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Splice-site variant in ACSL5: a marker promoting opposing effect on cell viability and protein expression.

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2019-05-03

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Pérez-Núñez, Iván
Karaky, Mohamad
Fedetz, María
Barrionuevo, Cristina
Izquierdo, Guillermo
Matesanz, Fuencisla
Alcina, Antonio

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Long-chain Acyl-CoA synthetases (ACSLs) activate fatty acids (FAs) by thioesterification with Coenzyme A (CoA), generating FA-CoAs. These products are essential for lipid metabolism and carcinogenesis. In previous study, we identified an intronic variant rs2256368:A>G, whose G allele promotes exon 20 skipping in up to 43% of ACSL5 transcripts but its functional relevance is unclear. Here, we compared the expression of splice (Spl) and nonsplice (NSpl) ACSL5 variants and the effect on cell viability under culture conditions that force cells to metabolize fatty acids. We found that lymphoblastoid cell lines from 1000 Genomes Project, bearing Spl genotypes, showed a reduced expression of total ACSL5 protein due to an inefficient translation of the Spl RNA. These cells impaired growth in cultures with phorbol myristate acetate-ionomycin (PMA-Io) or medium deprived of glucose, while production of reactive oxygen species increased in PMA-Io. Specific ACSL5-isoform transfection in HEK239T (kidney), U87 (astroglioma), and HOG (oligodendrocyte) cells showed the Spl protein to be the causal factor of cell-growth inhibition, despite its reduced protein expression. Our findings indicate that the variant rs2256368:A>G can predict a growth inhibitory activity, caused by the Spl isoform of ACSL5 protein, opposed to the activity of the NSpl. Deep understanding of its functioning might have application in metabolic diseases and cancer.

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Astrocytoma
Cell Survival
Coenzyme A
Coenzyme A Ligases
Exons
HEK293 Cells
Human Genome Project
Humans
Lipid Metabolism
Metabolic Diseases
Neoplasms
Oligodendroglia
Protein Isoforms
RNA Splicing

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