PUBLICATION
Prpf31 is essential for the survival and differentiation of retinal progenitor cells by modulating alternative splicing
- Authors
- Li, J., Liu, F., Lv, Y., Sun, K., Zhao, Y., Reilly, J., Zhang, Y., Tu, J., Yu, S., Liu, X., Qin, Y., Huang, Y., Gao, P., Jia, D., Chen, X., Han, Y., Shu, X., Luo, D., Tang, Z., Liu, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-210123-13
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Nucleic acids research 49(4): 2027-2043 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Liu, Mugen
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE151273
- MeSH Terms
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- Alternative Splicing*
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- CRISPR-Cas Systems
- Cell Survival
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- Exons
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints
- Neural Stem Cells/cytology
- Neural Stem Cells/metabolism*
- Neurogenesis/genetics*
- Retina/embryology*
- Retinal Neurons/cytology
- Retinal Neurons/metabolism
- Spindle Apparatus/ultrastructure
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 33476374 Full text @ Nucleic Acids Res.
Citation
Li, J., Liu, F., Lv, Y., Sun, K., Zhao, Y., Reilly, J., Zhang, Y., Tu, J., Yu, S., Liu, X., Qin, Y., Huang, Y., Gao, P., Jia, D., Chen, X., Han, Y., Shu, X., Luo, D., Tang, Z., Liu, M. (2021) Prpf31 is essential for the survival and differentiation of retinal progenitor cells by modulating alternative splicing. Nucleic acids research. 49(4):2027-2043.
Abstract
Dysfunction of splicing factors often result in abnormal cell differentiation and apoptosis, especially in neural tissues. Mutations in pre-mRNAs processing factor 31 (PRPF31) cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive retinal degeneration disease. The transcriptome-wide splicing events specifically regulated by PRPF31 and their biological roles in the development and maintenance of retina are still unclear. Here, we showed that the differentiation and viability of retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) are severely perturbed in prpf31 knockout zebrafish when compared with other tissues at an early embryonic stage. At the cellular level, significant mitotic arrest and DNA damage were observed. These defects could be rescued by the wild-type human PRPF31 rather than the disease-associated mutants. Further bioinformatic analysis and experimental verification uncovered that Prpf31 deletion predominantly causes the skipping of exons with a weak 5' splicing site. Moreover, genes necessary for DNA repair and mitotic progression are most enriched among the differentially spliced events, which may explain the cellular and tissular defects in prpf31 mutant retinas. This is the first time that Prpf31 is demonstrated to be essential for the survival and differentiation of RPCs during retinal neurogenesis by specifically modulating the alternative splicing of genes involved in DNA repair and mitosis.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping