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微RNAs以顺序和不对称的方式作用,以控制线虫中的化学传感侧向性
Sarah Chang1, Robert J Johnston, Christian Frøkjaer-Jensen
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, 701 W. 168th Street, New York 10032, USA.
Nature
|August 13, 2004
概括
两个microRNAs (miRNAs) 控制了线虫化学感知神经元中的左/右不对称. 这种lsy-6和mir-273小RNA的逆分布调节了基因表达和神经元功能.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 微RNAs (miRNAs) 是关键的基因调节剂,它们与信使RNA标结合,以抑制蛋白质的表达.
- 在Caenorhabditis elegans中,lsy-6miRNA对于ASE神经元中瓜尼尔环酶 (gcy) 基因的不对称表达至关重要,导致功能横向性.
- 在C. elegans中,化学感官神经元的横向性对感官感知和行为至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究die-1转录因子在建立化学感应神经元横向性的作用.
- 阐明 lsy-6 miRNA 的不对称表达背后的调节机制.
- 为了识别参与神经元不对称的新型miRNAs.
主要方法:
- 在C. elegans中对die-1基因的遗传突变分析.
- 在位杂交RNA以确定miRNA表达模式.
- 记者基因测试用于评估基因表达调节.
- 功能性测试,以评估化学传感侧向性.
主要成果:
- 在die-1中发生的突变会破坏化学感知侧向性和不对称的化学受体基因表达.
- die-1在ASEL神经元中激活lysy-6的表达,而其自身的表达在ASER中通过mir-273结合点被下调.
- 此前未经表征的mir-273小RNA以ASER表达,并负调节die-1.
- 在两个ASE神经元中,mir-273的强制表达消除了die-1不对称性和ASE横向性.
结论:
- Die-1转录因子是ASE神经元横向性的关键调节者.
- 在双边对称的ASE神经元中,lsy-6和mir-273小RNA的反向表达模式控制着化学感知系统的横向性.
- 这项研究揭示了一个神经元不对称的新型机制,由顺序作用,空间分离的miRNAs介导.
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