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The PSI-U1 snRNP interaction regulates male mating behavior in Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: Alternative pre-mRNA splicing (AS) is a critical regulatory mechanism that operates extensively in the nervous system to produce diverse protein isoforms. Fruitless AS isoforms have been shown to influence male courtship behavior, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Using genome-wide approaches and quantitative behavioral assays, we show that the P-element somatic inhibitor (PSI) and its interaction with the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex (snRNP) control male courtship behavior. PSI mutants lacking the U1 snRNP-interacting domain (PSI?AB mutant) exhibit extended but futile mating attempts. The PSI?AB mutant results in significant changes in the AS patterns of ?1,200 genes in the Drosophila brain, many of which have been implicated in the regulation of male courtship behavior. PSI directly regulates the AS of at least one-third of these transcripts, suggesting that PSI-U1 snRNP interactions coordinate the behavioral network underlying courtship behavior. Importantly, one of these direct targets is fruitless, the master regulator of courtship. Thus, PSI imposes a specific mode of regulatory control within the neuronal circuit controlling courtship, even though it is broadly expressed in the fly nervous system. This study reinforces the importance of AS in the control of gene activity in neurons and integrated neuronal circuits, and provides a surprising link between a pleiotropic pre-mRNA splicing pathway and the precise control of successful male mating behavior.

SUBMITTER: Wang Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4868454 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The PSI-U1 snRNP interaction regulates male mating behavior in Drosophila.

Wang Qingqing Q Taliaferro J Matthew JM Klibaite Ugne U Hilgers Valérie V Shaevitz Joshua W JW Rio Donald C DC

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160425 19

Alternative pre-mRNA splicing (AS) is a critical regulatory mechanism that operates extensively in the nervous system to produce diverse protein isoforms. Fruitless AS isoforms have been shown to influence male courtship behavior, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Using genome-wide approaches and quantitative behavioral assays, we show that the P-element somatic inhibitor (PSI) and its interaction with the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex (snRNP) control male courtship behavio ...[more]

PMID: 27114556

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The PSI-U1 snRNP interaction regulates male mating behavior in Drosophila.

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The PSI-U1 snRNP interaction regulates male mating behavior in Drosophila.

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