RNA-seq analysis of 22Rv1 cells with PRMT5, MEP50, pICln knockdown

PRMT5 is a methyltransferase that catalyzes symmetric dimethylation of arginine residues in histones (H4R3, H3R8, H3R2, and H2AR3) to regulate transcription of target genes. While PRMT5 is generally considered an epigenetic repressor, recent evidence from our lab and others demonstrate that PRMT5 also functions as an epigenetic activator. Although in vitro biochemical studies suggest that the PRMT5 interacting proteins methylosome protein 50 (MEP50) and methylosome subunit pICln enhance PRMT5 enzymatic activity, how these interacting proteins cooperate with PRMT5 to regulate gene transcription in vivo remains to be elucidated. Here we perform RNA-seq analysis of prostate cancer cells 22Rv1 with knockdown of PRMT5, MEP50, and pICln, in order to elucidate how these proteins control transcriptome. 22Rv1 cells with or without doxycyline-induced shRNA-mediated knockdown of PRMT5, MEP50, and pICln