4 細胞のマウスの胚の細胞運命を予測する Sox2 の長寿結合
Melanie D White1, Juan F Angiolini2, Yanina D Alvarez2
1Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A(∗)STAR, 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore 138673, Singapore.
Cell
|March 26, 2016
まとめ
転写因子 (TF) のDNA結合ダイナミクスは細胞の運命を予測する. マウス胚では,H3R26メチル化によって調節されるSox2結合の安定性は,4細胞段階からの多能細胞の発達を予測する.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学
- エピジェネティクス
- 分子生物学
背景:
- 転写因子 (TF) のDNA結合は遺伝子調節に不可欠である.
- 細胞命運の in vivo 決定における TF-DNA 相互作用のダイナミクスの理解は限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- マウスの胚発達中の単細胞におけるTF-DNA結合ダイナミクスを定量化する.
- TF-DNA結合,表遺伝的変異,細胞運命を決定する関係について調査する.
主な方法:
- 単細胞におけるTF-DNA結合を測定するために,光活性化光相関スペクトロスコーピー (FCS) を利用した.
- 結合ダイナミクスを細胞系統と子孫と相関させるため,生細胞追跡を用いる.
- TF-DNAの相互作用を調節する H3R26 メチル化の役割を調査した.
主要な成果:
- Oct4 と Sox2 の結合安定性は,プラストキストの多能細胞と胚外細胞の間で異なっています.
- 初期の胚では,Sox2はOct4よりも長寿のDNA相互作用を示す.
- Sox2の長寿命結合はブラストメアによって変化し,H3R26メチル化によって調節される.
- より安定したSox2結合を持つ芽細胞は,より多能な子孫を生み出します.
- 減少したH3R26メチレーションは,Sox2結合,標的遺伝子発現,および多能細胞数を減少させる.
結論:
- Sox2-DNA結合ダイナミクスは,哺乳類の細胞の運命を,4細胞の段階から予測します.
- 生理学的エピジェネティックの変化は,DNAサイト間のTFを動的に再分配する.
- H3R26メチレーションは,Sox2結合と多能性の維持の重要なレギュラーである.
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