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通过非编码RNAs对人类HOX位点中的活性和静态染色体域的功能划分
John L Rinn1, Michael Kertesz, Jordon K Wang
1Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Cell
|July 3, 2007
概括
这项研究在人类HOX位点中确定了231种新的非编码RNA (ncRNA). 一个ncRNA,HOTAIR,通过与Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) 相互作用来抑制远处的HOXD位点的转录.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 非编码RNAs (ncRNAs) 在表观遗传调节中发挥作用,但它们的功能尚未完全理解.
- 人类HOX位点及其相关ncRNA的转录景观需要进一步的表征.
研究的目的:
- 为了全面地绘制人类HOX loci. 的转录景观.
- 识别和描述HOX loci中的新型ncRNA,并研究它们的调节作用.
- 探索ncRNAs在基因沉默的染色体域划分中的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在11个解剖部位的四个人类HOX位点的高分辨率 (五个基对) 转录概况.
- 新型HOX ncRNAs的识别和表征.
- 研究ncRNAs与表观遗传修饰剂的相互作用,如Polycomb抑制综合体2 (PRC2).
- 评估ncRNA表达对基因素甲基化和RNA聚合酶可访问性的影响.
主要成果:
- 发现231个HOXncRNAs,显著扩展已知的转录区域.
- HOX ncRNA 沿着发育轴表现出空间表达模式,并具有独特的序列动图.
- ncRNA表达与差异性基因组甲基化和RNA聚合酶可访问性相关,定义染色体域.
- 识别HOTAIR,一个在HOXC位点中的2.2kb的ncRNA,抑制在HOXD位点的转录.
- 霍泰尔与PRC2相互作用,在HOXD位点中调解PRC2占用和H3K27三甲基化.
结论:
- 对ncRNAs的转录可以划分基因沉默的遥远染色体域.
- 在HOTAIR中所示的ncRNAs是表观遗传基因沉默的关键调节者.
- 这些发现对理解发育和疾病中的基因调节有重大影响.
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Constitutive heterochromatin: It is a highly compact region of chromatin that is mostly concentrated in the centromere and telomere. Unlike euchromatin, the amino acid at 9th...
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