泉综合征蛋白USP7通过BCOR-ncPRC1.1控制神经元分化
Joyce Wolf van der Meer1, Axelle Larue2, Jan A van der Knaap1
1Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3025 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Genes & development
|February 7, 2025
概括
乌比奎丁特异性蛋白酶7 (USP7) 对于神经发育至关重要,通过BCOR-ncPRC1.1复合体调节基因表达. 这一发现揭示了神经发育障碍中共享的表观遗传网络.
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.
- 神经生物学 神经生物学 神经生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 泛素特异蛋白酶7 (USP7) 基因中的致病变体与神经发育障碍的Hao-Fountain综合征有关.
- 在神经发育中USP7的确切功能在很大程度上仍未被定义.
研究的目的:
- 阐明神经元分化过程中USP7的调节电路.
- 在神经发育的背景下,确定USP7的关键效应因子和向基因.
主要方法:
- 量化蛋白质组学,转录组学和表观组学被用来绘制USP7的监管网络.
- 在神经元分化模型 (胚胎干细胞和SH-SY5Y细胞) 中进行了功能丧失实验.
主要成果:
- USP7活动对于驱动神经干细胞分化和神经元分化的转录程序至关重要.
- USP7调节了Polycomb抑制复合体1 (ncPRC1.1和ncPRC1.6) 组件的剂量,特别影响H2AK119ub1.1.
- 鉴定出BCOR-ncPRC1.1,但不是ncPRC1.6,是USP7在神经元分化和基因调节中的作用中介的关键效应因子.
结论:
- 在神经元分化过程中,USP7通过BCOR-ncPRC1.1复合体控制了很大一部分基因调节.
- 涉及USP7和ncPRC1.1的共享表观遗传网络的失调可能是相关神经发育障碍的基础.
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