父母暴露于本佐[a]烯会影响骨质母细胞亚群中的组织蛋白修饰
Alexis S Trujillo1, Remi O Labeille1, Rijith Jayarajan1
1Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Department of Life Sciences, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, United States.
Environmental epigenetics
|December 15, 2025
概括
父母暴露于[a]烯 (BaP) 改变了发展骨质母细胞的关键组织蛋白修饰,影响了骨的形成. 基因组蛋白中的这些环境诱导的表观遗传变化是跨代可遗传的.
科学领域:
- 环境表观遗传学环境表观遗传学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 环境压力因素,如[a]pyrene (BaP) 与后代发育骨缺陷有关.
- 质子修饰 (H3K4me3,H3K9me3,H3K27me3,H3K27ac,H4K5ac/K8ac/K12ac) 对于骨质细胞的分化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究父母的BaP暴露对梅达卡骨质细胞 (Oryzias latipes) 的基质子代码的影响.
- 量化环境污染物干扰染色体结构调节及其对骨健康的跨代影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种转基因的梅达卡菌株 (twist:dsred/col10a1:gfp),有或没有父母的BaP暴露.
- 在骨质母细胞亚群中 (twist+和col10a1+) 通过免疫光检测评估了特定的组织蛋白修饰 (H3K9me3,H4K5ac/K8ac/K12ac).
主要成果:
- 父母暴露于BaP显著减少了H3K9me3标记在双性双性的twist+细胞中.
- 在暴露于BaP后,雄性鱼在col10a1+细胞中的H3K9me3和H4K5ac/K8ac/K12ac显著减少.
- 在骨质母细胞亚群中观察到明显的基因组修饰模式的性别特异.
结论:
- 骨质母细胞中BaP诱导的组织蛋白修饰是遗传的,并以特定亚种群的方式影响骨形成.
- 了解这些表观遗传变化对于评估BaP污染的生态和公共卫生风险至关重要.
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