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MeCP2 threonine 308的活性依赖酸化调节了与NCoR的相互作用
Daniel H Ebert1, Harrison W Gabel, Nathaniel D Robinson
1Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Nature
|June 18, 2013
概括
雷特综合征 (RTT) 与甲基-CpG结合蛋白2 (MeCP2) 突变有关. MeCP2在T308的活性依赖酸化调节基因表达和与共抑制剂的相互作用,其损失可能导致RTT.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 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:
- 雷特综合征 (RTT) 是一种由甲基-CpG结合蛋白2 (MeCP2) 基因突变引起的神经发育障碍.
- MeCP2是一种核蛋白,对调节神经元中的基因转录至关重要,并在整个基因组中广泛分布.
研究的目的:
- 研究MeCP2酸化在神经元活动中的作用及其对雷特综合征的潜在贡献.
- 确定MeCP2上特定的酸化位点及其功能后果.
主要方法:
- 用光化绘图识别了MeCP2上三个活动依赖的化位 (S86,S274,T308).
- 在具有RTT相关R306C突变的试验小鼠和MeCP2.2中具有T308A突变的小鼠中进行了研究.
- 分析了MeCP2与核受体共抑制剂 (NCoR) 综合体的相互作用及其对基因转录的影响.
主要成果:
- 神经元活动在S86,S274和T308.8处差异性诱导酸化.
- 发现T308的酸化抑制了MeCP2与NCoR复合物的相互作用,从而抑制了转录抑制.
- 在RTT模型小鼠 (R306C突变) 中,T308酸化未能由神经元活动诱导.
- 在MeCP2中具有T308A突变的小鼠表现出活性调节基因的诱导减少和RTT类症状.
结论:
- MeCP2在T308的活性依赖酸化是调节其与NCoR复合体相互作用的关键机制.
- T308酸化的丧失可能是导致雷特综合征发病的一个重要因素.
- 这种酸化调节相互作用的破坏与RTT.中观察到的神经功能障碍有关.
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