A twin UGUA motif directs the balance between gene isoforms through CFIm and the mTORC1 signaling pathway.
R Samuel HerronAlexander K KuniskyJessica R MaddenVivian I AnyaecheMay Z MaungHun-Way HwangPublished in: eLife (2023)
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) generates mRNA isoforms and diversifies gene expression. Here we report the discovery that the mTORC1 signaling pathway balances the expression of two Trim9/TRIM9 isoforms through APA regulation in human and mouse. We showed that CFIm components, CPSF6 and NUDT21, promote the short Trim9/TRIM9 isoform ( Trim9-S/TRIM9-S ) expression. In addition, we identified an evolutionarily conserved twin UGUA motif, UGUAYUGUA, in TRIM9-S polyadenylation site (PAS) that is critical for its regulation by CPSF6. We found additional CPSF6-regulated PASs with similar twin UGUA motifs in human and experimentally validated the twin UGUA motif functionality in BMPR1B , MOB4 , and BRD4-L . Importantly, we showed that inserting a twin UGUA motif into a heterologous PAS was sufficient to confer regulation by CPSF6 and mTORC1. Our study reveals an evolutionarily conserved mechanism to regulate gene isoform expression by mTORC1 and implicates possible gene isoform imbalance in cancer and neurological disorders with mTORC1 pathway dysregulation.
Keyphrases
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