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Understanding the mechanism underlying splicing termination with mRNA re-splicing repressor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K06024
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 43010:Molecular biology-related
Research InstitutionFujita Health University

Principal Investigator

Mayeda Akila  藤田医科大学, がん医療研究センター, 客員教授 (50212204)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords遺伝子発現制御 / スプライシング / 癌 / TSG101 / mRNA再スプライシング / エクソン接合部複合体(EJC) / mRNA品質管理 / スプライシング完了機構 / mRNA前駆体スプライシング / エキシトロン / EJC
Outline of Research at the Start

数多くのイントロンに分断されたエクソンを正しく認識しエクソン同士を正確に結合させるスプライシングは、mRNAが蛋白質合成の鋳型であるが故に、遺伝子発現での必須過程である。ところが、スプライシングの精度を上げている仕組みは未だに不詳である。スプライシングが完了した成熟mRNAが、通常はなぜ再びスプライシングされないのか? という素朴な疑問に対し、まだ満足な答えがない
スプライシングが完了すると、成熟mRNA上にEJCが形成されることが知られるが、私たちはEJCが再スプライシングを抑制する事実を発見した。EJCがスプライシング完了のシグナルとなっている、という仮説を証明し、未知のスプライシング完了機構を解明したい。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We previously discovered cancer-specific mRNA re-splicing that occurs on mature spliced mRNA and generates aberrant transcripts/proteins. The mRNA re-splicing in various cancer cells implies an important mechanism that prevents deleterious extra re-splicing in normal cells. We postulated a repressor of the mRNA re-splicing in normal cells.
We found that knockdown of EJC core proteins, EIF4A3, MAGOH and RBM8A (Y14), markedly induced mRNA re-splicing. We conclude that the EJC is a critical mRNA quality control factor to prevent extra re-splicing on mature mRNA.
The spliced mRNA forms a packed and compacted mRNP structure by binding among EJC core and SR proteins together with other RNA-binding proteins. We thus postulate that EJC core-triggered formation of the highly compacted mRNP protects mature mRNA from reassembly of spliceosome to initiate aberrant mRNA re-splicing, implicating the general termination mechanism of splicing.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

蛋白質の設計図であるmRNAを作るためのスプライシングが正確でないと、目的の蛋白質を作れず、しばしばがんや重い病気の原因となる。正常細胞において、一旦スプライシングが完了したmRNAを再びスプライシングさせない機構は、未知のmRNA品質管理システムの根幹となっている。
その鍵を握る因子、すなわちmRNA再スプライシング抑制因子としてエクソン接合部複合体(EJC)を同定した。EJC結合が正常なスプライシング完了のシグナルとなっていることが明らかになった。この研究成果により、転写物全体(トランスクリプトーム)の正常化を維持するために、EJCが重要な役割を果たしていることが明らかとなった。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 9 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウイーン天然資源大学/応用遺伝学・細胞生物学科(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Taiwan University(その他の国・地域(台湾))

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Bavarian NMR Center/Technical University of Munich(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Taiwan University Hospital(その他の国・地域(台湾))

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Structural differences between the closely related RNA helicases, UAP56 and URH49, fashion distinct functional apo-complexes.2024

    • Author(s)
      K-I. Fujita, M. Ito, M. Irie, K. Harada, N. Fujiwara, Y. Ikeda, H. Yoshioka, T. Yamazaki, M. Kojima, B. Mikami, A. Mayeda, S. Masuda
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 455-455

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-023-44217-8

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Terminal regions of UAP56 and URH49 are required for their distinct complex formation functioning to an essential role in mRNA processing and export.2024

    • Author(s)
      K-I. Fujita, T. Yamazaki, A. Mayeda, S. Masuda
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

      Volume: 703 Pages: 149682-149682

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149682

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] RBM17 expression Is associated with the efficacy of ICI monotherapy in NSCLC with low PD-L1 expression.2023

    • Author(s)
      H. Nagamine, M. Yashiro, N. Yoshimoto, M. Izumi, A. Sugimoto, K. Nakahama, K. Ogawa, Y. Matsumoto, K. Sawa, Y. Tani, H. Kaneda, S. Mitsuoka, K. Yamada, T. Watanabe, K. Aasai, K. Fukumura, A. Mayeda, T. Kawaguchi
    • Journal Title

      Anticancer Research

      Volume: 43 Issue: 10 Pages: 4663-4672

    • DOI

      10.21873/anticanres.16662

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] SAP30BP interacts with RBM17/SPF45 to promote splicing in a subset of human short introns2023

    • Author(s)
      Fukumura Kazuhiro、Sperotto Luca、Seu? Stefanie、Kang Hyun-Seo、Yoshimoto Rei、Sattler Michael、Mayeda Akila
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports

      Volume: 42 Issue: 12 Pages: 113534-113534

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113534

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Epstein-Barr virus enhances cancer-specific aberrant splicing.2022

    • Author(s)
      H.H. Chua, T. Kameyama, A. Mayeda, T.H. Yeh
    • Journal Title

      Int. J. Mol. Sci.

      Volume: 23 Issue: 5 Pages: 2516-2516

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms23052516

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] SAP30BP interacts with SPF45/RBM17 to promote splicing in a distinct subset of human short introns.2022

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, L. Sperotto, H-S. Kang, S. Seuss, R. Yoshimoto, M. Sattler, A. Mayeda
    • Journal Title

      BioRxiv

      Volume: 2022 Pages: 522300-522300

    • DOI

      10.1101/2022.12.30.522300

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 「イントロンの長さ」の不可思議に端を発する新しいスプライシング機構の発見.2022

    • Author(s)
      福村 和宏, 前田 明
    • Journal Title

      生化学

      Volume: 94 Pages: 806-813

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The exon junction complex core represses cancer-specific mature mRNA re-splicing: A potential key role in terminating splicing.2021

    • Author(s)
      Y. Otani, K.-i. Fujita, T. Kameyama, A. Mayeda
    • Journal Title

      Int. J. Mol. Sci.

      Volume: 22 Issue: 12 Pages: 6519-6519

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms22126519

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] SPF45/RBM17-dependent, but not U2AF-dependent, splicing in a distinct subset of human short introns2021

    • Author(s)
      Fukumura Kazuhiro、Yoshimoto Rei、Sperotto Luca、Kang Hyun-Seo、Hirose Tetsuro、Inoue Kunio、Sattler Michael、Mayeda Akila
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-021-24879-y

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] スプライシングと抗がん剤耐性.2021

    • Author(s)
      福村 和宏, 前田 明
    • Journal Title

      細胞

      Volume: 53 Pages: 900-901

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] SPF45/RBM17-dependent splicing implicated in multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy.2021

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, J.P. Venables, A. Mayeda
    • Journal Title

      Mol. Cell. Oncol.

      Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 1996318-1996318

    • DOI

      10.1080/23723556.2021.1996318

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Biosynthesis of Circular RNA ciRS-7/CDR1as Is Mediated by Mammalian-wide Interspersed Repeats2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimoto Rei、Rahimi Karim、Hansen Thomas B.、Kjems J?rgen、Mayeda Akila
    • Journal Title

      iScience

      Volume: 23 Issue: 7 Pages: 101345-101345

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.isci.2020.101345

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] RNPS1 in PSAP complex controls periodic pre-mRNA splicing over the cell cycle.2024

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, A. Masuda, J.-i. Takeda, K. Ohno, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      The 29th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Identified RBM17 (SPF45)-SAP30BP interaction promotes non-canonical splicing in a subset of human short introns.2023

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, L. Sperotto, Stefanie Seuss, H-S. Kang, R. Yoshimoto, M. Sattler, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      The 28th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Splicing in a subset of human short introns is promoted by SAP30BP-RBM17 but not by canonical U2AF2-UFAF1.2023

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, L. Sperotto, S. Seuss, H.-S. Kang, R. Yoshimoto, M. Sattler, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      The 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] EJC core-triggered compacted mRNP structure represses cancer-specific splicing in exitron.2023

    • Author(s)
      K.-I. Fujita, Y. Otani, T. Kameyama, P. Venhuizen, M. Kalyna, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      Eukaryotic mRNA Processing Meeting
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] エクソン接合部複合体(EJC)から形成されるmRNP密集構造はエキシトロン(エクソン内イントロン)で起こる異常スプライシングを抑制している.2023

    • Author(s)
      藤田 賢一, 大谷勇太, 亀山俊樹, P. Venhuizen, M. Kalyna, 前田 明
    • Organizer
      第46回 日本分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] SAP30BP-RBM17 interaction is an essential process to splice out a subset of human short introns.2023

    • Author(s)
      福村和宏, L. Sperotto, S. Seuss, H.-S. Kang, 芳本玲, M. Sattler, 前田 明
    • Organizer
      第46回 日本分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 45 years of splicing, 40 years of my studies, leading to the recent discovery of new splicing.2022

    • Author(s)
      A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      Tokyo RNA Club:The 31st Meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A novel pre-mRNA splicing mechanism with RBM17 (SPF45)-SAP30BP complex for a subset of human short introns.2022

    • Author(s)
      K. Fukumura, L. Sperotto, H-S. Kang, Stefanie Seuss, R. Yoshimoto, M. Sattler, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference: RNA Biology
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The exon junction complex core represses cancer-specific mature mRNA re-splicing: A potential key role in terminating splicing.2021

    • Author(s)
      Y. Ohtani, T. Kameyama, A. Mayeda
    • Organizer
      The 26th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society (online meeting).
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] スプライシング制御① mRNA転写・プロセシング・核外輸送・品質管理における相互連携の重要性: mRNAの制御機構の解明と治療薬・ワクチンへの活用2023

    • Author(s)
      藤田 賢一, 堀 史人, , 鵜飼 生望, 前田 明, 増田 誠司
    • Total Pages
      411
    • Publisher
      技術情報協会
    • ISBN
      9784861049378
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 研究室のホームページ

    • URL

      http://www.fujita-hu.ac.jp/~mayeda/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report

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