Journal article
Splicing Factor RBM20 Regulates Transcriptional Network of Titin Associated and Calcium Handling Genes in The Heart
International journal of biological sciences, Vol.14(4), pp.369-380
2018
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.24117
PMCID: PMC5930469
PMID: 29725258
Abstract
RNA binding motif 20 (RBM20) regulates pre-mRNA splicing of over thirty genes, among which titin is a major target. With RBM20 expression, titin expresses a larger isoform at fetal stage to a smaller isoform at adult resulting from alternative splicing, while, without RBM20, titin expresses exclusively a larger isoform throughout all ages. In addition to splicing regulation, it is unknown whether RBM20 also regulates gene expression. In this study, we employed
knockout rats to investigate gene expression profile using Affymetrix expression array. We compared wild type to
knockout at day1, 20 and 49. Bioinformatics analysis showed RBM20 regulates fewer genes expression at younger age and more at older age and commonly expressed genes have the same trends. GSEA indicated up-regulated genes are associated with heart failure. We examined titin binding partners. All titin direct binding partners are up-regulated and their increased expression is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. Particularly, we found that genes involving calcium handling and muscle contraction are changed by RBM20. Intracellular calcium level measurement with individual cardiomyocytes further confirmed that changes of these proteins impact calcium handling. Selected genes from titin binding partners and calcium handling were validated with QPCR and western blotting. These data demonstrate that RBM20 regulates gene splicing as well as gene expression. Altered gene expression by RBM20 influences protein-protein interaction, calcium releasing and thus muscle contraction. Our results first reported gene expression impacted by RBM20 with heart maturation, and provided new insights into the role of RBM20 in the progression of heart failure.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Splicing Factor RBM20 Regulates Transcriptional Network of Titin Associated and Calcium Handling Genes in The Heart
- Creators
- Wei Guo - Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USAChaoqun Zhu - Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USAZhiyong Yin - Department of Cardiology, Xi Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, ChinaQiurong Wang - Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USAMingming Sun - Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USAHuojun Cao - Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAMarion L Greaser - Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of biological sciences, Vol.14(4), pp.369-380
- DOI
- 10.7150/ijbs.24117
- PMID
- 29725258
- PMCID
- PMC5930469
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Biol Sci
- ISSN
- 1449-2288
- eISSN
- 1449-2288
- Publisher
- Australia
- Grant note
- R01 HL077196 / NHLBI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2018
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Endodontics; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984065991002771
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