マウスの精子生成中にMIWI/piRNAの翻訳活性化機能
Peng Dai1, Xin Wang1, Lan-Tao Gou2
1State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Cell
|December 14, 2019
まとめ
PIWIと相互作用するRNA (piRNA) 機構は,以前はmRNAの除去で知られていましたが,精子の発達中に特定のmRNAの翻訳を予期せぬ形で活性化します. このプロセスは精子の成熟に不可欠であり,mRNA 3' UTRsへのpiRNA結合を含む.
科学分野:
- 生殖生物学
- 分子遺伝学
- RNA生物学
背景:
- 精子生成は,トランスクリプションと翻訳を分離し,蓄積されたmRNAを後に活性化させる.
- MIWI/piRNAメカニズムは,以前は,後期精子形成の際にmRNAの排出と関連していた.
- 抑制された精子生成mRNAを活性化するメカニズムは,ほとんど不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 精子産生mRNAの翻訳活性化におけるMIWI/piRNA機構の役割を調査する.
- 精子生成中のpiRNA媒介による翻訳活性化に伴う分子メカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- 精子生成におけるMIWI/piRNAメカニズム機能の分析
- piRNA-mRNAの相互作用とその翻訳への影響を調査する.
- 翻訳調節に関わるタンパク質複合体の形成を研究する.
主要な成果:
- MIWI/piRNAメカニズムは,予期せぬ形で特定の精子産生mRNAの翻訳を活性化します.
- mRNA 3' UTRsとのpiRNA塩基ペアリングは,翻訳活性化に不可欠である.
- 活性化には,AU豊富な元素と結合して,MIWI/piRNA/eIF3f/HuR超複合体を形成する.
結論:
- piRNAシステムは,精子生成中にmRNA翻訳を活性化するのに重要な役割を果たします.
- このpiRNA媒介による翻訳活性化は,精子の発達に機能的に必要である.
- この発見は,細胞の変容を調整するpiRNA経路の新たな機能を明らかにした.
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