ハプロタイプ編集により,最も影響力のある心血管リスクロクスの役割を明らかにする
Valentina Lo Sardo1, Pavel Chubukov1, William Ferguson1
1Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Cell
|December 12, 2018
まとめ
9p21. 3遺伝子は冠動脈疾患 (CAD) のリスクを大幅に増加させる. この研究は,特定のDNAセグメントであるリスクハプロタイプが,血管滑らかな筋肉細胞 (VSMC) の機能を変化させ,CADの発達に貢献することを明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- 遺伝学
- 心血管生物学
- 幹細胞生物学
背景:
- 9p21.3は冠動脈疾患 (CAD) の主要な遺伝的危険因子であり,特に非アフリカ人集団ではそうである.
- このリスクは,約60kbの非コーディングDNAセグメント (ハプロタイプ) と関連しており,その機能は不明である.
- この場所がCADに影響を与えるメカニズムを理解することは,標的治療の開発に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 血管の滑らかな筋肉細胞 (VSMC) での9p21.3リスクハプロタイプの機能的役割を調査する.
- 9p21.3ロカスと冠動脈疾患の関連性を明らかにする.
- ヒトゲノムの機能的なアノテーションのための細胞モデルを確立する.
主な方法:
- CADリスクハプロタイプ9p21. 3を有する個体から誘発性多能幹細胞 (iPSC) の生成.
- IPSCのリスクハプロタイプを削除するゲノム編集
- 血管の滑らかな筋肉細胞 (VSMC) に iPSC の分化.
- VSMCの転写プロファイリングと機能分析 (粘着,収縮,増殖)
主要な成果:
- リスクハプロタイプから派生したVSMCは,既知のCADリスク遺伝子と経路に影響を与える,転写ネットワークの広範な変化を示した.
- これらのリスクのVSMCは異常な粘着,収縮,増殖を示した.
- リスクハプロタイプを削除するとVSMCの安定性が回復し,非リスクのVSMCでは長い非コーディングRNAANRILの発現が誘発された.
結論:
- 9p21. 3のリスクハプロタイプは,VSMCをCAD現象型に関連した細胞状態に誘導する.
- この研究では,CADリスクに関与する新しいVSMCベースの遺伝子ネットワークを特定しました.
- ハプロタイプ編集されたiPSCは,機能的なゲノムアノテーションと複雑な疾患の遺伝学を理解するための貴重なツールとして機能します.
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