ATRXはPRC2のXistRNAへの結合を誘導し,ポリコンブ標的を標的とする
Kavitha Sarma1, Catherine Cifuentes-Rojas1, Ayla Ergun2
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA.
Cell
|November 24, 2014
まとめ
アルファ-タラセミアX関連知的障害症候群 (ATRX) タンパク質はXist RNAに結合し,X染色体不活性化 (XCI) のためのポリコンブ抑制複合体2 (PRC2) の募集を可能にします. ATRXの喪失は,PRC2の全ゲノム標的化を妨害する.
科学分野:
- エピジェネティクスと遺伝子調節
- 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
背景:
- X染色体不活性化 (XCI) は,女性の1つのX染色体を静止させ,投与量の補償に不可欠です.
- 長い非コーディングRNAのXistとポリコンブ抑制複合体2 (PRC2) は,XCI媒介の転写抑制における重要な役割を果たしています.
- PRC2はまた,抑圧のために他のゲノムロシをターゲットにしていますが,その特異性メカニズムが完全に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- XCIをモデルシステムとして用いて,XistとPRC2の機能の新たなレギュレータを特定する.
- XCIおよび全ゲノムにおけるPRC2の募集と機能におけるATRXの役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- XistとPRC2の相互作用するタンパク質を分離するための偏らないプロテオミクスアプローチ.
- ATRX-Xist RNAの相互作用を確認するために,RNA免疫プレシピテーションおよびin vivo結合測定法.
- エピジェノミックプロファイリング (例えば,ChIP-seq) で,ATRX枯渇時に起こるPRC2の局所化と遺伝子発現の変化を評価する.
主要な成果:
- ATRXは,Xist RNAと直接相互作用する新しい,高親和性RNA結合タンパク質として特定されました.
- ATRXは,PRC2がXist RNAにロードされ,X染色体に沿って広がるのに不可欠です.
- ATRXの喪失は,PRC2のゲノム全体の再分配につながり,ポリコンブ標的遺伝子の減圧を引き起こします.
結論:
- ATRXは,XCIと他のゲノムサイトの両方で,PRC2のターゲティングと機能の重要な特異性決定因子として機能します.
- この研究は,エピジェネティックサイレンシング経路に不可欠なRNA結合タンパク質であるATRXの予期せぬ役割を明らかにしています.
- PRC2の徴募におけるATRXの役割を理解することは,遺伝子発現と表遺伝的景観の調節に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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