RNAエクソソームの枯渇は,活性ヒトプロモーターの上流の転写を明らかにする
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Describing a Transcription Factor Dependent Regulation of the MicroRNA Transcriptome
Published on: June 15, 2016
Pascal Preker1, Jesper Nielsen, Susanne Kammler
1Centre for mRNP Biogenesis and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Biology, C. F. Møllers Alle, Building 1130, Aarhus University, Denmark.
まとめ
研究者らは,プロモーターアップストリームトランスクリプト (PROMPT) を発見した.PROMPTは,短い,不安定なRNAで,活性遺伝子の近くでトランスクリプトされている. これらの新たに特定されたRNAは,遺伝子発現の制御的な役割を果たす可能性がある.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- ゲノミクスゲノミクスとは
- トランスクリプトミクス (Transcriptomics) とは
背景:
- ユカリオットのゲノムは大部分が転写されていますが,低濃度の転写は検出が困難です.
- 既存のトランスクリプトームマップは,高度に不安定なRNA種を捕捉できない可能性があります.
- RNAの分解は,一時的なRNA分子を特定する上で課題を提示します.
研究 の 目的:
- ヒトの細胞で以前に検出されていなかった,低濃度のRNAトランスクリプトを特定する.
- 新種のRNA種の特性とゲノム位置を特徴付ける.
- 新しく発見されたトランスクリプトの潜在的な規制的役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 不安定なRNAの分解を防ぐためにRNAエクソソムの枯渇.
- セルラーRNAのティリングマイクロアレイ分析.
- 長さ,ポリアデニレーション,安定性を含むRNA特性の分析.
主要な成果:
- 短く,ポリアデニル化され,高度に不安定なRNAの新種の分類,プロモーターアップストリームトランスクリプト (PROMPTs) と呼ばれる.
- PROMPTsは,活発な転写開始部位の上流 (0.52.5 kb) で転写される.
- PROMPTトランスクリプションは,感覚と反感覚の両方において発生し,遺伝子プロモーターを必要とし,遺伝子活動と相関しています.
結論:
- PROMPTは,RNAポリメラーゼII (RNAPII) が転写した遺伝子の共通の特徴を表しています.
- PROMPTsの特徴は,遺伝子発現における潜在的な規制機能を示唆しています.
- 細胞プロセスにおけるPROMPTsの正確な役割を明らかにするために,さらなる研究が必要である.
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