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横向转移的无细胞色素颗粒作为自主"卫星基因组"和宿主细胞内可转移元素的载体发挥作用
Soumita Banerjee1,2, Soniya Sanjay Shende1,2, Laxmi Kata1,2
1Translational Research Laboratory Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer Tata Memorial Centre Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India.
eLife
|September 15, 2025
概括
从人类血液转移到小鼠细胞的无细胞色素颗粒 (cfChPs) 形成了复杂的DNA结合体. 这些获得了这些收购.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 水平基因转移 (HGT) 在 prokaryotes 中至关重要,但在哺乳动物中不常见.
- 在此之前,已经证明,无细胞染色体颗粒 (cfChPs) 在细胞之间水平转移,具有生物效应.
- cfChP效应的机制和功能仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 阐明无细胞色素颗粒 (cfChP) 在哺乳动物细胞中的内化和活性的机制和功能.
- 研究cfChP转移在NIH3T3小鼠纤维细胞中的基因组和功能后果.
主要方法:
- 在NIH3T3小鼠纤维细胞中,用人血清衍生的cfChPs进行治疗,并连续传递.
- 通过使用染色体纤维光学,细胞遗传学分析,免疫光和光 in situ 杂交,分析了细胞内cfChP活动.
- 进行了DNA测序和对连接DNA结构的分析.
主要成果:
- 内化cfChP主要是非编码DNA,形成大型复杂的结合体.
- 这些结合体表现出自主DNA,RNA和蛋白质合成,模仿核基因组功能.
- 协同物质含有人类LINE-1和*Alu*元素,能够在小鼠基因组内重新排列.
结论:
- 哺乳动物细胞可以携带遗传 (遗传) 和获得 (卫星) 基因组.
- 由cfChPs形成的卫星基因组可能通过促进可转移元素和产生新型蛋白质来推动进化.
- 在哺乳动物中,通过修饰的cfChP concatemers作为外来遗传元素,可能会发生巨大的"内在"HGT.
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