scTEA-db:从人类单细胞转录组中识别的新型终端外体异型的综合数据库
Miguel Barquin1, Ian U Kouzel1, Beat Ehrmann1
1Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.
Nucleic acids research
|October 18, 2023
概括
研究人员使用单细胞转录组发现了12,063个新的终端外子和mRNA异型. 这个数据库,scTEA-db,有助于理解这些新元素如何影响细胞功能和身份,包括癌症驱动因素.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物信息学是一种生物信息学.
背景情况:
- 替代的终端外子产生信使RNA (mRNA) 异形,具有明显的3'未翻译区域 (3' UTR) 和蛋白质编码序列.
- 这些替代的3' UTRs调节关键的细胞过程,如mRNA稳定性,翻译和局部化,影响细胞的身份和功能.
- 以前的研究表明,大约25%的观察到的RNA 3'末端位于内基区域,这表明许多3'末端异型仍然未被发现.
研究的目的:
- 识别和分类以前未被注释的终端外子及其相关的转录异型.
- 为了探索这些新元素,创建一个全面的,可访问的数据库 (scTEA-db).
- 为研究未注释的终端外子异型在细胞过程和疾病中的功能性作用提供基础.
主要方法:
- 分析了53069个公开可用的单细胞转录组.
- 识别新型终端外显子和转录异型.
- 开发基于单单元格的终端外标注释数据库 (scTEA-db),并提供一个用于探索的网页门户.
主要成果:
- 发现和注释了12063个以前未被注释的终端外形.
- 对5,538个人类基因的相关转录异型的识别.
- 该数据库包括来自110个已知的人类癌症驱动基因的新型终端外因子.
- 包括未注释的终端外显子在内,与注释的外显子相比,其组织特异性更高.
结论:
- scTEA-db数据库显著扩展了已知的终端外子异型的已知景观.
- 本资源促进了对新型异构体在细胞身份和功能中的生物学意义的研究.
- 这些发现对理解基因调节和潜在的治疗点,特别是癌症有意义.
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