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Project description:Histones shape chromatin structure and the epigenetic landscape. H1, the most diverse histone in the human genome, has 11 variants. Due to high structural similarity between the H1s, their unique functions in transferring information from the chromatin to mRNA processing machineries, have remained elusive. Here, we generated human cell lines lacking up to five H1 subtypes, allowing us to characterize the genomic binding profiles of six H1 variants. Most H1s bind to specific sites, and binding depends on multiple factors including GC content. The highly expressed H1.2 has a high affinity for exons, whereas H1.3 binds intronic sequences. Although H1s have a minor effect on global gene expression levels, they are major splicing regulators, especially of exon skipping and intron retention events, through their effects on the elongation rate of RNA polymerase II. Thus, H1 variants determine splicing fate by modulating the RNA polymerase II elongation rate.
2023-11-07 | GSE228239 | GEO
Project description:Histones shape chromatin structure and the epigenetic landscape. H1, the most diverse histone in the human genome, has 11 variants. Due to high structural similarity between the H1s, their unique functions in transferring information from the chromatin to mRNA processing machineries, have remained elusive. Here, we generated human cell lines lacking up to five H1 subtypes, allowing us to characterize the genomic binding profiles of six H1 variants. Most H1s bind to specific sites, and binding depends on multiple factors including GC content. The highly expressed H1.2 has a high affinity for exons, whereas H1.3 binds intronic sequences. Although H1s have a minor effect on global gene expression levels, they are major splicing regulators, especially of exon skipping and intron retention events, through their effects on the elongation rate of RNA polymerase II. Thus, H1 variants determine splicing fate by modulating the RNA polymerase II elongation rate.
2023-11-07 | GSE228238 | GEO
Project description:Histones shape chromatin structure and the epigenetic landscape. H1, the most diverse histone in the human genome, has 11 variants. Due to high structural similarity between the H1s, their unique functions in transferring information from the chromatin to mRNA processing machineries, have remained elusive. Here, we generated human cell lines lacking up to five H1 subtypes, allowing us to characterize the genomic binding profiles of six H1 variants. Most H1s bind to specific sites, and binding depends on multiple factors including GC content. The highly expressed H1.2 has a high affinity for exons, whereas H1.3 binds intronic sequences. Although H1s have a minor effect on global gene expression levels, they are major splicing regulators, especially of exon skipping and intron retention events, through their effects on the elongation rate of RNA polymerase II. Thus, H1 variants determine splicing fate by modulating the RNA polymerase II elongation rate.
2023-11-07 | GSE228793 | GEO
Project description:Alternative splicing modulates expression of most human genes. The kinetic model of cotranscriptional splicing suggests that slow elongation expands and that fast elongation compresses the "window of opportunity" for recognition of upstream splice sites, thereby increasing or decreasing inclusion of alternative exons. We tested the model using RNA polymerase II mutants that change average elongation rates genome-wide. Slow and fast elongation affected constitutive and alternative splicing, frequently altering exon inclusion and intron retention in ways not predicted by the model. Cassette exons included by slow and excluded by fast elongation (type I) have weaker splice sites, shorter flanking introns, and distinct sequence motifs relative to "slow-excluded" and "fast-included" exons (type II). Many rate-sensitive exons are misspliced in tumors. Unexpectedly, slow and fast elongation often both increased or both decreased inclusion of a particular exon or retained intron. These results suggest that an optimal rate of transcriptional elongation is required for normal cotranscriptional pre-mRNA splicing.
| S-EPMC4248296 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The rate of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) elongation can influence splice site selection in nascent transcripts, yet the extent and physiological relevance of this kinetic coupling between transcription and alternative splicing (AS) is not well understood. We performed experiments to perturb Pol II elongation and then globally compared AS patterns with genome-wide Pol II occupancy. RNA binding and RNA processing functions were significantly enriched among the genes with Pol II elongation inhibition-dependent changes in AS. Under conditions that interfere with Pol II elongation, including cell stress, increased Pol II occupancy was detected in the intronic regions flanking the alternative exons in these genes, and these exons generally became more included. A disproportionately high fraction of these exons introduced premature termination codons that elicited nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), thereby further reducing transcript levels. Our results provide evidence that kinetic coupling between transcription, AS, and NMD affords a rapid mechanism by which cells can respond to changes in growth conditions, including cell stress, to coordinate the levels of RNA processing factors with mRNA levels.
| S-EPMC3044853 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Transcription and pre-mRNA alternative splicing was analyzed by in isogenic human HEK293 cell lines that inducibly express a-amanitin resistant mutants of the RNA polymerase II large subunit with slow and fast elongation rates. Alternative splicing was analyzed by, RNA-seq and RASL-seq of polyA+ RNA from a-amanitin treated cells; transcription elongation rate was analyzed by BrUTP-labelled GRO-seq of a-amanitin treated cells at time points after release from a DRB (5,6-dichloro-1-bold beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole) block.
2014-11-25 | E-GEOD-63375 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25287: Global impact of RNA polymerase II elongation inhibition on alternative splicing regulation (expression) GSE25494: Global impact of RNA polymerase II elongation inhibition on alternative splicing regulation (ChIP-Seq) Refer to individual Series
2010-12-09 | E-GEOD-25495 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription elongation is a highly regulated process that greatly influences mRNA levels as well as pre-mRNA splicing. Despite many studies in vitro, how chromatin modulates RNAPII elongation in vivo is still unclear. Here, we show that a decrease in the level of available canonical histones leads to more accessible chromatin with decreased levels of canonical histones and variants H2A.X and H2A.Z and increased levels of H3.3. With this altered chromatin structure, the RNAPII elongation rate increases, and the kinetics of pre-mRNA splicing is delayed with respect to RNAPII elongation. Consistent with the kinetic model of cotranscriptional splicing, the rapid RNAPII elongation induced by histone depletion promotes the skipping of variable exons in the CD44 gene. Indeed, a slowly elongating mutant of RNAPII was able to rescue this defect, indicating that the defective splicing induced by histone depletion is a direct consequence of the increased elongation rate. In addition, genome-wide analysis evidenced that histone reduction promotes widespread alterations in pre-mRNA processing, including intron retention and changes in alternative splicing. Our data demonstrate that pre-mRNA splicing may be regulated by chromatin structure through the modulation of the RNAPII elongation rate.
| S-EPMC4672771 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Transcription and pre-mRNA alternative splicing was analyzed by in isogenic human HEK293 cell lines that inducibly express a-amanitin resistant mutants of the RNA polymerase II large subunit with slow and fast elongation rates.
2014-11-25 | GSE63375 | GEO
Project description:The rate of RNA polymerase II (pol II) elongation can influence splice site selection in nascent transcripts, yet the extent and physiological relevance of this kinetic coupling between transcription and alternative splicing is not well understood. We performed experiments to perturb pol II elongation and then globally compared alternative splicing patterns with genome-wide pol II occupancy. RNA binding and RNA processing functions were significantly enriched among the genes with pol II elongation inhibition-dependent changes in alternative splicing. Under conditions that interfere with pol II elongation, including cell stress, increased pol II occupancy was detected in the intronic regions flanking the alternative exons in these genes, and these exons generally became more included. A disproportionately high fraction of these exons introduced premature termination codons that elicited nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), thereby further reducing transcript levels. Our results provide evidence that kinetic coupling between transcription, alternative splicing and NMD affords a rapid mechanism by which cells can respond to changes in growth conditions, including cell stress, to coordinate the levels of RNA processing factors with mRNA levels. In order to identify alternative splicing events influenced by changes in pol II elongation, we performed quantitative alternative splicing microarray profiling (Pan et al., 2004 (PMID 15610736); Shai et al., 2006 (PMID 16403798)) of RNA isolated from stimulated Jurkat T lymphoma cells, cultured separately in the presence or absence of two different drugs that can inhibit pol II elongation: 5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-benzimidazole (DRB) and camptothecin.
2010-12-09 | E-GEOD-25287 | biostudies-arrayexpress