NAADPは,リゾーブ・グラニュル,ライソソーム関連オーガネルからCa2+を,海の卵から動員する
Grant C Churchill1, Yuhei Okada, Justyn M Thomas
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, OX1 3QT, Oxford, United Kingdom. grant.churchill@pharm.ox.ac.uk
Cell
|December 5, 2002
まとめ
ニコチン酸アデニン・ディヌクレオチド・フォスファート (NAADP) は,海の卵にある新しい酸性貯蔵物である,リザーブ・粒からカルシウムを放出します. このプロセスは,陽子ポンプに依存し,新しいカルシウムシグナル伝達経路を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- カルシウムシグナル伝達
- 分子生理学 分子生理学
背景:
- ニコチン酸アデニン・ディヌクレオチド・リン酸塩 (NAADP) は,様々な種で発見される強力なカルシウム (Ca2+) を動員するメッセンジャーです.
- メッセンジャー媒介のCa2+シグナリングは,通常,エンドプラズマ網膜からの放出を含みます.
- NAADPによって動員される特定のCa2+貯蔵は,エンドプラズマの網膜と区別され,捉え難いままです.
研究 の 目的:
- NAADPがターゲットとする細胞のCa2+貯蔵庫を,海の卵で特定する.
- NAADP媒介によるCa2+放出の背後にあるメカニズムを解明するために.
- このこれまで未知のCa2+貯蔵庫の性質を特徴づけるために.
主な方法:
- モデルシステムとして,海刺の卵を活用した.
- 薬理学的剤を用いてCa2+の動員を調査した.
- Ca2+貯蔵庫の主要成分を特定するために生化学分析を行った.
- 陽子グラデーションと真空型の陽子ポンプの役割を評価した.
主要な成果:
- NAADPが,ATP駆動型陽子ポンプと陽子梯度に依存する貯蔵庫からCa2+を動員することを実証した.
- このCa2+貯蔵庫をリザーブ・グラニュルとして特定する強力な証拠を提供した.
- 海の卵におけるリソソームの機能的同等体としての確立されたリザーブ・グラニュル.
- メッセンジャー媒介によるCa2+放出のための新しい源として,ライソソーム関連の臓器を展示した.
結論:
- 海の卵の貯蔵粒子は,NAADPによって動員された,これまで認識されていないCa2+貯蔵庫です.
- 予備粒からNAADP媒介によるCa2+の放出は,真空型の陽子ポンプによって維持される陽子グラデントに依存しています.
- この研究は,ライソソーム関連の臓器細胞から発生するCa2+シグナル伝達のための予期せぬメカニズムを明らかにしています.
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