CRISPR RNA誘導免疫における自己対非自己の差別
Luciano A Marraffini1, Erik J Sontheimer
1Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA. marraffini@northwestern.edu
Nature
|January 15, 2010
まとめ
CRISPRシステムは,外来DNAをターゲットにするための特定の不一致を使用して,自己と非自己のDNAを区別します. 拡張DNAペアリングは,細菌の染色体を干渉から保護することによって,自己免疫を防ぐ.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- すべての免疫システムは,自己免疫を防ぐために自己と非自己を区別しなければなりません.
- クラスタ化された定期間隔の短いパリンドロミックリピート (CRISPR) システムは,細菌や古生物の異質DNAに対する防御を提供します.
- CRISPRシステムは,CRISPR関連 (Cas) 遺伝子とCRISPRRNAs (crRNAs) を適応免疫のために利用しています.
研究 の 目的:
- CRISPRシステムが自己DNAと非自己DNAを区別するメカニズムを解明する.
- CRISPR免疫がどのように宿主ゲノムをターゲットにすることを回避するかを理解するために.
主な方法:
- Staphylococcus epidermidis.におけるCRISPR自己/非自己差別メカニズムを調査した.
- 不一致と拡張ペアリングを含む,crRNAsとターゲットDNA間の配列互補性の役割を分析した.
主要な成果:
- S. epidermidisのCRISPR免疫は,スペーサー配列の外にある特定の不一致によって干渉のための外来DNAをライセンスします.
- crRNAとCRISPRのDNAの繰り返しの間の拡張塩基配列は,細菌の染色体を保護することによって,自己免疫を予防します.
- スパッサー配列の外の微分補完性は,CRISPRシステム全体で保存されている特徴です.
結論:
- CRISPRシステムは,ターゲット認識と自己ゲノム保護の両方のために,crRNAの塩基配對の可能性を使用する洗練されたメカニズムを使用しています.
- このメカニズムは,すべての免疫経路に固有の自己/非自己差別課題に対する広く適用可能な解決策を表しています.
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