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発達的および種別のグロービンスイッチングは,BCL11AAによって引き起こされます
Vijay G Sankaran1, Jian Xu, Tobias Ragoczy
1Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nature
|August 7, 2009
まとめ
BCL11Aのようなトランス作用因子は,進化の過程で種特有の遺伝子発現の変化を誘導する. BCL11A発現の差異は,ヒト胎児のヘモグロビン遺伝子がマウスの胚性遺伝子として機能する理由を説明する.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学 発達生物学について
- 進化の遺伝学 進化の遺伝学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- 種間遺伝子発現の違いを理解するには,シス調節要素とトランス作用因子の研究が必要です.
- 哺乳類のβ-グロービンの位置は,発達の遺伝子調節の重要なモデルである.
- ヒトベータ・グロービン位置を持つトランス遺伝子マウスは,ヒト胎児から成人ヘモグロビンへのスイッチングをモデル化しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 種間異なった遺伝子調節におけるトランス作用因子の役割を調査する.
- ヒューマン・グロービン・スイッチングのマウス・モデルの限界を明らかにする.
- 遺伝子発現における進化的変化を媒介する重要な要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- ヒトベータ・グロービンロカスを持ち運ぶトランスジェニックマウスを利用した.
- 人間とマウスシステムの間の遺伝子発現パターンを比較した.
- ガンマ-グロービン発現の抑制剤としてのBCL11Aの役割を分析した.
主要な成果:
- マウスのヒトガンマグロービン (HBG) 遺伝子は,ネズミの胚性グロービン遺伝子の行動を模倣した.
- BCL11Aの発現はマウスとヒトの間で大きく異なる.
- BCL11Aの欠如は,マウスの胚性遺伝子とヒトのガンマ・グロービン遺伝子の両方の発達の静止を防ぐことができました.
結論:
- BCL11Aは,種差異性グロービンスイッチングの重要な媒介体である.
- 変異したトランス作用因子の発現は,進化的遺伝子発現の変化の主な原動力である.
- マウスモデルには,ヒトの発達に関する遺伝子調節を完全に再現できる限界があります.
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