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编程的DNA断裂驱动色素重构,并促进神经元早期反应基因的转录潜能
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|July 14, 2025
概括
神经元活动通过TOP2B诱导DNA双链断裂 (DSB),增强早期反应基因转录. 重复的DSB通过改变色素相互作用来创建转录记忆.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 神经活动触发DNA双链断裂 (DSB) 在早期响应基因 (ERG) 促进器上,由拓酶IIβ (TOP2B) 介导.
- 通过TOP2B介导的DSB增强ERG转录的精确机制在很大程度上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究TOP2B介导的DSB如何影响神经元刺激后的染色质构成和ERG转录.
- 探索反复发生的DSB在ERG诱导和转录记忆的建立中的作用.
主要方法:
- 用了包括3C和4C-seq在内的染色体构造捕获技术来分析染色体相互作用.
- 在小鼠皮层神经元和HEK293T细胞中进行了实验,以评估基因诱导和染色质动态.
主要成果:
- 在ERG促进体中DSB形成模仿了在神经元刺激后观察到的改变的接触形状,包括与增强剂的相互作用增加.
- 反复发生的DSB周期强化了ERG诱导,表明一种在细胞周期中持久的转录记忆形式.
- 增强ERG诱导性与ERG促进体的 cis-染色体相互作用减少和转交相互作用增加有关,即使具有潜在的突变性DNA修复.
结论:
- TOP2B介导的DSB通过调节ERG促进体中的染色体动力学来调节刺激依赖转录起着至关重要的作用.
- 单次和反复的DSB都能影响基因表达模式,反复的断裂建立了类似于转录记忆的强化诱导性的持久状态.
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