TIA1 prevents skipping of a critical exon associated with spinal muscular atrophy. 2011

Natalia N Singh, and Joonbae Seo, and Eric W Ottesen, and Maria Shishimorova, and Dhruva Bhattacharya, and Ravindra N Singh
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2034 Veterinary Medicine Bldg., Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. singhr@iastate.edu

Prevention of skipping of exon 7 during pre-mRNA splicing of Survival Motor Neuron 2 (SMN2) holds the promise for cure of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Here, we report T-cell-restricted intracellular antigen 1 (TIA1) and TIA1-related (TIAR) proteins as intron-associated positive regulators of SMN2 exon 7 splicing. We show that TIA1/TIAR stimulate exon recognition in an entirely novel context in which intronic U-rich motifs are separated from the 5' splice site by overlapping inhibitory elements. TIA1 and TIAR are modular proteins with three N-terminal RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) and a C-terminal glutamine-rich (Q-rich) domain. Our results reveal that any one RRM in combination with a Q domain is necessary and sufficient for TIA1-associated regulation of SMN2 exon 7 splicing in vivo. We also show that increased expression of TIA1 counteracts the inhibitory effect of polypyrimidine tract binding protein, a ubiquitously expressed factor recently implicated in regulation of SMN exon 7 splicing. Our findings expand the scope of TIA1/TIAR in genome-wide regulation of alternative splicing under normal and pathological conditions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007438 Introns Sequences of DNA in the genes that are located between the EXONS. They are transcribed along with the exons but are removed from the primary gene transcript by RNA SPLICING to leave mature RNA. Some introns code for separate genes. Intervening Sequences,Sequences, Intervening,Intervening Sequence,Intron,Sequence, Intervening
D009134 Muscular Atrophy, Spinal A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and later onset SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1089) Bulbospinal Neuronopathy,Oculopharyngeal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Muscular Atrophy,Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophy, Neurogenic Scapuloperoneal, New England Type,Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy,Muscular Atrophy, Adult Spinal,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Progressive Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Scapuloperoneal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Amyotrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Distal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Oculopharyngeal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal Form,Adult Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophies, Spinal,Amyotrophy, Spinal,Atrophies, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Myelopathic Muscular,Atrophy, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Spinal Muscular,Bulbospinal Neuronopathies,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathies,Motor Neuronopathies, Hereditary,Motor Neuronopathy, Hereditary,Muscular Atrophies, Progressive,Muscular Atrophy, Myelopathic,Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Neuronopathies, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathies, Hereditary Motor,Neuronopathy, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathy, Hereditary Motor,Progressive Muscular Atrophies,Spinal Amyotrophies
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D005091 Exons The parts of a transcript of a split GENE remaining after the INTRONS are removed. They are spliced together to become a MESSENGER RNA or other functional RNA. Mini-Exon,Exon,Mini Exon,Mini-Exons
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000074019 T-Cell Intracellular Antigen-1 An RNA-binding protein characterized by three RNA RECOGNITION MOTIFS. It binds to AU RICH ELEMENTS in the 3'-untranslated regions of mRNA and regulates alternative pre-RNA splicing and mRNA translation; it may also function in APOPTOSIS. Mutations in the TIA-1 gene are associated with WELANDER DISTAL MYOPATHY. RNA-Binding Protein TIA-1,T-Cell-Restricted Intracellular Antigen-1,Intracellular Antigen-1, T-Cell,Intracellular Antigen-1, T-Cell-Restricted,RNA Binding Protein TIA 1,T Cell Intracellular Antigen 1,T Cell Restricted Intracellular Antigen 1,TIA-1, RNA-Binding Protein
D016601 RNA-Binding Proteins Proteins that bind to RNA molecules. Included here are RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS and other proteins whose function is to bind specifically to RNA. Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Protein,Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Proteins,ds RNA-Binding Protein,RNA-Binding Protein,ds RNA-Binding Proteins,Double Stranded RNA Binding Protein,Double Stranded RNA Binding Proteins,Protein, Double-Stranded RNA-Binding,Protein, ds RNA-Binding,RNA Binding Protein,RNA Binding Proteins,RNA-Binding Protein, Double-Stranded,RNA-Binding Protein, ds,RNA-Binding Proteins, Double-Stranded,ds RNA Binding Protein
D017398 Alternative Splicing A process whereby multiple RNA transcripts are generated from a single gene. Alternative splicing involves the splicing together of other possible sets of EXONS during the processing of some, but not all, transcripts of the gene. Thus a particular exon may be connected to any one of several alternative exons to form a mature RNA. The alternative forms of mature MESSENGER RNA produce PROTEIN ISOFORMS in which one part of the isoforms is common while the other parts are different. RNA Splicing, Alternative,Splicing, Alternative,Alternate Splicing,Nested Transcripts,Alternate Splicings,Alternative RNA Splicing,Alternative RNA Splicings,Alternative Splicings,Nested Transcript,RNA Splicings, Alternative,Splicing, Alternate,Splicing, Alternative RNA,Splicings, Alternate,Splicings, Alternative,Splicings, Alternative RNA,Transcript, Nested,Transcripts, Nested
D055540 Survival of Motor Neuron 2 Protein An SMN complex protein that is closely-related to SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN. In humans, the protein is encoded by an often duplicated gene found near the inversion CENTEROMERE of a large inverted region of CHROMOSOME 5. Survival Motor Neuron Protein 2,Survival of Motor Neuron 2, Centromeric Protein,Survival of Motor Neuron 3, Centromeric Protein
D038941 Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein A RNA-binding protein that binds to polypyriminidine rich regions in the INTRONS of messenger RNAs. Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein may be involved in regulating the ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of mRNAs since its presence on an intronic RNA region that is upstream of an EXON inhibits the splicing of the exon into the final mRNA product. PTB Protein,PTB Splicing Factor,p57 Cytoplasmic RNA-Binding Protein,pPTB,Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein,Splicing Factor, PTB,Tract-Binding Protein, Polypyrimidine,p57 Cytoplasmic RNA Binding Protein

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