PBX1和PBX3转录因子通过互补的机制调节前鼻外皮区域的SHH表达
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|June 19, 2024
概括
前B细胞白血病本体箱 (PBX) 转录因子PBX1和PBX3在前鼻外皮区域 (FEZ) 差异调节Sonic hedgehog (SHH) 表达. 一种新型的cis调节元件,SFE1,调解这些PBX1/3相互作用,影响面发育.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 声波刺 (SHH) 信号对面形态发生至关重要.
- 前B细胞白血病本体箱 (PBX) 转录因子与面部中部发育有关.
- 脸部发育中的PBX因子和SHH调节之间的确切相互作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究PBX1和PBX3在前鼻外皮区域 (FEZ) 内调节SHH表达中的作用.
- 识别和描述参与PBX介导SHH调制的cis调节元件.
- 阐明PBX1和PBX3在面发育中的不同功能.
主要方法:
- 在使用RCAS病毒的胚胎中破坏PBX1/3表达.
- 在特定发育阶段 (HH10-HH22) 评估SHH表达水平.
- 包括ATAC-seq和ChIP-seq在内的多omics方法用于映射PBX结合和染色质可访问性.
- 报告测试 (in ovo电和体外光酶测试) 用于验证增强剂活性.
主要成果:
- 过度表达PBX1扩大了SHH表达,而过度表达PBX3则减少了它.
- 减少的PBX1表达减少了SHH表达;减少的PBX3表达诱导了宫外SHH.
- 在SHH内中发现了一种新的PBX1-丰富的cis-regulatory元素 (SFE1),表现出增强剂活性.
- 与SFE1结合的PBX1调高了SHH转录,而与PBX3结合的PBX3则调低了SHH转录.
结论:
- 在调节SHH表达方面,PBX1和PBX3发挥了互补和对立的作用.
- 已识别的SFE1元素是一个关键的cis-regulatory区域,与PBX1/3相互作用以调节SHH.
- 这些发现为管理面发育的分子机制提供了关键的见解.
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