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Assessment of Selective mRNA Translation in Mammalian Cells by Polysome Profiling
Published on: October 28, 2014
熱ショック - ユビキチン - プロテアソーム経路によるmRNA分解の制御
1Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
まとめ
AUに富んだmRNAの分解は,AUF1のタンパク質結合によって調節される. 熱ショックタンパク質70 (hsp70) は,AUF1を隔離し,mRNAの分解を阻害し,それをユビキチン-プロテアソーム経路とリンクします.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- サイトカインおよびプロトオンコゲンメッセンジャーRNA (mRNA) は,3'未翻訳領域にAU豊富な元素 (AREs) を含んでおり,迅速な分解を標的としています.
- AUに富んだ結合タンパク質AUF1 (AUF1) は,熱ショックタンパク質 (hsc70-hsp70) や翻訳開始因子eIF4Gなどの他のタンパク質と相互作用して,この分解プロセスにおいて重要な役割を果たします.
研究 の 目的:
- AUに富んだmRNAの衰退の背後にある分子メカニズムを解明する.
- mRNAの安定性におけるAUF1タンパク質の役割とその相互作用を調査する.
- mRNAの分解とユビキチン-プロテアソーム経路の間の関連性を決定する.
主な方法:
- hsc70-hsp70,eIF4G,およびpoly (A) 結合タンパク質によるAUF1の複合形成を調査した.
- AUに富んだmRNAの衰退と,AUF1.1からeIF4Gの異位との関連を分析した.
- AUF1.1のユビキチン化とプロテアソマル分解を調査した.
- 熱ショック誘発のhsp70,ユビキチン-プロテアソームネットワークのダウン調節,およびE1酵素不活性化がAUF1の局所化とmRNAの衰退に及ぼす影響を研究した.
主要な成果:
- AU豊富なmRNAの分解は,AUF1がhsc70-hsp70,eIF4G,およびpoly (A) 結合タンパク質と複合する.
- 腐敗プロセスは,eIF4GがAUF1から移転し,AUF1のユビキチネーションが続いて,プロテアソームの分解と関連しています.
- hsp70の誘導,ユビキチン-プロテアゾームシステムの阻害,またはE1酵素の不活性化により,perinucleus-nucleusにおけるAUF1のhsp70媒介の封じ込めが生じます.
- この結合は,AUに富んだmRNAの分解とAUF1タンパク質の分解を効果的に阻害する.
結論:
- サイトカインmRNAの急速な分解は,ユビキチン-プロテアソーム経路と直接関連しています.
- 熱ショックタンパク質70は,AUF1の安定性とAUに富んだmRNAの分解を調節する上で重要な役割を果たします.
- AUF1タンパク質の安定性と局所化は,特定のmRNA群の周回数を制御する上で重要な決定因子である.
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