The biological and clinical consequences of RNA splicing factor U2AF1 mutation in myeloid malignancies

Y Zhao, W Cai, Y Hua, X Yang, J Zhou - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 (U2AF1) is one of the most
important RNA splicing genes involved in regulating the alternative splicing of pre-mRNA …

Histidine N1-position-specific methyltransferase CARNMT1 targets C3H zinc finger proteins and modulates RNA metabolism

T Shimazu, R Yoshimoto, K Kotoshiba… - Genes & …, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Histidine (His) residues are methylated in various proteins, but their roles and regulation
mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we show that carnosine N-methyltransferase 1 …

Recurrent spliceosome mutations in cancer: mechanisms and consequences of aberrant splice site selection

CA Niño, R Scotto di Perrotolo, S Polo - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The spliceosome ribonucleoprotein complex catalyzes the removal of
introns and exons ligation, a fundamental post-transcriptional process that generates mature …

Profiling the Binding Activities of Peptides and Inhibitors to the U2 Auxiliary Factor Homology Motif (UHM) Domains

X Yuan, KL Howie, M Kazemi Sabzvar… - ACS Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
RNA splicing is a biological process to generate mature mRNA (mRNA) by removing introns
and annexing exons in the nascent RNA transcript and is executed by a multiprotein …

[HTML][HTML] Splicing factor deficits render hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells sensitive to STAT3 inhibition

KS Potts, RC Cameron, A Metidji, N Ghazale… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) sustain lifelong hematopoiesis. Mutations
of pre-mRNA splicing machinery, especially splicing factor 3b, subunit 1 (SF3B1), are early …

Impact of U2AF1 mutations on circular RNA expression in myelodysplastic neoplasms

E Wedge, U Ahmadov, TB Hansen, Z Gao, M Tulstrup… - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
Mutations in U2AF1 are relatively common in myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) and are
associated with an inferior prognosis, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this are not …

Impact of genome build on RNA-seq interpretation and diagnostics

RA Ungar, PC Goddard, TD Jensen, F Degalez… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Transcriptomics is a powerful tool for unraveling the molecular effects of genetic variants and
disease diagnosis. Prior studies have demonstrated that choice of genome build impacts …

RNA splicing factors in normal hematopoiesis and hematologic malignancies: novel therapeutic targets and strategies

Z Li, Z He, J Wang, G Kong - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
RNA splicing, a crucial transesterification-based process by which noncoding regions are
removed from premature RNA to create mature mRNA, regulates various cellular functions …

[HTML][HTML] Single-tube Ptprc SNP genotyping of JAXBoy (CD45. 1) and C57BL/6J (CD45. 2) mice by endpoint PCR and gel electrophoresis

CE Ryan, TR Salvetti, IR Baum, BA Figueroa… - Molecular and cellular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Allelic variation at the Ptprc gene, which encodes the pan-leukocyte marker CD45/Ly5, is
commonly exploited to track hematopoietic reconstitution by flow cytometry in mixed bone …

Comprehensive Analyses of the Effects of the Small-Molecule Inhibitor of the UHM Domain in the Splicing Factor U2AF1 in Leukemia Cells

CY Yang, X Yuan, MK Sabzvar, A Patil… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Mutations in RNA splicing factor genes including SF3B1, U2AF1, SRSF2, and ZRSR2 have
been reported to contribute to development of myeloid neoplasms including myelodysplastic …