Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex
Abstract How the ubiquitously expressed splicing factors specifically regulate neural crest (NC) development and enhance their vulnerability to splicing perturbations remain poorly understood. Here, we show that NC-specific DLC1, partnering with SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex, are crucial for determin...
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| description | Abstract How the ubiquitously expressed splicing factors specifically regulate neural crest (NC) development and enhance their vulnerability to splicing perturbations remain poorly understood. Here, we show that NC-specific DLC1, partnering with SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex, are crucial for determining avian trunk NC cell fate by regulating the splicing of NC specifiers SOX9 and SNAI2 pre-mRNAs rather than their upstream regulators BMP4, WNT1, and PAX7. Mechanistically, SF3B1-PHF5A binds to the intronic branch site (BS) sequences of all factors, while DLC1 interacts with a specific motif near the BS sequences of SOX9 and SNAI2, thereby determining their functional specificity in NC specification. Moreover, DLC1 increases NC cells’ vulnerability to splicing modulator pladienolide B (PB) by reducing the binding capacity of the SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex to the shorter length of both SOX9 intron 2 and SNAI2 intron 1, which possess weaker polypyrimidine tract 3’ of the BS sequence, resulting in intron retention and loss of NC progenitors. Conversely, somite specific SLU7-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex regulates SOX9 and SNAI2 expression and imparts resistance to PB. Our data reveal the cell-type specific splicing complexes with distinct vulnerabilities to PB, highlighting the critical role of the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A in determining trunk NC cell fate and enhancing its susceptibility to splicing perturbation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-abf1696ea3064f58ae09d39a14822b1f2025-08-20T03:43:16ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-07-0116111910.1038/s41467-025-62003-6Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complexZhengfan Zheng0Suisui Guo1Hoi Yau Tam2Jingkai Wang3Yanxia Rao4Man-Ning Hui5May Pui Lai Cheung6Alan Wai Lun Leung7Kelvin K. W. Wong8Rakesh Sharma9Jessica Aijia Liu10Martin Cheung11School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New HavenCentre for PanorOmic Sciences Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongCentre for PanorOmic Sciences Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong KongSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong KongAbstract How the ubiquitously expressed splicing factors specifically regulate neural crest (NC) development and enhance their vulnerability to splicing perturbations remain poorly understood. Here, we show that NC-specific DLC1, partnering with SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex, are crucial for determining avian trunk NC cell fate by regulating the splicing of NC specifiers SOX9 and SNAI2 pre-mRNAs rather than their upstream regulators BMP4, WNT1, and PAX7. Mechanistically, SF3B1-PHF5A binds to the intronic branch site (BS) sequences of all factors, while DLC1 interacts with a specific motif near the BS sequences of SOX9 and SNAI2, thereby determining their functional specificity in NC specification. Moreover, DLC1 increases NC cells’ vulnerability to splicing modulator pladienolide B (PB) by reducing the binding capacity of the SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex to the shorter length of both SOX9 intron 2 and SNAI2 intron 1, which possess weaker polypyrimidine tract 3’ of the BS sequence, resulting in intron retention and loss of NC progenitors. Conversely, somite specific SLU7-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex regulates SOX9 and SNAI2 expression and imparts resistance to PB. Our data reveal the cell-type specific splicing complexes with distinct vulnerabilities to PB, highlighting the critical role of the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A in determining trunk NC cell fate and enhancing its susceptibility to splicing perturbation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62003-6 |
| spellingShingle | Zhengfan Zheng Suisui Guo Hoi Yau Tam Jingkai Wang Yanxia Rao Man-Ning Hui May Pui Lai Cheung Alan Wai Lun Leung Kelvin K. W. Wong Rakesh Sharma Jessica Aijia Liu Martin Cheung Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex Nature Communications |
| title | Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex |
| title_full | Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex |
| title_fullStr | Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex |
| title_short | Determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the DLC1-SF3B1-PHF5A splicing complex |
| title_sort | determination of trunk neural crest cell fate and susceptibility to splicing perturbation by the dlc1 sf3b1 phf5a splicing complex |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62003-6 |
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