紫外线辐射诱导一种非编码RNA,其功能与同一基因编码的蛋白质相反
Laura Williamson1, Marco Saponaro2, Stefan Boeing3
1Mechanisms of Transcription Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms EN6 3LD, UK.
Cell
|February 21, 2017
概括
紫外线辐射会触发DNA损伤反应,从而减缓转录,并有利于更短的RNA异形. 一种非编码的ASCC3RNA异型对转录恢复至关重要,它可以抵消编码蛋白质的形式.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 遗传学
- 生物化学
背景情况:
- 保持基因组完整性至关重要.
- 转录调节在细胞对压力的反应中起着关键作用.
- 替代拼接产生具有不同功能的多种RNA异型.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究紫外线引起的DNA损伤后的全基因组转录变化.
- 阐明替代最后的外因子 (ALE) 在DNA损伤反应中的作用.
- 描述不同ASCC3转录异型在转录恢复中的功能.
主要方法:
- 具有高空间和时间分辨率的全基因组转录分析.
- 对细胞进行紫外线照射以诱导DNA损伤.
- 对mRNA异形转移及其功能作用的分析.
主要成果:
- 紫外线辐射导致转录减缓,并将基因活动限制在促进器近位区域.
- 观察到向较短的mRNA异型转移,包括具有替代末端异型 (ALEs) 的异型.
- 通过ALE生成的非编码ASCC3RNA异型,对于UV损伤后的转录恢复至关重要.
- 非编码的ASCC3异型对抗蛋白质编码的ASCC3异型的功能.
结论:
- ASCC3基因产生对抗性编码和非编码的转录异型.
- 这些异构体在紫外线损伤后的转录恢复中起着关键的,相反的作用.
- 转录调节和替代拼接是DNA损伤反应的关键组成部分.
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