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Vemurafenib-resistant BRAF selects alternative branch points different from its wild-type BRAF in intron 8 for RNA splicing.

Authors :
Ajiro M
Zheng ZM
Source :
Cell & bioscience [Cell Biosci] 2015 Dec 21; Vol. 5, pp. 70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 21 (Print Publication: 2015).
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

One mechanism of resistance of the melanoma-associated BRAF kinase to its small molecule inhibitor vemurafenib is by point mutations in its intron 8 resulting in exons 4-8 skipping. In this report, we carried out in vitro BRAF RNA splicing assays and lariat RT-PCR to map the intron 8 branch points in wild-type and BRAF mutants. We identify multiple branch points (BP) in intron 8 of both wild-type (wt) and vemurafenib-resistant BRAF RNA. In wt BRAF, BPs are located at -29A, -28A and -26A, whereas in a vemurafenib-resistant BRAF splicing mutant, BPs map to -22A, -18A and -15A, proximal to the intron 8 3' splice site. This finding of a distal-to-proximal shift of the branch point sequence in BRAF splicing in response to point-mutations in intron 8 provides insight into the regulation of BRAF alternative splicing upon vemurafenib resistance.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2045-3701
Volume :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Cell & bioscience
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26697165
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-015-0061-7