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非コーディングRNAによるヒトのHOXロシにおける活性クロマチンの領域と静音クロマチンの領域の機能的区分
John L Rinn1, Michael Kertesz, Jordon K Wang
1Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Cell
|July 3, 2007
まとめ
この研究では,ヒトのHOXロシオで231の新規非コーディングRNA (ncRNA) を特定しました. 1つのncRNAであるHOTAIRは,ポリコンブ抑制複合体2 (PRC2) と相互作用することによって,遠隔のHOXDロカスでの転写を抑制する.
科学分野:
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- 非コーディングRNA (ncRNAs) は表遺伝的調節に役割を果たしますが,その機能は完全に理解されていません.
- 人間のHOXロシとその関連するncRNAの転写的景観は,さらなる特徴づけを必要としています.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間のHOXロシのトランスクリプションランドスケープを包括的にマッピングする.
- HOXロシ内の新しいncRNAを特定し,特徴づけ,その規制的役割を調査する.
- 遺伝子サイレンシングの染色体領域を区分する ncRNA の可能性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 11の解剖部位にわたる4つのヒトHOXロシの高解像度 (5塩基対) の転写プロファイリング.
- 新しいHOX ncRNAsの識別と特徴付け.
- ポリコンブ・レプレッシブ・コンプレックス2 (PRC2) のようなエピジェネティック・モデバイザーとncRNAの相互作用を調査する.
- ヒストンメチル化とRNAポリメラーゼアクセシビリティに対するncRNA発現の影響を評価する.
主要な成果:
- 231のHOX ncRNAを発見し,既知の転写領域を大幅に拡張しました.
- HOX ncRNAは,発達軸に沿って空間表現パターンを示し,ユニークな配列モチーフを持っています.
- ncRNA発現は,微分ヒストンメチル化とRNAポリメラーゼアクセシビリティと相関し,染色体領域を定義する.
- HOTAIRの識別,HOXCロカスにおける2.2kbのncRNAは,HOXDロカスにおけるトランスクリプションを抑制する.
- HOTAIRはPRC2と相互作用し,PRC2の占有とHOXDロカスにおけるH3K27トリメチル化を媒介する.
結論:
- ncRNAsの転写は,遺伝子サイレンシングの遠い染色体領域を線引きすることができます.
- HOTAIRによって例示されたncRNAは,表遺伝子遺伝子のサイレンシングの重要なレギュレータである.
- これらの発見は,発達と疾患における遺伝子調節を理解する上で重要な意味を持つ.
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