人类细胞巨型病毒感染会利用染色体组织来降低TEAD1转录因子活性
Khund Sayeed1, Sreeja Parameswaran1, Matthew J Beucler2
1Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, United States.
eLife
|September 10, 2025
概括
人类细胞巨乳病毒 (HCMV) 感染改变了染色质可访问性和TEAD1转录因子活性. 这影响了发育途径,特别是眼睛和耳朵的发育,为HCMV病原体提供了新的见解.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 人类细胞巨乳病毒 (HCMV) 是一种广泛传播的疹病毒,在全球有显著的流行.
- 众所周知,HCMV感染会导致各种健康问题,包括发育缺陷.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究HCMV感染对宿主细胞染色质的影响.
- 阐明HCMV扰乱细胞通路的分子机制,重点关注转录因子活性.
主要方法:
- 全基因组染色质可访问性测试 (例如,ATAC-seq).
- 染色体形状捕获技术 (例如,Hi-C).
- 对转录基因组学,表观基因组学和蛋白质与蛋白质相互作用的综合分析.
主要成果:
- HCMV感染导致染色质可访问性和循环的广泛变化.
- 感染导致TEAD1转录因子活性通过多种机制降低.
- 减少TEAD1活动与Hippo信号的改变有关,并影响发育途径.
结论:
- 冠状病毒感染深刻地重塑宿主表观基因组,影响染色质结构和可访问性.
- 在HCMV诱导的发育路径失调中,TEAD1充当关键节点.
- 已识别的机制为与HCMV相关的先天性缺陷提供了洞察力,特别是在感官器官发育方面.
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