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Methods for Pre-mRNA Splicing Analysis in Cell Culture

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Patricia Coltri

Patricia Coltri

Assistant Professor, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology

Dr Patricia Coltri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil. Research at her lab is focused on the study of pre-mRNA splicing regulation in eukaryotes. Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential process in eukaryotic gene expression that allows for removal of introns and exon ligation. This process is catalyzed by the spliceosome, a macromolecular machinery composed of proteins and RNAs. Different concentration of regulatory proteins might shape the splicing landscape of the cells, leading to different patterns of gene expression. After finishing her undergraduate studies in Biology and graduating in Genetics and Molecular Biology at Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, she did a pos-doc with Melissa Jurica at Univerisity of California, Santa Cruz in 2009, finally, finishing her post-doc work with Carla Oliveira at Universidade de São Paulo in 2012. 

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Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential process for gene expression regulation in eukaryotes. It is a co-transcriptional step that removes introns and ligates exons into mature RNA molecules. Splicing is performed by a complex macromolecular machinery composed of snRNAs and more than a hundred proteins. Alteration of splice sites or spliceosome protein components leads to altered splicing efficiency and can be related to the development of several diseases. Recently, the use of small molecule splicing inhibitors has shown some processes can be stalled in vitro due to reduced speed of splicing reactions. Splicing dynamics and kinetics haves been extensively studied in vitro, providing an excellent understanding of the composition of spliceosome intermediates and splicing efficiency using different pre-mRNA substrates. However, analysis in cultured cells can accomplish variations in the splicing process, related, for example, to different genetic backgrounds or disease models. In this sense, this methods collection will search for approaches to analyze pre-mRNA splicing in cell cultures. These methods include but are not limited to: (1) methods that promote visualization of pre-mRNA splicing in live cells and (2) methods directed to analyze splicing efficiency and inhibition in cells, which also might have implications to cellular kinetic parameters.

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Pre-RNA Splicing Analysis: From Basic Science To Applied Research

Pre-RNA Splicing Analysis: From Basic Science To Applied Research

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