脆性X综合征是遗传性智力低下最常见的病因,与Xq27.3脆性位点相关.1991年在该脆性位点附近发现脆性X智力低下基因(fragile X mental retardation l,FMR1).FMR1基因突变和表达异常是脆性X综合征的直接原因.FMR1基因cDNA的长度为4.4kb,由1...脆性X综合征是遗传性智力低下最常见的病因,与Xq27.3脆性位点相关.1991年在该脆性位点附近发现脆性X智力低下基因(fragile X mental retardation l,FMR1).FMR1基因突变和表达异常是脆性X综合征的直接原因.FMR1基因cDNA的长度为4.4kb,由17个外显子组成,有不同的mRNA剪接方式存在,含有B,C,D,E四个可变区,其中C可变区包括C1,C2两个亚可变区.Verkerk和Ashley等发现FMR1基因可能有12种不同的选择剪接形式,在成人胰脏、睾丸、白细胞、胎儿胰脏。展开更多
Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing p...Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.展开更多
文摘脆性X综合征是遗传性智力低下最常见的病因,与Xq27.3脆性位点相关.1991年在该脆性位点附近发现脆性X智力低下基因(fragile X mental retardation l,FMR1).FMR1基因突变和表达异常是脆性X综合征的直接原因.FMR1基因cDNA的长度为4.4kb,由17个外显子组成,有不同的mRNA剪接方式存在,含有B,C,D,E四个可变区,其中C可变区包括C1,C2两个亚可变区.Verkerk和Ashley等发现FMR1基因可能有12种不同的选择剪接形式,在成人胰脏、睾丸、白细胞、胎儿胰脏。
基金supported by the China Human Proteomics Project (2014DFB30010)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020104)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071162)the Graduate School of East China Normal University
文摘Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.
