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A Method to Study de novo Formation of Chromatin Domains
Published on: August 23, 2019
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聚合物抑制的染色体的传播需要对DNA进行序列特定的招募
Friederike Laprell1, Katja Finkl1, Jürg Müller2
1Laboratory of Chromatin Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
概括
聚抑制复合体2 (PRC2) 使用基因标记 (H3K27me3) 来维持基因抑制. 这种表观遗传记忆是通过DNA复制稀释的,但在停滞的细胞中仍然存在,显示出序列独立的遗传.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学
- 分子生物学
- 遗传学
背景情况:
- 表观遗传模型提出Polycomb抑制复合体2 (PRC2) 传播基因组H3 lysine27三甲基化 (H3K27me3) 独立于DNA序列.
- 聚抑制对于细胞的发展和维持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究H3K27me3的传播机制及其在表观遗传中的作用.
- 确定H3K27me3标记是否可以在细胞分裂过程中独立地继承.
主要方法:
- 在Drosophila基因组中插入和切除Polycomb响应元素 (PRE) DNA.
- 对H3K27me3修饰水平和报告者基因表达的分析.
- 涉及复制停滞细胞的实验.
主要成果:
- PRE插入产生了扩展的H3K27me3域和记者基因抑制.
- 在PRE切除和复制时,H3K27me3核细胞被稀释,导致抑制丧失.
- 在PRE切除后,复制停止的细胞中,H3K27me3水平和抑制持续存在.
- 需要对PRC2进行序列特定的向,以便将H3K27me3传播到新的核体.
结论:
- 标记为H3K27me3的核细胞作为一种遗传的表观遗传记忆.
- 这种记忆在复制过程中以独立于序列的方式传递给子DNA链.
- 虽然H3K27me3的维持可以独立于序列,但它的de novo传播需要对PRC2进行序列特定的向.
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