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Representative cancer-associated U2AF2 mutations alter RNA interactions and splicing

Debanjana Maji, Eliezra Glasser, Steven T. Henderson, Justin W. Galardi, Mary J. Pulvino, Jermaine L. Jenkins, Clara L. Kielkopf

2020Journal of Biological Chemistry44 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

High-throughput sequencing of hematologic malignancies and other cancers has revealed recurrent mis-sense mutations of genes encoding pre-mRNA splicing factors. The essential splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes a polypyrimidine-tract splice-site signal and initiates spliceosome assembly. Here, we investigate representative, acquired U2AF2 mutations, namely N196K or G301D amino acid substitutions associated with leukemia or solid tumors, respectively. We determined crystal structures of the wild-type (WT) compared with N196K- or G301D-substituted U2AF2 proteins, each bound to a prototypical AdML polypyrimidine tract, at 1.5, 1.4, or 1.7 Å resolutions. The N196K residue appears to stabilize the open conformation of U2AF2 with an inter-RNA recognition motif hydrogen bond, in agreement with an increased apparent RNA-binding affinity of the N196K-substituted protein. The G301D residue remains in a similar position as the WT residue, where unfavorable proximity to the RNA phosphodiester could explain the decreased RNA-binding affinity of the G301D-substituted protein. We found that expression of the G301D-substituted U2AF2 protein reduces splicing of a minigene transcript carrying prototypical splice sites. We further show that expression of either N196K- or G301D-substituted U2AF2 can subtly alter splicing of representative endogenous transcripts, despite the presence of endogenous, WT U2AF2 such as would be present in cancer cells. Altogether, our results demonstrate that acquired U2AF2 mutations such as N196K and G301D are capable of dysregulating gene expression for neoplastic transformation. High-throughput sequencing of hematologic malignancies and other cancers has revealed recurrent mis-sense mutations of genes encoding pre-mRNA splicing factors. The essential splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes a polypyrimidine-tract splice-site signal and initiates spliceosome assembly. Here, we investigate representative, acquired U2AF2 mutations, namely N196K or G301D amino acid substitutions associated with leukemia or solid tumors, respectively. We determined crystal structures of the wild-type (WT) compared with N196K- or G301D-substituted U2AF2 proteins, each bound to a prototypical AdML polypyrimidine tract, at 1.5, 1.4, or 1.7 Å resolutions. The N196K residue appears to stabilize the open conformation of U2AF2 with an inter-RNA recognition motif hydrogen bond, in agreement with an increased apparent RNA-binding affinity of the N196K-substituted protein. The G301D residue remains in a similar position as the WT residue, where unfavorable proximity to the RNA phosphodiester could explain the decreased RNA-binding affinity of the G301D-substituted protein. We found that expression of the G301D-substituted U2AF2 protein reduces splicing of a minigene transcript carrying prototypical splice sites. We further show that expression of either N196K- or G301D-substituted U2AF2 can subtly alter splicing of representative endogenous transcripts, despite the presence of endogenous, WT U2AF2 such as would be present in cancer cells. Altogether, our results demonstrate that acquired U2AF2 mutations such as N196K and G301D are capable of dysregulating gene expression for neoplastic transformation. Large-scale sequencing projects, together with an emerging plethora of protein structures, have revealed statistically significant clustering of disease-associated mutations at protein–ligand interfaces (1Wang X. Wei X. Thijssen B. Das J. Lipkin S.M. Yu H. Three-dimensional reconstruction of protein networks provides insight into human genetic disease.Nat. 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SF3B1/Hsh155 HEAT motif mutations affect interaction with the spliceosomal ATPase Prp5, resulting in altered branch site selectivity in pre-mRNA splicing.Genes Dev. 2016; 30 (28087715): 2710-272310.1101/gad.291872.116Crossref PubMed Scopus (46) Google Scholar, 13Carrocci T.J. Zoerner D.M. Paulson J.C. Hoskins A.A. SF3b1 mutations associated with myelodysplastic syndromes alter the fidelity of branchsite selection in yeast.Nucleic Acids Res. 2017; 45 (28062854): 4837-485210.1093/nar/gkw1349PubMed Google Scholar). The recurrent mutations of SF3B1, SRSF2, and U2AF1 in turn dysregulate the functions of the encoded proteins for gene expression and are thought to be drivers of cancer progression. Lower-frequency mutations of other splicing factors targets that alter functional for from such mutations in the of genes have been the of pre-mRNA as for the mutations of S. Lee C. J. recurrent mutations in cancer and mutational Biotechnol. 2016; PubMed Scopus Google Scholar). 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