依赖序列但不特定序列的piRNA粘附将mRNA捕获到胚胎血中
Anastassios Vourekas1, Panagiotis Alexiou1, Nicholas Vrettos1
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Neuropathology, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine; PENN Genome Frontiers Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Nature
|March 8, 2016
概括
皮维相互作用RNAs (piRNAs) 和茄子 (Aub) 蛋白通过Tudor依赖机制在胚胎等离子体中捕获信使RNAs (mRNAs). 这一过程对于生殖线的规范至关重要,并将piRNA遗传与Drosophila的生殖细胞形成相结合.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学
- 遗传学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 皮维蛋白和piRNAs是基因组稳定性和生殖细胞形成的必不可少的,因为它们会静止可转移的元素.
- 母性因子,包括信使核糖蛋白 (mRNP),通过定位到胚胎等离子体来确定原始胚胎细胞.
- 孕产妇的piwi- ribonucleoproteins (piRNPs),特别是那些含有Aubergine (Aub) 的蛋白质,被转移到胚胎血中以启动转体子沉默.
研究的目的:
- 阐明传递 RNA (mRNA) 在 oogenesis 过程中在胚胎血中被丰富的机制.
- 研究Aub载荷piRNAs和Tudor在胚胎血中的mRNA捕获中的作用.
- 了解piRNP复合体如何对生殖系特异性和piRNA遗传有所贡献.
主要方法:
- 研究了Drosophila中Aub载的piRNAs和mRNAs之间的相互作用.
- 研究了Tudor在细菌颗粒和mRNA捕获中的作用.
- 分析了多类动物的胚胎等离子体mRNA的特征.
主要成果:
- 带有Aub载荷的piRNA通过部分基配对结合mRNA,以Tudor依赖的方式作为粘合陷.
- 胚胎等离子体mRNA通常较长且较多,为piRNA提供更多的结合位.
- 形成了Tudor,Aub piRNP和mRNA的复合体,将piRNA遗传与生殖系特征相结合.
结论:
- 皮维相互作用的RNA复合体意外地在胚胎等离子体内捕获mRNA.
- 这种依赖于Tudor和Aub piRNP的mRNA捕获机制对于生殖基因特异性至关重要.
- 这些发现表明,这种piRNP介导的mRNA捕获对动物的胚胎颗粒功能具有普遍意义.
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