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一种素H3氨酸27脱甲基酶调节动物的后部发育
Fei Lan1, Peter E Bayliss, John L Rinn
1Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nature
|September 14, 2007
概括
基因组脱甲基酶UTX和JMJD3消除了H3K27me3标记,这对基因调节至关重要. 它们的功能障碍影响HOX基因表达和动物发育,突出了它们在发育中的保留作用.
科学领域:
- 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
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 基因组甲基化动态对基因调节至关重要.
- 基因组H3K27三甲基化 (H3K27me3) 参与了基因沉默,发育模式和干细胞身份.
- 与EZH2过度表达相关的异常H3K27甲基化与癌症有关.
研究的目的:
- 研究JmjC域含有蛋白质UTX和JMJD3在H3K27me3脱甲基化中的作用.
- 探索UTX在调节HOX基因表达中的功能及其对动物发育的影响.
主要方法:
- 生物化学试验以证明UTX和JMJD3在H3K27me3/2.2.3上的脱甲基酶活性.
- 染色体免疫沉以评估UTX丰富在HOX基因位置.
- 人类细胞中的RNA干扰和斑马鱼中的morpholino-based knockdown用于研究基因调节和发育缺陷.
主要成果:
- UTX和JMJD3被确定为H3K27me3 / 2脱甲基酶.
- UTX局部化与纤维细胞和ESC中的HOX基因表达状态相关.
- 抑制UTX导致H3K27me3的增加和HOX基因的错误调节.
- 斑马鱼UTX同源抑制导致发育缺陷,部分由功能性人类UTX挽救.
结论:
- UTX和JMJD3是关键的H3K27脱甲基酶,在调节H3K27甲基化方面发挥着保留作用.
- 这些酶对于适当的HOX基因表达和动物前后发育至关重要.
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