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Original Articles

Inhibition of Cell-Free Splicing by Saccharides That Bind Galectins and SR Proteins

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Pages 519-534 | Received 20 Dec 2011, Accepted 11 Feb 2012, Published online: 02 Jul 2012
 

Abstract

The carbohydrate-binding proteins galectin-1 and galectin-3 are found in the nucleus of cells. Using a cell-free assay, depletion and reconstitution experiments have documented that these two proteins are required factors in pre-mRNA splicing. Thiodigalactoside, which binds to both galectins, inhibited the splicing reaction, whereas cellobiose, which binds neither protein, failed to yield the same effect. Although L-rhamnose does not bind to either galectin-1 or galectin-3, it does inhibit the cell-free splicing assay. The effect of rhamnose is best explained by its strong binding to Sfrs1, one member of another family of nuclear splicing factors (the SR proteins) that exhibit carbohydrate-binding activity.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work has been supported by grants GM-38740 from the National Institutes of Health (JLW), MCB-0092919 from the National Science Foundation (RJP), and 06-IRGP-858 (JLW) and 09-CDFP-2001 (RJP) from the Michigan State University Intramural Research Grant Program.

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