単細胞RNA-seqは,細胞変異のダイナミックなパラクリン制御を明らかにしています
Alex K Shalek1, Rahul Satija2, Joe Shuga3
11] Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA [2] Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA [3] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA [4].
Nature
|June 12, 2014
まとめ
細胞間コミュニケーションが遺伝子発現の異質性を形作る. パラクリンシグナル伝達,特にインターフェロン媒介は,早期の抗ウイルス反応を調整し, dendritic 細胞における炎症性遺伝子発現に影響を与えます.
科学分野:
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- システム生物学 システム生物学
- ゲノミクスゲノミクスとは
背景:
- 高通量単細胞トランスクリプトミクスは,遺伝子発現の多様性を無偏見で研究することを可能にします.
- 細胞の異質性を理解することは,生物学的機能を解読する上で極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ネズミの骨髄由来デンドリット細胞における遺伝子発現の異質性を調査する.
- 細胞間コミュニケーションが細胞の反応を調整する役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 1,700以上の dendritic 細胞の単細胞 RNA 配列.
- マイクロフリウイド室での刺激,ノックアウトマウスの分析,細胞外信号伝達の調節.
- 異なる遺伝子モジュールの時間的な異質性プロフィールを調査した.
主要な成果:
- 同様に刺激された dendritic 細胞の間で遺伝子発現の実質的な変化を特定しました.
- 早期に"早熟"した細胞によって発現する抗ウイルス遺伝子の"コア"モジュールを発見し,インターフェロン媒介のパラクリンシグナル伝達によって調整された.
- パラクリンシグナル伝達も炎症性遺伝子発現を抑制し,細胞の多様性を減少させることを実証した.
結論:
- 細胞間通信は,細胞の異質性の主要な原動力である.
- パラクリンシグナリングは,抗ウイルスおよび炎症反応を含む,ダイナミックな遺伝子発現プログラムをオーケストラします.
- 多細胞集団は,複雑なダイナミックな反応を確立するためにコミュニケーション戦略を利用します.
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