Project description:Signaling through the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa) is critical for mammalian craniofacial development, though the mechanisms by which the activity of downstream intracellular effectors is regulated to mediate gene expression changes have not been defined. We find that the RNA-binding protein Srsf3 is phosphorylated at Akt consensus sites downstream of PI3K-mediated PDGFRa signaling in palatal mesenchyme cells, leading to its nuclear translocation. We further demonstrate that ablation of Srsf3 in the neural crest lineage leads to facial clefting due to defective cranial neural crest cell specification and survival. Finally, we show that Srsf3 regulates the alternative RNA splicing of transcripts encoding protein kinases in the facial process mesenchyme to negatively regulate PDGFRa signaling. Collectively, our findings reveal that PI3K/Akt-mediated PDGFRa signaling primarily modulates gene expression through alternative RNA splicing in the facial mesenchyme and identify Srsf3 as a critical regulator of craniofacial development.
Project description:Signaling through the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRα) is crucial for mammalian craniofacial development, although the mechanisms by which the activity of downstream intracellular effectors is regulated to mediate gene expression changes have not been defined. We find that the RNA-binding protein Srsf3 is phosphorylated at Akt consensus sites downstream of PI3K-mediated PDGFRα signaling in mouse palatal mesenchyme cells, leading to its nuclear translocation. We further demonstrate that ablation of Srsf3 in the mouse neural crest lineage leads to facial clefting due to defective cranial neural crest cell proliferation and survival. Finally, we show that Srsf3 regulates the alternative RNA splicing of transcripts encoding protein kinases in the mouse facial process mesenchyme to regulate PDGFRα-dependent intracellular signaling. Collectively, our findings reveal that alternative RNA splicing is an important mechanism of gene expression regulation downstream of PI3K/Akt-mediated PDGFRα signaling in the facial mesenchyme and identify Srsf3 as a critical regulator of craniofacial development.
Project description:SRSF3 is overexpressed in human invasive ovarian cancer and its overexpression is required for cancer cell growth and survival. To decipher the mechnisms behind the role of SRSF3 in ovarian cancer, we examined the gene expression and splicing in the ovarian cancer cell line that was engineered to express a doxycycline-induced SRSF3 siRNA, which was able to knockdown SRSF3 expression by 90% and induce apoptosis. Total RNAs extracted from A2780/SRSF3si2, a subline of ovarian cancer cell line A2780, treated with or without doxycycline at 0.1ug/ml for three days were analyzed using Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Exon 1.0 ST Array
Project description:SRSF3 is overexpressed in human invasive ovarian cancer and its overexpression is required for cancer cell growth and survival. To decipher the mechnisms behind the role of SRSF3 in ovarian cancer, we examined the gene expression and splicing in the ovarian cancer cell line that was engineered to express a doxycycline-induced SRSF3 siRNA, which was able to knockdown SRSF3 expression by 90% and induce apoptosis.
Project description:Signaling through the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa) plays a critical role in craniofacial development, as mutations in PDGFRA are associated with cleft lip/palate in humans and Pdgfra mutant mouse models display varying degrees of facial clefting. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt is the primary effector of PDGFRa signaling during skeletal development in the mouse. We previously demonstrated that Akt phosphorylates the RNA-binding protein serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 3 (Srsf3) downstream of PI3K-mediated PDGFRa signaling in mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme (MEPM) cells, leading to its nuclear translocation. We further showed that ablation of Srsf3 in the murine neural crest lineage results in severe midline facial clefting, due to defects in proliferation and survival of cranial neural crest cells, and widespread alternative RNA splicing (AS) changes. Here, we sought to determine the molecular mechanisms by which Srsf3 activity is regulated downstream of PDGFRa signaling to control AS of transcripts necessary for craniofacial development. We demonstrated via enhanced UV-crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (eCLIP) of MEPM cells that PDGF-AA stimulation leads to preferential binding of Srsf3 to exons and loss of binding to canonical Srsf3 CA-rich motifs. Through the analysis of complementary RNA-seq data, we showed that Srsf3 activity results in the preferential inclusion of exons with increased GC content and lower intron to exon length ratio. Moreover, we found that the subset of transcripts that are bound by Srsf3 and undergo AS upon PDGFRa signaling commonly encode regulators of PI3K signaling and early endosomal trafficking. Functional validation studies further confirmed that Srsf3 activity downstream of PDGFRa signaling leads to retention of the receptor in early endosomes and increases in downstream PI3K-mediated Akt signaling. Taken together, our findings reveal that growth factor-mediated phosphorylation of an RNA-binding protein underlies gene expression regulation necessary for mammalian craniofacial development.
Project description:Signaling through the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa) plays a critical role in craniofacial development, as mutations in PDGFRA are associated with cleft lip/palate in humans and Pdgfra mutant mouse models display varying degrees of facial clefting. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt is the primary effector of PDGFRa signaling during skeletal development in the mouse. We previously demonstrated that Akt phosphorylates the RNA-binding protein serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 3 (Srsf3) downstream of PI3K-mediated PDGFRa signaling in mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme (MEPM) cells, leading to its nuclear translocation. We further showed that ablation of Srsf3 in the murine neural crest lineage results in severe midline facial clefting, due to defects in proliferation and survival of cranial neural crest cells, and widespread alternative RNA splicing (AS) changes. Here, we sought to determine the molecular mechanisms by which Srsf3 activity is regulated downstream of PDGFRa signaling to control AS of transcripts necessary for craniofacial development. We demonstrated via enhanced UV-crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (eCLIP) of MEPM cells that PDGF-AA stimulation leads to preferential binding of Srsf3 to exons and loss of binding to canonical Srsf3 CA-rich motifs. Through the analysis of complementary RNA-seq data, we showed that Srsf3 activity results in the preferential inclusion of exons with increased GC content and lower intron to exon length ratio. Moreover, we found that the subset of transcripts that are bound by Srsf3 and undergo AS upon PDGFRa signaling commonly encode regulators of PI3K signaling and early endosomal trafficking. Functional validation studies further confirmed that Srsf3 activity downstream of PDGFRa signaling leads to retention of the receptor in early endosomes and increases in downstream PI3K-mediated Akt signaling. Taken together, our findings reveal that growth factor-mediated phosphorylation of an RNA-binding protein underlies gene expression regulation necessary for mammalian craniofacial development.
Project description:TDP43 and SRSF3 has been reported to be RNA-binding proteins; however their roles in breast cancer progression has not been examined previously. Here, we performed RNA-seq on MDA-MB231 cells stably expressed sh-control, shTDP43, shSRSF3 or sh-TDP43 and sh-SRSF3 using lentivirus in duplicates. In addition, MDA-MB231 cells with stable expression of flag-TDP43 or flag-SRSF3 were also generated by using lentivirus. RIP-seq was also applied to identify binding RNA against Flag antibodies.
Project description:We profiled gene expression and splicing changes in HCC1806 human TNBC cells overexpressing three splicing factor genes (SRSF2-SRSF3-SRSF7), all three splicing factors (called 3xSR) or MYC. We performed RNA-seq, in triplicate on 3xSR, MYC-OE, triple plasmid control, SRFS2, SRSF3, SRSF7, or single plasmid control HCC1806 cells.
Project description:Dysregulation of serine/arginine splicing factors (SRSFs) and thereby the abnormal alternative splicing (AS) has been widely implicated in the development of multiple cancers, but scarcely investigated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here we examine the expression of 12 classical SRSFs between 87 NPC and 10 control samples, revealing a significant upregulation of SRSF3 and its association with worse prognosis in NPC. Functional assays demonstrate that SRSF3 knockdown markedly inhibits the proliferation, migration, tumorigenesis and induces apoptosis in NPC cells, suggesting its oncogenic role in NPC progression. Transcriptome analysis reveals 1 934 SRSF3-regulated AS events in genes involved in cell cycle and mRNA metabolism, among which the generation of a long isoform of AMOTL1 (AMOTL1-L) is further verified through a direct bond of SRSF3 RRM domain with the exon 12 of AMOTL1 to promote the exon inclusion. Functional studies reveal that AMOTL1-L could promote the proliferation and migration of NPC cells, nor did AMOTL1-S. Moreover, overexpression of AMOTL1-L significantly rescues the abovementioned inhibitory effects of SRSF3 knockdown, nor did AMOTL1-S. Furthermore, compared with AMOTL1-S, AMOTL1-L has a localization preference in the intracellular than the cell membrane, leading to a stronger interaction with YAP1 to promote its translocation to nucleus. Taken together, our findings identify SRSF3/AMOTL1 as a novel alternative splicing axis with pivotal roles in NPC development, which could be served as promising prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets of NPC.
Project description:Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 3 (SRSF3) functions to regulate mRNA alternative splicing, a molecular mechanism to process more than 90% of the protein-coding genes and provides an essential source for the biological versatility and targeting of SRSF3 could be a novel approach for cancer therapy. This study identify that SRSF3 expression was upregulated in pancreatic cancer tissues and associated with drug resistance and poor prognosis. Thus, we found that SRSF3 regulated ANRIL splicing and modified m6A modification of ANRIL in pancreatic cancer cells. More importantly, we demonstrated that the m6A methylation on lncRNA-ANRIL was essential for splicing process. Meanwhile, we also found that the different isoforms of ANRIL were differentially expressed in drug-resistant pancreatic cancer cell lines, and SRSF3 promotes gemcitabine resistance by regulating the expression of ANRIL-208. In addition, ANRIL-208 regulated pancreatic cancer cell chemoresistance by forming a complex with Ring1b and EZH2 and enhanced DNA homologous recombination repair (HR) capacity. In conclusion, the current study first established the link among SRSF3, m6A modification, lncRNA splicing, and DNA HR repair in pancreatic cancer, and first demonstrated that abnormal alternative splicing and m6A modification are closely related to chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer.