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CtIP-mediated alternative mRNA splicing fine-tunes the DNA damage response

Journal

RNA
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 303-323

Publisher

COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1261/rna.078519.120

Keywords

CtIP; SF3B complex; PIF1; DNA damage response; mRNA splicing

Funding

  1. R+D+I grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity [SAF2016-74855-P]
  2. European Union Regional Funds (FEDER)
  3. FPU fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education
  4. Regional Government of Andalucia (Junta de Andalucia)
  5. program Garantia juvenil en la Universidad de Sevilla

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Cells activate a complex response to DNA damaging agents, coordinating cellular metabolism, cell cycle progression, and DNA repair, resulting in global changes in mRNA splicing. SF3B2 and CtIP play key roles in influencing cell splicing patterns, while timely expression of vPIF1 is crucial for cell survival upon exposure to DNA damaging agents.
In order to survive to the exposure of DNA damaging agents, cells activate a complex response that coordinates the cellular metabolism, cell cycle progression, and DNA repair. Among many other events, recent evidence has described global changes in mRNA splicing in cells treated with genotoxic agents. Here, we explore further this DNA damage-dependent alternative splicing. Indeed, we show that both the splicing factor SF3B2 and the repair protein CtIP contribute to the global pattern of splicing both in cells treated or not to DNA damaging agents. Additionally, we focus on a specific DNA damage- and CtIP-dependent alternative splicing event of the helicase PIF1 and explore its relevance for the survival of cells upon exposure to ionizing radiation. Indeed, we describe how the nuclear, active form of PIF1 is substituted by a splicing variant, named vPIF1, in a fashion that requires both the presence of DNA damage and CtIP. Interestingly, timely expression of vPIF1 is required for optimal survival to exposure to DNA damaging agents, but early expression of this isoform delays early events of the DNA damage response. On the contrary, expression of the full length PIF1 facilitates those early events but increases the sensitivity to DNA damaging agents if the expression is maintained long-term.

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