組織間での遺伝子発現に対する希少変異の影響
Xin Li1, Yungil Kim2, Emily K Tsang1,3
1Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|October 13, 2017
まとめ
希少な遺伝子変異はヒトの組織に 遺伝子の発現に影響を及ぼします 新しい方法であるRIVERは これらの変異体とその規制効果を特定し 病気のリスクについての理解を向上させます
科学分野:
- 遺伝学とゲノミクス
- 分子生物学
- バイオ情報学
背景:
- 稀な遺伝子変異はヒトに多く見られ,病気の感受性に寄与する.
- 稀な変異体,特にコード化しない変異体の表型効果を特定することは,依然として課題です.
- 以前の研究では,希少な非コーディング変種が単一の組織における極端な遺伝子発現と関連付けられました.
研究 の 目的:
- ヒトの複数の組織における遺伝子の発現に対する 希少変異の影響を調査する.
- 稀な変数の規制効果を予測するための新しい計算方法を開発する.
主な方法:
- ゲノイプ・組織表現 (GTEx) プロジェクトからの全ゲノムと多組織RNAシーケンシングデータを分析した.
- 44種類のヒト組織で 異なった遺伝子発現を特定した.
- 表現データを統合したベイジアンモデルであるRIVER (RNA情報による変異の調節効果) を開発し,適用した.
主要な成果:
- 遺伝子発現の異常値の有意な割合 (58%の低発現,28%の過剰発現) は,近隣の保存された希少変異と関連していた.
- RIVERは,ゲノムアノテーションのみを使用したモデルと比較して,稀な変異の規制効果を予測する上でより高い精度を示しました.
- 希少な変種は,様々な組織における実質的な遺伝子発現変化に寄与することが判明した.
結論:
- 希少な遺伝子変異はヒトの組織全体で 重要な遺伝子発現の変動を 引き起こす上で重要な役割を果たします
- 開発されたRIVERモデルは,希少変異の機能的影響を解釈するための効果的なアプローチを提供します.
- この研究は 希少変種が個人の健康や病気に与える影響を 理解するための基盤を提供します
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