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雌性哺乳动物的 X 染色体失活(XCI)是为了使性染色体的基因表达正常化。已知这一过程涉及无活性 X(Xi)染色体上的长非编码 RNA Xist 的顺式介导相互作用。这一过程往往是不完整的,一些基因(如 Xist)逃脱了 XCI,许多免疫相关基因在 X 染色体上表达,这可能导致自身免疫性疾病和免疫反应中的性别偏差。在《科学免疫学》(Science Immunology)杂志上,Forsyth 等人利用一种巧妙的小鼠 F1 杂交模型来研究静息和活化 T 细胞中等位基因特异性 Xi 染色体失活的情况。他们发现,在未受刺激的 T 细胞中,Xi 染色体富含抑制性 H3K27me3 表观遗传修饰,但较少富含抑制性染色质标记 H2AK119-泛素(Ub)。当 T 细胞受到刺激,特别是通过 T 细胞受体发出信号时,Xi 会积累 H2AK119-Ub 修饰并与 Xist 共定位。作者的研究表明,Xist定位到Xi染色体需要NF-κB信号,但不需要Ca2+-NFAT信号;然而,NF-κB抑制后,Xist的表达并没有改变。值得注意的是,在未受刺激和受刺激的 T 细胞中,XCI 转义基因的表达在很大程度上是重叠的。这些有趣的发现引发了许多问题:是什么控制了 Xist 定位于 Xi 染色体,又是什么依赖 NF-κB 的基因引导了这一过程。此外,T 细胞中的 XCI 如何影响 TCR 重排、表观遗传记忆和后续效应器功能?原始参考文献:Sci.9, EADO0398 (2024)
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