Patologia molecolare dello splicing del precursore dell’mRNA. Aspetti di base e diagnostici
- 3 Anni 2002/2005
- 139.665€ Totale Fondi
Dal sequenziamento del genoma umano e’ risultato chiaro che circa un terzo dei geni possono codificare numerose e diverse proteine mediante lo splicing alternativo dell mRNA, un meccanismo di base implicato nel controllo della espressione genica e nella diversita’ genomica. Poiche’ la regolazione di questo processo e’ intrinsecamente complessa e’ anche suscettibile di variazioni patologiche. Circa il 40 % di mutazioni a carico del DNA associate a malattie ereditarie causano un difetto nello splicing dell’mRNA. Tuttavia la associazione tra una mutazione ed il suo effetto sullo splicing puo non essere ovvia, in quanto le nostre conoscenze sul meccanismo di base che regola lo splicing sono limitate. In particolare mediante screening a tappeto di geni implicati in patologie ereditarie vengono continuamente identificate mutazioni di splicing "orfane", la cui associazione con la patologia non e’ chiara. Frequentemente queste mutazioni vengono ritrovate sia in pazienti affetti che in soggetti sani oppure in pazienti con un interessamento patologico variabile. In questa proposta noi intendiamo sviluppare un sistema che permetta una identificazione ed uno studio dettagliato delle mutazioni di splicing "orfane". Inoltre intendiamo studiare dettagliatamente alcune mutazioni di splicing precedentemente identificate nella Fibrosi Cistica, nell’Atassia-Teleangectasia e nell’Omocistinuria. La caratterizzazione molecolare dei meccanismi di base implicati nello splicing patologico permetteranno lo sviluppo di strategie terapeutiche mirate.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2004 Nucleic acids research
hnRNP H binding at the 5 ' splice site correlates with the pathological effect of two intronic mutations in the NF-1 and TSH beta genes
- 2006 FEBS LETTERS
TDP43 depletion rescues aberrant CFTR exon 9 skipping
- 2008 BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
Thrombopoietin and its splicing variants: Structure and functions in thrombopoiesis and beyond
- 2003 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Missense, nonsense, and neutral mutations define juxtaposed regulatory elements of splicing in cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator exon 9
- 2004 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
An intronic polypyrimidine-rich element downstream of the donor site modulates cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator exon 9 alternative splicing
- 2002 NATURE GENETICS
A new type of mutation causes a splicing defect in ATM
- 2003 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Promoter architecture modulates CFTR exon 9 skipping
- 2004 GENE
Alternative splicing of fibronectin: a mouse model demonstrates the identity of in vitro and in vivo systems and the processing autonomy of regulated exons in adult mice
- 2005 JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Human, Drosophila, and C-elegans TDP43: Nucleic acid binding properties and splicing regulatory function
- 2006 FEBS LETTERS
NF1 mRNA biogenesis: Effect of the genomic milieu in splicing regulation of the NF1 exon 37 region
- 2007 Nucleic acids research
Reduced splicing efficiency induced by synonymous substitutions may generate a substrate for natural selection of new splicing isoforms: the case of CFTR exon 12
- 2004 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Nuclear factor TDP-43 binds to the polymorphic TG repeats in CFTR intron 8 and causes skipping of Exon 9: A functional link with disease penetrance
- 2005 Nucleic acids research
Depletion of TDP 43 overrides the need for exonic and intronic splicing enhancers in the human apoA-II gene
- 2004 NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Genomic variants in exons and introns: identifying the splicing spoilers
- 2005 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
TDP-43 binds heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B through its C-terminal tail - An important region for the inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator exon 9 splicing
- 2005 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AME
Synonymous mutations in CFTR exon 12 affect splicing and are not neutral in evolution
- 2003 HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
New type of disease causing mutations: the example of the composite exonic regulatory elements of splicing in CFTR exon 12
- 2007 Nucleic acids research
Complex splicing control of the human thrombopoietin gene by intronic G runs
- 2007 Nucleic acids research
Aberrant 5 ' splice sites in human disease genes: mutation pattern, nucleotide structure and comparison of computational tools that predict their utilization
- 2006 RNA-A PUBLICATION OF THE RNA SOCIETY
Cryptic splice site usage in exon 7 of the human fibrinogen B beta-chain gene is regulated by a naturally silent SF2/ASF binding site within this exon
- 2005 TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Another step forward for SELEXive splicing
- 2004 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
An exonic splicing enhancer offsets the atypical GU-rich 3 ' splice site of human apolipoprotein A-II exon 3
- 2003 TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Can a 'patch' in a skipped exon make the pre-mRNA splicing machine run better?
- 2006 Nucleic acids research
Defective splicing, disease and therapy: searching for master checkpoints in exon definition