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在人类神经前体细胞中L1逆转换

Nicole G Coufal¹, José L Garcia-Perez, Grace E Peng

¹Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

|August 7, 2009

概括

新的研究表明,长间隔元素1 (LINE-1或L1) 逆转移素可以在成年人脑细胞中变得活跃. 这表明L1的逆转换可能会导致人脑中的体质马赛克.

科学领域:

基因组学就是基因组学.
神经科学是一个神经科学.
分子生物学分子生物学

背景情况:

长间隔元素1 (LINE-1或L1) 逆转移子显著影响人类基因组.
在生殖线或早期发育中的逆转换对于L1的进化成功至关重要.
L1逆转换对体细胞,特别是大脑的影响仍然很大程度上未知.

研究的目的:

研究人类神经前细胞中工程人类L1逆转换的潜力.
为了确定内源性L1s是否在成年人大脑的特定区域表现出增加的副本数量,与其他组织相比.

主要方法:

利用人类胎儿大脑衍生的神经前细胞和人类胚胎干细胞衍生的神经前细胞.
雇佣工程人类L1s来评估体外逆转移活性.
开发了一种定量多重聚合酶连锁反应 (PCR) 试验.
将成年人大脑各个区域 (海马体) 的内源L1拷贝数与心脏和肝脏基因组DNA的拷贝数进行比较.

主要成果:

人类神经前代细胞,无论是胎儿还是胚胎干细胞衍生,都支持人工人体L1s在体外的逆转移.
定量多重PCR试验显示,人类海马体和其他大脑区域内源性L1s的副本数量增加.
内生L1拷贝数在脑组织中比同一个捐赠者的心脏或肝脏中的基因组DNA高.

结论:

建议在人类大脑中发生De novo L1逆转换事件.
这些事件有可能导致人类大脑中的体质马赛克.
这些发现突出了中枢神经系统L1活动的新方面.

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