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N(6) -メチラデノシン依存RNA構造スイッチは,RNAとタンパク質の相互作用を調節する
Nian Liu1, Qing Dai1, Guanqun Zheng2
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Nature
|February 27, 2015
まとめ
N(6) -メチラデノシン (m(6) A) 改変は"m(6) Aスイッチ"として作用し,RNAの構造を変化させ,RNAとタンパク質の相互作用を制御します. このメカニズムは,RNA結合モチーフへのRNA結合タンパク質のアクセスを影響することによって,遺伝子発現とRNA成熟を調節する.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- RNA 生物学 RNA 生物学
背景:
- RNA結合タンパク質 (RBPs) は,RNA結合モチーフ (RBMs) と相互作用することによって細胞プロセスを調節する.
- RBMのアクセシビリティは,ローカルRNA構造によって妨げられ,RBPの相互作用を制限することがあります.
- N(6) -メチラデノシン (m(6) A) は,RNAの運命を左右する重要なmRNA変異であるが,構造化されたRBMへのRBPアクセスを調節する役割は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- RNA-タンパク質相互作用のためのRBMのRNA構造に依存したアクセシビリティを制御するm(6) Aの役割を調査する.
- m(6) AがRBP結合およびその後の遺伝子調節に影響を与えるメカニズムを解明する.
- RBP結合部位のA媒介調節を特定し,特徴づけること.
主な方法:
- ヒト細胞における光活性化リボヌクレオシド強化クロスリンクと免疫降低 (PAR-CLIP) と抗m(6) A免疫降低 (MeRIP) を利用した.
- PAR-CLIPとMeRIPを組み合わせて,m(6) A依存のRBP結合部位を特定し,これを"m(6) Aスイッチ"と呼びます.
- RBP結合と標的遺伝子発現に対するグローバルm(6) A減少の影響を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 39,060 m(6) のA-スイッチが異質な核リボ核タンパク質C (HNRNPC) の結合部位と関連していることが確認された.
- m(6) Aが局所RNA構造を変化させ,mRNAとlncRNAのRBMへのHNRNPC結合を促進することを実証した.
- m(6) Aの減少は,2798の高信頼性m(6) A-スイッチでHNRNPCの結合を低下させ,標的mRNAの豊富性と代替スプライシングに影響を与えることを観察した.
結論:
- m(6) Aは"m(6) Aスイッチ"として機能し,RBPのアクセシビリティと機能を調節するためにRNA構造を調節します.
- このメカニズムは,RBPがRBMに結合することを制御することによって,遺伝子発現とRNA成熟に影響を与えます.
- RNA修飾でコードされた細胞生物学とRNAとタンパク質の相互作用を理解するための新しい枠組みを提供します.
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