Abstract
Subnuclear organization and spatiotemporal regulation of pre-mRNA processing factors is essential for the production of mature protein-coding mRNAs. We have discovered that a large protein called Son has a novel role in maintaining proper nuclear organization of pre-mRNA processing factors in nuclear speckles. The primary sequence of Son contains a concentrated region of multiple unique tandem repeat motifs that may support a role for Son as a scaffolding protein for RNA processing factors in nuclear speckles. We used RNA interference (RNAi) approaches and high-resolution microscopy techniques to study the functions of Son in the context of intact cells. Although Son precisely colocalizes with pre-mRNA splicing factors in nuclear speckles, its depletion by RNAi leads to cell cycle arrest in metaphase and causes dramatic disorganization of small nuclear ribonuclear protein and serine-arginine rich protein splicing factors during interphase. Here, we propose that Son is essential for appropriate subnuclear organization of pre-mRNA splicing factors and for promoting normal cell cycle progression.
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Created | 15 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 6, 2010, 10:19 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 3 months ago (May 29, 2023, 7:43 a.m.) |
Indexed | 5 days, 8 hours ago (Aug. 31, 2025, 7:19 p.m.) |
Issued | 15 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 15, 2010) |
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@article{Sharma_2010, title={Son Is Essential for Nuclear Speckle Organization and Cell Cycle Progression}, volume={21}, ISSN={1939-4586}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e09-02-0126}, DOI={10.1091/mbc.e09-02-0126}, number={4}, journal={Molecular Biology of the Cell}, publisher={American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)}, author={Sharma, Alok and Takata, Hideaki and Shibahara, Kei-ichi and Bubulya, Athanasios and Bubulya, Paula A.}, editor={Matera, A. Gregory}, year={2010}, month=feb, pages={650–663} }