The Emerging Role of the RBM20 and PTBP1 Ribonucleoproteins in Heart Development and Cardiovascular Diseases

Alternative splicing is a regulatory mechanism essential for cell differentiation and tissue organization. More than 90% of human genes are regulated by alternative splicing events, which participate in cell fate determination. The general mechanisms of splicing events are well known, whereas only recently have deep-sequencing, high throughput analyses and animal models provided novel information on the network of functionally coordinated, tissue-specific, alternatively spliced exons. Heart development and cardiac tissue differentiation require thoroughly regulated splicing events. The ribonucleoprotein RBM20 is a key regulator of the alternative splicing events required for functional and structural heart properties, such as the expression of TTN isoforms. Recently, the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein PTBP1 has been demonstrated to participate with RBM20 in regulating splicing events. In this review, we summarize the updated knowledge relative to RBM20 and PTBP1 structure and molecular function; their role in alternative splicing mechanisms involved in the heart development and function; RBM20 mutations associated with idiopathic dilated cardiovascular disease (DCM); and the consequences of RBM20-altered expression or dysfunction. Furthermore, we discuss the possible application of targeting RBM20 in new approaches in heart therapies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Genes - 11(2020), 4 vom: 08. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fochi, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Lorenzi, Pamela [VerfasserIn]
Galasso, Marilisa [VerfasserIn]
Stefani, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Trabetti, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Zipeto, Donato [VerfasserIn]
Romanelli, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

139076-35-0
Alternative splicing
DCM
Exon exclusion
Heart development
Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
Journal Article
PTBP1
PTBP1 protein, human
Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein
RBM20
RNA binding proteins
RNA-Binding Proteins
RRM motif
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Ribonucleic acid binding motif protein 20, human
Ribonucleoproteins
Titin

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Date Completed 12.03.2021

Date Revised 12.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/genes11040402

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308614917