双价染色体结构标志着胚胎干细胞中关键的发育基因.
Bradley E Bernstein1, Tarjei S Mikkelsen, Xiaohui Xie
1Molecular Pathology Unit and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. bbernstein@partners.org
Cell
|April 25, 2006
概括
哺乳动物中高度保存的非编码元素 (HCNEs) 接近发育基因. 研究人员在胚胎干细胞中发现了基因甲基化的"双价域",准备激活这些基因.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 高度保存的非编码元素 (HCNEs) 经常位于对发育至关重要的基因附近.
- 假设这些富含HCNE的地区拥有控制发展过程的基本监管要素.
研究的目的:
- 在小鼠胚胎干细胞 (ES) 中研究HCNE丰富区域的表观遗传景观.
- 为了确定与这些调节区域及其相关基因相关的特定的基因组修饰模式.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠ES细胞中56个大型HCNE丰富的位点中分析基因素甲基化模式 (H3K27me和H3K4me).
- 甲基化模式与附近转录因子 (TF) 基因表达的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在ES细胞中识别了以H3K27甲基化为特征的"双价域",包括H3K4甲基化.
- 双对应域主要在发育重要转录因子基因中发现,其表达水平低.
- 在ES细胞中观察到DNA序列和基因素甲基化之间的强烈相关性,在分化时减少.
结论:
- 双对应域可能有作用使ES细胞中的发育基因沉默,使它们保持平衡状态以快速激活.
- DNA 序列在确定这些区域的初始表观遗传状态方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 建议使用一种新的基于染色体的机制来维持多能性,涉及DNA序列和表观遗传修饰的相互作用.
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