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Alternative splicing in the neural cell adhesion molecule pre-mRNA: regulation of exon 18 skipping depends on the 5'-splice site.

Centre d'Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique de Marseille, Luminy, France.

Abstract

Two isoforms of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), termed NCAM-180 and NCAM-140, derive from a single gene via inclusion or exclusion of the penultimate exon 18 (E18). This alternative splicing event is tissue-specific and regulated during differentiation. To explore its structural basis, we have analyzed the pattern of spliced mRNA generated from transiently transfected minigenes construct containing this exon and portions of the adjacent introns and exons faithfully reproduces the differentiation state-dependent alternative splicing of the endogenous pre-mRNA. By systematic deletion and replacement analysis, we scanned the minigene for the presence of functionally important cis-elements. We identified two sequences that affected differentiation state-dependent regulation. One, the central part of E18, does not seem to contain a specific cis-element essential for proper splice site choice, because extending the deletion restored correctly regulated expression of the splicing products. In contrast, the 5'-splice site is an important element for regulation. Replacing it with a corresponding sequence from the alpha-globin gene resulted in constitutive use of the optional exon. When placed in the alpha-globin gene it did not promote alternative splicing. Instead, we observed a strongly decreased efficiency of splicing of the downstream intron in undifferentiated cells. This block of splicing was partially relieved after differentiation. The results are consistent with a model in which skipping of E18 is controlled in part at the associated 5'-splice site by trans-acting factors that undergo quantitative or qualitative changes during differentiation of N2a cells.

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