title: Transcriptional Elongation Regulator 1 Affects Transcription and Splicing of Genes Associated with Cellular Morphology and Cytoskeleton Dynamics and Is Required for Neurite Outgrowth in Neuroblastoma Cells and Primary Neuronal Cultures.
abstract: TCERG1 is a highly conserved human protein implicated in interactions with the transcriptional and splicing machinery that is associated with neurodegenerative disorders. Biochemical, neuropathological, and genetic evidence suggests an important role for TCERG1 in Huntington's disease (HD) pathogenesis. At present, the molecular mechanism underlying TCERG1-mediated neuronal effects is unknown. Here, we show that TCERG1 depletion led to widespread alterations in mRNA processing that affected different types of alternative transcriptional or splicing events, indicating that TCERG1 plays a broad role in the regulation of alternative splicing. We observed considerable changes in the transcription and alternative splicing patterns of genes involved in cytoskeleton dynamics and neurite outgrowth. Accordingly, TCERG1 depletion in the neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line and primary mouse neurons affected morphogenesis and resulted in reduced dendritic outgrowth, with a major effect on dendrite ramification and branching complexity. These defects could be rescued by ectopic expression of TCERG1. Our results indicate that TCERG1 affects expression of multiple mRNAs involved in neuron projection development, whose misregulation may be involved in TCERG1-linked neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Cobo
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain.|Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Younes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: El Yousfi
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain.|Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Carme
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández-Munain
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016, Granada, Spain. csune@ipb.csic.es.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7991-0458
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suñé
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000071446:Neuronal Outgrowth / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; C108440:TCERG1 protein, human; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors
keywords: Alternative splicing; Cytoskeleton; Dendrites; Neurite outgrowth; TCERG1; Transcription