在小鼠胚胎干细胞中,METTL3 调节异染色素
Wenqi Xu1,2,3, Jiahui Li1,2, Chenxi He1,2
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
甲基转移酶类3 (METTL3) 调节小鼠胚胎干细胞的异色素完整性. 通过METTL3介导的RNA甲基化对静止内源逆转录病毒和哺乳动物发育至关重要.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学和基因调控
- 核糖核酸生物学
- 哺乳动物的发育
背景情况:
- 已知甲基转移酶类3 (METTL3) 在N6-甲基氨酸 (m6A) 位点甲基化mRNA,从而影响mRNA的稳定性和翻译.
- METTL3在染色体结合中的作用及其对异染色体的影响,特别是对内源性逆转录病毒的影响,尚不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究METTL3和m6A甲基化在小鼠胚胎干细胞中调节异色素完整性的作用.
- 阐明METTL3控制基因组内的内源性逆转录病毒元素的机制.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠胚胎干细胞中分析METTL3局部化和功能,重点是内A粒子 (IAP) 逆转录病毒.
- 研究异色素标记沉积,逆转录病毒,以及METTL3与RNA转录和染色素修饰蛋白的相互作用 (SETDB1,TRIM28).
- 使用m6A阅读器YTHDC1研究其与METTL3和染色体关联的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 这表明METTL3对IAP的整体性有作用.
- 与METTL3结合的IAP转录是m6A甲基化,与YTHDC1相互作用,并促进METTL3的染色体结合.
- METTL3与SETDB1和TRIM28进行物理相互作用,促进它们的局部化到IAP.
结论:
- 在小鼠胚胎干细胞中,METTL3催化 m6A RNA 修饰对于保持 IAP 异染色素完整性至关重要.
- 这项研究揭示了一种涉及METTL3和RNA甲基化的哺乳动物异染色体调节的新机制.
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