Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2022-11-30Epub Date: 2022-07-25DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-025104
Tina L Sing, Gloria A Brar, Elçin Ünal
{"title":"Gametogenesis: Exploring an Endogenous Rejuvenation Program to Understand Cellular Aging and Quality Control.","authors":"Tina L Sing, Gloria A Brar, Elçin Ünal","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-025104","DOIUrl":"10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-025104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gametogenesis is a conserved developmental program whereby a diploid progenitor cell differentiates into haploid gametes, the precursors for sexually reproducing organisms. In addition to ploidy reduction and extensive organelle remodeling, gametogenesis naturally rejuvenates the ensuing gametes, leading to resetting of life span. Excitingly, ectopic expression of the gametogenesis-specific transcription factor Ndt80 is sufficient to extend life span in mitotically dividing budding yeast, suggesting that meiotic rejuvenation pathways can be repurposed outside of their natural context. In this review, we highlight recent studies of gametogenesis that provide emerging insight into natural quality control, organelle remodeling, and rejuvenation strategies that exist within a cell. These include selective inheritance, programmed degradation, and de novo synthesis, all of which are governed by the meiotic gene expression program entailing many forms of noncanonical gene regulation. Finally, we highlight critical questions that remain in the field and provide perspective on the implications of gametogenesis research on human health span.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"56 ","pages":"89-112"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9712276/pdf/nihms-1845767.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10835946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2022-11-30Epub Date: 2022-09-02DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-072920-032107
Daniel Tabet, Victoria Parikh, Prashant Mali, Frederick P Roth, Melina Claussnitzer
{"title":"Scalable Functional Assays for the Interpretation of Human Genetic Variation.","authors":"Daniel Tabet, Victoria Parikh, Prashant Mali, Frederick P Roth, Melina Claussnitzer","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-072920-032107","DOIUrl":"10.1146/annurev-genet-072920-032107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scalable sequence-function studies have enabled the systematic analysis and cataloging of hundreds of thousands of coding and noncoding genetic variants in the human genome. This has improved clinical variant interpretation and provided insights into the molecular, biophysical, and cellular effects of genetic variants at an astonishing scale and resolution across the spectrum of allele frequencies. In this review, we explore current applications and prospects for the field and outline the principles underlying scalable functional assay design, with a focus on the study of single-nucleotide coding and noncoding variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"56 ","pages":"441-465"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10765852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quiescence in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>.","authors":"Linda L Breeden, Toshio Tsukiyama","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-023632","DOIUrl":"10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-023632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most cells live in environments that are permissive for proliferation only a small fraction of the time. Entering quiescence enables cells to survive long periods of nondivision and reenter the cell cycle when signaled to do so. Here, we describe what is known about the molecular basis for quiescence in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>, with emphasis on the progress made in the last decade. Quiescence is triggered by depletion of an essential nutrient. It begins well before nutrient exhaustion, and there is extensive crosstalk between signaling pathways to ensure that all proliferation-specific activities are stopped when any one essential nutrient is limiting. Every aspect of gene expression is modified to redirect and conserve resources. Chromatin structure and composition change on a global scale, from histone modifications to three-dimensional chromatin structure. Thousands of proteins and RNAs aggregate, forming unique structures with unique fates, and the cytoplasm transitions to a glass-like state.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"56 ","pages":"253-278"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10065535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Awesome Power of Human Genetics of Infectious Disease.","authors":"Kyle D Gibbs, Benjamin H Schott, Dennis C Ko","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-010449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-080320-010449","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the identification of sickle cell trait as a heritable form of resistance to malaria, candidate gene studies, linkage analysis paired with sequencing, and genome-wide association (GWA) studies have revealed many examples of genetic resistance and susceptibility to infectious diseases. GWA studies enabled the identification of many common variants associated with small shifts in susceptibility to infectious diseases. This is exemplified by multiple loci associated with leprosy, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which illuminate genetic architecture and implicate pathways underlying pathophysiology. Despite these successes, most of the heritability of infectious diseases remains to be explained. As the field advances, current limitations may be overcome by applying methodological innovations such as cellular GWA studies and phenome-wide association (PheWA) studies as well as by improving methodological rigor with more precise case definitions, deeper phenotyping, increased cohort diversity, and functional validation of candidate loci in the laboratory or human challenge studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"56 ","pages":"41-62"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9674325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2022-11-30Epub Date: 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-071819-103933
Sean Whalen, Katherine S Pollard
{"title":"Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions.","authors":"Sean Whalen, Katherine S Pollard","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-071819-103933","DOIUrl":"10.1146/annurev-genet-071819-103933","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human accelerated regions (HARs) are the fastest-evolving sequences in the human genome. When HARs were discovered in 2006, their function was mysterious due to scant annotation of the noncoding genome. Diverse technologies, from transgenic animals to machine learning, have consistently shown that HARs function as gene regulatory enhancers with significant enrichment in neurodevelopment. It is now possible to quantitatively measure the enhancer activity of thousands of HARs in parallel and model how each nucleotide contributes to gene expression. These strategies have revealed that many human HAR sequences function differently than their chimpanzee orthologs, though individual nucleotide changes in the same HAR may have opposite effects, consistent with compensatory substitutions. To fully evaluate the role of HARs in human evolution, it will be necessary to experimentally and computationally dissect them across more cell types and developmental stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"56 ","pages":"423-439"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9712246/pdf/nihms-1843916.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9208524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2021-11-23Epub Date: 2021-08-20DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-071719-022559
Chunyu Liao, Chase L Beisel
{"title":"The tracrRNA in CRISPR Biology and Technologies.","authors":"Chunyu Liao, Chase L Beisel","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-071719-022559","DOIUrl":"10.1146/annurev-genet-071719-022559","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems in bacteria and archaea utilize short CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs) to guide sequence-specific recognition and clearance of foreign genetic material. Multiple crRNAs are stored together in a compact format called a CRISPR array that is transcribed and processed into the individual crRNAs. While the exact processing mechanisms vary widely, some CRISPR-Cas systems, including those encoding the Cas9 nuclease, rely on a <i>trans</i>-activating crRNA (tracrRNA). The tracrRNA was discovered in 2011 and was quickly co-opted to create single-guide RNAs as core components of CRISPR-Cas9 technologies. Since then, further studies have uncovered processes extending beyond the traditional role of tracrRNA in crRNA biogenesis, revealed Cas nucleases besides Cas9 that are dependent on tracrRNAs, and established new applications based on tracrRNA engineering. In this review, we describe the biology of the tracrRNA and how its ongoing characterization has garnered new insights into prokaryotic immune defense and enabled key technological advances.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"55 ","pages":"161-181"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7614092/pdf/EMS160043.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9177046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulatory Themes and Variations by the Stress-Signaling Nucleotide Alarmones (p)ppGpp in Bacteria.","authors":"Brent W Anderson, Danny K Fung, Jue D Wang","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-021821-025827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-021821-025827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacterial stress-signaling alarmones are important components of a protective network against diverse stresses such as nutrient starvation and antibiotic assault. pppGpp and ppGpp, collectively (p)ppGpp, have well-documented regulatory roles in gene expression and protein translation. Recent work has highlighted another key function of (p)ppGpp: inducing rapid and coordinated changes in cellular metabolism by regulating enzymatic activities, especially those involved in purine nucleotide synthesis. Failure of metabolic regulation by (p)ppGpp results in the loss of coordination between metabolic and macromolecular processes, leading to cellular toxicity. In this review, we document how (p)ppGpp and newly characterized nucleotides pGpp and (p)ppApp directly regulate these enzymatic targets for metabolic remodeling. We examine targets' common determinants for alarmone interaction as well as their evolutionary diversification. We highlight classical and emerging themes in nucleotide signaling, including oligomerization and allostery along with metabolic interconversion and crosstalk, illustrating how they allow optimized bacterial adaptation to their environmental niches.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"55 ","pages":"115-133"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10209448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2020-11-23Epub Date: 2020-07-14DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-092410
Braulio Bonilla, Sarah R Hengel, McKenzie K Grundy, Kara A Bernstein
{"title":"<i>RAD51</i> Gene Family Structure and Function.","authors":"Braulio Bonilla, Sarah R Hengel, McKenzie K Grundy, Kara A Bernstein","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-092410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-092410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Accurate DNA repair and replication are critical for genomic stability and cancer prevention. <i>RAD51</i> and its gene family are key regulators of DNA fidelity through diverse roles in double-strand break repair, replication stress, and meiosis. RAD51 is an ATPase that forms a nucleoprotein filament on single-stranded DNA. RAD51 has the function of finding and invading homologous DNA sequences to enable accurate and timely DNA repair. Its paralogs, which arose from ancient gene duplications of <i>RAD51</i>, have evolved to regulate and promote RAD51 function. Underscoring its importance, misregulation of RAD51, and its paralogs, is associated with diseases such as cancer and Fanconi anemia. In this review, we focus on the mammalian RAD51 structure and function and highlight the use of model systems to enable mechanistic understanding of RAD51 cellular roles. We also discuss how misregulation of the <i>RAD51</i> gene family members contributes to disease and consider new approaches to pharmacologically inhibit RAD51.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"54 ","pages":"25-46"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-092410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38157713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2020-11-23Epub Date: 2020-09-04DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-022620-094553
Hao Xu, George W Bassel
{"title":"Linking Genes to Shape in Plants Using Morphometrics.","authors":"Hao Xu, George W Bassel","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-022620-094553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-022620-094553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A transition from qualitative to quantitative descriptors of morphology has been facilitated through the growing field of morphometrics, representing the conversion of shapes and patterns into numbers. The analysis of plant form at the macromorphological scale using morphometric approaches quantifies what is commonly referred to as a phenotype. Quantitative phenotypic analysis of individuals with contrasting genotypes in turn provides a means to establish links between genes and shapes. The path from a gene to a morphological phenotype is, however, not direct, with instructive information progressing both across multiple scales of biological complexity and through nonintuitive feedback, such as mechanical signals. In this review, we explore morphometric approaches used to perform whole-plant phenotyping and quantitative approaches in capture processes in the mesoscales, which bridge the gaps between genes and shapes in plants. Quantitative frameworks involving both the computational simulation and the discretization of data into networks provide a putative path to predicting emergent shape from underlying genetic programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"54 ","pages":"417-437"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1146/annurev-genet-022620-094553","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38344805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annual review of geneticsPub Date : 2020-11-23Epub Date: 2020-08-28DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-105545
Hadar Medini, Tal Cohen, Dan Mishmar
{"title":"Mitochondria Are Fundamental for the Emergence of Metazoans: On Metabolism, Genomic Regulation, and the Birth of Complex Organisms.","authors":"Hadar Medini, Tal Cohen, Dan Mishmar","doi":"10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-105545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-105545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Out of many intracellular bacteria, only the mitochondria and chloroplasts abandoned their independence billions of years ago and became endosymbionts within the host eukaryotic cell. Consequently, one cannot grow eukaryotic cells without their mitochondria, and the mitochondria cannot divide outside of the cell, thus reflecting interdependence. Here, we argue that such interdependence underlies the fundamental role of mitochondrial activities in the emergence of metazoans. Several lines of evidence support our hypothesis: (<i>a</i>) Differentiation and embryogenesis rely on mitochondrial function; (<i>b</i>) mitochondrial metabolites are primary precursors for epigenetic modifications (such as methyl and acetyl), which are critical for chromatin remodeling and gene expression, particularly during differentiation and embryogenesis; and (<i>c</i>) mitonuclear coregulation adapted to accommodate both housekeeping and tissue-dependent metabolic needs. We discuss the evolution of the unique mitochondrial genetic system, mitochondrial metabolites, mitonuclear coregulation, and their critical roles in the emergence of metazoans and in human disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":8035,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of genetics","volume":"54 ","pages":"151-166"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1146/annurev-genet-021920-105545","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38319653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}