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Genome-wide Screen for miRNA Targets Using the MISSION Target ID Library
Published on: April 6, 2012
マイクロRNAポリシストロンは,潜在的なヒト腫瘍遺伝子である.
Lin He1, J Michael Thomson, Michael T Hemann
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
Nature
|June 10, 2005
まとめ
mir-17-92マイクロRNAクラスターは,B細胞リンパ腫ではしばしば上昇します. その強制的な発現は腫瘍の発達を加速し,アポトーシスを阻害し,ヒト腫瘍遺伝子として機能する可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
背景:
- 人間では200以上のマイクロRNA (miRNA) が知られているが,その機能はほとんど不明である.
- mir-17-92ポリシストロンは,ヒトB細胞リンパ腫で増幅されたDNA領域に位置しています.
研究 の 目的:
- B細胞リンパ腫におけるmir-17-92マイクロRNAクラスターの役割を調査する.
- mir-17-92クラスタがヒト腫瘍遺伝子の役割を果たすかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- B細胞リンパ腫のサンプル/細胞系におけるmiRNA濃度の比較と正常組織における比較.
- マウスのB細胞リンパ腫モデルで,c-myc.と共に mir-17-92クラスタの強制表現.
- mir-17-92およびc-myc発現の血液形成性幹細胞から派生した腫瘍におけるアポトーシスの分析.
主要な成果:
- B細胞リンパ腫では,mir-17-92ロカスからのプライマリまたは成熟したmiRNAのレベルが頻繁に上昇していました.
- 強制されたmir-17-92発現は,マウスにおけるc-mycと併用して腫瘍発達の加速を促した.
- mir-17-92およびc-mycによる腫瘍は,c-myc誘発リンパ腫と比較して,アポトーシスの減少を示した.
結論:
- 非コーディングRNAs,特にmiRNAsは,腫瘍形成に影響を与える可能性があります.
- mir-17-92クラスターは,B細胞リンパ腫における潜在的なヒト腫瘍遺伝子として関与しています.
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