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  • Regulation of the Neurospor...
    Ma, Huan; Zhang, Lin; Yu, Xinyang; Wan, Yufeng; Wang, Dongni; Shi, Weirui; Huang, Meiyan; Xu, Manhao; Shen, Enze; Gao, Menghan; Guo, Jinhu

    G3 : genes - genomes - genetics, 11/2019, Letnik: 9, Številka: 11
    Journal Article

    Increasing evidence has pointed to the connection between pre-mRNA splicing and the circadian clock; however, the underlying mechanisms of this connection remain largely elusive. In the filamentous fungus , the core circadian clock elements comprise White Collar 1 (WC-1), WC-2 and FREQUENCY (FRQ), which form a negative feedback loop to control the circadian rhythms of gene expression and physiological processes. Previously, we have shown that in , the pre-mRNA splicing factors Pre-mRNA-processing ATP-dependent RNA helicase 5 (PRP5), protein arginine methyl transferase 5 (PRMT5) and snRNA gene are involved in the regulation of splicing of transcripts, which encode the negative component of the circadian clock system. In this work we further demonstrated that repression of spliceosomal component sRNA genes, , , and , affected the circadian conidiation rhythms. In a knockdown strain, the molecular rhythmicity was dampened. The expression of a set of snRNP genes including was up-regulated in a mutant strain lacking the clock component , suggesting that the function of spliceosome might be under the circadian control. Among these snRNP genes, the levels of RNA and PRP5 protein oscillated. The distribution of PRP5 in cytosol was rhythmic, suggesting a dynamic assembly of PRP5 in the spliceosome complex in a circadian fashion. Silencing of caused changes in the transcription and splicing of NCU09649, a clock-controlled gene. Moreover, in the clock mutant , the rhythmicity of I-6 splicing was abolished. These data shed new lights on the regulation of circadian clock by the pre-RNA splicing, and PRP5 may link the circadian clock and pre-RNA splicing events through mediating the assembly and function of the spliceosome complex.