在小鼠胚胎干细胞中识别和功能评估Dax1的替代拼接变体
Jiaqi Wang1,2, Yi Huang3, Chen Zhang1
1Laboratory of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Stem cells and development
|June 1, 2023
概括
研究人员在小鼠胚胎干细胞 (ESC) 中发现了18种新的Dax1 (X染色体基因-1上先天产生的剂量敏感性性别逆转-上腺缩) 拼接变异. 这些变体表现出不同的表达模式和细胞局部化,影响多能性调节.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 干细胞生物学 干细胞生物学
- 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
背景情况:
- 达克斯1 (Nr0b1) 对于维持小鼠胚胎干细胞 (ESCs) 的多能性至关重要.
- 转录因子的替代拼接可以显著影响ESC多能性和自我更新.
- 在老鼠ESC中Dax1拼接变体以前没有被识别或描述.
研究的目的:
- 在小鼠ESC中识别和描述新的Dax1拼接变体.
- 调查这些变体的表达模式和亚细胞局部化.
- 确定Dax1变异对ESC自我更新和基因调节的功能影响.
主要方法:
- 转录的生物信息分析以识别新的Dax1变种.
- 鉴定变体和已知的Dax1.1的蛋白质结构的比较分析.
- 对表达模式和单细胞转录异质性的定量分析.
- 编码蛋白质的亚细胞局部化研究.
- 功能性测试以评估对 Gata6 转录和 Dax1-472 活性的影响.
主要成果:
- 确定了18个新的Dax1转录,具有假定的蛋白质编码特性.
- 在小鼠ESC中,新型Dax1异型与Dax1-472共同转录,显示出单细胞转录异质性.
- 编码的蛋白质表现出差异性的亚细胞局部化.
- 达克斯1-404抑制了Gata6转录,并在功能上替代了达克斯1-472.
- 达克斯1-38和达克斯1-225部分对抗达克斯1-472的转录抑制.
结论:
- 在小鼠ESC中实现了Dax1拼接变体的全面表征.
- 达克斯1变种显示出多样化的表达,本地化和功能性质.
- 这些变体在ESC自我更新网络中产生复杂的监管效应,为Dax1的功能增加了复杂性.
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