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NAR
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Mar 10, 2026
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Published
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首次系统解析红细胞生成中APA动态变化规律,发现CPSF6通过调控3′UTR长度影响铁代谢关键基因表达,揭示APA与铁代谢的分子联系,并为真性红细胞增多症提供新型治疗靶点
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单细胞测序
测序技术
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Post

📄 原文题目

Alternative polyadenylation links RNA processing to iron metabolism in human erythropoiesis

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首次系统解析红细胞生成中APA动态变化规律,发现CPSF6通过调控3′UTR长度影响铁代谢关键基因表达,揭示APA与铁代谢的分子联系,并为真性红细胞增多症提供新型治疗靶点

📝 英文原版摘要

<span class="paragraphSection"><div class="boxTitle">Abstract</div>Erythropoiesis requires precise coordination of transcriptional and co-/post-transcriptional programs, yet the role of alternative polyadenylation (APA) in this process remains poorly understood. Here, we profiled the genome-wide dynamic APA landscape during erythropoiesis using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Through clustering and functional enrichment analysis, seven distinct APA dynamic patterns were identified, with genes showing stage-specific APA changes enriched in erythroid lineage differentiation, heme synthesis, and iron metabolism. Combining motif analysis near polyadenylation sites (PASs) and APA regulators expression profiling, we observed that cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 6 (CPSF6), a critical APA regulator, exhibited significant variation. Functional assays demonstrated that CPSF6 facilitates erythropoiesis, as its depletion impaired heme synthesis and intracellular iron deficiency. Mechanistically, CPSF6 depletion shortened the 3′UTR length of iron metabolism regulators (<span style="font-style: italic;">FAM210B, IREB2, TFRC</span>), which was accompanied by reduced expression of these genes. Clinically, CPSF6 and these APA-regulated iron metabolism-related genes were aberrantly upregulated in polycythemia vera (PV) patients, correlating with erythroid hyperproliferation. Collectively, our findings support a CPSF6-APA-iron homeostasis axis as an important co-/post- transcriptional regulatory mechanism in erythropoiesis, and implicate its dysregulation in the pathogenesis of PV, offering novel molecular targets for therapeutic intervention in myeloproliferative neoplasms.</span>
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