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ArticleGenomics2022

Single molecule, long-read Apoer2 sequencing identifies conserved and species-specific splicing patterns.

Christina M Gallo, Adam T Labadorf, Angela Ho, Uwe Beffert

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Article in Genomics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A New Species of the GenusAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  7. Human APOER2 Isoforms Have Differential Cleavage Events and Synaptic Properties.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina M GalloDepartment of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, United States of America; Department of Biology, Boston University, United States of America.
Adam T LabadorfBioinformatics Program, Boston University, United States of America; Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, United States of America.
Angela HoDepartment of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, United States of America; Department of Biology, Boston University, United States of America. Electronic address: aho1@bu.edu.
Uwe BeffertDepartment of Biology, Boston University, United States of America.
Boston University · US

Funding

Single-Cell Biology Shared ResourceP30CA045508 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI John Edward Moses · 1987 to 2026
$118.9M
TRAINING IN BIOMOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGYT32GM008541 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FARB, DAVID H · 1997 to 2022
$5.2M
Role of apoE-apoER2 interactions in CNS neuronsR01AG059762 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI BEFFERT, UWE · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
APP mimetic peptide as a potential therapeutic target to reduce amyloid generationR21AG072433 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HO, ANGELA · 2021 to 2021
$454k
Alternative Splicing of ApoER2 in Alzheimer's DiseaseF31AG069498 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GALLO, CHRISTINA MARIE · 2021 to 2022
$65k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA045508NIA NIH HHS F31 AG069498NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059762NIA NIH HHS R21 AG072433NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (Apoer2) is a synaptic receptor in the brain that binds disease-relevant ligand Apolipoprotein E (Apoe) and is highly alternatively spliced. We examined alternative splicing (AS) of conserved Apoer2 exons across vertebrate species and identified gain of exons in mammals encoding functional domains such as the cytoplasmic and furin inserts, and loss of an exon in primates encoding the eighth LDLa repeat, likely altering receptor surface levels and ligand-binding specificity. We utilized single molecule, long-read RNA sequencing to profile full-length Apoer2 isoforms and identified 68 and 48 unique full-length Apoer2 transcripts in the mouse and human cerebral cortex, respectively. Furthermore, we identified two exons encoding protein functional domains, the third EGF-precursor like repeat and glycosylation domain, that are tandemly skipped specifically in mouse. Our study provides new insight into Apoer2 isoform complexity in the vertebrate brain and highlights species-specific differences in splicing decisions that support functional diversity.

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Alternative SplicingLDL-Receptor Related ProteinsAnimalsHumansMammalsMiceProtein Structure, TertiaryRNA SplicingLDL-Receptor Related Proteinslow density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8Alternative splicingAPOER2LRP8

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PMID35192893
PMCPMC8978334
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