Global analysis of RNA–protein interactions in TNF‐α induced alternative splicing in metabolic disorders

Abstract

In this report, using the database of RNA-binding protein specificities (RBPDB) and our previously published RNA-seq data, we analyzed the interactions between RNA and RNA-binding proteins to decipher the role of alternative splicing in metabolic disorders induced by TNF-a. We identified 13 395 unique RNA-RBP interactions, including 385 unique RNA motifs and 35 RBPs, some of which (including MBNL-1 and 3, ZFP36, ZRANB2, and SNRPA) are transcriptionally regulated by TNF-a. In addition to some previously reported RBPs, such as RBMX and HuR/ELAVL1, we found a few novel RBPs, such as ZRANB2 and SNRPA, to be involved in the regulation of metabolic syndrome-associated genes that contain an enrichment of tetrameric RNA sequences (AUUU). Taken together, this study paves the way for novel RNA-protein interaction-based therapeutics for treating metabolic syndromes.

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