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Studying Alternative Splicing Meelis Kull PhD student in the University of Tartu supervisor: Jaak Vilo CS Theory Days Ruge 2007 Overview Alternative splicing Its biological function Studying splicing Technology


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Studying Alternative Splicing

Meelis Kull

PhD student in the University of Tartu supervisor: Jaak Vilo CS Theory Days Rõuge 2007

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Overview

  • Alternative splicing
  • Its biological function
  • Studying splicing

– Technology – Computational tasks

  • Tissue-specific alternative splicing
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The Basis of Life on Earth

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RNA Splicing

  • Folded DNA

– Unfolding

  • DNA

– Transcription

  • pre-mRNA

– Splicing

  • mRNA

– Translation

  • Poly-peptide

– Protein folding

  • Protein
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Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU..

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Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. (A|C)(A|U)GGU(A|G)(A|U)G(A|U) (C|U)(A|C|G|U)(C|U)U(A|C|G)A(C|U){10-20}(A|G)(C|U)AG

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Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU..

INTRON EXON EXON I I

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Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. .GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.

INTRON I EXON EXON

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Splicing

http://www.shenghua.sdu.edu.cn/gif/mRNA%20splicing.gif

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Alternative Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU..

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Alternative Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU..

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Alternative Splicing

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. .GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUGGGGAGGGAGGUAGAGGGG. .UGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGGGCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAG.

INTRON I EXON EXON

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Alternative Splicing

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Alternative Splicing

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Overview

  • Alternative splicing
  • Its biological function
  • Studying splicing

– Technology – Computational tasks

  • Tissue-specific alternative splicing

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Origins of Splicing

  • Prokaryotes - splicing occurs but there

is no general machinery for performing it

  • Eukaryotes - have got spliceosome - a

protein complex specialised in carrying

  • ut splicing
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Biological Function of Alternative Splicing

  • Protein Diversity - AS enables the cell

to produce more than one protein from the same gene (no need for larger genome)

  • Fast Protein Evolution - new splicing

variants emerge by replacing only a few nucleotides (DNA letters).

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Alternative Splicing in Action

There can be different splice variants in

  • Embryos and Adults (development)
  • Brain and Muscle (anatomy)
  • Normal and Cancer (pathology)

Studying alternative splicing helps to decrypt anatomy, development, and pathology

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Regulation of Alternative Splicing

Non-neuronal cells Neurons

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Our Task

  • Computationally predict cases of

anatomy-, pathology-, or development- specific splicing

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Overview

  • Alternative splicing
  • Its biological function
  • Studying splicing

– Technology – Computational tasks

  • Tissue-specific alternative splicing

✔ ✔

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Technology

  • How was splicing performed in a cell?
  • Let us find out the final result of splicing

– Take out molecules of spliced mRNA – Find out the sequences of nucleotides

  • Compare it with the original mRNA (=DNA)

– Scan the genome to find out the matching parts

  • Matching parts - Exons,

Regions between matches - Introns

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Example (CS Theory Days, right?)

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. GGCAGGAUUCAACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC

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Example

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. GGCAGGAUUCA ACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC - 6 mismatch GGCAGGAUUCA ACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC

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Example

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. GGCAGGAUUCA ACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC - 6 mismatch GGCAGGAUUCA ACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC

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Example

..GUAUCGUGGAAGGACUCAUGGUAUGAGAGCUGGGGAAUG.. ..GGACUGAGGCUCCCACCUUUCUCAUCCAAGACUGGCUCC.. ..UCCCUGCCGGGGCUGCGUGCAACCCUGGGGUUGGGGGUU.. ..CUGGGGACUGGCUUUCCCAUAAUUUCCUUUCAAGGUGGG.. ..GAGGGAGGUAGAGGGGUGAUGUGGGGAGUACGCUGCAGG.. ..GCCUCACUCCUUUUGCAGACCACAGUCCAUGCCAUCACU.. GGCAGGAUUCA ACAGCCCAUUCGAUCCC - 6 mismatch GGCAGGAUUCAAC AGCCCAUUCGAUCCC - 9 mismatch GGCAGGAUUCAAC AGCCCAUUCGAUCCC

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Result of Alignment

Chromosome: 12 Gene: ENSG00000179088 (FLJ25323) Location: 102195188 - 102395213 Mapping: g(3016..3202) e(1..186) g(20522..20620) e(187..285) g(97294..97362) e(286..354) g(129971..130082) e(355..466) g(192624..192983) e(467..830)

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Overview

  • Alternative splicing
  • Its biological function
  • Studying splicing

– Technology – Computational tasks

  • Tissue-specific alternative splicing

✔ ✔ ✔

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Combine all mRNA produced from the same gene

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Find all splice sites

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Encode the mRNA alignments

1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .

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Include mRNA annotation data

Anatomical site: nervous system -> central nervous system -> brain -> brain stem -> medulla oblongata Developmental stage: adult -> 27 years Pathological state: normal

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Find alternative splicing

.000001110011110001................. dermal ...........11110001................. normal nervous .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal 0000000000001110001................. normal nervous ...................01100110110...... normal 0000000000011110001011001........... cancer nervous .000000000001110001011001........... cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011.............. normal .00000000001111000101............... normal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer muscle ............1010001011001101........ normal muscle .000001110011110001................. normal dermal 000000000001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal ............1010001011001........... normal nervous 0000000000001110001011.............. cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011001........... normal dermal ....................1100110110...... normal nervous ...............0001011001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001011.............. dermal .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .000001110011110001................. cancer nervous .............................0101010 normal dermal ....................11001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001................. dermal ......................0011011010.... normal nervous

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Find alternative splicing

.000001110011110001................. dermal ...........11110001................. normal nervous .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal 0000000000001110001................. normal nervous ...................01100110110...... normal 0000000000011110001011001........... cancer nervous .000000000001110001011001........... cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011.............. normal .00000000001111000101............... normal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer muscle ............1010001011001101........ normal muscle .000001110011110001................. normal dermal 000000000001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal ............1010001011001........... normal nervous 0000000000001110001011.............. cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011001........... normal dermal ....................1100110110...... normal nervous ...............0001011001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001011.............. dermal .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .000001110011110001................. cancer nervous .............................0101010 normal dermal ....................11001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001................. dermal ......................0011011010.... normal nervous

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Find alternative splicing

.000001110011110001................. dermal ...........11110001................. normal nervous .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal 0000000000001110001................. normal nervous ...................01100110110...... normal 0000000000011110001011001........... cancer nervous .000000000001110001011001........... cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011.............. normal .00000000001111000101............... normal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer muscle ............1010001011001101........ normal muscle .000001110011110001................. normal dermal 000000000001111000101............... normal dermal .0000000000011100010110011.......... cancer dermal ............1010001011001........... normal nervous 0000000000001110001011.............. cancer dermal 0000000000011110001011001........... normal dermal ....................1100110110...... normal nervous ...............0001011001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001011.............. dermal .00000111001111000101............... normal dermal .000001110011110001................. cancer nervous .............................0101010 normal dermal ....................11001101........ normal nervous ........10001110001................. dermal ......................0011011010.... normal nervous

3 6

Exon

2 6

Intron

  • ther

dermal

8 2

Exon

1 5

Intron

normal cancer

5

Exon

4

Intron

dermal normal dermal cancer

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Summary

  • Alternative splicing is important for protein

diversity and evolution

  • Studying splicing involves text algorithms
  • Our contribution is a method for predicting

tissue-specific alternative splicing

  • Experiments are yet to be carried out (by
  • thers)