通过可转换元件介导的调节网络的重新布线来补偿剂量
Christopher E Ellison1, Doris Bachtrog
1Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
概括
可转化要素 (TEs) 可以通过提供新的监管要素来推动进化创新. 在Drosophila中,化了一种子TE,为男性特异性致死性 (MSL) 综合体提供结合点,帮助X染色体剂量补偿.
科学领域:
- 进化遗传学的进化遗传学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 可转移元素 (TE) 可以充当新型 cis-regulatory 序列的来源,可能推动进化创新.
- 虫中男性特异性致死性 (MSL) 复合体调节X染色体上的基因表达,用于男性的剂量补偿.
- 了解TE在塑造监管网络中的作用对于理解基因组进化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究可转化要素在监管网络演变中的作用.
- 检查TEs为男性特异性致死性 (MSL) 综合体贡献 cis 调节元素的机制.
- 了解TE化过程及其对基因调节和染色体进化的影响.
主要方法:
- 在Drosophila中对X染色体进行比较基因组学分析.
- 可转换元件插入的识别和表征.
- 功能性测试以评估MSL结合部位活动.
主要成果:
- 一个突变的海里特龙可移植元素被独立选择,以提供新进化的X染色体 (neo-X) 上众多MSL结合点.
- 这些子提供了功能性的,尽管不理想的MSL结合点,促进了新X的剂量补偿.
- 较老的X染色体区域 (XR) 显示了微调古老的TE衍生结合点的证据,而不是获得新的结合点.
结论:
- 可转移元素的化和放大可以通过提供新的cis-regulatory元素来快速重新连接监管网络.
- 在最初的TE介导重新布线后,调节元件可能会经历微调,非功能区域可能会受到侵蚀.
- 这项研究强调了TEs,调控复合体进化和染色体进化之间的动态相互作用.
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