PRC1抑制女性基因调节网络,以确保丸的分化
So Maezawa1,2,3,4, Masashi Yukawa5,6,7, Kazuteru Hasegawa8,5
1Reproductive Sciences Center, Division of Developmental Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, USA. s-maezawa@rs.tus.ac.jp.
多胞体抑制综合体1 (PRC1) 对于抑制塞尔托利细胞中的女性基因网络至关重要. 破坏PRC1导致丸退化,突出其在维持男性性特征中的作用.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 阴道的性别决定和分化依赖于体质支持细胞,如丸中的塞尔托利细胞和卵巢中的花粉状细胞.
- 确保丸中抑制女性性差异化的表观遗传机制尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查Polycomb抑制复合体1 (PRC1) 在抑制产后塞尔托利细胞内的女性基因调控网络中的作用.
- 阐明维持塞尔托利细胞命运和抑制成年丸卵巢分化的表观遗传机制.
主要方法:
- 在胚胎塞尔托利细胞中PRC1功能的遗传干扰后的性别确定.
- 在PRC1-贫的丸中分析塞尔托利细胞增殖,细胞死亡和基因表达.
- 染色体免疫沉用于识别女性特异基因上的聚合物介导抑制标记 (H2AK119ub和H3K27me3).
主要成果:
- 胚胎塞尔托利细胞中PRC1的枯竭导致出生后塞尔托利细胞的缺陷增殖和细胞死亡增加.
- 没有PRC1的成年丸呈现变性,表明PRC1在丸维护中的关键作用.
- 发现PRC1抑制了对颗粒细胞功能必不可少的基因,从而使成年塞尔托利细胞中的雌性基因调节网络失活.
- 成人塞尔托利细胞中的女性特异性基因被H2AK119ub (PRC1) 和H3K27me3 (PRC2) 标记,这表明Polycomb介导的抑制.
结论:
- 在产后的塞尔托利细胞中,PRC1在抑制女性基因调控网络方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这项研究确定了一种基于Polycomb的关键表观遗传机制,该机制维持了塞尔托利细胞命运,并抑制了成年丸的卵巢分化.
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