MAPキナーゼによるカルバモイルリン酸合成酵素の調節
L M Graves1, H I Guy, P Kozlowski
1Department of Pharmacology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7365, USA. lmg@med.unc.edu
Nature
|February 5, 2000
まとめ
ミトゲン活性化タンパク質 (MAP) キナーゼシグナル伝達は,細胞成長に不可欠なCAD酵素を調節する. この調節は,フィードバックの阻害を軽減し,活性化剤に対する感受性を高め,哺乳類の細胞増殖をサポートすることにより,ピリミジン合成を強化します.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- セルラーレギュレーション セルラーレギュレーション
背景:
- De novoピリミジンヌクレオチド合成は,哺乳類の細胞増殖に不可欠である.
- この経路における重要な酵素であるカルバモイルリン酸合成酵素 (CPS II) は,多機能CAD酵素の一部である.
- CAD活動の調節は,ピリミジン生物合成の制御に極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 多機能CAD酵素の調節におけるミトゲン活性化タンパク質 (MAP) キナーゼカスケードの役割を調査する.
- MAPキナーゼ媒介型リン酸化がCADのアロステル調節とピリミジン合成への影響にどのように影響するか解明する.
主な方法:
- MAPキナーゼによるCADのインビトロリン酸化.
- 哺乳類の細胞における表皮成長因子 (EGF) 刺激を用いたインビボ研究.
- CADのアロステリック調節の分析 (フィードバック阻害と活性化感受性).
- CADのコンセンサスMAPキナーゼリン酸化部位の変異.
- 細胞のウリジン三リン酸塩濃度の測定.
主要な成果:
- MAPキナーゼによるCADのリン酸化 in vitroおよびEGF刺激 in vivoは,ウリジン三酸塩によるフィードバック抑制を減少させた.
- CADは,MAPキナーゼの活性化時にフォスフォリボシルピロホスファートの活性化に対してより敏感になりました.
- EGFが誘発したCADのリン酸化は,これらのアロステリック変化とインビボで関連していた.
- MAPキナーゼの阻害は,これらの規制的なシフトを防止しました.
- 重要なリン酸化部位の変異により,EGF刺激によるアロステル調節が廃止されました.
- EGFは細胞のウリジン三リン酸を増加させ,MAPキナーゼ抑制によって効果が逆転した.
結論:
- MAPキナーゼシグナル伝達は,リン酸化を通じてCAD活動を直接調節する.
- これらの調節の変化は,CADのアロステリック特性を調節することによって,細胞成長のためのピリミジン生物合成を好みます.
- この発見は,MAPキナーゼのカスケード活性化と,de novoピリミジンヌクレオチド合成の制御の間の直接的なリンクを確立しています.
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