PMID- 29733382 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190729 LR - 20240331 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Jul 6 TI - An integrative model for alternative polyadenylation, IntMAP, delineates mTOR-modulated endoplasmic reticulum stress response. PG - 5996-6008 LID - 10.1093/nar/gky340 [doi] AB - 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs) can vary through the use of alternative polyadenylation sites during pre-mRNA processing. Multiple publically available pipelines combining high profiling technologies and bioinformatics tools have been developed to catalog changes in 3'-UTR lengths. In our recent RNA-seq experiments using cells with hyper-activated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), we found that cellular mTOR activation leads to transcriptome-wide alternative polyadenylation (APA), resulting in the activation of multiple cellular pathways. Here, we developed a novel bioinformatics algorithm, IntMAP, which integrates RNA-Seq and PolyA Site (PAS)-Seq data for a comprehensive characterization of APA events. By applying IntMAP to the datasets from cells with hyper-activated mTOR, we identified novel APA events that could otherwise not be identified by either profiling method alone. Several transcription factors including Cebpg (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein gamma) were among the newly discovered APA transcripts, indicating that diverse transcriptional networks may be regulated by mTOR-coordinated APA. The prevention of APA in Cebpg using the CRISPR/cas9-mediated genome editing tool showed that mTOR-driven 3'-UTR shortening in Cebpg is critical in protecting cells from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Taken together, we present IntMAP as a new bioinformatics algorithm for APA analysis by which we expand our understanding of the physiological role of mTOR-coordinated APA events to ER stress response. IntMAP toolbox is available at http://compbio.cs.umn.edu/IntMAP/. FAU - Chang, Jae-Woong AU - Chang JW AD - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Zhang, Wei AU - Zhang W AD - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. AD - Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. FAU - Yeh, Hsin-Sung AU - Yeh HS AD - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Park, Meeyeon AU - Park M AD - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Yao, Chengguo AU - Yao C AD - Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. FAU - Shi, Yongsheng AU - Shi Y AD - Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. FAU - Kuang, Rui AU - Kuang R AD - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Yong, Jeongsik AU - Yong J AD - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 GM113952/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 0 (3' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins) RN - 136958-00-4 (Cebpg protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) MH - 3' Untranslated Regions MH - *Algorithms MH - Animals MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*genetics MH - Mice MH - *Polyadenylation MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism PMC - PMC6158760 EDAT- 2018/05/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/30 06:00 PMCR- 2018/05/04 CRDT- 2018/05/08 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/05/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 4992652 [pii] AID - gky340 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gky340 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jul 6;46(12):5996-6008. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky340.