Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Widespread intronic polyadenylation diversifies immune cell transcriptomes

  • Irtisha Singh,
  • Shih-Han Lee,
  • Adam S. Sperling,
  • Mehmet K. Samur,
  • Yu-Tzu Tai,
  • Mariateresa Fulciniti,
  • Nikhil C. Munshi,
  • Christine Mayr,
  • Christina S. Leslie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04112-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Recognition of intronic polyadenylation (IpA) signals can lead to expression of truncated proteins lacking C terminal domains. Analysis of 3ʹ -seq and RNA-seq shows that IpA is widespread in circulating immune cells, while multiple myeloma cells show loss of IpA isoforms that are normally expressed in plasma cells, impacting key genes in the disease.