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Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect pre-mRNA processing.

Nicole M Martinez, Amanda Su, Margaret C Burns, Julia K Nussbacher, Cassandra Schaening, Shashank Sathe, Gene W Yeo, Wendy V Gilbert

Molecular cell · 2022 · Vol. 82 (3) · pp. 645-659.e9

Abstract

Pseudouridine is a modified nucleotide that is prevalent in human mRNAs and is dynamically regulated. Here, we investigate when in their life cycle mRNAs become pseudouridylated to illuminate the potential regulatory functions of endogenous mRNA pseudouridylation. Using single-nucleotide resolution pseudouridine profiling on chromatin-associated RNA from human cells, we identified pseudouridines in nascent pre-mRNA at locations associated with alternatively spliced regions, enriched near splice sites, and overlapping hundreds of binding sites for RNA-binding proteins. In vitro splicing assays establish a direct effect of individual endogenous pre-mRNA pseudouridines on splicing efficiency. We validate hundreds of pre-mRNA sites as direct targets of distinct pseudouridine synthases and show that PUS1, PUS7, and RPUSD4-three pre-mRNA-modifying pseudouridine synthases with tissue-specific expression-control widespread changes in alternative pre-mRNA splicing and 3' end processing. Our results establish a vast potential for cotranscriptional pre-mRNA pseudouridylation to regulate human gene expression via alternative pre-mRNA processing.

Linked datasets 1

GSE123613 GSE · via ncbi_elink
GEO ↗

Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect splicingÂ

Homo sapiens

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Potentially related datasets 6

These accessions were text-mined from the PMC full text. They may be referenced for comparison, cited from other studies, or otherwise mentioned without being primary data for this paper.

Accession Source Title
GSE90963 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ Transcriptome-wide Profiling of Multiple RNA Modifications Simultaneously at Single-base Resolution
GSM2418443 GSM · GEO No title in the index
GSM2418439 GSM · GEO No title in the index
GSM2418444 GSM · GEO No title in the index
GSM2418440 GSM · GEO No title in the index
GSE123613 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect splicingÂ

Analysis pipelines 2

Pipeline Assay Steps Dataset
GSE123613 RNA-seq Data Processing geo_data_processing RNA-seq 9 GSE123613
GSE90963 Data Processing geo_data_processing — 35 GSE90963
Funding 8 grants
Grant Funder
U24 HG009889 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R01 HG004659 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
U41 HG009889 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R00 GM135537 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
R01 GM101316 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
T32 DK007541 NIDDK NIH HHS (United States)
K99 GM135537 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
T32 GM087237 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)