シルクワームにおけるPre-piRNA 3'トリマーの識別と機能分析
Natsuko Izumi1, Keisuke Shoji2, Yuriko Sakaguchi3
1Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
Cell
|February 27, 2016
まとめ
研究者は,piRNAの成熟に不可欠な酵素であるPNLDC1をトリマーとして特定しました. トリマーとPapi/Tdrkhは,前駆体piRNAをトリムするために協力し,適切なRNA処理と生殖細胞の安定性を確保します.
科学分野:
- RNA生物学
- 分子遺伝学
- エピジェネティクス
背景:
- PIWIと相互作用するRNA (piRNA) は,動物の生殖細胞の移植可能な要素を静止するために不可欠です.
- piRNA 生成には,前駆性piRNA (pre-piRNA) の3'端トリミングを含む中間処理が含まれています.
- プリ-ピRNAトリミングを担当するトリマーと呼ばれる酵素とそのPapi/Tdrkhとの関係は,以前は特定されなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- シルクワームのプリ-ピRNAトリミングを起こす酵素を特定する.
- ピRNAの成熟におけるトリマーとPapi/Tdrkhのメカニズムと協力的作用を解明する.
主な方法:
- PNLDC1を生物化学的測定でトリマーとして識別する.
- ミトコンドリア分数のトリマー濃縮を示したサブセルラー局所化研究.
- トリマーとPapi/Tdrkhの結合を評価するための共免疫降水.
- トリマーとPapi/Tdrkhを枯渇させ,piRNA前処理を分析するためにRNA干渉 (RNAi)
主要な成果:
- PNLDC1は3'-5'エクソヌクレアースで,トリマーと特定されました.
- トリマーがミトコンドリアに局所化し,Papi/Tdrkhと相互作用する.
- トリマーとPapi/Tdrkhの枯渇は,piRNA前トリミングの添加的欠陥につながった.
- 標的分裂に障害があり,劣化傾向にある異常な長さのpiRNAs (∼35−40 nt) の蓄積.
結論:
- PNLDC1は,プリピRNAの3'エンドトリミングにおける重要な酵素であるトリマーとして機能する.
- トリマーとPapi/Tdrkhは協力してピRNAの正確な成熟を保証する.
- この協力的行動は,異常なpiRNAの蓄積を防ぐことによって,ゲノムの安定性を維持するために不可欠です.
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