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. 2017 Oct 4;6:e28366. doi: 10.7554/eLife.28366

Figure 1. Esrp1Triaka leads to altered mRNA splicing and reduced epithelial cell proliferation.

To quantify exon splicing, HEK-293 cells were co-transfected with a vector encoding Esrp1WT or Esrp1Triaka or an empty control (CTRL) vector and with an exon trap construct containing (A) Cd44 variant 5 (Cd44v5) or (B) Ffgr2-IIIb variable exon. Upper panels in (A) and (B) show schemes of the respective exon trap constructs. Inclusion of exon Cd44v5 or Ffgr2-IIIb results in luciferase (Luc) expression. Luciferase activity normalized to control vector-transfected cells is shown in the lower panels. Relative expression of (C) Esrp1 and (D) Cd44v4/5 transcripts were measured in CMT-93 cells transduced with inducible vectors encoding Esrp1WT, Esrp1Triaka, or a control construct, after treatment with 4-hydroxytamoxifen. (E) Proliferation of Esrp1WT- and Esrp1Triaka-expressing CMT-93 cells was measured using a WST-1 assay and normalized to control vector-transduced cells. (F) Relative expression of Esrp1 and Cd44v4/5 transcripts were measured in CMT-93 cells transduced with a vector encoding Esrp1WT, after induction with 4-hydroxytamoxifen, and correlated. Data represent: Pooled means ± standard error of the mean from (A and B) five or (C–E) three independent experiments performed in biological triplicates. (F) Means measured in technical duplicates (n = 22). Statistics: (A–D) One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-test. (E) Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-test. (F) Spearman correlation. **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001.

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1. Mapping of the Triaka mutation.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1.

(A) The Triaka mutation was mapped based on the hyperactivity and circling phenotype of the strain to proximal Chromosome 4, with a peak LOD score of 2.71 at D4Mit235. (B) The Triaka mutation causes a methionine to valine substitution at the amino acid position 161 (M161V) of the gene Esrp1. The mutated residue is conserved in several species and is indicated by a red box.