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ArticleCell reports2019

The Splicing Factor hnRNP M Is a Critical Regulator of Innate Immune Gene Expression in Macrophages.

Kelsi O West, Haley M Scott, Sylvia Torres-Odio, A Phillip West, Kristin L Patrick, Robert O Watson

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Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelsi O WestDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
Haley M ScottDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
Sylvia Torres-OdioDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
A Phillip WestDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
Kristin L PatrickDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA. Electronic address: kpatrick03@tamu.edu.
Robert O WatsonDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA. Electronic address: robert.watson@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

Pre-mRNA splicing regulation is critical for controlling macrophage activationR35GM133720 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kristin Leigh Patrick · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
TRIM proteins polarize DNA sensing outcomes during the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosisR01AI125512 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI WATSON, ROBERT OWEN · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
The splicing factor SF3b1 is a master regulator of the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosisR21AI123753 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI WATSON, ROBERT OWEN · 2016 to 2017
$408k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125512NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI123753NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While transcriptional control of innate immune gene expression is well characterized, almost nothing is known about how pre-mRNA splicing decisions influence, or are influenced by, macrophage activation. Here, we demonstrate that the splicing factor hnRNP M is a critical repressor of innate immune gene expression and that its function is regulated by pathogen sensing cascades. Loss of hnRNP M led to hyperinduction of a unique regulon of inflammatory and antimicrobial genes following diverse innate immune stimuli. While mutating specific serines on hnRNP M had little effect on its ability to control pre-mRNA splicing or transcript levels of housekeeping genes in resting macrophages, it greatly impacted the protein's ability to dampen induction of specific innate immune transcripts following pathogen sensing. These data reveal a previously unappreciated role for pattern recognition receptor signaling in controlling splicing factor phosphorylation and establish pre-mRNA splicing as a critical regulatory node in defining innate immune outcomes.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsChromatinChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingExonsGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group MHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-6IntronsLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMiceChromatinHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group MInterleukin-6interleukin-6, mouseLipopolysaccharidesToll-Like Receptor 4hnRNPinflammationinnate immune responsemacrophagephosphorylationpre-mRNA splicingRNA binding proteinSalmonellaspliceosometoll-like receptor

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PMID31693898
PMCPMC6981299
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