Abstract |
Intra-tumor hypoxia is a common feature in many solid cancers. Although transcriptional targets of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) have been well characterized, alternative splicing or processing of pre-mRNA transcripts which occurs during hypoxia and subsequent HIF stabilization is much less understood. Here, we identify many HIF-dependent alternative splicing events after whole transcriptome sequencing in pancreatic cancer cells exposed to hypoxia with and without downregulation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT), a protein required for HIFs to form a transcriptionally active dimer. We correlate the discovered hypoxia-driven events with available sequencing data from pan- cancer TCGA patient cohorts to select a narrow set of putative biologically relevant splice events for experimental validation. We validate a small set of candidate HIF-dependent alternative splicing events in multiple human gastrointestinal cancer cell lines as well as patient-derived human pancreatic cancer organoids. Lastly, we report the discovery of a HIF-dependent mechanism to produce a hypoxia-dependent, long and coding isoform of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter SLC35A3.
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Authors | Philipp Markolin, Natalie Davidson, Christian K Hirt, Christophe D Chabbert, Nicola Zamboni, Gerald Schwank, Wilhelm Krek, Gunnar Rätsch |
Journal | Genomics
(Genomics)
Vol. 113
Issue 2
Pg. 515-529
(03 2021)
ISSN: 1089-8646 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 33418078
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- ARNT protein, human
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
- SLC35A3 protein, human
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Topics |
- Humans
- Alternative Splicing
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator
(genetics, metabolism)
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
(genetics, metabolism)
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
(metabolism)
- Transcriptome
- Tumor Hypoxia
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