期刊
STEM CELLS
卷 34, 期 7, 页码 1776-1789出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2366
关键词
Rbm24; Alternative splicing; Embryonic stem cell; Cardiac; RNA binding protein
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81270199]
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China [2014CB965101]
- Xiamen Joint Research Fund for Major Diseases [3502Z20159014]
- Research Fund of Xiamen Oceanic Administration [14PYY051SF04]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2015A030310008]
- Key Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2013D020]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2012D038]
The transition of embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency to differentiation is accompanied by an expansion of mRNA and proteomic diversity. Post-transcriptional regulation of ESCs is critically governed by cell type-specific splicing. However, little is known about the splicing factors and the molecular mechanisms directing ESC early lineage differentiation. Our study identifies RNA binding motif protein 24 (Rbm24) as a key splicing regulator that plays an essential role in controlling post-transcriptional networks during ESC transition into cardiac differentiation. Using an inducible mouse ESC line in which gene expression could be temporally regulated, we demonstrated that forced expression of Rbm24 in ESCs dramatically induced a switch to cardiac specification. Genome-wide RNA sequencing analysis identified more than 200 Rbm24-regulated alternative splicing events (AS) which occurred in genes essential for the ESC pluripotency or differentiation. Remarkably, AS genes regulated by Rbm24 composed of transcriptional factors, cytoskeleton proteins, and ATPase gene family members which are critical components required for cardiac development and functionality. Furthermore, we show that Rbm24 regulates ESC differentiation by promoting alternative splicing of pluripotency genes. Among the Rbm24-regulated events, Tpm1, an actin filament family gene, was identified to possess ESC/tissue specific isoforms. We demonstrated that these isoforms were functionally distinct and that their exon AS switch was essential for ESC differentiation. Our results suggest that ESC's switching into the differentiation state can be initiated by a tissue-specific splicing regulator, Rbm24. This finding offers a global view on how an RNA binding protein influences ESC lineage differentiation by a splicing-mediated regulatory mechanism. Stem Cells2016;34:1776-1789
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