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插入短的L1序列会在小鼠中产生跨菌株素乙化差异
Beverly Ann G Boyboy1, Kenji Ichiyanagi2
1Laboratory of Genome and Epigenome Dynamics, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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概括
表观遗传变异,特别是基因组乙化,有助于小鼠亚种之间的基因表达分歧. 短LINE-1插入可以减少乙化,影响基因组分布和基因调节.
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.
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 基因表达差异可能来自基因或 cis 调控元素的遗传变异.
- 表观遗传修饰,如基因素乙化,也调节基因表达,并可能导致分歧.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究小鼠亚种 (C57BL/6J和MSM/Ms) 之间的素乙化中的表观遗传变异.
- 确定菌株特定的乙化区域及其与基因表达的关联.
- 探索逆转移素插入对基因素乙化模式的影响.
主要方法:
- 在两种小鼠菌株及其F1杂交物中对基因组乙化 (H3K9ac) 概况进行比较分析.
- 特定于菌株和特定于等位基的乙化区域的识别.
- 对LINE-1逆转移子插入及其基因组位置的分析.
- 对与克鲁佩尔相关的盒子域含指蛋白 (KZFPs) 与L1片段结合的研究.
- mRNA测序 (mRNA-seq) 来将乙化与基因表达联系起来.
主要成果:
- 确定了319个菌株特异性组织素乙化区域,其中大约一半是F1杂交物中的等位基因特异性.
- 发现了基因特异性乙化和调节序列 (例如,IRF3结合点) 之间的关联.
- 在MSM特定的乙化区域附近发现LINE-1 (L1) 3'片段的B6特定插入.
- 证明L1 3'片段在侧边区域诱导低乙化,而KZFPs则调解这种效应.
- 在F1杂交物中,关联的等位基因特异性促进剂/增强剂对等位基因特异性基因表达的乙化.
结论:
- 在小鼠亚种进化过程中,发生了影响基因组素乙化水平的遗传变化.
- 这些表观遗传变化与基因表达的改变有关.
- 简短的LINE-1插入可以降低局部乙化水平,并在基因丰富的区域进行反选择,解释LINE/SINE基因组分布.
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