Splicing-associated chromatin signatures: a combinatorial and position-dependent role for histone marks in splicing definition

E. Agirre, A. J. Oldfield, N. Bellora, A. Segelle and R. F. Luco ()
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E. Agirre: Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002 CNRS-University of Montpellier
A. J. Oldfield: Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002 CNRS-University of Montpellier
N. Bellora: National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
A. Segelle: Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002 CNRS-University of Montpellier
R. F. Luco: Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002 CNRS-University of Montpellier

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract Alternative splicing relies on the combinatorial recruitment of splicing regulators to specific RNA binding sites. Chromatin has been shown to impact this recruitment. However, a limited number of histone marks have been studied at a global level. In this work, a machine learning approach, applied to extensive epigenomics datasets in human H1 embryonic stem cells and IMR90 foetal fibroblasts, has identified eleven chromatin modifications that differentially mark alternatively spliced exons depending on the level of exon inclusion. These marks act in a combinatorial and position-dependent way, creating characteristic splicing-associated chromatin signatures (SACS). In support of a functional role for SACS in coordinating splicing regulation, changes in the alternative splicing of SACS-marked exons between ten different cell lines correlate with changes in SACS enrichment levels and recruitment of the splicing regulators predicted by RNA motif search analysis. We propose the dynamic nature of chromatin modifications as a mechanism to rapidly fine-tune alternative splicing when necessary.

Date: 2021
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