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复原转移素成通过表观遗传激活的小RNAs促进了中间体的功能

Atsushi Shimada¹, Jonathan Cahn¹, Evan Ernst¹

¹Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

|August 14, 2023

概括

在阿拉比多普西斯中,中心逆转移子产生小RNA,这些RNA对染色体分离和发育至关重要. 这些RNAs的损失导致发育缺陷和遗传生育问题,突出显示了逆转移子的功能.

科学领域:

表观遗传学在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
分子生物学分子生物学
遗传学是一个遗传学.

背景情况:

中心逆转移体在真核生物的基因组进化中起着重要作用.
中心层逆转移子的功能,特别是中心层功能,仍然在很大程度上是未知的.
在阿拉比多普西斯中,DNA甲基化1 (DDM1) 突变的减少从中心的ATHILA逆转移子产生小RNA,促进H3K9me2.2.

研究的目的:

调查中心体逆转移子及其衍生小RNAs在阿拉比多普西斯中心体的功能和发展的功能.
了解表观遗传激活短干扰RNAs (easiRNAs) 在染色体分离中的作用.
探索与中心体逆转移子相关的生育缺陷的表观遗传.

主要方法:

对缺乏DNA甲基化1 (DDM1) 减少和RNA依赖RNA聚合酶 (RdRP) 的突变物进行分析.
使用针对特定逆转移素家族的人工小RNA进行表观遗传救援实验 (ATHILA5).
显微镜分析线粒分裂期间的染色体分离.

主要成果:

缺少DDM1和RdRP的突变体表现出发育缺陷和5号染色体错误分离.
与中心膜区域相关的生育缺陷是表观遗传的,可以通过向ATHILA5逆转移体来挽救.
easiRNAs和H3K9me2对于周心体凝聚,染色体凝聚和适当的线粒分离至关重要.
中心子逆转移子插入会沉默转录,同时建立对中心子功能的逆转移子小RNA的依赖.

结论:

中间体逆转移子是中心体功能和通过小RNA生产在阿拉比多普西斯的染色体分离的组成部分.
这项研究揭示了逆转移子自私传播的机制,将它们的传播与必要的宿主细胞过程联系起来.
研究结果表明,RNAi途径在真核生物 (包括酵母和人类) 的染色体分离中起着保留的作用.

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