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A high-throughput screen identifies small molecule modulators of alternative splicing by targeting RNA G-quadruplexes.


ABSTRACT: RNA secondary structures have been increasingly recognized to play an important regulatory role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. We recently showed that RNA G-quadruplexes, which serve as cis-elements to recruit splicing factors, play a critical role in regulating alternative splicing during the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. In this study, we performed a high-throughput screen using a dual-color splicing reporter to identify chemical compounds capable of regulating G-quadruplex-dependent alternative splicing. We identify emetine and its analog cephaeline as small molecules that disrupt RNA G-quadruplexes, resulting in inhibition of G-quadruplex-dependent alternative splicing. Transcriptome analysis reveals that emetine globally regulates alternative splicing, including splicing of variable exons that contain splice site-proximal G-quadruplexes. Our data suggest the use of emetine and cephaeline for investigating mechanisms of G-quadruplex-associated alternative splicing.

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468248 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A high-throughput screen identifies small molecule modulators of alternative splicing by targeting RNA G-quadruplexes.

Zhang Jing J   Harvey Samuel E SE   Cheng Chonghui C  

Nucleic acids research 20190401 7


RNA secondary structures have been increasingly recognized to play an important regulatory role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. We recently showed that RNA G-quadruplexes, which serve as cis-elements to recruit splicing factors, play a critical role in regulating alternative splicing during the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. In this study, we performed a high-throughput screen using a dual-color splicing reporter to identify chemical compounds capable of regulating G-quadruplex-depe  ...[more]

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