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Chromatin Isolation by RNA Purification (ChIRP)
Published on: March 25, 2012
一个长的非编码RNA保持活跃的染色质,以协调同源的基因表达
Kevin C Wang1, Yul W Yang, Bo Liu
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|March 23, 2011
概括
长跨基因非编码RNAs (lincRNAs) 可以激活基因表达. HOTTIP是一种新型的lincRNA,通过招募染色质修饰复合体来协调HOXA基因激活,证明了lincRNA在长距离基因调节中的作用.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 长跨基因非编码RNAs (lincRNAs) 越来越多地被认为是它们在基因调节中的作用,主要是基因沉默.
- 在基因激活中,特别是发育过程中,lincRNAs的功能仍然不太了解.
- 邻近基因的协调调节,称为局部控制,对于发育和恒温至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查lincRNAs在基因激活中的作用,特别关注它们在基因控制中的潜在参与.
- 识别和描述参与调节霍克斯基因集群的新型lincRNAs.
- 阐明lincRNAs可能调解长距离基因激活的机制.
主要方法:
- 鉴定和描述HOTTIP,一个从HOXA位点转录的lincRNA.
- 对染色体循环相互作用的分析,以评估HOTTIP与其目标基因之间的近距离.
- 生物化学测试以确定HOTTIP RNA与WDR5和MLL复合物的相互作用.
- 评估响应HOTTIP表达的组分体H3氨酸4三甲基化和基因转录.
主要成果:
- 鉴定了HOTTIP,这是HOXA位点的5'尖端的一个lincRNA.
- 在生物体中,HOTTIP协调了5'HOXA基因的激活.
- 染色体循环促进HOTTIP与其目标基因的相互作用.
- 霍蒂普RNA直接与WDR5结合,招募WDR5/MLL复合体来驱动基因素修饰和基因转录.
结论:
- lincRNAs可以作为协调远程基因激活的关键中间体.
- 霍蒂普 (HOTTIP) 展示了一种通过染色质修饰的lincRNA介导基因激活的新型机制.
- 这项研究突出了lincRNAs在组织染色质域的潜力,以便在发育过程中协调基因表达.
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