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Mol Cell Biol, August 1998, p. 4519-4525, Vol. 18, No. 8
0270-7306/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Muscle-Specific Splicing of a Heterologous Exon Mediated by a Single Muscle-Specific Splicing Enhancer from the Cardiac Troponin T Gene

Thomas A. Cooper*

Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030

Received 23 February 1998/Returned for modification 15 April 1998/Accepted 20 May 1998

The chicken cardiac troponin T (cTNT) gene contains a single 30-nucleotide alternative exon that is included in embryonic striated muscle and skipped in the adult. Transient-transfection analysis of cTNT minigenes in muscle and fibroblast cell cultures previously identified four muscle-specific splicing enhancers (MSEs) that promote exon inclusion specifically in embryonic striated muscle cultures. Three MSEs located in the intron downstream from the alternative exon were sufficient for muscle-specific exon inclusion. In the present study, the boundaries of these MSEs were defined by scanning mutagenesis, allowing analysis of individual elements in gain-of-function experiments. Concatamers of MSE2 were necessary and sufficient to promote muscle-specific inclusion of a heterologous exon, indicating that it is a target for muscle-specific regulation. Sequences present in MSE2 are also found in MSE4, suggesting that these two MSEs act in a similar manner. MSE3 appears to be different from MSE2 and MSE4 yet is able to functionally replace both of these elements, demonstrating functional redundancy of elements that are likely to bind different factors. MSE2 and MSE4 each contain a novel sequence motif that is found adjacent to a number of alternative exons that undergo regulated splicing in striated muscle, suggesting a common role for this element in muscle-specific regulation.

* Mailing address: Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030-3498. Phone: (713) 798-3141. Fax: (713) 798-5838. E-mail: tcooper{at}bcm.tmc.edu.

Mol Cell Biol, August 1998, p. 4519-4525, Vol. 18, No. 8
0270-7306/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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