Alcohol-Mediated Missplicing of Mcl-1 Pre-mRNA is Involved in Neurotoxicity

Rahsan Sariyer, Francesca Isabella De-Simone, Martina Donadoni, Jan B. Hoek, Sulie L. Chang, Ilker K. Sariyer

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · 2017 · 16 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Our results suggest that EtOH exposure can lead to pre-mRNA missplicing of Mcl-1 in neuronal cells. Our results indicate that EtOH exposure of neurons leads to a decrease in the ratio of Mcl-1L/Mcl-1S by favoring pro-apoptotic Mcl-1S splicing over anti-apoptotic Mcl-1L isoform suggesting that Mcl-1S may play a crucial role in neurotoxicity associated with alcohol consumption.

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