mPer2遺伝子は,哺乳類の昼間時計の機能的成分をコードする
B Zheng1, D W Larkin, U Albrecht
1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nature
|July 17, 1999
まとめ
変異したmPer2遺伝子を持つマウスは,より短い昼夜リズムを示し,暗闇でリズム性を失いました. これは,mPer2が哺乳類の昼間時計にとって極めて重要であり,mPer1の発現に影響することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- クロノバイオロジー クロノバイオロジー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- シルカディアンリズムは,内生的な生物学的時計によって調節されます.
- 哺乳類の昼間時計には,上上ヒアズマ核とmPer遺伝子が関与しています.
- mPer1,mPer2およびmPer3は,ドロソフィラ期遺伝子の哺乳類同類である.
研究 の 目的:
- ネズミのmPer2遺伝子のインビボ機能を調査する.
- mPer2 PASドメインのデレーション変異の影響を特徴づけるために.
主な方法:
- ネズミのmPer2遺伝子のPASドメインで削除変異を生成した.
- 恒常的な暗闇下で同卵性変異性マウスの昼夜リズムを分析した.
- mPer1とmPer2の表情パターンをスプラキアズマ核で評価した.
主要な成果:
- mPer2変異に同同胞性のマウスは,より短い昼夜周期を示した.
- ミュータントマウスは,絶え間ない暗闇の中で昼夜リズムを失いました.
- この突然変異は,mPer1とmPer2のスプラキアズマ核における振動表現を減少させた.
結論:
- mPer2は哺乳類の昼間時計に重要な役割を果たしています.
- mPer2は,mPer1の発現をin vivoで調節する可能性があります.
- mPer2は哺乳類の昼間振動器の重要な構成要素である.
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