Single Molecule, Long-read Apoer2 Sequencing Identifies Conserved and Species-specific Splicing Patterns

Overview

Journal Genomics

Specialty Genetics

Date 2022 Feb 22

PMID 35192893

Authors

Christina M Gallo

Adam T Labadorf

Angela Ho

Uwe Beffert

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Abstract

Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (Apoer2) is a synaptic receptor in the brain that binds disease-relevant ligand Apolipoprotein E (Apoe) and is highly alternatively spliced. We examined alternative splicing (AS) of conserved Apoer2 exons across vertebrate species and identified gain of exons in mammals encoding functional domains such as the cytoplasmic and furin inserts, and loss of an exon in primates encoding the eighth LDLa repeat, likely altering receptor surface levels and ligand-binding specificity. We utilized single molecule, long-read RNA sequencing to profile full-length Apoer2 isoforms and identified 68 and 48 unique full-length Apoer2 transcripts in the mouse and human cerebral cortex, respectively. Furthermore, we identified two exons encoding protein functional domains, the third EGF-precursor like repeat and glycosylation domain, that are tandemly skipped specifically in mouse. Our study provides new insight into Apoer2 isoform complexity in the vertebrate brain and highlights species-specific differences in splicing decisions that support functional diversity.

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