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DDX41 coordinates RNA splicing and transcriptional elongation to prevent DNA replication stress in hematopoietic cells
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Myeloid malignancies with<jats:italic>DDX41</jats:italic>mutations are often associated with bone marrow failure and cytopenia before overt disease manifestation. However, the mechanisms underlying these specific conditions remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that loss of DDX41 function impairs efficient RNA splicing, resulting in DNA replication stress with excess R-loop formation. Mechanistically, DDX41 binds to the 5′ splice site (5′SS) of coding RNA and coordinates RNA splicing and transcriptional elongation; loss of DDX41 prevents splicing-coupled transient pausing of RNA polymerase II at 5ʹSS, causing aberrant R-loop formation and transcription-replication collisions. Although the degree of DNA replication stress acquired in S phase is small, cells undergo mitosis with under-replicated DNA being remained, resulting in micronuclei formation and significant DNA damage, thus leading to impaired cell proliferation and genomic instability. These processes may be responsible for disease phenotypes associated with<jats:italic>DDX41</jats:italic>mutations.</jats:p>
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- Leukemia
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Leukemia 36 (11), 2605-2620, 2022-10-14
Springer Science and Business Media LLC