PBX1和PBX3转录因子通过互补的机制调节SHH在前鼻外皮区域的表达
Chan Hee Mok1, Diane Hu1, Marta Losa2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America.
PLoS genetics
|May 21, 2025
概括
前B细胞白血病本体箱 (PBX) 转录因子PBX1和PBX3直接调节Sonic hedgehog (SHH) 表达在发育中的面部. 它们与特定的DNA元素相互作用,以控制SHH信号传递,这对面发育至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
- 头骨面部的发展
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和SHH之间的精确相互作用仍然没有被阐明.
研究的目的:
- 调查PBX1和PBX3调节SHH表达在前鼻外皮区域 (FEZ) 的假设.
- 为了确定PBX1/3和SHH位置之间的直接相互作用.
- 描述PBX1/3在SHH介导的面发育中的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 在使用RCAS病毒的胚胎中破坏PBX1/3表达.
- 在FEZ上进行表观基因组分析,包括ATAC-seq和ChIP-seq.
- 报告测试 (in ovo电穿孔和体外光酶) 来评估增强剂的活性.
主要成果:
- PBX1和PBX3在SHH表达域上表现出相反的影响.
- 在SHH内中发现了一种新的400bpPBX1丰富元素 (SFE1).
- SFE1 作为一个 cis 调节元件,在与 PBX1 结合时对 SHH 进行上调,在与 PBX3.3 结合时进行下调.
结论:
- 在FEZ内,PBX1和PBX3在调节SHH表达方面发挥着互补和直接的作用.
- 已识别的SFE1元素是一个由PBX1/3.3控制的关键监管区域.
- 这项研究阐明了SHH调节的新机制,这对面发育至关重要.
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