The protocol was adapted from the RIP–ChIP protocol described previously45 (link). Briefly, protein A Sepharose beads (Sigma) were coated with 3 µg of U1 snRNP, SF3B1, SRSF1, U2AF2 or mouse IgG antibody (Santa Cruz), followed by incubation with 2 mg of Hep3B or SNU398 total cell lysates overnight. The RNA–protein–bead complexes were washed once with NT2 crowders (25 mg Ficoll PM400 (GE Healthcare), 75 mg Ficoll PM70 (GE Healthcare) and 2.5 mg dextran sulfate (Fluka) in 10 ml of NT2 buffer) and five times with NT2 buffer (50 mM Tris pH 7.0, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM MgCl2 and 0.05% (v/v) NP-40). Protein–RNA complexes were collected in 100 μl of NET2 buffer (1 mM DTT, 16.7 mM EDTA, 200 U RNaseOUT (Thermo Fisher) and 100 U SUPERase In (Ambion) in 1× NT2 crowder), supplemented with 100 μl of 2× SDS–TE (100 mM Tris pH 7.5, 10 mM EDTA pH 8.0 and 1% SDS). RNA was isolated using TRIzol reagent and subsequently purified with phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1) and chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24:1).
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