Journal
GENE
Volume 527, Issue 2, Pages 616-623Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.052
Keywords
Untranslated region; Alternative polyadenylation; Microarray
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) [Z01 ES102345-04]
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RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) allows for the identification of novel exon-exon junctions and quantification of gene expression levels. We show that from RNA-Seq data one may also detect utilization of alternative polyadenylation (APA) in 3' untranslated regions (3' UTRs) known to play a critical role in the regulation of mRNA stability, cellular localization and translation efficiency. Given the dynamic nature of APA, it is desirable to examine the APA on a sample by sample basis. We used a Poisson hidden Markov model (PHMM) of RNA-Seq data to identify potential APA in human liver and brain cortex tissues leading to shortened 3' UTRs. Over three hundred transcripts with shortened 3' UTRs were detected with sensitivity >75% and specificity >60%. Tissue-specific 3' UTR shortening was observed for 32 genes with a q-value <= 0.1. When compared to alternative isoforms detected by Cufflinks or MISO, our PHMM method agreed on over 100 transcripts with shortened 3' UTRs. Given the increasing usage of RNA-Seq for gene expression profiling, using PHMM to investigate sample-specific 3' UTR shortening could be an added benefit from this emerging technology. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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