PRPF8-mediated dysregulation of hBrr2 helicase disrupts human spliceosome kinetics and 5´-splice-site selection causing tissue-specific defects
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ABSTRACT: The carboxy-terminus of the spliceosomal protein PRPF8, which regulates the RNA helicase Brr2, is a hotspot for mutations causing retinitis pigmentosa-type 13, with unclear role in human splicing and tissue-specificity mechanism. We used patient induced pluripotent stem cells-derived cells, carrying the heterozygous PRPF8 c.6926A>C (p.H2309P) mutation to demonstrate retinal-specific endophenotypes comprising photoreceptor loss, apical-basal polarity and ciliary defects. Comprehensive molecular, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses revealed a role of the PRPF8/Brr2 regulation in 5’-splice site (5’SS) selection by spliceosomes, for which disruption impaired alternative splicing and weak/suboptimal 5’SS selection, and enhanced cryptic splicing, predominantly in ciliary and retinal-specific transcripts. Altered splicing efficiency, nuclear speckles organisation, and PRPF8 interaction with U6 snRNA, caused accumulation of active spliceosomes and poly(A)+ mRNAs in unique splicing clusters located at the nuclear periphery of photoreceptors. Collectively these elucidate the role of PRPF8/Brr2 regulatory mechanisms in splicing and the molecular basis of retinal disease, informing therapeutic approaches.
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion, Q Exactive HF
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Primary Cell, Stem Cell, Cell Culture, Kidney
DISEASE(S): Night Blindness
SUBMITTER: Yanlong Ji
LAB HEAD: Henning Urlaub
PROVIDER: PXD043645 | Pride | 2024-03-01
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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