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ボンビクスの生殖系統のpiRNA生殖におけるミトコンドリアPapiとZucchiniの階層的な役割
Kazumichi M Nishida1, Kazuhiro Sakakibara1, Yuka W Iwasaki2
1Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
Nature
|March 1, 2018
まとめ
ズッキーニ内核酵素は,PIWIとPapiに結合する中間物質を処理するシルクワームのpiRNA 3'末端形成に不可欠です. これは,ドロソフィラと比較して,ボムビックスにおけるより単純なpiRNA生殖経路を示しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- RNA 生物学
背景:
- PIWIと相互作用するRNA (piRNA) は,動物の生殖系におけるゲノムの完全性にとって不可欠である.
- piRNA 生成には,PIWI タンパク質,トランポゾン制御,および特定の処理酵素が含まれています.
- piRNA 処理における Zucchini (Zuc) と Nibbler (Nbr) の役割は Drosophila で確立されているが,他の種では理解されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- シルクワームBombyx moriのpiRNA処理におけるZucchini (Zuc) とNibbler (Nbr) の必要性を調査する.
- piRNA 3' エンド形成のメカニズムと,Papi と PIWI のような関連するタンパク質の役割を解明する.
主な方法:
- BombyxにおけるZucの機能を評価するための遺伝子ノックアウト研究.
- リコンビネントZucを用いたバイオケミカルアッセイで,piRNA中間物質を処理する.
- パピ-PIWI複合体内のpiRNA中間物質の分析
主要な成果:
- ボンビクスのZucの減少はTrimやNbrの濃度に影響を及ぼさなかったが,piRNA中間物質の蓄積を引き起こした.
- リコンビナントZucはこれらの中間物質を成熟したpiRNAに処理しました.
- パピのRNA結合活動はPIWI結合とリン酸化に依存し,階層的な複合組成を示している.
- PIWIのスライサー活動は5'エンドと3'エンドの両方の中間産物の形成に関与していたが,3'エンドの熟成にはZucが特に必要であった.
結論:
- ツキニ内核酵素は,ボムビックス・モリにおけるpiRNAの3'- 末端形成に不可欠である.
- ボンビクスのpiRNA生殖はドロソフィラより単純で,段階的なpiRNA依存型転写サイレンスがない.
- Bombyx piRNAsの5'端はPIWI- スライサーに依存しているが,Zuc- 独立であり,3'端はZuc- 依存である.
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