Dysregulation of Mdm2 and Mdm4 alternative splicing underlies motor neuron death in spinal muscular atrophy.
Genes Dev
; 32(15-16): 1045-1059, 2018 08 01.
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ABSTRACT
Ubiquitous deficiency in the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein causes death of motor neurons-a hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)-through poorly understood mechanisms. Here, we show that the function of SMN in the assembly of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) regulates alternative splicing of Mdm2 and Mdm4, two nonredundant repressors of p53. Decreased inclusion of critical Mdm2 and Mdm4 exons is most prominent in SMA motor neurons and correlates with both snRNP reduction and p53 activation in vivo. Importantly, increased skipping of Mdm2 and Mdm4 exons regulated by SMN is necessary and sufficient to synergistically elicit robust p53 activation in wild-type mice. Conversely, restoration of full-length Mdm2 and Mdm4 suppresses p53 induction and motor neuron degeneration in SMA mice. These findings reveal that loss of SMN-dependent regulation of Mdm2 and Mdm4 alternative splicing underlies p53-mediated death of motor neurons in SMA, establishing a causal link between snRNP dysfunction and neurodegeneration.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atrofia Muscular Espinal
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas
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Processamento Alternativo
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-mdm2
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Neurônios Motores
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genes Dev
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos