Ribosomal RNA transcription governs splicing through ribosomal protein RPL22
Fan, W.; Liu, H.; Stachelek, G. C.; Begum, A.; Davis, C. E.; Dorado, T. E.; Ernst, G.; Reinhold, W. C.; Ozbek, B.; Zheng, Q.; Marzo, A. M. D.; Rajeshkumar, N. V.; Barrow, J. C.; Laiho, M.
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Ribosome biosynthesis is a cancer vulnerability executed by targeting RNA polymerase I (Pol I) transcription. We developed advanced, specific Pol I inhibitors to identify drivers of this sensitivity. By integrating multi-omics features and drug sensitivity data from a large cancer cell panel, we discovered that RPL22 frameshift mutation conferred Pol I inhibitor sensitivity in microsatellite instable cancers. Mechanistically, RPL22 directly interacts with 28S rRNA and mRNA splice junctions, functioning as a splicing regulator. RPL22 deficiency, intensified by 28S rRNA sequestration, promoted the splicing of its paralog RPL22L1 and p53 negative regulator MDM4. Chemical and genetic inhibition of rRNA synthesis broadly remodeled mRNA splicing controlling hundreds of targets. Strikingly, RPL22-dependent alternative splicing was reversed by Pol I inhibition revealing a ribotoxic stress-initiated tumor suppressive pathway. We identify a mechanism that robustly connects rRNA synthesis activity to splicing and reveals their coordination by ribosomal protein RPL22.
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