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The Musashi proteins direct post-transcriptional control of protein expression and alternate exon splicing in vertebrate photoreceptors

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COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
卷 5, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03990-w

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  1. National Institutes of Health [2R01EY025536]
  2. Visual Sciences Center of Biomedical Research Excellence [P20GM144230]
  3. West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Office of Research and Graduate Education
  4. West Virginia University and Department of Biology startup funds
  5. Research and Scholarship Advancement award
  6. Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

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RNA-binding proteins Musashi 1 and 2 play important roles in the survival and function of photoreceptor cells, regulating splicing and protein expression. Their roles in stem cells are opposite to their roles in mature photoreceptor cells, but they are still essential.
The RNA-binding proteins, Musashi 1 and 2, regulate splicing of photoreceptor-specific alternative exons and activate protein expression, and are essential for promoting translation of proteins required for vision and photoreceptor survival. The Musashi proteins, MSI1 and MSI2, are conserved RNA binding proteins with a role in the maintenance and renewal of stem cells. Contrasting with this role, terminally differentiated photoreceptor cells express high levels of MSI1 and MSI2, pointing to a role for the two proteins in vision. Combined knockout of Msi1 and Msi2 in mature photoreceptor cells abrogated the retinal response to light and caused photoreceptor cell death. In photoreceptor cells the Musashi proteins perform distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic functions. In the nucleus, the Musashi proteins promote splicing of photoreceptor-specific alternative exons. Surprisingly, conserved photoreceptor-specific alternative exons in genes critical for vision proved to be dispensable, raising questions about the selective pressures that lead to their conservation. In the cytoplasm MSI1 and MSI2 activate protein expression. Loss of Msi1 and Msi2 lead to reduction in the levels of multiple proteins including proteins required for vision and photoreceptor survival. The requirement for MSI1 and MSI2 in terminally differentiated photoreceptors alongside their role in stem cells shows that, depending on cellular context, these two proteins can control processes ranging from cell proliferation to sensory perception.

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