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基因活性完全预测转录爆发动力学

Gene activity fully predicts transcriptional bursting dynamics

Princeton University(普林斯顿大学);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学);Institut Pasteur(巴斯德研究所)

Po-Ta Chen, Michal Levo, Benjamin Zoller, Thomas Gregor

AI总结:

本研究通过单mRNA灵敏度实时测量果蝇胚胎内源性转录爆发,发现基因活性水平可预测ON/OFF期持续时间,且低活性等位基因主要调节爆发频率、高活性等位基因主要调节爆发大小,揭示了一种支配转录爆发动力学的统一机制性约束。

摘要:

转录通常以爆发形式发生,在活跃(ON)期和静止(OFF)期之间交替,从而调控mRNA的产生速率。然而,转录如何通过爆发动力学受到调控仍不清楚。在此,我们对内源性转录爆发进行了实时测量,具有单mRNA灵敏度。利用早期果蝇胚胎中多样的转录活性,我们揭示了爆发参数之间的严格关系。具体而言,我们发现ON期和OFF期的持续时间相互关联。无论发育阶段或体轴位置如何,基因活性水平都能预测单个等位基因的平均ON期和OFF期。低转录活性的等位基因主要调节OFF期(爆发频率),而高转录活性的等位基因主要调节ON期(爆发大小)。这些关系在顺式调控元件或反式因子受到扰动时仍然存在,并且可以解释在其他物种中测得的爆发动力学。我们的结果提示存在一种新的机制性约束来支配爆发动力学,而非由不同的调控过程对不同参数进行模块化控制。

英文摘要:

Transcription commonly occurs in bursts, with alternating productive (ON) and quiescent (OFF) periods, governing mRNA production rates. Yet, how transcription is regulated through bursting dynamics remains unresolved. Here, we conduct real-time measurements of endogenous transcriptional bursting with single-mRNA sensitivity. Leveraging the diverse transcriptional activities in early fly embryos, we uncover stringent relationships between bursting parameters. Specifically, we find that the durations of ON and OFF periods are linked. Regardless of the developmental stage or body-axis position, gene activity levels predict individual alleles' average ON and OFF periods. Lowly transcribing alleles predominantly modulate OFF periods (burst frequency), while highly transcribing alleles primarily tune ON periods (burst size). These relationships persist even under perturbations of cis-regulatory elements or trans-factors and account for bursting dynamics measured in other species. Our results suggest a novel mechanistic constraint governing bursting dynamics rather than a modular control of distinct parameters by distinct regulatory processes.

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