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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Branch point strength controls species-specific CAMK2B alternative splicing and regulates LTP |
| Creators Name: | Franz, A., Weber, A.I., Preußner, M., Dimos, N., Stumpf, A., Ji, Y., Moreno-Velasquez, L., Voigt, A., Schulz, F., Neumann, A., Kuropka, B., Kuehn, R., Urlaub, H., Schmitz, D., Wahl, M.C. and Heyd, F. |
| Abstract: | Regulation and functionality of species-specific alternative splicing has remained enigmatic to the present date. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIβ (CaMKIIβ) is expressed in several splice variants and plays a key role in learning and memory. Here, we identify and characterize several primate-specific CAMK2B splice isoforms, which show altered kinetic properties and changes in substrate specificity. Furthermore, we demonstrate that primate-specific CAMK2B alternative splicing is achieved through branch point weakening during evolution. We show that reducing branch point and splice site strengths during evolution globally renders constitutive exons alternative, thus providing novel mechanistic insight into cis-directed species-specific alternative splicing regulation. Using CRISPR/Cas9, we introduce a weaker, human branch point sequence into the mouse genome, resulting in strongly altered Camk2b splicing in the brains of mutant mice. We observe a strong impairment of long-term potentiation in CA3-CA1 synapses of mutant mice, thus connecting branch point-controlled CAMK2B alternative splicing with a fundamental function in learning and memory. |
| Keywords: | Alternative Splicing, Base Sequence, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, Exons, Long-Term Potentiation, RNA Splicing, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | Life Science Alliance |
| ISSN: | 2575-1077 |
| Publisher: | Life Science Alliance |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Page Range: | e202201826 |
| Date: | March 2023 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202201826 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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