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XB-ART-1226
Mol Cell Biol 2005 Nov 01;2521:9595-607. doi: 10.1128/MCB.25.21.9595-9607.2005.
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PTB regulates the processing of a 3'-terminal exon by repressing both splicing and polyadenylation.

Le Sommer C , Lesimple M , Mereau A , Menoret S , Allo MR , Hardy S .


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The polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) has been described as a global repressor of regulated exons. To investigate PTB functions in a physiological context, we used a combination of morpholino-mediated knockdown and transgenic overexpression strategies in Xenopus laevis embryos. We show that embryonic endoderm and skin deficient in PTB displayed a switch of the alpha-tropomyosin pre-mRNA 3' end processing to the somite-specific pattern that results from the utilization of an upstream 3'-terminal exon designed exon 9A9'. Conversely, somitic targeted overexpression of PTB resulted in the repression of the somite-specific exon 9A9' and a switch towards the nonmuscle pattern. These results validate PTB as a key physiological regulator of the 3' end processing of the alpha-tropomyosin pre-mRNA. Moreover, using a minigene strategy in the Xenopus oocyte, we show that in addition to repressing the splicing of exon 9A9', PTB regulates the cleavage/polyadenylation of this 3'-terminal exon.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: ptbp1
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References [+] :
Ashiya, A neuron-specific splicing switch mediated by an array of pre-mRNA repressor sites: evidence of a regulatory role for the polypyrimidine tract binding protein and a brain-specific PTB counterpart. 1997, Pubmed