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Generation of Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines via CRISPR/Cas9
Published on: January 3, 2015
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保存された元素におけるヒト特異的な削除の機能的および進化的影響
James R Xue1,2, Ava Mackay-Smith3, Kousuke Mouri4
1Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
まとめ
人間の特異的な欠損は,脳の発達と機能に影響します. これらの遺伝的変化は 進化のメカニズムを明らかにし 独特な人間の特徴を駆動し 神経学的障害の洞察を提供します
科学分野:
- ゲノミクス
- 進化生物学
- 神経科学
背景:
- 保存されたゲノム配列はヒトで破壊され ヒト特性を説明する可能性があります
- 人間の進化の遺伝的基盤を 解明する鍵となるのです
研究 の 目的:
- 人間特有の保存削除 (hCONDEL) を特定し,特徴づけること.
- hCONDELの遺伝子調節と人間の特徴,特に脳の発達に対する機能的影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- ゲノムデータから10,032のhCONDELの識別と特徴づけ
- 脳機能の充実のための遺伝的,表遺伝子学的,および転写学的データセットの分析.
- hCONDELsの規制活動を評価するために,6種類の細胞で大規模な並列レポーターアッセイを行う.
- 遺伝子発現の変化を観察するために,hCONDELをその祖先の配列に戻す実験.
主要な成果:
- 脳機能のために濃縮された平均2.56塩基対の10,032hCONDELを発見した.
- 重要な規制活動を持つ800のhCONDELが特定され,半分は強化機能を有する.
- HDAC5,CPEB4,PPP2CAのような脳発達遺伝子に影響するhCONDELが強調されています.
- hCONDELを逆転させると,LOXL2とミエリン化とシナプス機能に関連する遺伝子の発現が変化することが示された.
結論:
- hCONDELは遺伝子調節に影響を与えるヒト特有の遺伝子変異の重要な源である.
- これらの消去は 人間の脳の発達と機能の進化に 重要な役割を果たしています
- 特定されたhCONDELは,人間の進化と関連する特性を研究するための貴重なリソースを提供します.
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