染色素と転写複合体の組み立ての間の競争は,発達初期に遺伝子発現を調節する
M N Prioleau1, J Huet, A Sentenac
1Institut Jacques Monod, Molecular Embryology Unit, Paris, France.
Cell
|May 6, 1994
まとめ
初期のXenopusの発達は,抑制された転写を示し,TATA結合タンパク質 (TBP) がそれを緩和することができます. しかし,染色体組成が優勢で,ヒストンが転写複合体との競争を通じて遺伝子の活動を抑制することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学 発達生物学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝子規制 遺伝子規制
背景:
- ゼノプスの早期発育は,ミッドブラスチュラ移行 (MBT) まで,概して転写の欠如を示している.
- この転写性静止とその後の再活性化を調節するメカニズムを理解することは,発達研究にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 初期のXenopus発達の過程における遺伝子転写の調節を調査する.
- MBT前に転写の抑制と活性化に関与する要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- c-mycプロモーターを受精したXenopus卵に注入したレポータープラズミドを使用した.
- プラズミドをTATA結合タンパク質 (TBP) で予備インキュベーションすることによって,転写活性を評価した.
- 転写調節におけるクロマチンの組立とヒストンの構成要素の役割を分析した.
主要な成果:
- TBPとの予備保育は,レポータープラズミドからの転写抑制を緩和しました.
- 遺伝子活性抑制は,細胞サイクル段階に関係なく,MBT以前に支配的になった.
- 染色体組成と相関する転写不活性化;染色体成分を定位すると抑圧が緩和される.
- 安定した転写は,クロマチンの構成要素の定位により,初期の発達期に確立された.
結論:
- 初期のXenopusの発達中の遺伝子活動は,ヒストンの過剰量によって抑制されます.
- この抑圧は,染色質組成と転写複合体の組成の間のダイナミックな競争によって起こります.
- 染色体組成は,MBTの前に転写サイレンシングを確立する上で重要な役割を果たします.
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