灵长类大脑中MAPT基因的谱系特异拼接调节
Yocelyn Recinos1, Suying Bao1, Xiaojian Wang1
1Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Cell genomics
|May 21, 2024
概括
灵长类大脑中的替代拼接 (AS) 显示了谱系特异性的转变,特别是在微管相关蛋白 (MAPT) 基因中. 这些进化变化可能有助于灵长类大脑扩张,并为神经退行性疾病 (如前叶退行症 (FTLD)) 提供治疗点.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 前体信使RNA (pre-mRNA) 的替代拼接 (AS) 在哺乳动物中很普遍,但其进化驱动因素和功能意义仍然不清楚.
- 了解血统特定的AS转变对于理解灵长类大脑进化和相关的神经功能至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 作为一种定量特征,研究灵长类大脑中磁带外子纳入的进化分歧.
- 识别具有谱系特异性拼接转移的特定外显子,并探索它们的功能含义,特别是对于微管相关蛋白tau (MAPT) 基因.
- 评估针对AS治疗神经退行性疾病的治疗干预的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在灵长类动物大脑中作为定量特征的模拟磁带外子体的包含.
- 通过比较基因组学和进化分析确定了特定于血统的拼接转移.
- 利用CRISPR-dCas13d/gRNAs进行实验调节MAPT基因的第10个外子拼接.
主要成果:
- 在灵长类大脑中确定了1,170个 (大约3%) 异构体,在稳定选择下具有特定系谱的拼接转移.
- 在catarrhine和 hominoid血统中,记录了微管相关蛋白tau (MAPT) 异构2和10中的反相关,两步进化转变.
- 证明了MAPT外显子10拼接的发育阶段特异性分歧是由内基MBNL结合部位调节的,并且可以使用CRISPR-dCas13d技术进行调节.
结论:
- 替代拼接在MAPT功能的进化适应和灵长类大脑复杂性的扩展中发挥着重要作用.
- 对MAPT外子10拼接的失调与前叶退行症 (FTLD) 有关,这表明它有可能成为治疗标.
- 通过CRISPR调节MBNL结合部位,为控制异形表达和治疗相关神经疾病提供了一个有前途的策略.
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