Small nuclear RNA-mediated modulation of splicing reveals a therapeutic strategy for a TREM2 mutation and its post-transcriptional regulation.
Small nuclear RNA-mediated modulation of splicing reveals a therapeutic strategy for a TREM2 mutation and its post-transcriptional regulation.
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10.1038/s41598-018-25204-2
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发表时间：
2018-05-02
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Satoh JI
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作者：
Yanaizu M;Sakai K;Tosaki Y;Kino Y;Satoh JI
Loss-of-function mutations in TREM2 cause Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD), a rare genetic disease characterized by early-onset dementia with leukoencephalopathy and bone cysts. An NHD-associated mutation, c.482 + 2 T > C, disrupts the splice donor site of intron 3 and causes aberrant skipping of exon 3, resulting in the loss of full-length TREM2 protein. Here, we examined the efficacy of artificial U1 and U7 small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) designed to enhance exon 3 inclusion. Using mutant TREM2 minigenes, we found that some modified U1, but not U7, snRNAs enhanced exon 3 inclusion and restored TREM2 protein expression. Unexpectedly, we found that exon 3 of wild-type TREM2 is an alternative exon, whose skipping leads to reduced expression of the full-length protein. Indeed, TREM2 protein levels were modulated by modified snRNAs that either promoted or repressed exon 3 inclusion. The splice donor site flanking exon 3 was predicted to be weak, which may explain both the alternative splicing of exon 3 under normal conditions and complete exon skipping when the c.482 + 2 T > C mutation was present. Collectively, our snRNA-based approaches provide a potential therapeutic strategy for NHD-associated mis-splicing and novel insights into the post-transcriptional regulation of TREM2.
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DOI：
10.1056/nejmoa1211851
发表时间：
2013-01-10
期刊：
The New England journal of medicine
影响因子：
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作者：
Guerreiro R;Wojtas A;Bras J;Carrasquillo M;Rogaeva E;Majounie E;Cruchaga C;Sassi C;Kauwe JS;Younkin S;Hazrati L;Collinge J;Pocock J;Lashley T;Williams J;Lambert JC;Amouyel P;Goate A;Rademakers R;Morgan K;Powell J;St George-Hyslop P;Singleton A;Hardy J;Alzheimer Genetic Analysis Group
通讯作者：
Alzheimer Genetic Analysis Group
影响因子：
14.9
作者：
Desmet FO;Hamroun D;Lalande M;Collod-Béroud G;Claustres M;Béroud C
通讯作者：
Béroud C
影响因子：
14.9
作者：
Kino, Yoshihiro;Washizu, Chika;Ishiura, Shoichi
通讯作者：
Ishiura, Shoichi
影响因子：
14.8
作者：
Palacino, James;Swalley, Susanne E.;Sivasankaran, Rajeev
通讯作者：
Sivasankaran, Rajeev
影响因子：
9.8
作者：
Hua, Yimin;Vickers, Timothy A;Baker, Brenda F;Bennett, C Frank;Krainer, Adrian R
通讯作者：
Krainer, Adrian R