通过对保存的物种间同类物种进行比较分析,对山羊PDX1调节模块进行表征和功能评估
Naeimeh Rezaei1, Kianoush Dormiani2, Abbas Kiani-Esfahani1
1Department of Animal Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.
Scientific reports
|November 5, 2024
概括
研究人员确定了山羊PDX1基因的关键调节区域,这对胰腺发育至关重要. 这些保存的元素增强β细胞中的基因表达,类似于人类的基因调节.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 进行比较基因组学.
背景情况:
- PDX1 (胰腺和十二指肠本源盒1) 对于胰腺发育和β细胞功能至关重要.
- 了解大型哺乳动物的PDX1调节对于了解人类胰腺形态发生和内分泌成熟至关重要.
- 人类发育模式很接近的物种中PDX1的调节机制的知识有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述山羊PDX1基因的调节区域.
- 评估这些区域在不同细胞类型中的转录活性.
- 将山羊PDX1的调节机制与其他哺乳动物,特别是人类的调节机制进行比较.
主要方法:
- 对山羊PDX1基因5'侧翼序列的比较分析.
- 保护的促进物和控制物元素的识别 (I-IV区域).
- 使用贝塔和非贝塔细胞系中的EGFP记者结构进行过渡性转染试验.
- 在体外和体内 (老鼠胰腺) 评估转录活性和调节效应.
主要成果:
- 在山羊PDX1基因的5'侧翼序列中确定了几个高度保守的调节区域 (I-IV区域).
- 在促进体内,一个关键的E-box和CAAT元素协同驱动基底转录.
- 每个调节区域都在比较于非β细胞,提高了β细胞的基底促进体活性.
- 完整的~3kb上游区域 (I-III区域) 在体外显示出最高的记者基因活性,并在大鼠胰腺中显示出岛屿特异性表达.
结论:
- 羊PDX1基因调节由保存的cis-regulatory元素控制,类似于其他哺乳动物物种.
- 这些调节区域表现出双功能效应,以细胞类型特定的方式增强基底促进体活性.
- 鉴定到的调节区域与人类PDX1调节元素具有结构和功能上的相似性,这表明哺乳动物胰腺发育中存在保存机制.
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