生物技术进展 ›› 2022, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (5): 705-710.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2022.0037

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RNA聚合酶Ⅱ启动子近端暂停/释放的动态调控及生理作用研究进展

乔朝辉(), 陈亮()   

  1. 武汉大学生命科学学院,武汉 430072
  • 收稿日期:2022-03-17 接受日期:2022-05-05 出版日期:2022-09-25 发布日期:2022-09-30
  • 通讯作者: 陈亮
  • 作者简介:乔朝辉 E-mail:18710663466@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(32171289)

Dynamic Regulation and Physiological Role of Promoter-proximal Pause/Release of RNA Polymerase Ⅱ: a Review

Zhaohui QIAO(), Liang CHEN()   

  1. College of Life Sciences,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430072,China
  • Received:2022-03-17 Accepted:2022-05-05 Online:2022-09-25 Published:2022-09-30
  • Contact: Liang CHEN

摘要:

基因表达的精确时空调控对生物体的发育和生存至关重要。在多数后生动物中,RNA聚合酶Ⅱ(RNA polymerase Ⅱ,RNAPⅡ)在发育和应激反应相关基因的启动子近端区域暂停,一旦受到环境或发育信号的刺激,RNAPⅡ从启动子近端向基因体(gene body)释放,进行有效延伸。RNAPⅡ在基因转录起始位点下游近端区域的暂停/释放是基因转录过程的必要环节,也是基因表达调控的关键步骤,与基因表达时空调控及多种人类疾病密切相关。综述了参与RNAPⅡ启动子近端暂停的维持和释放的调控机制的研究进展,重点探讨了其在机体发育的重要调控作用及其与其他基因调控机制的联系,并展望了RNAPⅡ启动子近端暂停与释放研究中的潜在问题和未来研究方向,以期为进一步解析RNAPⅡ启动子近端暂停与释放的调控机制及其在发育中的作用提供线索。

关键词: RNA聚合酶Ⅱ, 启动子近端暂停, 转录延伸, 发育

Abstract:

Precise temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression is important for the development and survival of organisms. In most metazoans, RNA polymerase Ⅱ (RNAPⅡ) pauses in the promoter-proximal region of genes related to development and stress response. Once stimulated by environmental or developmental signals, RNAPⅡ is released from the promoter to the gene body for effective extension. The promoter-proximal pausing/pause release of RNAPⅡ at the downstream of transcriptional start site provides an important layer of regulation on RNAPⅡ activity in the promoter region and is closely related to spatial-temporal regulation of gene expression and a variety of human diseases. This paper aimed to review recent progress in studying the regulation mechanism of RNAPⅡ promoter-proximal pause, explored important roles of promoter-proximal pause/release of RNAPⅡ in development and its potential relationship with other gene regulation mechanisms. This report also summarized the potential questions and research directions in this filed, in order to provide clues to clarify the molecular mechanism and roles of RNAPⅡ promoter-proximal pause/release in development.

Key words: RNA polymerase Ⅱ, promoter-proximal pause, transcription elongation, development

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