RNA結合タンパク質TRIM71は,ヒトとマウスの聴覚と聴覚感覚器官の発達に不可欠である
Xiao-Jun Li1,2, Charles Morgan1, Phan Q Duy3,4,5
1The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
まとめ
TRIM71遺伝子の変異は 内耳の発達を妨げて 聴覚障害を引き起こします TRIM71は通常,聴覚機能に不可欠な早発毛細胞の分化を防止します.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学
- 遺伝学
- 神経科学
背景:
- RNA結合タンパク質 TRIM71 は脳の発達に不可欠です
- TRIM71と先天性水頭症 (CH) を関連付ける遺伝的研究が行われています.
- TRIM71の変異は,ヒトの聴覚障害 (HL) と内耳アプラシアと関連付けられています.
研究 の 目的:
- 内耳の発達におけるTRIM71の役割と聴覚障害との関連を調査する.
- TRIM71変異が聴覚障害を引き起こす分子メカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- CHとHL関連変異を持つ条件付き Trim71 ノックアウトマウスを使用した.
- 内耳の発達と毛細胞の分化タイミングを分析した.
- トリム71欠乏性内原細胞のトランスクリプトミカルプロファイリングを行いました.
- TGFβを含む標的遺伝子とシグナル伝達経路を調査した.
主要な成果:
- 目の発達初期に TRIM71 の機能が失われると,重度の聴覚障害が発生します.
- TRIM71欠乏症は,細胞サイクル離脱と分化タイミングを乱します.
- TRIM71はTgfbr2とInhbaを抑制し,TgFβシグナル伝達を制限することで,毛細胞の原始体を無差別状態に保ちます.
- トリム71のノックアウトマウスは,前シナプス端末の減少と,外側の毛細胞領域の神経変性を示した.
結論:
- TRIM71は,発達中の胞における機械感覚毛細胞の分化タイミングを調節するために不可欠です.
- TRIM71は,TGFβ型シグナル伝達を抑制し,それにより,原始細胞の増殖を維持する.
- TRIM71の機能の不調は,内耳の発達障害に関連した聴覚障害の根底にある.
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