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RBM20 orchestrates cardiac pre-mRNA

ABSTRACT: The RNA-binding protein RBM20 has been implicated in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a major cause of chronic heart failure. To determine how RBM20 regulates alternative splicing, we combined transcriptome-wide CLIP-seq, RNA-seq, and quantitative proteomics in cell culture, rat, and human hearts. Our analyses revealed a distinct RBM20 RNA-recognition element in predominantly intronic binding sites and linked repression of exon splicing with RBM20-binding near 3prime- and 5prime-splice sites. Our proteomic data show RBM20 interaction with U1- and U2-snRNPs and suggests splicing repression through spliceosome stalling at complex A. Among direct RBM20 targets are several genes involved in DCM as well as new genes not previously associated with the disease process. In human failing hearts, we demonstrate that reduced expression levels of RBM20 affect alternative splicing of several direct targets, indicating that differences in RBM20 gene expression may affect cardiac function. These findings reveal a new mechanism to understand the pathogenesis of human heart failure. The provided data files for RNA-seq contain information for reads that map to human RBM20 only.

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina Genome Analyzer II, Illumina HiSeq 2000

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Oliver Hummel

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2572 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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RNA-binding protein RBM20 represses splicing to orchestrate cardiac pre-mRNA processing.

Maatz Henrike H Jens Marvin M Liss Martin M Schafer Sebastian S Heinig Matthias M Kirchner Marieluise M Adami Eleonora E Rintisch Carola C Dauksaite Vita V Radke Michael H MH Selbach Matthias M Barton Paul J R PJ Cook Stuart A SA Rajewsky Nikolaus N Gotthardt Michael M Landthaler Markus M Hubner Norbert N

The Journal of clinical investigation 20140624 8

Mutations in the gene encoding the RNA-binding protein RBM20 have been implicated in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a major cause of chronic heart failure, presumably through altering cardiac RNA splicing. Here, we combined transcriptome-wide crosslinking immunoprecipitation (CLIP-seq), RNA-seq, and quantitative proteomics in cell culture and rat and human hearts to examine how RBM20 regulates alternative splicing in the heart. Our analyses revealed the presence of a distinct RBM20 RNA-recognitio ...[more]

PMID: 24960161

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Project description:Background: Modulation of mRNA splicing acts as an important layer of gene regulation, in addition to transcriptional regulation and epigenetic modifications. RNA binding proteins (RBPs) play essential roles in mediating RNA splicing and are key regulators of heart development and function. Our previous studies demonstrated that RBPMS (RNA-binding protein with multiple splicing) regulates cardiac development through modulating mRNA splicing during embryogenesis. Here we explored the postnatal function of RBPMS in the heart. Methods: We ablated Rbpms in the heart by generating a cardiac-specific knockout mouse line (Myh6-Cre, Rbpmsfl/fl), and evaluated its cardiac functions by histology, echocardiography, and gene expression. Paired-end RNA sequencing and RT-PCR were performed to identify and validate splicing targets of RBPMS in adult mouse hearts. Proximity-dependent Biotin Identification (BioID) assay and mass spectrometry analysis were performed to identify RBPMS binding partners. We also measured contractility and calcium fluxes in isolated mouse cardiomyocytes, and contractile forces of cardiac papillary muscle. Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) were also used as a model to explore the influence of RBPMS on contractility of human cardiomyocytes. Results: he absence of Rbpms in the heart led to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and heart failure, causing early death in mice. Mice with cardiac-specific knockout of Rbpms showed myocardium noncompaction with reduced cardiomyocyte number at the neonatal stage and developed DCM with pervasive myocardial fibrosis in adulthood. We found that RBPMS mediates a largely distinct RNA splicing profile in adult mouse hearts compared to neonatal hearts, indicating a stage-specific modulation of alternative RNA splicing by RBPMS. In adult hearts, RBPMS mainly influenced alternative splicing of genes associated with sarcomere structures and cardiomyocyte contraction, such as Ttn, Pdlim5 and Nexn, to generate new protein isoforms. In neonatal hearts, RBPMS influenced the splicing of cytoskeletal genes. RBMPS was associated with spliceosome factors and other RNA binding proteins that play important roles in the heart, such as RBM20 and GATA4. Importantly, we found that the absence of Rbpms caused severe cardiomyocyte contractile defects and reduced calcium sensitivity in both mouse and hiPSC-CMs. Our results demonstrated that Rbpms is crucial for postnatal cardiac function and cardiomyocyte contractility by regulating RNA alternative splicing. Conclusions: Loss of Rbpms in the heart causes reduced cardiomyocyte number and impaired cardiomyocyte contraction, leading to DCM and heart failure.

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RBM20 orchestrates cardiac pre-mRNA

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RNA-binding protein RBM20 represses splicing to orchestrate cardiac pre-mRNA processing.

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