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I型CRISPR-Casシステムの損失を誘導する温和ファグを標的とする
Clare Rollie1, Anne Chevallereau2, Bridget N J Watson3
1ESI, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK. C.Rollie@exeter.ac.uk.
Nature
|January 24, 2020
まとめ
バクテリアのCRISPR-Cas免疫システムは,溶解性サイクルに入る温和ファグを排除することができません. 不完全なターゲティングは有害な免疫病理を引き起こし,ファージがアンチCRISPR遺伝子をコードしない限り,CRISPR-Casの損失を引き起こす.
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 細菌学
- ウイルス学
背景:
- バクテリオファージ (ファージ) は細菌を感染させ,溶解性または溶解性サイクルに入ります.
- CRISPR-Casシステムは 細菌にファグに対する免疫を与えます
- 以前の研究では,CRISPR-Casが溶解サイクルにおけるファグを排除することを示した.
研究 の 目的:
- リスジェニーが可能な温和ファグに対するCRISPR-Casシステムの有効性を調査する.
- 溶解性ファグ感染中の細菌宿主体能力に対するCRISPR-Cas活性の影響を決定する.
- CRISPR-Cas機能とファグにコードされた抗CRISPR遺伝子の進化的影響を探求する.
主な方法:
- バクテリアと野生型の温帯ファグの共同培養実験
- CRISPR-Casシステムの活動と細菌集団の動態の分析
- 隔離体とプロファージのマッチング周波数のバイオ情報分析
主要な成果:
- タイプIのCRISPR-Casシステムは,溶解を確立した温和ファグを排除することができなかった.
- 不完全なスペーサー・プロファージのマッチングは免疫病変と宿主の体調を低下させた.
- CRISPR-Casシステムは,ファグが抗CRISPR遺伝子を保有しない限り,細菌集団から失われました.
- バイオインフォマティクスは自然環境で 不完全な標的を頻繁に示した.
結論:
- CRISPR-Casシステムは,溶性温和ファグに対して無効である.
- CRISPR-Casは 標的外効果により ホストに有害になり 自身の損失を誘発します
- ファグにコードされた抗CRISPR遺伝子はファグと宿主の両方に選択的優位性を提供します.
- これらの発見は,バクテリア集団におけるCRISPR-Casシステムの変数分布を説明します.
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