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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

Alternative splicing mediates the compensatory upregulation of MBNL2 upon MBNL1 loss-of-function.

Larissa Nitschke, Rong-Chi Hu, Andrew N Miller, Lathan Lucas, Thomas A Cooper

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. MBNL loss of function in smooth muscle as a model for myotonic dystrophy associated gastrointestinal dysmotility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  20. Studying the Effect of MBNL1 and MBNL2 Loss in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Larissa NitschkeDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Rong-Chi HuDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Andrew N MillerDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Lathan LucasDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Thomas A CooperDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9238-0578
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Michael M Ittmann · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
Transcriptome processing networks in skeletal muscle: mechanisms and functionsR01AR060733 · NIAMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI COOPER, THOMAS A · 2011 to 2023
$4.0M
Pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutics for the cardiac manifestations of myotonic dystrophy type 1R01HL147020 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI COOPER, THOMAS A · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Identification of components and mechanisms regulating expanded CUG-repeat RNP complexes in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 muscle cellsR21AR081472 · NIAMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI COOPER, THOMAS A · 2023 to 2024
$382k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL147020NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060733NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR081472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of gene function can be compensated by paralogs with redundant functions. An example of such compensation are the paralogs of the Muscleblind-Like (MBNL) family of RNA-binding proteins that are sequestered and lose their function in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1). Loss of MBNL1 increases the levels of its paralog MBNL2 in tissues where Mbnl2 expression is low, allowing MBNL2 to functionally compensate for MBNL1 loss. Here, we show that loss of MBNL1 increases the inclusion of Mbnl2 exon 6 and exon 9. We find that inclusion of Mbnl2 exon 6 increases the translocation of MBNL2 to the nucleus, while the inclusion of Mbnl2 exon 9 shifts the reading frame to an alternative C-terminus. We show that the C-terminus lacking exon 9 contains a PEST domain which causes proteasomal degradation. Loss of MBNL1 increases the inclusion of exon 9, resulting in an alternative C-terminus lacking the PEST domain and the increase of MBNL2. We further find that the compensatory mechanism is active in a mouse DM1 model. Together, this study uncovers the compensatory mechanism by which loss of MBNL1 upregulates its paralog MBNL2 and highlights a potential role of the compensatory mechanism in DM1.

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Alternative SplicingMyotonic DystrophyRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsExonsMiceTranscriptional ActivationUp-RegulationDNA-Binding ProteinsMbnl1 protein, mouseMbnl2 protein, mouseRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID36617982
PMCPMC9943662
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