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Area of Science:

  • Genomics
  • Epigenetics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Histone modifications are implicated in regulating gene expression, including alternative splicing.
  • Understanding the interplay between epigenomic marks and splicing outcomes is crucial for deciphering gene regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the connection between the epigenome and transcriptome in the context of alternative splicing in embryonic cell lines.
  • To identify RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that mediate the influence of epigenetic marks on differential exon inclusion.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized rMATS and MANorm to analyze differential exon inclusion and epigenetic signal enrichment.
  • Trained binary classifiers using RNA-binding protein binding affinities to link chromatin modifications with splicing.
  • Analyzed eCLIP data to validate predicted RBPs.

Main Results:

  • Identified two classes of alternative exons: those associated with specific histone marks (H3K27ac, H3K27me3, H3K36me3, H3K9me3, H3K4me3) and those without.
  • Predicted a set of RBPs whose binding associates local chromatin marks with differential exon inclusion.
  • TIA1 and U2AF2 were supported as potential episplicing RBPs based on eCLIP data.

Conclusions:

  • Epigenetic signatures on exons play a role in regulating alternative splicing outcomes.
  • Sequence signals at exon-intron boundaries, influenced by RBPs and chromatin modifications, likely drive differential splicing.
  • The findings provide insights into the mechanisms of episplicing and its regulation by histone marks.