The splicing kinase PRPF-4 is required for somatic development and germline function in C. elegans
Barron, W. C.; Wei, X.; Ferdousy, S.; Zhu, L.; Meng, F. W.; Chen, B.
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Pre-mRNA splicing is essential for gene expression, yet how disruption of core spliceosomal factors produces tissue- and developmental stage-specific phenotypes remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the in vivo function of the conserved spliceosomal kinase PRPF-4 in C. elegans using endogenous reporter analysis, conditional protein depletion, and transcriptome-wide analysis of alternative splicing and gene expression. We found that PRPF-4 is broadly expressed throughout development and is continuously required for postembryonic development, with distinct requirements in the pharynx, nervous system, and germline. Acute PRPF-4 depletion rapidly disrupts alternative splicing across thousands of transcripts, with exon skipping representing the predominant class of affected events. In addition, PRPF-4 depletion results in a robust transcriptome shift with induction of components of the spliceosome and repression of ciliary and ion transport-related transcripts. These findings establish PRPF-4 as a central regulator of RNA metabolism and demonstrate the far-reaching effects on gene expression caused by loss of core spliceosomal components.
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