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Lígia Tavares1, Emilia Dimitrova, David Oxley
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Cell
|February 14, 2012
概括
聚合体抑制复合体1 (PRC1) 可以独立于H3K27me3标志的招募. 一个新的RYBP-PRC1复合体调解了这种替代途径,影响了基因沉默和Xist RNA介导的沉默.
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.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发育生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 多胞体抑制复合体1 (PRC1) 在发育过程中对遗传基因沉默至关重要.
- PRC1的招募通常由Polycomb与H3K27me3的结合介导,这是PRC2.2催化的一种标记.
- 针对PRC1的精确机制仍然是一个活跃的研究领域.
研究的目的:
- 调查PRC1招聘的其他途径.
- 为了确定PRC1是否可以独立于H3K27me3被招募.
- 阐明RYBP-PRC1在基因沉默中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在野生类型和PRC2缺乏的小鼠胚胎干细胞 (mESCs) 中分析PRC1亚单元局部化.
- 在目标位置评估素H2A单双化.
- 调查RYBP-PRC1复合物的形成和招募.
- 研究RYBP-PRC1参与XistRNA介导的沉默.
主要成果:
- PRC1的催化子单元RING1B和H2A单双化针对野生类型和PRC2缺乏的mESC中的类似地点.
- 这种向独立于H3K27me3发生,表明H3K27me3独立的招募途径.
- 一个含有催化PRC1子单元和RYBP的RYBP-PRC1复合体调解了这种途径.
- RYBP-PRC1被招募到mESC中的目标位点,并在XistRNA介导的沉默中发挥作用.
结论:
- PRC1有一个独立于H3K27me3的招聘机制.
- RYBP-PRC1复合体是这种替代PRC1向途径的关键调解者.
- 这些发现扩大了我们对Polycomb组蛋白质招募和在基因沉默中的功能,包括Xist介导的过程的理解.
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