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热冲击因子与活细胞内原生基因位置相关联的动力学
Jie Yao1, Katherine M Munson, Watt W Webb
1Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Nature
|August 25, 2006
概括
活细胞成像揭示了热冲击因子 (HSF) 如何稳定地与DNA结合,表明转录激活剂不需要快速交换以使基因转录发生在Drosophila. 这为基因调节提供了新的见解.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 活细胞成像允许可视化核内活动,但研究特定的基因调节是具有挑战性的,因为难以解决单个基因位置和检测低数量的蛋白质分子.
- 了解原生基因的转录因子动态对于破译基因调节机制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用一个活细胞成像技术,实时分析转录因子动态在Drosophila的特定本地基因.
- 为了研究热冲击后hsp70基因位点的热冲击因子 (HSF) 的招募,交换和结合稳定性.
主要方法:
- 多光子显微镜成像活体多虫唾液腺中的聚烯核.
- 对RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 和HSF招募到本地hsp70基因位点的实时可视化.
- 在光漂白后的光恢复 (FRAP) 和光相关谱 (FCS) 以评估HSF交换动态和扩散性.
主要成果:
- 在热冲击后成功可视化了Pol II对本地hsp70基因位点 (87A和87C) 的实时招募.
- 在热冲击时观察到HSF从核等离子体转移到染色体位置.
- 在非热冲击条件下,在局部表现出快速的HSF交换,与热冲击后的非常缓慢的交换形成鲜明对比,在HSF扩散性没有变化.
结论:
- 激活的HSF在体内稳定地与DNA结合,并且对于hsp70转录的轮次不需要转录激活器的循环.
- 转录激活剂在活细胞中的向位点表现出多样化的动态行为.
- 开发的多光子显微镜方法适用于研究原生基因转录和RNA处理中的各种因素的动态.
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