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标题：The polypyrimidine tract binding protein regulates desaturase alternative splicing and PUFA composition
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作者：Holly T. Reardon ; Woo Jung Park ; Jimmy Zhang 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2011
卷号：52
期号：12
页码：2279-2286
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M019653
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：The Δ6 desaturase, encoded by FADS2 , plays a crucial role in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid synthesis. These fatty acids are essential components of the central nervous system, and they act as precursors for eicosanoid signaling molecules and as direct modulators of gene expression. The polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB or hnRNP I) is a splicing factor that regulates alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, PTB is shown to bind an exonic splicing silencer element and repress alternative splicing of FADS2 into FADS2 AT1 . PTB and FADS2AT1 were inversely correlated in neonatal baboon tissues, implicating PTB as a major regulator of tissue-specific FADS2 splicing. In HepG2 cells, PTB knockdown modulated alternative splicing of FADS2, as well as FADS3 , a putative desaturase of unknown function. Omega-3 fatty acids decreased by nearly one half relative to omega-6 fatty acids in PTB knockdown cells compared with controls, with a particularly strong decrease in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) concentration and its ratio to arachidonic acid (ARA). This is a rare demonstration of a mechanism specifically altering the cellular omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio without any change in diet/media. These findings reveal a novel role for PTB, regulating availability of membrane components and eicosanoid precursors for cell signaling.
关键词：PTB ; Δ6 desaturase ; polyunsaturated fatty acids ; alternative splicing ; n-3 fatty acids ; inflammation ; FADS2