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ArticlePloS one2018

Flow cytometric analysis identifies changes in S and M phases as novel cell cycle alterations induced by the splicing inhibitor isoginkgetin.

Erin J Vanzyl, Kayleigh R C Rick, Alex B Blackmore, Erin M MacFarlane, Bruce C McKay

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin J VanzylDepartment of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada.
Kayleigh R C RickDepartment of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada.
Alex B BlackmoreDepartment of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada.
Erin M MacFarlaneDepartment of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada.
Bruce C McKayDepartment of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7921-1331
Carleton University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spliceosome is a large ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes the removal of introns from RNA polymerase II-transcribed RNAs. Spliceosome assembly occurs in a stepwise manner through specific intermediates referred to as pre-spliceosome complexes E, A, B, B* and C. It has been reported that small molecule inhibitors of the spliceosome that target the SF3B1 protein component of complex A lead to the accumulation of cells in the G1 and G2/M phases of the cell cycle. Here we performed a comprehensive flow cytometry analysis of the effects of isoginkgetin (IGG), a natural compound that interferes with spliceosome assembly at a later step, complex B formation. We found that IGG slowed cell cycle progression in multiple phases of the cell cycle (G1, S and G2) but not M phase. This pattern was somewhat similar to but distinguishable from changes associated with an SF3B1 inhibitor, pladienolide B (PB). Both drugs led to a significant decrease in nascent DNA synthesis in S phase, indicative of an S phase arrest. However, IGG led to a much more prominent S phase arrest than PB while PB exhibited a more pronounced G1 arrest that decreased the proportion of cells in S phase as well. We also found that both drugs led to a comparable decrease in the proportion of cells in M phase. This work indicates that spliceosome inhibitors affect multiple phases of the cell cycle and that some of these effects vary in an agent-specific manner despite the fact that they target splicing at similar stages of spliceosome assembly.

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BiflavonoidsCell CycleCell Cycle CheckpointsCell DivisionDNA ReplicationEpoxy CompoundsFlow CytometryHCT116 CellsHumansMacrolidesRNA PrecursorsRNA SplicingS PhaseSpliceosomesBiflavonoidsEpoxy CompoundsisoginkgetinMacrolidespladienolide BRNA Precursors

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PMCPMC5770052
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