted U1 snRNP access is the cause of retroviral alternative splicing.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009052 Leukemia Virus, Murine Species of GAMMARETROVIRUS, containing many well-defined strains, producing leukemia in mice. Disease is commonly induced by injecting filtrates of propagable tumors into newborn mice. Graffi Virus,Graffi's Chloroleukemic Strain,Leukemia Viruses, Murine,Mouse Leukemia Viruses,Murine Leukemia Virus,Murine Leukemia Viruses,Graffi Chloroleukemic Strain,Graffis Chloroleukemic Strain,Leukemia Viruses, Mouse
D009687 Nuclear Proteins Proteins found in the nucleus of a cell. Do not confuse with NUCLEOPROTEINS which are proteins conjugated with nucleic acids, that are not necessarily present in the nucleus. Nucleolar Protein,Nucleolar Proteins,Nuclear Protein,Protein, Nuclear,Protein, Nucleolar,Proteins, Nuclear,Proteins, Nucleolar
D009690 Nucleic Acid Conformation The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape. DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D011533 Proviruses Duplex DNA sequences in eukaryotic chromosomes, corresponding to the genome of a virus, that are transmitted from one cell generation to the next without causing lysis of the host. Proviruses are often associated with neoplastic cell transformation and are key features of retrovirus biology. Provirus
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000068103 Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors A family of regulatory factors essential for constitutive and alternative splicing in RNA metabolism. SR-Rich Splicing Proteins,Serine-Arginine-Rich Splicing Proteins,Factors, Serine-Arginine Splicing,Proteins, SR-Rich Splicing,Proteins, Serine-Arginine-Rich Splicing,SR Rich Splicing Proteins,Serine Arginine Rich Splicing Proteins,Serine Arginine Splicing Factors,Splicing Factors, Serine-Arginine,Splicing Proteins, SR-Rich,Splicing Proteins, Serine-Arginine-Rich
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012342 RNA, Small Nuclear Short chains of RNA (100-300 nucleotides long) that are abundant in the nucleus and usually complexed with proteins in snRNPs (RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR). Many function in the processing of messenger RNA precursors. Others, the snoRNAs (RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR), are involved with the processing of ribosomal RNA precursors. Low Molecular Weight Nuclear RNA,Small Nuclear RNA,snRNA,Chromatin-Associated RNA,Small Molecular Weight RNA,Chromatin Associated RNA,RNA, Chromatin-Associated

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