PMID- 31611386 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200413 LR - 20200622 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 116 IP - 44 DP - 2019 Oct 29 TI - Highly ABA-Induced 1 (HAI1)-Interacting protein HIN1 and drought acclimation-enhanced splicing efficiency at intron retention sites. PG - 22376-22385 LID - 10.1073/pnas.1906244116 [doi] AB - The Highly ABA-Induced 1 (HAI1) protein phosphatase is a central component of drought-related signaling. A screen for HAI1-interacting proteins identified HAI1-Interactor 1 (HIN1), a nuclear protein of unknown function which could be dephosphorylated by HAI1 in vitro. HIN1 colocalization and interaction with serine-arginine rich (SR) splicing factors and appearance of nuclear speckle-localized HIN1 during low water potential (psi(w)) stress suggested a pre-mRNA splicing-related function. RNA sequencing of Arabidopsis Col-0 wild type identified more than 500 introns where moderate severity low psi(w) altered intron retention (IR) frequency. Surprisingly, nearly 90% of these had increased splicing efficiency (decreased IR) during stress. For one-third of these introns, ectopic HIN1 expression (35S:HIN1) in unstressed plants mimicked the increased splicing efficiency seen in stress-treated wild type. HIN1 bound to a GAA-repeat, Exonic Splicing Enhancer-like RNA motif enriched in flanking sequence around HIN1-regulated introns. Genes with stress and HIN1-affected splicing efficiency were enriched for abiotic stress and signaling-related functions. The 35S:HIN1 plants had enhanced growth maintenance during low psi(w), while hin1 mutants had reduced growth, further indicating the role of HIN1 in drought response. HIN1 is annotated as an MYB/SANT domain protein but has limited homology to other MYB/SANT proteins and is not related to known yeast or metazoan RNA-binding proteins or splicing regulators. Together these data identify HIN1 as a plant-specific RNA-binding protein, show a specific effect of drought acclimation to promote splicing efficiency of IR-prone introns, and also discover HAI1-HIN1 interaction and dephosphorylation that connects stress signaling to splicing regulation. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. FAU - Chong, Geeng Loo AU - Chong GL AD - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, and Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Foo, Mung Hsia AU - Foo MH AD - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Wen-Dar AU - Lin WD AD - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Wong, Min May AU - Wong MM AD - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, and Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Verslues, Paul E AU - Verslues PE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5340-6010 AD - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan; paulv@gate.sinica.edu.tw. AD - Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, and Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191014 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (AT3G11290 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-3) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Droughts MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-3/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Introns MH - *Osmotic Pressure MH - *RNA Splicing MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC6825267 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arabidopsis thaliana OT - HAI1 protein phosphatase OT - MYB/SANT domain OT - alternative splicing OT - intron retention COIS- The authors declare no competing interest. EDAT- 2019/10/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/14 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/14 CRDT- 2019/10/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1906244116 [pii] AID - 201906244 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.1906244116 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Oct 29;116(44):22376-22385. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1906244116. Epub 2019 Oct 14.