Food-Derived Compounds Apigenin and Luteolin Modulate mRNA Splicing of Introns with Weak Splice Sites

Summary: Cancer cells often exhibit extreme sensitivity to splicing inhibitors. We identified food-derived flavonoids, apigenin and luteolin, as compounds that modulate mRNA splicing at the genome-wide level, followed by proliferation inhibition. They bind to mRNA splicing-related proteins to induce...

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Main Authors: Masashi Kurata, Naoko Fujiwara, Ken-ichi Fujita, Yasutaka Yamanaka, Shigeto Seno, Hisato Kobayashi, Yusaku Miyamae, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Yasuyuki Shibuya, Seiji Masuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219304833