Abstract
Nuclear retention of pre-mRNAs is tightly regulated by several security mechanisms that prevent pre-mRNA export into the cytoplasm. Recently, spliceostatin A, a methylated derivative of a potent antitumor microbial metabolite FR901464, was found to cause pre-mRNA accumulation and translation in mammalian cells. Here we report that spliceostatin A also inhibits splicing and nuclear retention of pre-mRNA in a fission yeast strain that lacks the multidrug resistance protein Pmd1. As observed in mammalian cells, spliceostatin A is bound to components of the SF3b complex in the spliceosome. Furthermore, overexpression of nup211, a homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MLP1, suppresses translation of pre-mRNAs accumulated by spliceostatin A. These results suggest that the SF3b complex has a conserved role in pre-mRNA retention, which is independent of the Mlp1 function.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 573-577 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 364 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007/12/21 |
Keywords
- Fission yeast
- Pre-mRNA
- Pre-mRNA retention
- SF3b
- Spliceostatin A
- Splicing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology