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Luisa Cochella1, Oliver Hobert
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. mlc2155@columbia.edu
Cell
|December 4, 2012
概括
这项研究揭示了C. elegans中左/右神经元不对称的两步机制,涉及早期的染色质原始化和以后的microRNA表达增强,这对神经元多样性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学是发展生物学.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 了解神经系统中左/右不对称的起源是一个重大挑战.
- 形态对称的神经系统经常表现出功能不对称,其机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为在C. elegans. 中的一对转移后神经元中的功能不对称性规范提供一个机制框架.
- 阐明早期发育事件如何在发育后期建立神经元命运.
主要方法:
- 研究了lsy-6微RNA位置的时间调节.
- 检查了神经元前体和母亲中的染色质分解和转录因子活性.
主要成果:
- 确定了 lsy-6 miRNA 位点的两步激活过程,时间分离.
- 证明左神经元前体是通过染色质分解"预备"的.
- 表明转录因子在左侧神经元母细胞中增加lsy-6表达,但仅在原始细胞中.
结论:
- 细胞可以通过暂时分离的分子事件在发育早期承诺特定的命运.
- 这种机制为理解神经元多样性是如何从最初对称的前体产生的提供了一个框架.
- 这些发现提供了关于在发育过程中精确控制基因表达以产生功能不对称性的见解.
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MicroRNA (miRNA) are short, regulatory RNA transcribed from introns—non-coding regions of a gene—or intergenic regions—stretches of DNA present between genes. Several processing steps are required to form biologically active, mature miRNA. The initial transcript, called primary miRNA (pri-mRNA), base-pairs with itself forming a stem-loop structure. Within the nucleus, an endonuclease enzyme, called Drosha, shortens the stem-loop structure into hairpin-shaped pre-miRNA. After the pre-miRNA ends...
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MicroRNA (miRNA) are short, regulatory RNA transcribed from introns (non-coding regions of a gene) or intergenic regions (stretches of DNA present between genes). Several processing steps are required to form biologically active, mature miRNA. The initial transcript, called primary miRNA (pri-mRNA), base-pairs with itself, forming a stem-loop structure. Within the nucleus, an endonuclease enzyme, called Drosha, shortens the stem-loop structure into hairpin-shaped pre-miRNA. After the pre-miRNA...