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Detection of Alternative Splicing During Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: October 9, 2014
Un complejo potenciador de empalme controla el empalme alternativo del pre-ARNm de doble sexo
1Harvard University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
Cell
|July 16, 1993
Resumen
Los genes transformador (tra) y transformador 2 (tra2) regulan el empalme específico de las hembras en Drosophila. Estas proteínas, junto con las proteínas SR, forman un complejo esencial para este proceso.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
Sus antecedentes:
- El empalme alternativo es crucial para generar diversidad de proteínas.
- El empalme alternativo del gen Drosophila doublesex (dsx) dicta el destino sexual.
- Los genes del transformador (tra) y del transformador 2 (tra2) son reguladores conocidos del empalme dsx.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Aclarar el mecanismo por el cual el transformador (tra) y el transformador 2 (tra2) regulan el empalme dsx específico de las hembras.
- Identificar los factores de empalme involucrados en la formación del complejo regulatorio de empalme dsx.
Principales métodos:
- Purificación por afinidad de complejos proteicos unidos al pre-ARNm dsx.
- Análisis bioquímico de los componentes de proteínas dentro del complejo purificado.
- Ensayos de empalme in vitro para evaluar la suficiencia de los factores de empalme.
Principales resultados:
- Tra y Tra2 reclutan factores de empalme generales, incluidas las proteínas ricas en serina / arginina (SR), a un elemento regulador aguas abajo.
- Las proteínas Tra, Tra2 y SR son suficientes para comprometer el pre-ARNm dsx al empalme específico de la hembra.
- Se observaron diferentes capacidades de las proteínas SR en la formación del complejo de compromiso.
Conclusiones:
- Las proteínas Tra, Tra2 y SR forman un complejo de potenciador de empalme esencial para el empalme de pre-ARNm dsx específico de la hembra.
- Este complejo juega un papel crítico en el desarrollo sexual al regular el empalme alternativo.
- Los hallazgos proporcionan información sobre la intrincada regulación de la expresión génica a través del empalme.
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