Exclusion of the alpha-exon by alternative RNA splicing of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) primary transcript leads to the production of FGFR1beta. Glial cell transformation is associated with a progressive increase in FGFR1beta expression that coincides with a dramatic increase in the expression of the splicing factor polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB). Cell-specific overexpression of PTB increased alpha-exon skipping, and a reduction in PTB increased alpha-exon inclusion. Targeted disruption of PTB interaction with FGFR1 precursor RNA in vivo by an antisense oligonucleotide also increased alpha-exon inclusion. These results suggest that PTB plays a direct role in alpha-exon splicing.
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