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丸中Drosophilid RNAi通路的反复扩张和快速演变
Kimberly Elicker1,2, Garima Setia3,2, Meysoon Quraishi3,4
1Laboratory of Non-Canonical Modes of Inheritance, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|December 15, 2025
概括
的RNA干扰 (RNAi) 途径对于抑制自私基因元素至关重要,它表现出了显著的进化灵活性. 核RNAi因子,特别是AGO2,在Drosophila中经常被放大,特别是在丸中,这表明在性别染色体冲突中起着关键作用.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 像病毒和可转移元素这样的自私遗传元素被RNA干扰 (RNAi) 抑制.
- 在Drosophila中的RNAi机械在积极选择下迅速演变,与保存的microRNA机械不同.
- 之前的研究表明,在一些多索菲拉物种中,RNAi效应物AGO2的复发性基因放大.
研究的目的:
- 在Drosophila物种中概括RNAi途径的进化属性.
- 研究核心RNAi因子 (AGO2,r2d2,dicer-2) 的扩张模式.
- 探索RNAi因子在生殖线和性别染色体冲突中的表达偏差和功能作用.
主要方法:
- 分析了300多个长期阅读的Drosophila物种的基因组组合.
- 转录组数据分析以评估基因表达模式.
- 小RNA测序以识别毛RNA (hpRNA) 和它们的表达.
主要成果:
- 观察到AGO2的反复扩张在大约100个Drosophila物种中,在一些谱系中持续放大.
- 数十种物种表现出r2d2和dicer-2的额外副本,通常与AGO2扩张同时发生.
- 核心RNAi因子,包括血统特定的副本,显示丸表达偏差,并且de novo hpRNA位点在具有放大RNAi因子的物种中非常丰富.
结论:
- 德洛索菲拉RNAi通路显示出显著的进化可塑性,具有核心因子的反复基因放大.
- 放大RNAi因子优先表达在异性恋性别 (男性) 的生殖系中.
- 内源RNAi可能在管理遗传冲突,特别是涉及性染色体的遗传冲突中发挥着基本作用.
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