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Methods to Investigate the Regulatory Role of Small RNAs and Ribosomal Occupancy of Plasmodium falciparum
Published on: December 4, 2015
Un estudio exhaustivo del ciclo de vida de Plasmodium mediante análisis genómicos, transcriptómicos y proteómicos
Neil Hall1, Marianna Karras, J Dale Raine
1Pathogen Sequencing Unit, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK. nhall@tigr.org
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 8, 2005
Resumen
La comparación de los genomas de los parásitos de la malaria revela un conjunto central de genes y diversas estrategias de expresión. Los investigadores encontraron evidencia de silenciamiento genético durante el desarrollo sexual, crucial para comprender la biología del parásito de la malaria.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La genómica es la genómica.
- Parasitología Parasitología.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
Sus antecedentes:
- Plasmodium berghei y Plasmodium chabaudi son organismos modelo clave para la investigación de la malaria.
- Comprender la regulación genética es vital para combatir la malaria.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para comparar los genomas de diferentes especies de Plasmodium.
- Identificar los genes conservados y comprender las estrategias de expresión génica.
- Para investigar los mecanismos de silenciamiento de genes en los parásitos de la malaria.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis comparativo de genómica de las especies de Plasmodium.
- Integración de datos proteómicos y de microarrays.
- Análisis de los patrones de expresión génica a través del ciclo de vida del parásito.
Principales resultados:
- Identificó un núcleo conservado de 4500 genes de Plasmodium.
- Describió cuatro estrategias distintas de expresión génica.
- Se observa el silenciamiento de genes post-transcripcional a través de la represión traslacional durante el desarrollo sexual.
- Implicó un motivo de región no traducida de 47-base 3' en el silenciamiento de genes.
Conclusiones:
- Existe un núcleo genético conservado en todas las especies de Plasmodium.
- Los parásitos de la malaria emplean estrategias complejas de expresión génica.
- La represión traslacional y los motivos específicos de ARN regulan la expresión génica durante el desarrollo sexual, ofreciendo posibles dianas terapéuticas.
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