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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 11, Pages 1628-1638Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01071-15
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31070704]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) [2012CB524900]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M541564]
- China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation [2014T70439]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31400677]
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The liver performs a variety of unique functions critical for metabolic homeostasis. Here, we show that mice lacking the splicing factor SRSF2 but not SRSF1 in hepatocytes have severe liver pathology and biochemical abnormalities. Histological analyses revealed generalized hepatitis with the presence of ballooned hepatocytes and evidence of fibrosis. Molecular analysis demonstrated that SRSF2 governs splicing of multiple genes involved in the stress-induced cell death pathway in the liver. More importantly, SRSF2 also functions as a potent transcription activator, required for efficient expression of transcription factors mainly responsible for energy homeostasis and bile acid metabolism in the liver. Consistent with the effects of SRSF2 in gene regulation, accumulation of total cholesterol and bile acids was prominently observed in the mutant liver, followed by enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species and increased endoplasmic reticulum stress, as revealed by biochemical and ultrastructural analyses. Taking these observations together, inactivation of SRSF2 in liver caused dysregulated splicing events and hepatic metabolic disorders, which trigger endoplasmic reticulum stress, oxidative stress, and finally liver failure.
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