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La novia de la interacción sin siete y sin siete: internalización de un ligando transmembrana
R L Cagan1, H Krämer, A C Hart
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1570.
Cell
|May 1, 1992
Resumen
La novia de la proteína sevenless (jefe) se transfiere entre las células de Drosophila durante el desarrollo del ojo. Este nuevo mecanismo de transferencia mediado por receptores implica la internalización de toda la proteína jefe.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- La señalización celular de las células.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- Durante el desarrollo de la retina de Drosophila, la neurona fotorreceptor R8 induce el destino celular R7 en las células vecinas a través del contacto celular.
- Esta interacción está mediada por la pareja de la proteína sevenless (jefe) en las células R8 y la tirosina quinasa del receptor sevenless (sev) en los precursores de R7.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el mecanismo de la función de la proteína jefe y su interacción con el receptor sev.
- Para determinar el destino y la localización de la proteína jefe durante la comunicación célula-célula en el desarrollo del ojo de Drosophila.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó un panel de anticuerpos dirigidos a varios epítopos de la proteína jefe (del N-terminal al C-terminal).
- Examinó la internalización de la proteína del jefe en células de cultivo de tejidos de expresión sev.
- Se analizó la localización de la proteína jefe en las células precursoras de R7 dentro del disco imaginario del ojo en desarrollo.
Principales resultados:
- Se demostró que toda la proteína jefe, desde el N-terminal hasta el C-terminal, es internalizada por las células que expresan sev.
- Se confirmó la internalización de la proteína jefe por las células precursoras de R7 en el disco imaginario del ojo en desarrollo.
- La estructura de la proteína jefe es excepcional para un ligando receptor tirosina quinasa, lo que sugiere propiedades de señalización únicas.
Conclusiones:
- La transferencia mediada por receptores de un ligando transmembrana (proteína jefe) es un nuevo mecanismo para la comunicación intercelular.
- Este proceso facilita la determinación del destino celular durante el desarrollo de la retina de Drosophila.
- La internalización de toda la proteína jefe pone de relieve un modo único de transducción de señales.
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