RNA-Seq of control and RNPS1 knockdown with or without RNPS1 wildtype or RNPS1-RRM domain rescue in Flp-In T-REx 293 cells

RNPS1 is a splicing regulatory protein and a component of the ASAP/PSAP complex, which is associated with the exon junction complex and modulates alternative splicing. It was previously postulated that the isolated RRM domain of RNPS1 in complex with ASAP/PSAP is able to regulate certain alternative splicing events. We aimed to investigate in Flp-In T-REx 293 cells which alternative splicing events are rescued by the expression of the wild type RNPS1 or the isolated RRM domain of RNPS1 in a RNPS1 knockdown background by using RNA-Seq analyses. The rescue construct was stably integrated into the genome using the PiggyBac transposon system. As controls, either Luciferase (Luc) siRNA was used or RNPS1 was knocked down without rescue.