SAFB与新生RNA相关联,可以促进小鼠胚胎干细胞中的基因表达
Rachel E Cherney1,2,3,4, Quinn E Eberhard1,2,3,5, Gilbert Giri1,2,3,5
1Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
概括
脚手架附着因子B (SAFB) 结合新生的RNA,促进小鼠胚胎干细胞 (ESC) 中许多基因的表达. SAFB淘汰会改变基因表达和拼接,影响关键的细胞过程.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发育生物学 发展生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 脚手架附着因子B (SAFB) 是哺乳动物发育的关键RNA结合蛋白.
- 它在小鼠胚胎干细胞 (ESC) 中的特定作用在很大程度上仍未被描述.
研究的目的:
- 研究SAFB在小鼠ESC中的功能.
- 确定SAFB的RNA标及其对基因表达和拼接的影响.
主要方法:
- 接下来是RNA测序 (RIP-seq) 来识别SAFB相关的RNA.
- 在野生型和SAFB/SAFB2淘汰赛ESC中进行基因表达分析 (RNA-seq) 和拼接分析.
- 蛋白质组学用于识别SAFB相互作用蛋白.
主要成果:
- SAFB主要结合蛋白质编码基因的内子和 lncRNA Malat1.1.
- SAFB/SAFB2淘汰会改变约1000个基因的表达,并影响不同基因组的拼接.
- 对新生转录的SAFB结合与积极的基因表达调节相关,在SAFB重新引入后可逆.
结论:
- 在调节小鼠ESC中的基因表达和拼接方面,SAFB发挥着重要作用.
- SAFB促进特定基因的表达,可能通过与新生的RNA结合.
- SAFB与核斑蛋白相互作用,并且不会显著影响ESC中的Xist或Polycomb功能.
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