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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biologyNov 2024 DOI:
10.1101/2024.11.05.622011

Nascent transcript O-MAP reveals the molecular architecture of a single-locus subnuclear compartment built by RBM20 and the TTN RNA

Kania, Evan E; Fenix, Aidan; Marciniak, Daphnée M; Lin, Qiaoyi; Bianchi, Sara; Hristov, Borislav; Li, Shuai; Camplisson, Conor K; Fields, Rose; Beliveau, Brian J; Schweppe, Devin K; Noble, William S; Ong, Shao-En; Bertero, Alessandro; Murry, Charles E; Shechner, David M
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Abstract
Eukaryotic nuclei adopt a highly compartmentalized architecture that influences nearly all genomic processes. Understanding how this architecture impacts gene expression has been hindered by a lack of tools for elucidating the molecular interactions at individual genomic loci. Here, we adapt oligonucleotide-mediated proximity-interactome mapping (O-MAP) to biochemically characterize discrete, micron-scale nuclear neighborhoods. By targeting O-MAP to introns within the TTN pre-mRNA, we systematically map the chromatin loci, RNAs, and proteins within a muscle-specific RNA factory organized around the TTN locus. This reveals an unanticipated compartmental architecture that organizes cis- and trans-interacting chromosomal domains, including a hub of transcriptionally silenced chromatin. The factory also recruits dozens of unique RNA-binding and chromatin-scaffolding factors, including QKI and SAFB, along with their target transcripts. Loss of the cardiac-specific splicing factor RBM20-a master regulator of TTN splicing that is mutated in dilated cardiomyopathy-remodels nearly every facet of this architecture. This establishes O-MAP as a pioneering method for probing single-locus, microcompartment-level interactions that are opaque to conventional tools. Our findings suggest new mechanisms by which coding genes can moonlight in nuclear-architectural roles.
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